Faustino Adebola Rasheed Anjorin (born 23 November 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

, on loan from

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club

Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...

Club career

Early career

Anjorin joined

's development centre programme at under-7 level, officially signing with the club at under-9 level. On 30 April 2018, Anjorin scored in the second leg of Chelsea's 2017–18 FA Youth Cup win over

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Chelsea

On 25 September 2019, Anjorin made his debut for Chelsea in a 7–1

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win over

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Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

. On 8 March 2020, he made his

debut in a 4–0 home win over Everton after coming on as a 71st minute substitute for Willian. On 8 December 2020, Anjorin made his

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debut and was named in the starting line-up for Chelsea's final

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match which ended in a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 10 January 2021, Anjorin made his

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debut as a substitute for

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in the 80th minute of Chelsea's 4–0 win over League Two side

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Loan to Lokomotiv Moscow

On 2 September 2021, he joined

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club

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

on a season-long loan, with an option to buy. On 16 September 2021, he scored a late equaliser in the opening game of their

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campaign to establish the final score of 1–1 against

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. On 30 January 2022, the clubs agreed to terminate the loan early due to Anjorin's injury.

Loans to Huddersfield Town

Upon returning from his loan at Lokomotiv Moscow, Anjorin joined

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on 31 January 2022 for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He made seven league appearances and scored one goal for the Terriers, before his loan was extended for another year on 22 July 2022.

International career

Anjorin is eligible to play for

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through his birthplace and for

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

through his Nigerian father. Between 2018 and 2019, he represented England at under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels. On 7 October 2021, Anjorin made his England under-20 debut during a 1–1 draw with

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Career statistics

Honours

Chelsea *

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runner-up: 2019–20,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anjorin, Tino 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Poole Footballers from Dorset English footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Chelsea F.C. players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Premier League players Russian Premier League players English Football League players Black British sportsmen English sportspeople of Nigerian descent English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia English expatriate sportspeople in Russia