Oluwatobi Fabian Shobowale Akintunde "Tobi" Sho-Silva (born 27 March 1995) is an English professional

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who plays for

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously ...

as a

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Career

After playing youth football for

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

, Sho-Silva signed on loan for

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foot ...

in January 2014. The loan was extended a month later. In May 2014 he signed a new contract with Charlton. After returning to his parent club, he re-signed on loan for Welling United in September 2014. He moved on loan to

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

in September 2015. Following his release by the Addicks, Sho-Silva joined

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...

after a successful trial spell during pre-season. At the end of the season, he departed the club, having scored 11 National League goals. In June 2017, Sho-Silva signed for

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

. On 7 December 2018, Sho-Silva signed for Chelmsford City on a one-month loan deal. In February 2019, Sho-Silva signed on loan for

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

. Sho-Silva was released by Dover at the end of the 2018–19 season and joined FC Halifax Town. Sho-Silva joined Sutton United in August 2020 and was part of the team that won the

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and gained promotion to the

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for the first time in the club's history. On 31 January 2022, Sho-Silva joined League Two side

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

for an undisclosed fee on an 18-month contract. Sho-Silva joined

for the 2023–24 season.

International career

Born in England, Sho-Silva is of Nigerian descent. He has represented England at under-18 level, making only one appearance in a 1–0 loss to

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on 5 March 2013.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Sutton United *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sho-Silva, Tobi 1995 births Living people Black British sportsmen English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers English people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent Charlton Athletic F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Margate F.C. players FC Halifax Town players Sutton United F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Men's association football forwards National League (English football) players Scottish Professional Football League players Isthmian League players English Football League players People from Thamesmead Footballers from the London Borough of Bexley