50 Facts About Sone Aluko

Omatsone Folarin Aluko was born on 19 February 1989 and is a professional football coach and former player who played as a forward or winger.

Sone Aluko is currently a first team coach at Ipswich Town.

Sone Aluko left Aberdeen in July 2011 at the end of his contract.

Sone Aluko made over 100 appearances for Hull during a four-year spell at the club, helping Hull win promotion to the Premier League in 2013 and reach the 2014 FA Cup Final.

Sone Aluko left Hull to join Fulham in 2016, before joining Reading in 2017.

Sone Aluko spent four seasons at Reading, making over 100 appearances for the club, while spending time out on loan at Beijing Renhe in 2019.

Sone Aluko won caps at under-20 and under-23 levels, before making his senior debut in 2009.

Sone Aluko's sister Eniola Aluko was born in Nigeria and is a former professional footballer.

Sone Aluko was born in Hounslow, London, and brought up from a young age in Birmingham.

Sone Aluko progressed through Birmingham City's youth system, which he joined at the age of eight.

Sone Aluko made his first-team debut for Birmingham on 28 August 2007 as a late substitute in a League Cup tie against Hereford United.

Sone Aluko made his debut for Aberdeen as a late substitute in the UEFA Cup group match against Panathinaikos on 25 October 2007.

Sone Aluko scored 4 goals in 31 appearances during his loan at Aberdeen.

Sone Aluko went on to win the SPL Young Player of the Month award for November 2008.

In total, Sone Aluko scored 3 times in 26 appearances over the course of the season.

Sone Aluko did not score again for the rest of the season, scoring twice in 33 appearances in total during the season.

Sone Aluko left the club at the end of his contract in July 2011.

Rangers were impressed with Sone Aluko and offered him a contract, but the move was held up while Aberdeen and Rangers negotiated compensation.

Sone Aluko signed for Rangers until the end of the season on 24 November 2011 after a deal was agreed.

Sone Aluko was banned for two games for diving to win a penalty in a match between Rangers and Dunfermline on 3 December 2011.

Sone Aluko scored 12 goals in 23 appearances during his first season at Rangers, his best goal return to date.

In June 2012, with his contract set to expire but the club holding an option to extend it, Sone Aluko lodged an objection against the contract being transferred from Rangers to a new company set up by Charles Green.

On 25 July 2012, it was confirmed that Sone Aluko had signed a two-year deal with Hull City.

Sone Aluko bagged another goal in the next game, at home to Barnsley, with teammate Ahmed Elmohamady's cross was half-cleared and Aluko, unlike Barnsley's defenders, was alert to the ball and fired home from a tight angle.

In November 2012, Sone Aluko picked up an Achilles injury, initially ruling him out for a month, which Hull City incidentally won all four games he was missing, but later in January the injury flared up again.

Sone Aluko signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 3 January 2014, telling the club website "I'm happy to be extending my stay here and I was always hopeful it would get sorted".

Sone Aluko scored twice in 31 appearances during the season, as Hull suffered relegation from the Premier League after finishing 18th.

Sone Aluko helped Hull to a 4th-place league finish, qualifying for the Championship play-offs as a result, with Hull going onto win promotion back to the Premier League after winning the play-off final against Sheffield Wednesday.

On 8 July 2016, Sone Aluko joined Fulham on a free transfer.

Sone Aluko signed a two-year deal with an option for a further year.

Sone Aluko quickly became a key part of the Fulham first-team during his first season at the club, starting 44 league games and making 50 appearances in all competitions, scoring 9 goals.

Sone Aluko scored 3 goals in 40 appearances during his first season at Reading.

Sone Aluko featured less frequently for Reading during his second season at the club, making 20 appearances in all competitions, scoring once.

On 26 February 2019, Sone Aluko joined Beijing Renhe on loan until the end of the 2019 season.

Sone Aluko made 16 appearances in the Chinese Super League during his loan spell, scoring 3 goals.

Sone Aluko joined Ipswich Town on a free transfer on 6 August 2021, signing a one-year contract with the option to extend the deal by an additional year.

Sone Aluko quickly became an important part of the Ipswich squad, as the most senior player in the team during his first season at the club.

Sone Aluko captained the team in FA Cup and EFL Trophy matches during the first half of the season.

Sone Aluko has a quiet word in his own way whenever it's needed.

Sone Aluko represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-18 level before making his debut for the England under-19 team on 11 September 2007 in a friendly against Belarus under-19.

Sone Aluko was selected in the 23-man provisional squad for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship but did not make the final 18.

Sone Aluko was named in the squad for the Nigeria under-20 national football team for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.

Sone Aluko played in games against Venezuela, Spain and Tahiti.

Sone Aluko was called up to the Nigerian national team for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland on 29 May 2009, an offer which with the support of his family he chose to accept.

Sone Aluko made his full international debut in the starting eleven, forcing the Irish goalkeeper to save his 40-yard lobbed free kick and playing the first 61 minutes of the game.

Sone Aluko was finally called up by former Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi and therefore has a chance to add to his one cap against Republic of Ireland in May 2009 after he represented England at various age-group levels.

Sone Aluko was brought into the squad to face Namibia and Malawi in the World Cup Qualifiers in the month of June 2012, but was an unused sub for both games.

Sone Aluko was included in a pre-selection for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations but had to renounce because of an injury.

Sone Aluko's older sister, Eniola, is a former footballer who played for England 102 times at full international level; she played in two World Cup quarter finals and reached the quarter finals of the London 2012 Olympics football tournament with Great Britain.

Sone Aluko's father Gbenga is a former MP in Nigeria.