Tyrese Omotoye
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 2002[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Hasselt, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vysočina Jihlava | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cray Wanderers | |||
| –2020 | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Norwich City | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Forest Green Rovers | 54 | (1) |
| 2025– | Vysočina Jihlava | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:24, 17 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye (born 23 September 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech National Football League club Vysočina Jihlava.
Club career
[edit]Omotoye played for Cray Wanderers before joining Norwich City.[3] On 17 October 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Norwich City.[4] On 7 October 2020, he scored a hat-trick for the under-21 side in a 5–0 win over Newport County in the EFL Trophy.[5] On 2 December 2020, Omotoye made his professional debut for Norwich City, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Luton Town.[6] In January 2021, Omotoye signed on loan at Swindon Town in League One for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[7] In August 2021, he joined League Two side Leyton Orient on a season-long loan deal.[8] On 5 January 2022, Omotoye joined Carlisle United on loan until the end of the season following his recall from Leyton Orient.[9] On 23 January 2023, Omotoye joined Forest Green Rovers on a permanent deal.[10]
In July 2025, Omotoye joined Czech National Football League side Vysočina Jihlava.[11]
International career
[edit]Omotoye has represented Belgium at under-16 level, selected in matchday squads against Portugal and Ukraine in November 2017.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Omotoye was born in Belgium to Nigerian parents[12] but raised in England.[13] In 2019, he decided that Nigeria was the country he wanted to play international football for.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 7 May 2022[14]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Norwich City U23 | 2020–21 | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Norwich City | 2020–21 | Championship | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Swindon Town | 2020–21 | League One | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Leyton Orient | 2021–22 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Carlisle United | 2021–22 | League Two | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 4 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
[edit]- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tyrese Omotoye". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Flown from the nest - Tyrese Omotoye". ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tom Dickson-Peters and Tyrese Omotoye sign first professional contracts at Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Youthful Newport County AFC slump to 5-0 EFL Trophy defeat at hands of Norwich U-21s". southwalesargus.co.uk. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Luton Town 3-1 Norwich City". BBC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Swindon Town: Norwich City striker Tyrese Omotoye joins on loan". BBC. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "NORWICH CITY STRIKER TYRESE OMOTOYE SIGNS ON LOAN". Leyton Orient F.C. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "LOAN: Canary swoops in to Brunton Park". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Tyrese Omotoye: Forest Green Rovers sign Norwich City forward". BBC. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ @fcvysocina_official; (16 July 2025). "🔵 Nová posila FC Vysočina! 🟡 Do Jihlavy přichází 22letý belgický útočník Tyrese Omotoye! Má za sebou angažmá v Anglii (Norwich, Swindon, Leyton Orient) a starty za belgickou mládežnickou reprezentaci. Vítej, Tyrese! 💪⚽️" [🔵 Nová posila FC Vysočina! 🟡 22-year-old Belgian striker Tyrese Omotoy is coming to Jihlava! He has been engaged in England (Norwich, Swindon, Leyton Orient) and starts for the Belgian youth team. We welcome you, Tyrese! 💪⚽️] (in Czech). Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b c "Norwich City Striker Pledges International Future To Nigeria Over Belgium And". allnigeriasoccer.com. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "'He works so hard' - City U21s boss thrilled for hat-trick hero Omotoye". pinkun.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Tyrese Omotoye at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Belgian people of Nigerian descent
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Black Belgian sportspeople
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- FC Vysočina Jihlava players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic