| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Babatunde Sowunmi | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | BFC Siófok | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–1998 | Dunaferr FC | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Vasas SC | 84 | (22) |
| 2001–2002 | Dunaferr FC | 34 | (5) |
| 2002 | AC Ajaccio | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Dunaferr FC | 11 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Ferencvárosi TC | 31 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | FC Slovacko | 24 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | Hibernian F.C. | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Vasas SC | 46 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | BFC Siófok | 42 | (15) |
| 2010–2011 | APOP Kinyras Peyias FC | 7 | (1) |
| 2011– | BFC Siófok | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–1997 | Hungary U-19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Hungary U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1999–2006 | Hungary | 10 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Thomas Sowunmi (born 25 July 1978 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Hungarian international association football player who played for the Hungarian First division team BFC Siófok.
Sowunmi was born in Nigeria to a Hungarian mother and a Nigerian father and spent the first nine years of his life in the African state.[1] He started playing football aged 13 and began a professional football career with Dunaferr.
Sowunmi left for Vasas Budapest in 1998 but returned to his first club in 2001, having by this point become a full Hungarian international. He spent a short spell in France with AC Ajaccio but returned to Hungary with Ferencvaros in 2003. He was signed by FC Slovacko in 2005 but after one season became involved in a dispute with the club. Eventually he was released from his attachment to the Czech team following police and FIFA intervention.[1]
Sowunmi signed for Hibernian on 6 February 2007 after impressing manager John Collins while on trial. In just his second match he came on as a half-time substitute in a Scottish Cup Quarter-final away tie at Queen of the South and scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win. He was released by Hibs in June, and Sowunmi re-signed for Vasas Budapest in September 2007.