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All you need to know about Nigeria and Southampton star, Joe Aribo including his profile, age, salary, net worth, girlfriend, house, cars, pictures and latest news
Joe Aribo Biography
Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo is a professional footballer that plays for the Nigerian national team and English side Southampton Football Club.
He was born on July 21, 1996, in Camberwell, England to Nigerian parents and started his career at Kinetic Academy.
Aribo was then signed by non-league club Staines Town where he was for a year before catching the attention of bigger teams in England.
Aribo has since played for Charlton Athletic and Scottish giants Rangers after which he earned a move to the Premier League by joining Southampton in the summer of 2022.
The 26-year-old stands at 6 foot tall, making him one of the tallest players in the Super Eagles whom he represents through his parents who are from Akure, Ondo State.
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He functions best as an attacking midfielder but has also been deployed in central midfield and sometimes in wide areas.
Joe Aribo Profile
Full name: Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo
Birth date: July 21, 1996
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Camberwell, England
Age: 26 years old (as of July 2023)
Current club: Southampton FC
Height: 6 feet
Marital status: Single
Salary: £14,000 per week
Net worth: £2 million
Instagram: @j.aribo_
Twitter: @j_aribo19
Joe Aribo Career
Aribo started his football career with Kinetic Academy before signing for Staines Town in 2014 where he played under Marcus Gayle in the Isthmian League Premier Division, winning the club's academy player of the year award in April 2014.
After just a year with Staines, Aribo signed his first professional contract with Charlton Athletic in September 2015 following a successful trial and signed a one-year contract in May 2016.
He signed on for three more years with the Addicks and helped the club secure promotion to the English Championship in his final season by winning the 2019 League One playoffs.
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In four years at Charlton, Aribo scored 16 goals and assisted 15 in 97 games for the club before leaving as a free agent to join Scottish giants Rangers in the summer of 2019.
The Super Eagles star settled in quickly at the club, scoring nine goals and eight assists to win Rangers’ Young Player of the Year and Goal of the Season awards in his first season.
In his second season, Aribo helped Rangers end their ten-year wait for a Scottish Premiership title, contributing eight goals and seven assists in 43 games for Steven Gerrard’s team in the 2020/21 season.
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In his third year, he helped the Gers reach the Europa League final and win the Scottish Cup with nine goals and 10 assists in all competitions.
Overall, Aribo made 149 appearances for Rangers, scoring 26 goals and registering 25 assists in three years.
Aribo left Rangers after three years this summer to join Southampton on a four-year deal worth £10m but his first and only season at the club did not go as planned at all, ending in relegation.
The Super Eagles star only managed two goals in 27 games for his new club and currently faces an uncertain future at Southampton.
Joe Aribo Salary & Contract
Joe Aribo reportedly earns £70,000 weekly at Southampton on the four-year deal he signed upon joining the club in the summer of 2022.
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The Nigerian international is the fourth-highest earner at Southampton behind only Theo Walcott, Mislav Orsic and James Ward-Prowse.
His annual earnings are estimated at just over £3.6 million which he will bag for the next three years given there is no relegation clause in his current contract which reduces his salary.
Joe Aribo Net Worth
Aribo currently has an estimated net worth of around £8 million but the figure might be inaccurate as there is no real public evidence of all his assets.
Joe Aribo Social Media
Joe Aribo's social media handle is on both Instagram and Twitter. On Instagram his handle is @J.aribo_ and on Twitter he is @J_Aribo19.
The midfielder is reasonably active on Twitter with over 2000 tweets since joining in August 2015 and he has over 110k followers on the platform.
He also has 168k followers on Instagram and has made 148 posts on his page at the time of writing.
Joe Aribo Super Eagles Career
Aribo made his Super Eagles debut on September 10, 2019 in a friendly game against Ukraine in which he played the full 90 minutes.
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The attacking midfielder had a debut to remember, scoring the opener as the Super Eagles played a 2-2 draw against the European side.
Aribo scored again in his second game for Nigeria, to open the scoring in a 1-1 draw against Brazil on October 13, 2019.
He was part of the Super Eagles squad that played at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and got knocked out in the round of 16.
Aribo has played 23 matches and counting for the Super Eagles of Nigeria, scoring twice and assisting two more.
He has been a consistent performer in Nigeria’s AFCON 2023 qualification campaign, playing three of the five games in the group so far.
Joe Aribo Latest Transfer News
Southampton’s relegation from the Premier League has understandably sparked speculation about Aribo’s future as the club will need to clear their wage bill significantly.
The Nigerian midfielder has been linked with a move to Turkish club, Besiktas but it remains to be seen if anything concrete comes out of that.
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16:54 - 15.04.2023
Aribo starts as Southampton stumbles to defeat at Saint Mary’s
Joe Aribo was in action as Southampton fell to Crystal Palace 2-0 at Saint Mary's Stadium, further aggravating their relegation struggle.
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18:02 - 28.01.2023
FA CUP Joe Aribo makes winning return to Southampton XI
The Super Eagles star helped the Saints beat Blackpool at St Mary’s to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.
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23:30 - 25.06.2023
Super Eagles: Ajayi and Aribo celebrate AFCON ticket in Miami
Super Eagles stars Semi Ajayi and Ayodele Aribo celebrate AFCON ticket in Miami.
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