Sone Aluko

**Omatsone Folarin Aluko** (born 19 February 1989) is a professional football coach and former player who played as a forward or winger. He is currently a first team coach at Ipswich Town.

His sister is Eniola. She played for the England women's national team 102 times.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Birmingham City|2007–08|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|1|0|||
|2008–09|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||
|Aberdeen (loan)|2007–08|Scottish Premier League|20|3|4|0|2|0|5|1|—|31|4|||
|Blackpool (loan)|2008–09|Championship|1|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|2|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Aberdeen|2008–09|Scottish Premier League|32|2|4|2|1|0|—|—|37|4|||
|2009–10|Scottish Premier League|22|3|2|0|0|0|2|0|—|26|3||||
|2010–11|Scottish Premier League|28|2|4|0|1|0|—|—|33|2|||||
|Rangers|2011–12|Scottish Premier League|21|12|2|0|0|0|0|0|—|23|12|||
|rowspan="5"|Hull City|2012–13|Championship|23|8|0|0|1|0|—|—|24|8|||
|2013–14|Premier League|17|1|5|0|0|0|—|—|22|1|||||
|2014–15|Premier League|25|1|1|0|1|0|4|1|—|31|2||||
|2015–16|Championship|25|3|4|0|2|0|—|0|0|31|3||||
|rowspan="3"|Fulham|2016–17|Championship|45|8|3|1|0|0|—|2|0|50|9||
|2017–18|Championship|4|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|4|0||||
|rowspan="5"|Reading|2017–18|Championship|39|3|1|0|0|0|—|—|40|3|||
|2018–19|Championship|19|1|1|0|0|0|—|—|20|1|||||
|2019–20|Championship|2|0|4|0|0|0|—|—|6|0|||||
|2020–21|Championship|33|2|1|0|2|0|—|—|36|2|||||
|Beijing Renhe (loan)|2019|Chinese Super League|16|3|0|0|—|—|—|16|3|||||
|rowspan="4"|Ipswich Town|2021–22|League One|30|3|4|0|1|0|—|1|0|36|3||
|2022–23|League One|14|0|3|0|1|0|—|1|0|19|0||||
|2023–24|Championship|1|0|2|0|4|1|—|—|6|1|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|Nigeria|||
|2009|1|0||
|2012|1|0||
|2014|4|2||
|2015|1|0||

#### International goals

- _As of match played 19 November 2014. Nigeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aluko goal._

|No.|Date|Venue|Cap|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|19 November 2014|Akwa Ibom Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria|6||1–2|2–2|2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||
|2.|2–2||||||||

## Honours

**Hull City**
- Football League Championship runner-up: 2012–13
- FA Cup runner-up: 2013–14

**Ipswich Town**
- EFL League One runner-up: 2022–23
- EFL Championship runner-up: 2023–24

**Individual**
- Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month: November 2008
- EFL Championship Player of the Month: November 2012, October 2016

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sone Aluko
- **image**: Aluko, Sone.jpg
- **image size**: 220
- **caption**: Aluko with Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen in 2010
- **fullname**: Omatsone Folarin Aluko
- **birth place**: Hounslow, England
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, Winger (association football), winger
- **currentclub**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town (coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1997–2007
- **youthclubs1**: Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy, Birmingham City
- **years1**: 2007–2008
- **clubs1**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2007–2008
- **clubs2**: → Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen (loan)
- **caps2**: 20
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2008
- **clubs3**: → Blackpool F.C., Blackpool (loan)
- **caps3**: 1
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2008–2011
- **clubs4**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **caps4**: 82
- **goals4**: 7
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps5**: 21
- **goals5**: 12
- **years6**: 2012–2016
- **clubs6**: Hull City A.F.C., Hull City
- **caps6**: 90
- **goals6**: 13
- **years7**: 2016–2017
- **clubs7**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps7**: 49
- **goals7**: 8
- **years8**: 2017–2021
- **clubs8**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps8**: 93
- **goals8**: 6
- **years9**: 2019
- **clubs9**: → Beijing Renhe F.C., Beijing Renhe (loan)
- **caps9**: 16
- **goals9**: 3
- **years10**: 2021–2024
- **clubs10**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps10**: 45
- **goals10**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 417
- **totalgoals**: 55
- **nationalyears1**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-16 football team, England U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-17 football team, England U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2006
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam4**: England national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 3
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2009
- **nationalteam5**: Nigeria national under-20 football team, Nigeria U20
- **nationalcaps5**: 3
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **nationalyears6**: 2011
- **nationalteam6**: Nigeria national under-23 football team, Nigeria U23
- **nationalcaps6**: 1
- **nationalgoals6**: 0
- **nationalyears7**: 2009–2015
- **nationalteam7**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **nationalcaps7**: 7
- **nationalgoals7**: 2
- **club-update**: 10 March 2024 (UTC)