Ben Folami, Attacking Midfield at Adelaide United

Ben

Folami

AM Adelaide United #17

Attacking Midfield – Forward

Ben Folami

Adelaide United A-League

Top 36% of wingers in the world
#613 winger aged 26–29
Top 40% in the A-League

Date of birth / Age: 8 Jun 1999 (27)
Citizenship: AustraliaNigeria
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.80 m / 80 kg
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

wingers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1850

winger in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#613

among wingers aged 26–29

In his league

60%

of A-League wingers rank below him

Finishing

−3.6

goals below expected · better than 5% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

3 Expected

6.6

59 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

1 Expected

3.2

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 6
StartsStarting eleven: 0
GoalsGoals: 0
AssistsAssists: 1
YellowYellow cards: 0
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 58

Starting eleven0%

came off the bench

Minutes played58

10 per appearance

Goal involvement1

0 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

137 matches · since 2017/18

DMCMCFRWLWAM

Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	74	9	5
Left Winger	37	0	1
Right Winger	13	0	0
Centre-Forward	11	3	1
Other · CM, DM	2	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/2625/26	A-LeagueA-League	Adelaide United	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	58
2024/2524/25	A-LeagueA-League	Adelaide United	22	13	1	1	1	0	1	1,069
2023/2423/24	A-LeagueA-League	Melbourne Victory	30	12	2	0	1	0	0	1,255
20232023	Australia CupAustralia Cup	Melbourne Victory	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	55
2022/2322/23	A-LeagueA-League	Melbourne Victory	26	19	1	1	1	0	0	1,730
2021/2221/22	A-LeagueA-League	Melbourne Victory	26	23	3	2	1	0	0	1,836
20212021	Australia CupAustralia Cup	Melbourne Victory	3	3	1	–	1	–	0	233
20222022	AFC Champions League EliteAFC Champions League Elite	Melbourne Victory	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	60
20222022	Australia CupAustralia Cup	Melbourne Victory	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/2120/21	A-LeagueA-League	Melbourne Victory	18	13	3	1	2	0	0	1,030
2020/2120/21	EFL Vertu TrophyEFL Vertu Trophy	Ipswich Town	1	1	1	–	1	–	0	90
2019/2019/20	League TwoLeague Two	Stevenage	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	29
20202020	AFC Champions League EliteAFC Champions League Elite	Melbourne Victory	5	5	1	–	0	–	0	301
2019/2019/20	EFL Vertu TrophyEFL Vertu Trophy	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
20202020	AFC U23 Asian CupAFC U23 Asian Cup	Australia U23	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	50
20222022	AFC World Cup QualifiersAFC World Cup Qualifiers	Australia	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	0
2017/1817/18	ChampionshipChampionship	Ipswich Town	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	175
2017/1817/18	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	62
20182018	AFC U19 ChampionshipAFC U19 Championship	Australia U19	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	338

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			156	97	15	6^*	8	0^*	1	8,551

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
A-League	128	10	6
AFC Champions League Elite	6	2	–
Australia Cup	5	1	–
Australia U19	4	1	–
Championship	4	0	0
Australia U23	3	0	–
EFL Vertu Trophy	2	1	–
League Two	2	0	–
Australia	1	0	–
Carabao Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Sept 2024 Sept 2024 · Transfer Melbourne Victory Adelaide United Transfer
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Ipswich Town Under 23 Melbourne Victory Transfer
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Melbourne Victory Ipswich Town Under 23 Back from Loan
Oct 2020 Oct 2020 · Loan Ipswich Town Under 23 Melbourne Victory Loan Loan
May 2020 May 2020 · Back from Loan Stevenage Ipswich Town Under 23 Back from Loan
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Loan Ipswich Town U23 Stevenage Loan Loan
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Free Transfer – Ipswich Town Under 23 Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Adelaide United 2024–2026 28 1
Melbourne Victory 2020–2024 111 12
Ipswich Town 2017–2021 7 1
Stevenage 2019 2 0

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