David

Idowu

CB Arda #4

Centre-Back – Midfielder

David Idowu

Arda First League

#546 defensive midfielder aged 26–29

Date of birth / Age: 23 Jun 2000 (26)
Citizenship: Nigeria
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1703

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#546

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

38%

of First League defensive midfielders rank below him

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 30
Starting eleven: 17
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 6
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 2
Minutes: 1,616

Starting eleven57%

17 of 30 appearances

Minutes played1,616

54 per appearance

Goal involvement2

2 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

139 matches · since 2019

LBAMRBDMCMCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	59	5	1
Central Midfield	40	3	0
Defensive Midfield	32	0	0
Right-Back	4	1	0
Other · AM, LB	4	0	0

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Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	First League	Arda	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	427
2025/26	First League	Arda	24	12	1	0	6	0	2	1,107
2025/26	UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	Arda	6	5	1	–	0	–	0	509
2024/25	First League	Arda	21	3	1	0	3	0	0	588
2024/25	Cup	Arda	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	82
2022	Virsliga	BFC Daugavpils	31	29	2	0	6	0	0	2,695
2022	Cup	BFC Daugavpils	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	15
2021	Virsliga	BFC Daugavpils	20	18	3	0	5	0	0	1,684
2021	Cup	BFC Daugavpils	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	210
2020	Cup	BFC Daugavpils	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2020	Virsliga	BFC Daugavpils	24	24	2	1	6	0	0	2,133
2019	Virsliga	BFC Daugavpils	11	11	1	0	4	0	0	995
2019	Cup	BFC Daugavpils	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			152	111	11	1^*	32	0^*	2	10,581

By competition	Apps	G	A
Virsliga	86	8	1
First League	53	2	0
Cup	7	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	6	1	–

* 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

Oct 2024 Oct 2024 · Free Transfer – Arda Free Transfer Free
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Free Agent BFC Daugavpils – Free Agent Free
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Free Transfer – BFC Daugavpils Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Arda 2024–2027 61 3
BFC Daugavpils 2019–2022 91 8

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