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Ola Aina

Ola Aina

Defender - Right-Back  at Nottingham Forest
Age29
CitizenshipNigeria England
Height1.84 m
Footright
BornOctober 8, 1996
at Nottingham Forest 1,037 days · joined 2023-07-22
👕200+ Apps 🏴50+ Caps
Market value €22.00m
Right-Back Defender

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
12/13
debut season
0.03
goals / match
Torino FC
top club · 113 apps

Career highs

€22.00m
peak value · 2025
€9.80m
top transfer fee · 19/20
2
best season · 20/21
69 / 0
int'l caps / goals
346Appearances
10Goals
16Assists
55Yellow cards
1Red cards
113Full matches (90′)
Full nameOla Aina
Name in home countryTemitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina
Date of birth1996-10-08 (29 yrs)
Place of birthLondon, Nigeria
CitizenshipNigeria England
PositionDefender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height184.00 m
Current clubNottingham Forest
Joined2023-07-22
Contract expires2028-06-30
AgentElite Project Group ...
Outfitteradidas
Sep 2025
Injury: unknown
18 games missed
Jul 2025
25/26 — Nottingham Forest
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Apr 2025
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Nottingham Forest
37 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2024
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2023
Transfer: Torino → Forest
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Nottingham Forest
22 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2023
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Torino FC
21 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Torino FC
23 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2021
Transfer: Fulham → Torino
20/21 · Return from loan
Sep 2020
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Sep 2020
Transfer: Torino → Fulham
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — Fulham FC
33 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Torino FC
37 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Chelsea → Torino
19/20 · Transfer · €9.80m
Jun 2019
Transfer: Torino → Chelsea
18/19 · Return from loan
May 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Mar 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2018
Transfer: Chelsea → Torino
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Torino FC
32 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
May 2018
Transfer: Hull City → Chelsea
17/18 · Return from loan
Jul 2017
Transfer: Chelsea → Hull City
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Hull City
46 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Chelsea FC, Chelsea FC U23
10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Chelsea U23 → Chelsea
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Chelsea FC, Chelsea FC U21, Chelsea FC UEFA U19
25 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Chelsea FC U18, Chelsea FC U21, Chelsea FC UEFA U19
37 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Chelsea U18 → Chelsea U21
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Chelsea FC U18, Chelsea FC U21, Chelsea FC UEFA U19
16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Chelsea Youth → Chelsea U18
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Chelsea FC U18
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €22.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
10,193 min
Minutes played by club
Nottingham Forest 31.4%
Torino FC 29.7%
Fulham FC 13.1%
Hull City 1.8%
Chelsea FC 0.0%
Chelsea FC U23 0.0%
Chelsea FC U21 15.2%
Chelsea FC UEFA U19 8.8%
Chelsea FC U18 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Nottingham Forest 3 23/24 25/26 62 3 2 3,202
Torino FC 4 18/19 22/23 113 2 7 3,028
Fulham FC 1 20/21 20/21 33 2 1 1,335
Hull City 1 17/18 17/18 46 1 3 180
Chelsea FC 2 15/16 16/17 6 0 0 0
Chelsea FC U23 1 16/17 16/17 4 0 0 0
Chelsea FC U21 3 13/14 15/16 48 1 2 1,549
Chelsea FC UEFA U19 3 13/14 15/16 20 1 1 899
Chelsea FC U18 3 12/13 14/15 14 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€5.5M2€11M3€16.5M4€22M14/15 — 1 goals (Chelsea FC UEFA U19)14/15 — 1 assists214/1515/16 — 1 goals (Chelsea FC U21)15/16 — 2 assists315/1616/1717/18 — 1 goals (Hull City)17/18 — 3 assists417/1818/19 — 1 goals (Torino FC)18/19 — 3 assists418/1919/20 — 3 assists319/2020/21 — 2 goals (Fulham FC)20/21 — 1 assists320/2121/2222/23 — 1 goals (Torino FC)22/23 — 1 assists222/2323/24 — 1 goals (Nottingham Forest)23/24 — 1 assists223/2424/25 — 2 goals (Nottingham Forest)24/25 — 1 assists324/2525/2616/17 — €500K17/18 — €1.5M18/19 — €6.5M19/20 — €10M20/21 — €8M21/22 — €7M22/23 — €4M23/24 — €8M24/25 — €14M25/26 — €22MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 3319/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Premier League Nottingham Forest 3 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Premier League Nottingham Forest 35 2 1 5 0 1,501
23/24 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Premier League Nottingham Forest 22 1 1 3 0 1,701
22/23 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Serie A Torino FC 19 1 1 5 0 870
21/22 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Serie A Torino FC 21 0 0 4 0 0
20/21 EFL Cup Fulham FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 FA Cup Fulham FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Premier League Fulham FC 31 2 1 3 0 1,335
19/20 Europa League Qualifying Torino FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 1 1 0 0
19/20 Serie A Torino FC 32 0 2 8 0 0
18/19 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Serie A Torino FC 30 1 3 4 1 2,158
17/18 Championship Hull City 44 0 3 3 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Hull City 2 1 0 1 0 180
16/17 EFL Cup Chelsea FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Trophy Chelsea FC U23 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Chelsea FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League Chelsea FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League 2 Chelsea FC U23 3 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier League Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 U21 PL Chelsea FC U21 18 1 1 2 0 1,549
15/16 UEFA Youth League Chelsea FC UEFA U19 7 0 1 4 0 0
14/15 FA Youth Cup Chelsea FC U18 6 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 U21 PL Chelsea FC U21 21 0 1 3 0 0
14/15 UEFA Youth League Chelsea FC UEFA U19 10 1 0 2 0 899
13/14 FA Youth Cup Chelsea FC U18 4 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 U21 PL Chelsea FC U21 7 0 0 2 0 0
13/14 U21 PL Knockout Chelsea FC U21 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 UEFA Youth League Chelsea FC UEFA U19 3 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 FA Youth Cup Chelsea FC U18 4 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
13/14 2013-07-01 Chelsea Youth Chelsea U18 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Chelsea U18 Chelsea U21 Transfer 0
16/17 2016-07-01 Chelsea U23 Chelsea Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-11 Chelsea Hull City Loan 1000000
17/18 2018-05-31 Hull City Chelsea Return from loan 1500000
18/19 2018-08-14 Chelsea Torino Loan 4000000
18/19 2019-06-30 Torino Chelsea Return from loan 10000000
19/20 2019-07-01 Chelsea Torino Transfer 10000000 €9.80m
20/21 2020-09-11 Torino Fulham Loan 7000000
20/21 2021-06-30 Fulham Torino Return from loan 6000000
23/24 2023-07-22 Torino Forest Transfer 3500000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Muscle injury 2018-09-03 2018-09-10 8 1
18/19 bruise 2018-11-20 2018-12-01 12 1
18/19 unknown injury 2019-03-03 2019-03-05 3 1
18/19 flu 2019-05-11 2019-05-13 3 1
20/21 Fitness 2020-09-11 2020-10-03 23 6
22/23 Hamstring muscle injury 2022-10-22 2023-01-23 94 12
22/23 Muscle injury 2023-03-29 2023-05-10 43 7
23/24 unknown injury 2024-02-23 2024-03-25 32 6
24/25 Calf injury 2025-04-01 2025-04-26 26 4
25/26 Hamstring injury 2025-09-09 2025-12-09 92 18
Current€20.00m
Peak€22.00m
Low€500k
Δ since start+€19.50m
€500k€5.88m€11.25m€16.63m€22.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €14.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #30322 #2 6 0 former national player
Team #22907 #5 4 0 former national player
Team #21340 #12 13 0 former national player
Team #9565 #12 0 0 former national player
Team #3444 #2 46 0 current national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 2 0 0
Andrea Belotti 1 1 0
Charlie Colkett 2 0 0
Saša Lukić 1 0 0
Tomás Rincón 1 0 0
Armando Izzo 1 0 0
Fikayo Tomori 2 0 0
Anthony Elanga 2 1 0
Soualiho Meïté 1 0 0
Kasey Palmer 2 1 0
Ademola Lookman 1 0 0
Bremer 1 2 0
Alex Iwobi 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
20/21 Premier League Fulham FC 2 31
24/25 Premier League Nottingham Forest 2 35
17/18 FA Cup Hull City 1 2

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
17/18 Championship Hull City 3 44
18/19 Serie A Torino FC 3 30
19/20 Serie A Torino FC 2 32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-06-30 Fulham Torino Return from loan €6.00m
20/21 2020-09-11 Torino Fulham Loan €7.00m
18/19 2019-06-30 Torino Chelsea Return from loan €10.00m
18/19 2018-08-14 Chelsea Torino Loan €4.00m
17/18 2018-05-31 Hull City Chelsea Return from loan €1.50m
17/18 2017-07-11 Chelsea Hull City Loan €1.00m

Last 50 matches for Nottingham Forest The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-04-27 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City Available
2025-03-29 GB1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2025-03-03 GB1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Ipswich Town Available
2024-08-28 CGB Nottingham Forest 3–4 Newcastle United Available
2024-02-28 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Manchester United INJURED unknown injury
2023-08-30 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–1 Burnley FC Available
2023-02-01 CGB Manchester United 2–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2023-01-25 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–3 Manchester United Available
2023-01-11 CGB Nottingham Forest 4–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers INJURED Hamstring muscle injury
2022-12-21 CGB Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Nottingham Forest INJURED Hamstring muscle injury
2022-11-09 CGB Nottingham Forest 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur INJURED Hamstring muscle injury
2022-08-23 CGB Grimsby Town 0–3 Nottingham Forest Available
2022-03-20 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Liverpool FC Available
2022-03-07 GB1 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Huddersfield Town Available
2021-08-24 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Available
2021-08-11 CGB Nottingham Forest 2–1 Bradford City Available
2020-09-05 CGB Barnsley FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-06-28 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Huddersfield Town Available
2020-06-20 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-03-06 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–3 Millwall FC Available
2020-03-02 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-25 GB2 Cardiff City 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-22 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Available
2020-02-15 GB2 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-11 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Charlton Athletic Available
2020-02-08 GB2 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Leeds United Available
2020-02-01 GB2 Birmingham City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-28 GB2 Brentford FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-22 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Reading FC Available
2020-01-19 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Luton Town Available
2020-01-11 GB2 Reading FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-01 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Available
2019-12-29 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Wigan Athletic Available
2019-12-26 GB2 Hull City 0–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-12-21 GB2 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-12-14 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–4 Sheffield Wednesday Available
2019-12-10 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2019-12-06 GB2 Millwall FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-30 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Cardiff City Available
2019-11-27 GB2 Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-23 GB2 Bristol City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-09 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Derby County Available
2019-11-02 GB2 Luton Town 1–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-10-23 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Hull City Available
2019-10-20 GB2 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-10-05 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Brentford FC Available
2019-10-01 GB2 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-27 GB2 Stoke City 2–3 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-24 CGB Arsenal FC 5–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-21 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Barnsley FC Available

Teams faced most often by Ola Aina's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Brentford FC 27 9 5 13 38 54 -16 33%
Ipswich Town 25 12 6 7 42 25 +17 48%
Sheffield Wednesday 22 6 5 11 22 29 -7 27%
Leeds United 22 7 10 5 29 26 +3 32%
Birmingham City 21 8 5 8 31 31 0 38%
Derby County 21 5 6 10 13 34 -21 24%
Bolton Wanderers 20 11 5 4 41 18 +23 55%
Reading FC 20 10 5 5 32 25 +7 50%
Middlesbrough FC 20 8 3 9 23 26 -3 40%
Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 5 5 9 25 30 -5 26%
Cardiff City 18 5 4 9 21 25 -4 28%
AC Milan 18 5 7 6 16 26 -10 28%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
12/13 Senior debut season
14/15 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 3 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 37 1,501 5 0 0 0.3
23/24 22 1,701 3 0 0 0.16
22/23 21 870 5 0 0 0.52
21/22 23 0 4 0 0 0
20/21 33 1,335 3 0 0 0.2
19/20 37 0 9 0 0 0
18/19 32 2,158 5 0 1 0.25
17/18 46 180 4 0 0 2
15/16 25 1,549 6 0 0 0.35
14/15 37 899 5 0 0 0.5
13/14 16 0 4 0 0 0
12/13 4 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
94 apps
5 G
3 A
Serie A
102 apps
2 G
6 A
U21 PL
49 apps
1 G
2 A
UEFA Youth League
20 apps
1 G
1 A
FA Cup
6 apps
1 G
0 A
Championship
44 apps
0 G
3 A
Italy Cup
8 apps
0 G
1 A
FA Youth Cup
14 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Ola Aina

Who is Ola Aina?

Ola Aina is a Nigeria professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Nottingham Forest.

How old is Ola Aina?

Ola Aina is 29 years old. He was born on October 8, 1996 in London.

What position does Ola Aina play?

Ola Aina plays as a right-back (Defender - Right-Back).

What club does Ola Aina play for?

Ola Aina currently plays for Nottingham Forest.

How many career goals has Ola Aina scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ola Aina has scored 10 goals in 346 appearances.

What is Ola Aina's market value?

Ola Aina's most recent reported market value is €22.00m.