Alex Iwobi stats, goals, records, assists, caps & transfers

Alex Iwobi joined Arsenal’s academy as a six-year-old in 2004, the nephew of Nigeria icon Jay-Jay Okocha growing up in the shadow of a club he would go on to represent 149 times.

He broke into Arsène Wenger’s first team as a teenager, started a Europa League final before he turned 23, and by the time he left North London had 15 goals and 23 assists to his name.

A £35m move to Everton in 2019 turned him into a Merseyside mainstay for four seasons, culminating in a Players’ Player of the Season award as his form helped keep the Toffees up.

Since 2023 he has been Fulham’s most reliable attacking presence, setting the Nigerian record for Premier League appearances along the way.

Alex Iwobi’s transfer record

Alex Iwobi has made only two fee-generating moves in his career, totaling €56.10 million. Everton paid Arsenal roughly €30.40m for him in August 2019, a deal that funded his four years at Goodison Park.

He switched to Fulham in September 2023 in a deal worth €25.70m.

At Fulham, Iwobi has become the first African player to feature in at least 100 Premier League games for three different clubs. In April 2024 he became the Nigerian player with the most Premier League appearances in the competition’s history.

Alex Iwobi’s Arsenal breakthrough

Picked up by the Gunners at six years old, Alex Iwobi was nearly released twice as a youngster before signing his first long-term contract in October 2015.

He made his first-team debut that month in the League Cup and his Premier League bow days later, scoring in each of his first two league starts, against Everton and Watford.

He went on to make 149 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 15 goals and adding 23 assists, and started the 2019 Europa League final in Baku, a game the Gunners lost to Chelsea. That remained his final appearance for the club before his move to Everton that August.

Arsenal:

Appearances – 149
Goals – 15, Assists – 23
Honours – FA Cup, Community Shield, Europa League finalist (2018/19)

Alex Iwobi’s Everton years

Marco Silva, who had tracked him at Arsenal, brought Iwobi to Everton for €30.40m in August 2019.

His four seasons on Merseyside were mostly spent fighting relegation battles, and his best campaign arrived at the sharpest point of one: in 2022/23 his 10 goal involvements, including a club-high eight assists, helped Everton survive and earned him the Players’ Player of the Season award.

Everton:

Appearances – 140
Goals – 9, Assists – 17
Honours – Players’ Player of the Season (2022/23)

Alex Iwobi’s Fulham story

Iwobi signed for Fulham in the summer of 2023, and has barely missed a game since. He scored his first goal for the club in a League Cup tie that September, then his first Premier League goal in a 3-2 win over Wolves that November.

Across his first three Fulham seasons he started all but a handful of league games, becoming an ever-present creative outlet before overtaking the previous Nigerian record for Premier League appearances in April 2024.

Fulham:

Appearances – 117
Goals – 20, Assists – 11

Alex Iwobi and the Super Eagles

After playing for England at several youth levels, Alex Iwobi decided to represent Nigeria at senior international level, having been born in Lagos.

He made his Super Eagles debut aged only 19 and has since earn 102 caps, scoring ten goals. The Fulham man is one of only five Nigerians to have hit a century of games for the Super Eagles.

Iwobi has since featured at the 2018 World Cup and four editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, claiming one silver and two bronze medals.

Super Eagles

Appearances – 102
Goals – 10, Assists – 9

Nigeria’s greatest Premier League goalscorers

Alex Iwobi scored the winner for Fulham in a 1-0 victory over Hull City at Craven Cottage on Saturday, October 18, 2026.

That strike is Iwobi’s 36th in the Premier League, making him Nigeria’s seventh prolific goalscorer in the history of the competition.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni remains the number one in this chart with 95 goals, followed by legendary Arsenal forward Nwankwo Kanu on 54 goals.

Efan Ekoku has 53, Shola Ameobi follows with 43 while Kelechi Iheanacho completes the top five on 42 goals.

Peter Odemwingie is sixth on the elite list with 37, one more than Iwobi’s haul while Obafemi Martins (28 goals), Victor Anichebe (27), and Taiwo Awoniyi (21) rounds out the top ten.