T. Dele-Bashiru

Following his move to Aris Thessalonikis, Dele-Bashiru's current-season form is level with last season (Season 21→20), while his Rating held around 42. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Aris Thessalonikis · 5th	1	0	0	6.6	42	20
2025/26	Gençlerbirliği S.K.Loan · 14th	28	0	1	6.9	42	21
2025/26	Watford · 16th	1	0	0	6.3	45	0
2024/25	Watford · 14th	27	4	0	6.82	64	25
2023/24	Watford · 15th	35	2	2	6.81	63	27
2022/23	Watford · 11th	6	0	1	6.56	59	4

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 8 youth-team spells in the full career.

Nigeria · international

Side	Apps	G
Nigeria U23	1	0
Nigeria U20	3	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

T. Dele-Bashiru is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Gençlerbirliği S.K., rated 42.2 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (77.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.52 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dele-Bashiru.

On the season, Dele-Bashiru graded 21 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 1 assist and 2.515 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 21 → 20). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42. At 26 Dele-Bashiru is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2025/264 clubs

42.2

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

21.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

77.2%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.52

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Gençlerbirliği S.K. finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

2.52

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 77.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 42.2 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.52 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %77.2%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.038

Goal contribution / 900.038

Defensive actions / 902.515

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.038

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around age 26 (~10), then tapers with age. At 26, Dele-Bashiru sits on 9.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Dele-Bashiru's projected Rating — 42.2 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Super League 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles38

Interceptions22

Blocks6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

Aris ThessalonikisJul 2026 – now

Watford(back from loan)Jun 2026 – Jul 2026

Gençlerbirliği S.K.(on loan)Sept 2025 – Jun 2026

Watford(back from loan)Jul 2022 – Sept 2025

Reading(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jul 2022

WatfordJul 2019 – Aug 2021Free

Manchester Cityuntil Jul 2019

About T. Dele-Bashiru

Ayotomiwa Sherif Dele-Bashiru is a 26-year-old central midfielder who plays for Aris Thessalonikis, born on September 17, 1999 in Manchester, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Nigeria. Aris Thessalonikis currently sit 5th of 14 in the Super League 1.

This season

In the current season, T. Dele-Bashiru has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 81 minutes.

T. Dele-Bashiru's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Aris Thessalonikis face OFI at home in the Super League 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates T. Dele-Bashiru at 42.2 with a Season form score of 21.2. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the League Cup and the Premier League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 11 recorded seasons, T. Dele-Bashiru has totalled 211 club appearances with 17 goals and 6 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 37 appearances for Reading.

T. Dele-Bashiru's career has also included time at Watford, Gençlerbirliği S.K., Reading and Manchester City.

On the international stage, T. Dele-Bashiru has represented Nigeria U23 and Nigeria U20 — 4 caps and 1 goal in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.