Udoka Favour Godwin-Malife
Center Back · Reading · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 4 clubs — 245 appearances with 18 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Swindon Town — Season rating 39, 1 goal and 6 assists in 42 games. 2023/24 was the leap — Season rating up 19 points at Swindon Town. Form has slipped 12 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 12 Season points.
Season-to-season output barely moves — his form has stayed within a tight band (±6 points) across 6 campaigns. Made the jump to a higher division in 2022/23 (League One) and kept playing — 49 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 26 |
| 2025/26 | Burton Albion | 38 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | Burton Albion | 42 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | Swindon Town | 42 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 39 |
| 2022/23 | Burton Albion | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | Forest Green | 49 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | Forest Green | 26 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 25 |
| 2020/21 | Forest Green | 46 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 35 |
| 2019/20 | Forest Green | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Eastleigh | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Oxford City | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Forest Green | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Oxford City | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
Schedule · 2026/27
Also spent part of this season at Burton Albion, Burton Albion — those games aren't in this club's schedule.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 | Friendlies Clubs | A Farnborough | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 17 | Friendlies Clubs | A Getafe | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | A Woking | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 28 | Friendlies Clubs | A Newport County | 4-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 31 | Friendlies Clubs | A Crawley Town | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | H Charlton | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | A Bromley | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | League One | H Luton | 3-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 18 | EFL Trophy | H Wycombe | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | League One | A AFC Wimbledon | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 25 | League Cup | A Stevenage | 3-0 | Not in squad | — |