Dapo Mebude


Adedapo Awokoya-Mebude is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Rangers of the Scottish Premiership as a striker.

Early and personal life

Mebude was born in London, and is of Nigerian descent. His family moved to Scotland when he was young, and he joined the Rangers youth system after attending an open Soccer Schools event organised by the club. He was later a participant in the SFA's Performance School programme at Holyrood Secondary School, and also attended Rangers' youth partnership school Boclair Academy.
His younger brother Dire is also a footballer, who as of 2019 was playing for Rangers and Scotland at youth level.

Club career

Mebude turned professional with Rangers in May 2017. He signed a new contract with the club in December 2018, keeping him at Ibrox until 2021. In February 2019 he was recalled from international duty with the Scotland under-19s to join up with the Rangers first team, due to injury problems. He made his senior debut on 19 May 2019, in a 1–2 away defeat against Kilmarnock in the league.

International career

Mebude represented Scotland at under-16, under-17, under-18, and under-19 youth levels.

Playing style

In November 2018, he was described by the Daily Record as a "diminutive striker" who was "highly-rated within Ibrox" and that he was "known for his quick pace as well as his obvious finishing ability and is a handful for defenders with his trickery". In a September 2019 interview, Mebude stated "When I play as a winger I try and be direct and score goals like Raheem Sterling. He is fast, direct and a similar build to me."