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Rio Ngumoha

Liverpool FC

1 appearance, no goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1: A 0
(actual pitch goals F 0: A 0)
100% successful

2026

disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played:
45
Timeline
  Rio Bass Ray Ngumoha Adigun
or Rio Chima Ngumoha
Birth Friday, 29 August 2008 in Newham, Havering, Essex
no registration found
Source Various media &

Playing Career


Club(s)
Ngumoha began his schoolboy career at the Academy at Chelsea FC as an eight year old. Joined Liverpool FC in the 2024 summer, but the manner of his exit meant that his new club were ordered to pay £2.8m. on 5 February 2026 by the PFCC tribunal for his training and development.
League honours
5+14 appearances, 2 goals
Liverpool FC 2025-26 five+fourteen appearances, two goals
debut: (sub) 25 August 2025 Newcastle United FC 2 Liverpool FC 3.
Club honours U17 Premier League Cup winners 2023-24;
Individual honours Premier League Home Grown Debutant of the Season 2025-26;
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 7", 11st. 8lb. [2026]
Source Utilita Football Yearbook [2023].

England Career

Player number the 1300th player to appear for England
BME Number the 122nd BME player at Senior level
Position(s) Right-forward
Only match No. 1081, 6 June 2026, England 1 New Zealand 0, a friendly match at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Orlando, substitute (ht), aged 17 years 281 days.
Major tournaments FIFA World Cup Finals 2026 (training camp);
Major honours None
Distinctions Also eligible to play for Nigeria through his parentage.
Youth Career
Youth tournaments UEFA Under 17 European Championship Finals 2025;
Costa de la Luz Internacional
2025 (withdrawn); UEFA Development Tournament 2024; Football Federations Cup 2024; Tournoi International 2023; Pinetar Arena Cup 2023;
Youth honours UEFA Development Tournament winners 2024; Football Federations Cup winners 2024; Tournoi International winners 2023; Pinetar Arena Cup runners-up 2023;

Individual honours
Under 19 (six+five appearances, 2ᵍ September 2025-March 2026);
Under 18 (withdrawn in September 2025);
Under 17 (eight+four appearances, 2ᵍ October 2024-May 2025);
Under 16 (seven+two appearances, 2ᵍ August 2023-April 2024);
Under 15 (four+one appearances, 2ᵍ February-April 2023; one training appearance 1ᵍ February 2023);


The Numbers

squads Apps comp. apps starts subs unused minutes
1 1 0 0 ▲1
▼0
0 45 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1 0 100 +1

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home                          
Away                          
Neutral 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1

Shirt Record

Colour P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White                          
Red 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Friendly match 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1

Tournament Record

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
                           
                         



Age 14 under 15  
one training camp appearance - Wolverhampton Wanderes FC February 2023;
five appearances - Belgium February 2023; United States, Japan▲ & Spain April 2023;
under 16  
one appearance - Croatia 22 August 2023;

Age 15
nine appearances - Japan, France▲ & Switzerland October/November 2023; Netherlands December 2023;
Saudi Arabia▲, Sweden & Korea Republic February 2024; Belgium April 2024;

Age 16 under 17  
twelve appearances - Malta, Latvia▲ & Sweden October 2024; Belgium (x2, second▲) November 2024;
Netherlands (x2, second▲) February 2025; Israel▲, Slovenia & Northern Ireland March 2025;
Belgium & Italy May 2025;

Age 17 under 18  
drafted into the first U18 squad of the 2025-26 before moving moved a level-up
under 19  
eleven appearances - Ukraine, Spain▲ & Netherlands▲ September 2025; Belgium & Wales▲ October 2025;
Lithuania, Latvia & Scotland▲ November 2025; Serbia▲, Poland & Portgal March 2026;

 
 Club: Liverpool F.C. - one full appearance (45 min) head coach: Thomas Tuchel - one full appearance (45 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Ngumoha was chosen as a supplementary training squad member for the pre-camp in Florida, prior to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals.
1 1081 6 June 2026 - England 1 New Zealand 0
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa

Fr
NW (1-0) ht 31
RF

the 1300th player to appear for England
the 76th player from Liverpool FC to represent England
the 122nd BME Player to represent England
the fifth youngest player to represent England

  1082   10 June 2026 - England vs. Costa Rica, Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando   N_ member  
   
    


    

 
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