Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team.

A Hale End academy prospect of Arsenal, Balogun was promoted to the first team in 2020 and featured sparingly for the club, later going on loan to EFL Championship side Middlesbrough in 2022.

[13] In 2017, he was an integral part of Trevor Bumstead's Arsenal U16 side that won the Liam Brady Cup, beating Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Juventus respectively.

[15] In July 2020, after failing to agree a new contract with Arsenal, he was linked with a transfer away from the club, including a proposed £8 million move to Brentford.

[16][17] He made his senior debut in the Europa League on October 29, 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute, in a group stage match against Dundalk.

[39] Born in the United States to Nigerian parents and raised in England, Balogun was eligible to represent any of the three nations at international level.

After playing for England at the under-17 level, and appearing in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[40] he accepted a call up from the United States under-18 national team in August 2018 for a training camp and a tournament in the Czech Republic.

[48] On September 7, 2021, he made his England U21 debut as a substitute during the 2–0 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Kosovo under-21s at Stadium MK.

[54] Following the game, Balogun, with teammates Chris Richards, Tim Weah and Weston McKennie suffered racial abuse from online trolls.

[57] Labelled a pure "number nine" or center forward, Balogun has also played as a trequartista in youth soccer, and was deployed by Chris Wilder in a second-striker role at Middlesbrough.

[58][59] Martin Keown compared Balogun to Arsenal's second highest ever goalscorer Ian Wright, due to his pace and intelligent movement.