Olayinka Fredrick Oladotun Ladapo (born 1 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Huddersfield Town.
During his time at Colchester, he had a number of loan spells in non-league football with Thurrock, Chelmsford City, Bishop's Stortford, Woking and Nuneaton Town.
He left Rotherham in the summer of 2022, signing for Ipswich Town on a free transfer and going onto win promotion from EFL League One in his first season with the club.
[5] On 1 March 2011, he was loaned to Conference South club Thurrock for work experience,[5] and scored on his senior debut that day as a half-time substitute in a 3–1 home loss to Boreham Wood.
[7] He signed a professional one-and-a-half-year contract with Colchester in March 2012,[8] and at the start of the following season, he was loaned to Bishop's Stortford in the Conference North.
[13] Having previously failed to score in his four appearances for Woking, Ladapo was sent out on loan to fellow Conference team Nuneaton Town on 1 November for one month.
[15] In his next match against Welling United on 16 November, Ladapo was brought on as an 86th-minute substitute and subsequently scored an injury-time goal to win the game 2–1.
[17] Ladapo was registered in time to face Premier League club Sunderland in the FA Cup fourth round the following day.
[25] While primarily used as a member of the development squad, in July 2016 he accompanied the first team on their North American tour and was named in the starting lineup for the first friendly match against Philadelphia Union.
[31] On 31 January 2018, Ladapo moved to League One side Southend United for an undisclosed fee,[32] having been poised to join AFC Wimbledon earlier the same day and even arriving at the club's stadium to undergo a medical before walking out midway through.
[36] On 25 June 2019, Ladapo signed a three-year contract with Rotherham United for £500,000, which represented a record transfer fee for the South Yorkshire club.
In June 2011, Ladapo was invited to join a provisional training camp for the Nigeria under-20 team held at Bisham Abbey in preparation for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.