Ryan Alebiosu

In the 2026-27 Championship campaign Alebiosu has made 8 appearances for Blackburn Rovers, all starts, and scored 0 goals; he has also featured once in Africa CON and once in the League Cup – the all-start record in the league suggests he is being deployed as a starting right back when selected and is being used across competitions.

Alebiosu is 24 and is Nigerian; he progressed through Arsenal's system before a sequence of development loans to Crewe Alexandra in January 2022 and Kilmarnock in July 2022, moved permanently to Kortrijk in September 2023, spent time on loan at St Mirren in February 2025 and then returned to the English game with Blackburn Rovers in July 2025 – a trajectory marked by academy development, multiple loans and a permanent move abroad followed by a return to England.

Moves have combined loans and undisclosed permanent deals: Arsenal loaned him to Crewe Alexandra in January 2022 and to Kilmarnock in July 2022; Arsenal sold him to Kortrijk in September 2023 for an undisclosed fee; Kortrijk loaned him to St Mirren in February 2025; he then joined Blackburn Rovers from Kortrijk in July 2025 for an undisclosed fee – a pattern of early-career loans followed by a permanent move abroad and a subsequent return to the English league system.