John Kolawole

John Oluwatomiwa Kolawole (born 24 July 2004) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB.

Club career Kolawole began his career at FC Ebedei in Nigeria. At the age of 17, he was invited to a football camp at FC Midtjylland, the Danish partner club of FC Ebedei. In the summer of 2022, Kolawole also played training matches for the Danish club.

That same summer, in August 2022, the 18-year-old Kolawole instead signed with Liga Portugal 2 club C.D. Mafra, a club that shared the same owners as FC Midtjylland and has often been used as a feeder club for Midtjylland. At Mafra, however, he was primarily used on the club's U-23 team, but was also noted for 16 appearances for the first team, all of which came during the 2024–25 season.

On 1 September 2025, it was confirmed that Kolawole had transferred to the Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB on a contract running until June 2029.

International career Kolawole represented the national U17 team of Nigeria at the WAFU B U17 tournament in Lomé, Togo last year, where the team lost the final of the tournament.