Matt Young (footballer, born 2003)
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Matt Young in 2025. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Alan Young[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Hatfield, England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Haringey Borough | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Leyton Orient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Leyton Orient | 15 | (0) |
| 2022 | Wealdstone (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Haringey Borough (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2023 | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Haringey Borough | 33 | (15) |
| 2024– | Folkestone Invicta | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:45, 19 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Matthew Alan Young (born 6 February 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Folkestone Invicta.
Playing career
Previously a member of their academy, Young signed his first professional contract with Leyton Orient in May 2021.[2]
Young made his debut for Orient in the 3–0 defeat at Salford City on the last day of the 2020–21 season, as an 84th-minute substitute for Hector Kyprianou.[3]
In June 2022 he joined Wealdstone on loan from Leyton Orient.[4] He departed the club in September 2022 having not made an appearance.[5]
Following the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, Young departed Leyton Orient upon the expiration of his contract,[6] subsequently returning to Isthmian League Premier Division side Haringey Borough.[7]
In June 2024, Young joined Isthmian Premier Division side Folkestone Invicta.[8]
Statistics
- As of match played 2 April 2022
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leyton Orient | 2020–21[9] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021–22[10] | League Two | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Leyton Orient total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Wealdstone (loan) | 2022–23[11] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Leyton Orient have announced their retained list as they begin rebuild". East London Advertiser. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Salford City 3–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Matt Young joins Wealdstone on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 30 June 2022.
- ^ @WealdstoneFC (8 September 2022). "Midfielder Matt Young has returned to Leyton Orient after his loan spell expiredGood luck for the rest of the sea…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "O'S ANNOUNCE RETAINED LIST AHEAD OF RETURN TO SKY BET LEAGUE ONE". www.leytonorient.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ @HaringeyBoroFC (5 July 2023). "Back again for 2023/24… 👀 @Youngy_24 signs on as a Borough player for next season! Great news and we can't wait to see him back in action in the yellow and blue 💛💙" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 June 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Welcome: Matt Young". folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Matt Young in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Matt Young in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Matt Young in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2022.