Joe Lolley

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Joe Lolley
Personal information
Full name Joseph Lolley
Date of birth (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Redditch, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sydney FC
Number 10
Youth career
2005–2008 Birmingham City
2008–2011 Bromsgrove Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Littleton
2013–2014 Kidderminster Harriers 21 (9)
2014–2018 Huddersfield Town 80 (9)
2015 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2022 Nottingham Forest 159 (24)
2022– Sydney FC 47 (14)
International career
2013 United Kingdom (universiades)
2013 England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:17, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Joseph Lolley (born 25 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Australian club Sydney FC. His previous clubs in English football include Huddersfield Town, for whom he appeared in the Premier League, and Nottingham Forest. He has represented his country at England C level and University level.

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Club career

Early life and early career

Joseph Lolley [2] was born on 25 August 1992 in Redditch, Worcestershire. [3] He was part of Birmingham City's academy until the age of 16. [4] He then moved to Bromsgrove Rovers, but made his name with Midland Combination side Littleton, scoring 88 goals in 83 games. [4]

Kidderminster Harriers

In July 2013, following a successful trial, Lolley signed a one-year contract with Conference Premier side Kidderminster Harriers. [5] After a strong start to the season, Lolley scored his first Harriers goal in his second appearance, a 3–1 win over Chester. Lolley went on to score 9 league goals in 21 league appearances, and also 2 goals in 6 appearances in the FA Cup. Kidderminster won every game that Lolley scored in. [6] In his last league game for the Harriers, he scored a hat-trick against Salisbury City, [7] in his last game for the Harriers, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 FA Cup 3rd Round replay away to Peterborough United. Kidderminster received an offer from Peterborough United, but Lolley rejected the move. [8]

Huddersfield Town

On 15 January 2014, just one day after scoring the goal that knocked Peterborough out of the FA Cup, Lolley joined Championship side Huddersfield Town for an undisclosed fee. [9] He made his début as a substitute in the 5–1 defeat by Leeds United at Elland Road on 1 February 2014. [10] On 3 May 2014, Lolley made his first start for the Terriers where he scored the first goal in the 4–1 victory over Watford in the 46th minute and also claimed two assists which was the last game of the season. On 14 March 2015, Lolley scored his second league goal for Huddersfield in a 1–1 away draw at Birmingham City. [11] His first home goal for the Terriers was the equalising goal in the 2–2 draw against Blackburn Rovers on 25 April 2015.

On 25 September, Lolley joined Scunthorpe United on an initial one-month loan. [12] After making 6 appearances on loan for the Iron, he along with his teammate Murray Wallace were recalled on 1 November.

Nottingham Forest

On 31 January 2018, Lolley signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee. He was one of six additions to the Forest squad on deadline day. [13] He scored his first goal for Forest in a 5–2 win at QPR on 24 February 2018. [14]

On 3 May 2019 he was crowned Nottingham Forest's Player of the Season for the 2018–19 season. [15] He also won Forest's Goal of the Season award for a long range strike against his boyhood club Aston Villa in a thrilling match that would finish 5-5. [16] He also provided four assists in this game. [17]

Lolley's first goal of the 2019–20 season came in a 3–0 victory against Birmingham City on 17 August 2019, [18] his fifth career goal against Aston Villa's local rivals.

In August 2022, Lolley was training with the club's U23 side and was looking for a move away from the club. [19]

Sydney FC

On 15 August 2022, it was announced that Lolley had signed a two-year deal with A–League side Sydney FC. Taking on the number 10 jersey, Lolley scored his first goal against Western United in a 3–1 away win. [20] Lolley finished his first season in Australia with six goals and five assists as Sydney reached the finals. After finding the net 13 times in his first 18 months of his 24 month contract with Sydney, he signed a 2-year extension with the club in January 2024. [21]

International career

As an England and Great Britain International, Lolley has represented his country at both University Level and semi-professional level. In the summer of 2013 he was selected by the Great Britain University team to play at the 2013 World University Games in Russia where GB went on to reach the final winning the silver medal. [22] [23] He then made his debut for the England C team in a 2–2 friendly match with the Czech Republic U21s in November 2013 during his time at Kidderminster. [24] [25]

Personal life

Lolley studied Sports Coaching at the University of Central Lancashire. [26]

Lolley also takes a keen interest in politics, and would often use his now deleted Twitter account to discuss current affairs. He has supported increasing rates of income tax for high earners. [27]

Lolley is also a dog lover. He visited the Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand in June 2019, and also has his own black Labrador named Bear. [27]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kidderminster Harriers 2013–14 [6] Conference Premier 21962—1 [lower-alpha 3] 02811
Huddersfield Town 2013–14 [28] Championship 61———61
2014–15 [29] Championship1721011—193
2015–16 [30] Championship3242000—344
2016–17 [31] Championship191300000221
2017–18 [32] Premier League 612021—102
Total8098032009111
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2015–16 [30] League One 60———60
Nottingham Forest 2017–18 [32] Championship163———163
2018–19 [33] Championship46111041—5112
2019–20 [34] Championship4290021—4410
2020–21 [35] Championship2812000—301
2021–22 [36] Championship27010002 [lower-alpha 4] 0300
Total1592440622017126
Sydney FC 2022–23 [6] A-League Men 27610——286
2023–24 [6] A-League Men13851——189
Total401461——4615
Career total30656243943034263

Honours

Nottingham Forest

Sydney FC

Individual

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