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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Royston Brooking [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, England [2] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aldershot Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Reading | ||
| 2018–2024 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | Dorking Wanderers | 17 | (0) |
| 2025– | Aldershot Town | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | England U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 26 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Joshua Royston Brooking (born 1 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for National League club Aldershot Town
Born in Reading, Brooking started his career at local side Reading. He joined the academy of Chelsea in 2018. [2] [4] Brooking signed his first professional contract in July 2020. [5] He extended his contract in June 2022. [2] On 20 August 2021, Brooking was sent off after a brutal challenge against Manchester United winger Dillon Hoogewerf in a Premier League 2 match. [6] [7] He started training with the first-team in December 2021. [8] In February 2023, Brooking had captained the Premier League 2 team. [9]
On 5 June 2024, Chelsea announced he would be leaving in the summer when his contract expired. [10]
On 6 September 2024, Brooking joined National League South club Dorking Wanderers. [11] On 2 April 2025, it was announced that Brooking had left the club following a mutual termination in his contract. [12]
On 26 June 2025, Brooking joined National League side Aldershot Town. [13]
Brooking was born in England to a South African father and English mother, [14] and is eligible to represent both England and South Africa at international level. [15] He had represented England at under-16 and under-17 level. [2] [16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea U21 | 2021–22 [16] | — | — | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 [16] | — | — | — | 5 [a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 [16] | — | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Dorking Wanderers | 2024–25 [16] [17] | National League South | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Career total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||