Josh Feeney

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Josh Feeney
Personal information
Full name Joshua Feeney
Date of birth (2005-05-06) 6 May 2005 (age 19)
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 59
Youth career
0000–2021 Fleetwood Town
2021–2024 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Aston Villa 0 (0)
2024 → Real Unión (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
2021 England U16 2 (1)
2021–2022 England U17 10 (1)
2022–2023 England U18 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:19, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Joshua Feeney (born 6 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Aston Villa. He is an England youth international. [1]

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Early life

Feeney’s father Charlie Feeney was a football coach in Poulton in Lancashire, and Joshua would play football there from the age of five. [2] He attended Hodgson Academy secondary school from 2016 to 2021.

Career

Feeney joined Fleetwood Town at 12 years old. He featured on the substitutes bench for the first team without making his debut as a 15 year-old.

Feeney joined Aston Villa from Fleetwood Town in July 2021 for an undisclosed fee. [3] In the summer of 2022 he signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa. [4] During the 2022–23 season Feeney was included in Aston Villa first-team training and made his first match day squad on the opening week of the Premier League season, being named as a substitute against Brentford in August 2022. [5] In July 2023, Feeney signed a contract extension with Aston Villa. [6]

On 1 February 2024, Feeney signed for Primera Federación club Real Unión, a sister club of Aston Villa managed by former Aston Villa U21 manager Iñigo Idiakez, on loan until the end of the season. [7] Feeney made his debut on 10 February in a 2–1 defeat to Gimnàstic de Tarragona. [8]

In 2024, Feeney was promoted to the Aston Villa senior team, and on July 17 2024, Feeney made his debut for Aston Villa during a 3–0 friendly win against EFL League Two club Walsall. [9]

International career

Eligible to play for England and Scotland, Feeney chose to represent England at youth level. [10] In 2021 he began to captain England U16s. [11] In September 2022 he won his first cap for the England U18 team. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 May 2024 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2021–22 Premier League 000000—2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2022–23 000000—2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2023–24 000000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total000000005050
Real Unión (loan) 2023–24 Primera Federación 80———0080
Career total8000000050130
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the EFL Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Josh Feeney". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Townley, John (18 July 2023). "Josh Feeney signs Aston Villa deal - lowdown on the 'stand-out' centre back". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Moore, Andy (6 July 2021). "Fleetwood Town's England teenager Josh Feeney signs for Aston Villa". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Ramsdale, Ben (5 July 2022). "Aston Villa confirm signing of young England defender as Steven Gerrard sticks to promise". Birmingham World. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Evans, Greg. "Josh Feeney:The Villa 16 year-old who has passed every test, a first team future awaits". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Woolaston, Steve (18 July 2023). "Aston Villa give new deal to player Steven Gerrard said had a 'huge future'". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Josh Feeney y Tommi O´Reilly refuerzan la plantilla del Real Unión". Real Unión Club (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  8. ↑ "Toca seguir peleando". Real Unión Club (in European Spanish). 10 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  9. ↑ "Walsall 0-3 Aston Villa". www.avfc.co.uk. 17 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Burns, Scott (21 March 2021). "Josh Feeney in Scotland and England tug of war as Fleetwood starlet switches allegiance". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Young defender Josh Feeney captains and scores for England Under-16s". Fleetwoodtownfc. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Rust, Danny (25 September 2022). "Aston Villa: 17-year-old could be 'future England international' at Villa Park". Givemesport. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Josh Feeney at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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