Matt Young (footballer, born 2003)

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Matt Young
Personal information
Full name Matthew Alan Young [1]
Date of birth (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Hatfield, England
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Folkestone Invicta
Youth career
0000–2021 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 (6)
2024– Folkestone Invicta 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct 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.

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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
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leyton Orient 2020–21 [9] League Two1000000010
2021–22 [10] League Two14020002 [lower-alpha 1] 0180
Leyton Orient total150200020190
Wealdstone (loan) 2022–23 [11] National League 0000000000
Total150200020190
Career total150200020190
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Leyton Orient have announced their retained list as they begin rebuild". East London Advertiser. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Salford City 3–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Matt Young joins Wealdstone on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 30 June 2022.
  5. ↑ @WealdstoneFC (September 8, 2022). "Midfielder Matt Young has returned to Leyton Orient after his loan spell expiredGood luck for the rest of the sea…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "O'S ANNOUNCE RETAINED LIST AHEAD OF RETURN TO SKY BET LEAGUE ONE". www.leytonorient.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ↑ @HaringeyBoroFC (July 5, 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.
  8. ↑ "Welcome: Matt Young". folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Matt Young in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Matt Young in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Matt Young in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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