Matty Wolfe

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Matty Wolfe
Personal information
Full name Matthew Ryan Wolfe [1]
Date of birth (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sligo Rovers
Number 6
Youth career
2010–2020 Barnsley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2025 Barnsley 30 (0)
2020–2021Notts County (loan) 3 (0)
2021Esbjerg (loan) 16 (1)
2025– Sligo Rovers 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:47, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Matthew Ryan Wolfe (born 12 June 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers.

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Career

Wolfe joined Barnsley at the age of 10. [3] On 19 July 2020, he made his professional league debut as a substitute in a 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest. [4] On 15 October 2020, Wolfe joined National League side Notts County on a three-month loan deal. [3] On 5 January 2021, the loan was then extended until the end of the season. [5]

On 12 July 2021, Wolfe and three other Barnsley teammates, was loaned out to Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB for the rest of 2021. [6]

On returning to Barnsley Wolfe made 16 appearances in the remainder of the 2021-22 championship season, winning the Young Player of the Year award.

Following relegation to League One Wolfe made 16 appearances before a serious knee injury cut his season short in January. [7]

On 22 January 2025, Wolfe signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers. [8] [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barnsley 2019–20 [10] EFL Championship 10000010
2020–21 [11] EFL Championship00000000
2021–22 [12] EFL Championship1600000160
2022–23 [13] EFL League One 13010101 [c] 0160
2023–24 [14] EFL League One0000000 [c] 000
2024–25 [15] EFL League One0000000 [c] 000
Total300101010330
Notts County (loan) 2020–21 [11] National League 304 [d] 151
Esbjerg (loan) 2021–22 [7] Danish Superliga 16120181
Sligo Rovers 2025 [7] LOI Premier Division 300030
Career total521301051612
  1. Includes FA Cup, Danish Cup & FAI Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
  4. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy

References

  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Barnsley" (PDF). English Football League. p. 4. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. "Matty Wolfe - Midfielder". Barnsley F.C. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 "MATTY WOLFE JOINS NOTTS COUNTY ON LOAN". Barnsley F.C. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. "Barnsley 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest". BBC. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. "One stays, one departs". Notts County FC. 5 January 2021.
  6. EfB styrker truppen yderligere, efb.dk, 11 July 2021
  7. 1 2 3 "England - M. Wolfe - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. "Wolfe signs ahead of 2025 – Sligo Rovers". 22 January 2025.
  9. "Sligo Rovers snap up Barnsley midfielder Wolfe". 22 January 2025 via www.rte.ie.
  10. "Games played by Matty Wolfe in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  11. 1 2 "Games played by Matty Wolfe in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. "Games played by Matty Wolfe in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  13. "Games played by Matty Wolfe in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  14. "Games played by Matty Wolfe in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  15. "Games played by Matty Wolfe in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 November 2020.