Ryan Schofield

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Ryan Schofield
Personal information
Full name Ryan James Schofield [1]
Date of birth (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Coleraine
Number 1
Youth career
–2008 Lepton Highlanders
2008–2017 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2023 Huddersfield Town 33 (0)
2017 → FC United of Manchester (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → AFC Telford United (loan) 3 (0)
2019 → Notts County (loan) 17 (0)
2020 → Livingston (loan) 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Hibernian (loan) 0 (0)
2023 → Crawley Town (loan) 2 (0)
2023–2024 Portsmouth 0 (0)
2025 Morecambe 5 (0)
2025– Coleraine
International career‡
2017 England U18 1 (0)
2017 England U19 4 (0)
2017–2019 England U20 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:52, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:16, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Ryan James Schofield (born 11 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Coleraine. [3]

Contents

Club career

In January 2019, Schofield joined Notts County on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. [4]

Schofield made his senior league debut for Huddersfield on 23 October 2019 against Middlesbrough. [5] He was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Livingston in January 2020. [6] Schofield was injured during his first appearance for Livingston, which forced them to sign another goalkeeper. [7]

Schofield played regularly for Huddersfield during the 2020–21 season, but lost his place after a 5–1 defeat to Fulham in August 2021. He then injured his shoulder while playing in a FA Cup tie at Burnley in January 2022. [8]

He was loaned to Hibernian in August 2022. [8] He was recalled by Huddersfield in January 2023, without having made a first team appearance for Hibs. [9]

He joined Portsmouth for the 2023 season. He was released in the summer of 2024. [10]

In January 2025, Schofield joined League Two side Morecambe on a deal until the end of the season. [11]

International career

In March 2017, Schofield made an appearance for the England under-18 team against Qatar. [12] Schofield was included in an England U20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [13] He saved a penalty during the shoot-out in the final as England defeated the Ivory Coast to win the tournament. [14]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023–24 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 2016–17 [15] Championship 0000000000
2017–18 [16] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19 [17] Premier League000000—00
2019–20 [18] Championship100010—20
2020–21 [19] Championship3000000—300
2021–22 [20] Championship201000—30
2022–23 [21] Championship000000—00
Total330101000350
FC United of Manchester (loan) 2016–17 [22] [23] National League North 5000—1 [a] 060
AFC Telford United (loan) 2017–18 [22] National League North3000—0030
Notts County (loan) 2018–19 [17] League Two 170000000170
Livingston (loan) 2019–20 [18] Scottish Premiership 102000—30
Hibernian (loan) 2022–23 [21] Scottish Premiership000000—00
Crawley Town (loan) 2022–23 [21] League Two 2000000020
Portsmouth 2023–24 [24] League One 0000204 [b] 060
Career total610303050720
  1. ↑ Appearance in Manchester Premier Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

England U20

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Huddersfield Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 32. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Ryan Schofield". 11v11. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile". Coleraine FC. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ryan Schofield: Notts County sign Huddersfield Town goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Chicken, Steven (23 October 2019). "Huddersfield Town 0-0 Middlesbrough highlights and manager reaction". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ryan Schofield: Livingston sign Huddersfield goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Rangers' Robby McCrorie joins Livingston after Queen of the South recall". BBC Sport. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Ryan Schofield: Hibernain sign Huddersfield Town goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Loan keeper Schofield returns to Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Pompey Retained List: Summer 2024". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Schofield signs!". Morecambe F.C. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Qatar 0–4 England U18s". The Football Association. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "Toulon squad selected". The Football Association. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  14. 1 2 "Toulon Tournament: England 1–1 Ivory Coast (5–3 penalties)". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  21. 1 2 3 "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  22. 1 2 "R. Schofield: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  23. ↑ "Match Report – FC United of Manchester 1–0 Stalybridge Celtic". FC United of Manchester. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Schofield in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2024.