Ryan Schofield

Ryan Schofield

Personal information
Full name	Ryan James Schofield [1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth	Huddersfield, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Morecambe
Number	12
Youth career
0000–2008	Lepton Highlanders
2008–2017	Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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	3	(0)
International career‡
2017	England U18	1	(0)
2017	England U19	4	(0)
2017–2019	England U20	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:01, 24 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 Morecambe.

Club career

In January 2019, Schofield joined Notts County on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. ^[3]

Schofield made his senior league debut for Huddersfield on 23 October 2019 against Middlesbrough. ^[4] He was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Livingston in January 2020. ^[5] Schofield was injured during his first appearance for Livingston, which forced them to sign another goalkeeper. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

He was loaned to Hibernian in August 2022. ^[7] He was recalled by Huddersfield in January 2023, without having made a first team appearance for Hibs. ^[8]

He joined Portsmouth for the 2023 season. He was released in the summer of 2024. ^[9]

In January 2025, Schofield joined League Two side Morecambe on a deal until the end of the season. ^[10]

International career

In March 2017, Schofield made an appearance for the England under-18 team against Qatar. ^[11] Schofield was included in an England U20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. ^[12] He saved a penalty during the shoot-out in the final as England defeated the Ivory Coast to win the tournament. ^[13]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023–24 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Huddersfield Town	2016–17 [14]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18 [15]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2018–19 [16]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20 [17]	Championship	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		2	0
	2020–21 [18]	Championship	30	0	0	0	0	0	—		30	0
	2021–22 [19]	Championship	2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2022–23 [20]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		33	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	35	0
FC United of Manchester (loan)	2016–17 [21] [22]	National League North	5	0	0	0	—		1 [a]	0	6	0
AFC Telford United (loan)	2017–18 [21]	National League North	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Notts County (loan)	2018–19 [16]	League Two	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Livingston (loan)	2019–20 [17]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	2	0	0	0	—		3	0
Hibernian (loan)	2022–23 [20]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Crawley Town (loan)	2022–23 [20]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Portsmouth	2023–24 [23]	League One	0	0	0	0	2	0	4 [b]	0	6	0
Career total			61	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	72	0

1. Appearance in Manchester Premier Cup
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

England U20

• Toulon Tournament: 2017 ^[13]

References

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