Ryan Tunnicliffe

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Ryan Tunnicliffe
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Tunnicliffe playing for Peterborough United in 2011-12
Personal information
Full name Ryan Tunnicliffe [1]
Date of birth (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Heywood, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Adelaide United
Number 22
Youth career
Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2014 Manchester United 0 (0)
2011–2012Peterborough United (loan) 27 (0)
2013Barnsley (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014Ipswich Town (loan) 27 (0)
2014–2017 Fulham 59 (2)
2014Wigan Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2014Blackburn Rovers (loan) 17 (1)
2017Wigan Athletic (loan) 9 (1)
2017–2019 Millwall 51 (4)
2019–2021 Luton Town 64 (3)
2021–2023 Portsmouth 60 (3)
2023– Adelaide United 22 (1)
International career
2007–2008 England U16 8 (0)
2008–2009 England U17 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2024

Ryan Tunnicliffe (born 30 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League Men side Adelaide United.

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Born in Heywood, Greater Manchester, he began his career with Manchester United but failed to break into the first team and joined Peterborough United, Barnsley and Ipswich Town on loan before making a permanent move to Fulham in January 2014. After loan spells with Wigan Athletic (twice) and Blackburn Rovers, Tunnicliffe left Fulham for Millwall in 2017. Two years later, he left for Luton Town. He has also played internationally for England at under-16 and under-17 levels.

Club career

Manchester United

Born in Heywood, Greater Manchester, Tunnicliffe was first scouted by Manchester United at the age of nine, while playing for local side Roach Dynamos. He progressed through the Manchester United academy and signed as a scholar in July 2009. He turned professional in December the same year. [3]

Tunnicliffe was a "key performer" as the United under-18 side won the FA Youth Cup in 2011. [3] His performances that season earned him the club's Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award. [4]

Peterborough United (loan)

On 1 July 2011, Manchester United agreed for Tunnicliffe to spend a six-month loan spell at Peterborough United, [5] alongside teammate Scott Wootton. [6] He made his debut in the opening game of the season on 6 August in a 2–1 home win over Crystal Palace, coming on as a substitute for Lee Frecklington in the 87th minute. [7] He then made his first start in a League Cup game against Stevenage and set up the opening goal for teammate David Ball. [8]

Return to Manchester United

After returning from the loan spell at Peterborough United, Tunnicliffe was a regular in the Reserves and helped the team win two trophies at the end of the campaign, scoring his first goal for Warren Joyce's team at Chelsea. [3]

Tunnicliffe made his senior Manchester United debut on 26 September 2012, when he came on as a substitute in the 2–1 League Cup win over Newcastle United; he came on in the 77th minute for Marnick Vermijl to win his father a bet that he had made 10 years earlier, with a return of £10,000. [9]

Barnsley (loan)

On 21 February 2013, Barnsley signed Tunnicliffe on a 28-day loan after Scott Golbourne was ruled out for the rest of the season following knee surgery. [10] [11]

Ipswich Town (loan)

On 26 July 2013, Tunnicliffe joined Ipswich Town on a six-month loan. [12] He was a regular in the Ipswich side throughout the first half of the 2013–14 season, but although manager Mick McCarthy expressed an interest in extending Tunnicliffe's loan deal, [13] Tunnicliffe returned to Manchester United in January 2014.

Fulham

After just two appearances for the Manchester United first team, Tunnicliffe joined Fulham for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2014, along with fellow Manchester United reserve midfielder Larnell Cole. [14] There he was reunited with former Manchester United coach René Meulensteen, then in charge of Fulham. He made his debut for Fulham in a 2–2 draw against his former club Manchester United nine days later. [15]

After Meulensteen's sacking as Fulham manager, Tunnicliffe and Cole were deemed by Meulensteen's successor Felix Magath to be surplus to requirements at the club, despite being played in every match eligible under Meulensteen. On 25 February 2014, just 25 days after signing for Fulham, Tunnicliffe joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season as cover for the injured Ben Watson. [16] On 10 April, it was reported that Wigan manager Uwe Rösler had attempted to terminate Tunnicliffe's loan but Fulham refused to take the player back. [17]

On 1 September 2014, Tunnicliffe joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan deal. [18] On 1 January 2015, he was called by his parent club thus ending the loan deal. [19]

Tunnicliffe was given a two-match ban for the start of the 2015–16 season, a £5,000 fine and ordered to take an educational course after calling Middlesbrough's Patrick Bamford a "sausage boy" over Twitter. [20]

Millwall

On 29 July 2017, Tunnicliffe signed with Millwall on a two-year deal following his release from Fulham. [21] After appearing for 31 times in the 2018–19 season, he was released by Millwall in July 2019. [22]

Luton Town

On 1 July 2019, Tunnicliffe became Luton Town's third signing since winning promotion to the Championship. [23]

Portsmouth

Tunnicliffe agreed a two-year contract with League One club Portsmouth on 26 June 2021, with the option of a further year, effective once his Luton contract had expired at the end of that month. [24] He scored his first goal for Portsmouth in a 1–0 win against Shrewsbury Town on 17 August 2021. [25]

Adelaide United

On 19 September 2023, Tunnicliffe signed for a club abroad for the first time, joining Adelaide United on a two-year deal. [26]

International career

Tunnicliffe made his England under-16 debut in October 2007 at the age of 14, [27] captaining [28] the side to a 2–2 draw against Northern Ireland in the Victory Shield. [29] He played for the under-16s a further seven times. [30] In August 2008 he made his first appearance for the England under-17 team against Portugal. He was part of the squad for the 2009 European Championship. He has played a total of ten times for the under-17s, scoring four goals. [30]

Personal life

Tunnicliffe attended Siddal Moor Sports College. [28] On 14 October 2012, Tunnicliffe was charged for drink-driving by Greater Manchester Police, after his car collided with a van in Green Lane, Heywood. [31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2010–11 [32] Premier League 0000000000
2011–12 [33] Premier League0000000000
2012–13 [34] Premier League00002020
2013–14 [35] Premier League0000000000
Total0000200020
Peterborough United (loan) 2011–12 [33] Championship 2701020300
Barnsley (loan) 2012–13 [34] Championship201030
Ipswich Town (loan) 2013–14 [35] Championship2702000290
Fulham 2013–14 [35] Premier League300030
2014–15 [36] Championship220200000240
2015–16 [37] Championship272002000292
2016–17 [38] Championship70003000100
Total592205000662
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2013–14 [35] Championship500050
Blackburn Rovers (loan) 2014–15 [36] Championship17100171
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2016–17 [38] Championship91100000101
Millwall 2017–18 [39] Championship241201000271
2018–19 [40] Championship273302000323
Total514503000594
Luton Town 2019–20 [41] Championship401000000401
2020–21 [42] Championship242202000282
Total643202000683
Portsmouth 2021–22 [43] League One 30200101 [lower-alpha 1] 0322
2022–23 [44] League One30130004 [lower-alpha 1] 0371
Total603301050693
Adelaide United 2023–24 A-League Men 22100--121
Career total333151701505037015
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

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