![]() Perkins warming up for West Ham United | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sonny Tufail Perkins [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Waltham Forest, London, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leeds United | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Leyton Orient | |||
2019–2021 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | West Ham United | 1 | (0) |
2022– | Leeds United | 1 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Oxford United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U15 | 1 | (0) |
2020 | England U16 | 3 | (3) |
2021–2022 | England U18 | 10 | (4) |
2022– | England U19 | 6 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 4 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:34, 26 March 2023 (UTC) |
Sonny Tufail Perkins (born 10 February 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Leeds United.
In 2019, Perkins joined West Ham United from Leyton Orient at under-15 level. [3] On 25 November 2021, Perkins was involved in a West Ham senior matchday squad for the first time, being named on the bench for a UEFA Europa League group game against Rapid Wien, coming on as a 78th minute substitute. [4] In July 2022, Perkins rejected West Ham’s offer of a professional contract and left the club with immediate effect. [5] He made three appearances for the club, one in the Premier League and two in the Europa League. [6]
On 19 July 2022, he joined Leeds United signing a three-year contract. [7] He made his debut for Leeds on 9 November 2022 in the starting line-up for the 1–0 EFL Cup third round defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. [8] Perkins scored his first professional goal against Cardiff City at the Cardiff City Stadium in the FA Cup 3rd round tie on 8 January 2023 when he came on as a second-half substitute, scoring the equaliser in stoppage time to earn a 2–2 draw for Leeds, forcing a replay. [9]
On 25 August 2023, Perkins joined League One team Oxford United on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season. [10] He made his first Oxford appearance as a late substitute in a 1–2 home league defeat to Port Vale on 2 September and his full debut in an EFL Trophy home defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 19 September. [11] He scored once, in a 5–0 victory over Chelsea U21 in the EFL Trophy group stage on 7 November 2023. [11] On 4 January 2024, Leeds recalled Perkins from his loan because of his limited playing time at Oxford. [12]
In July 2018, whilst still at Leyton Orient, Perkins was called up to England's under-15 side. [13] In February 2020, Perkins scored a hat-trick for England U16 against the United States. [3] On 18 October 2021, a month after his debut for the side, Perkins scored his first goal for England U18's in a 3–0 win against Russia. [14]
On 21 September 2022, Perkins made his England U19 debut and scored during a 2–0 2023 U19 EURO qualifying win over Montenegro in Denmark. [15]
Perkins is eligible to represent Pakistan as he is of Pakistani descent through his maternal grandfather. [16]
Perkins' captain at West Ham, Mark Noble, praised Perkins' hold-up play, as well as his versatility, saying "he started in the No10 role and he’s moved up to the centre-forward role for the U23s, and scored a lot of goals". [17]
Perkins' father, Declan, is a former Irish youth international footballer. [18] His aunt is the actress Louise Lombard. [19]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
West Ham United | 2021–22 [20] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Leeds United | 2022–23 [21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Leeds United | 2023–24 [11] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Oxford United (loan) | 2023–24 [11] | League One | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Career total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
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