Sonny Perkins

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Sonny Perkins
Sonny Perkins of West Ham United.jpeg
Perkins warming up for West Ham United
Personal information
Full name Sonny Tufail Perkins [1]
Date of birth (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

Contents

Club career

West Ham 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]

Leeds United

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]

Oxford United loan

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]

International career

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]

Style of play

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]

Personal life

Perkins' father, Declan, is a former Irish youth international footballer. [18] His aunt is the actress Louise Lombard. [19]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 2021–22 [20] Premier League 1000002 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Leeds United 2022–23 [21] Premier League0021100031
Leeds United 2023–24 [11] Championship 1000000010
Oxford United (loan) 2023–24 [11] League One 3010002 [lower-alpha 2] 161
Career total50311041132
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

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  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Sonny Perkins". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Rapid Wien 0–2 West Ham United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Sonny Perkins leaves West Ham United | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com.
  6. ↑ "Sonny Perkins". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Leeds United confirm seventh summer signing amid Premier League rival's vocal disappointment". Leeds Live. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Traore fires Wolves past Leeds into EFL Cup last 16". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ Quinlan, James (8 January 2023). "Sonny Perkins lost for words after first goal in 'tough' Leeds United draw". LeedsLive. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sonny Perkins joins Oxford United on loan". Leeds United. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Sonny Perkins in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Sonny Perkins Returns to Leeds United". Leeds United F.C. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "NEWS: Academy player receives England call-up". Leyton Orient F.C. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Sonny Perkins on target for England U18s in Marbella". West Ham United F.C. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "Report: England MU19s 2–0 Montenegro". England Football. Frank Smith. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  16. ↑ Alexander, Shayan. "Pakistani origin of Sonny Perkins". Prosports.pk.
  17. ↑ "Ashby & Perkins receive Premier League debut balls". West Ham United F.C. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  18. ↑ Declan Perkins [@DeclanPerkins] (20 July 2018). "My son has been invited to an England u15 camp" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ "Has a journalist ever won an international cap?". The Guardian . 24 October 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Sonny Perkins in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Sonny Perkins in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  22. ↑ "As It Happened: 2021/22 Player Awards brought to you by Betway in aid of the Academy". West Ham United F.C. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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