Trent Kone-Doherty

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Trent Kone-Doherty
Personal information
Full name Trent Toure Kone-Doherty [1]
Date of birth (2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 (age 17)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Liverpool
Number 51
Youth career
2012–2019 Foyle Harps
2019–2022 Derry City
2022– Liverpool
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Republic of Ireland U16 7 (5)
2021–2023 Republic of Ireland U17 6 (0)
2023– Republic of Ireland U19 6 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Trent Toure Kone-Doherty (born 30 June 2006) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing as a forward for Liverpool Academy.

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Club career

Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, Kone-Doherty first started playing football for local side Foyle Harps, joining at the age of six. [3] [4]

He joined Derry City at the age of thirteen, and went on to train with the first team squad, being involved in pre-season friendlies and earning himself a spot on the bench for a League of Ireland Premier Division game against St Patrick's Athletic at the age of fifteen. [5] Despite not making his debut for Derry City, he began to attract attention from British clubs Celtic and Liverpool, having gone on trial with the former in 2020. [6] [7]

In July 2022, he signed for Liverpool in a deal worth a reported £150,000. [4] [7] His career in Merseyside got off to a blistering start, scoring nine goals in his first 10 appearances for Liverpool's youth teams. [8] In August 2023, he scored on his Premier League 2 debut for Liverpool under-21s. [9]

Kone-Doherty signed his first professional contract with the club on 31 October 2023. [10]

International career

Kone-Doherty has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-16 and under-17 level. [11] In 2022, he was named "best player" at the under-16 Miljan Miljanic Tournament in Serbia. [7]

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