Will Dennis

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Will Dennis
Personal information
Full name William Jonathon Dennis [1]
Date of birth (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 23)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AFC Bournemouth
Youth career
Luton Town
0000–2016 Watford
2016–2017 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017– AFC Bournemouth 0 (0)
2017 → Guernsey (loan) 13 (0)
2018 → Weymouth (loan) 20 (0)
2021 → Wealdstone (loan) 1 (0)
2023 → Slough Town (loan) 21 (0)
2023–2024 → Kilmarnock (loan) 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

William Jonathon Dennis (born 10 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AFC Bournemouth. [2]

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Career

Dennis started his career in the academy of Luton Town before moving to join the Watford academy, where he played from under-9s up to under-16s. [3] After being released by Watford, Dennis had trials with Milton Keynes Dons, Coventry City and Stevenage. [3]

Dennis joined AFC Bournemouth at the age of 15 in 2016, turning professional 18 months later and joining the first-team at the start of the 2019–20 season. [4] He also had spells in non-league with Guernsey and Weymouth during the 2017–18 season. [5]

In March 2020 he signed a new three-and-a-half year contract with the club. [6] [7] Later that month he was praised by manager Eddie Howe. [8]

On 11 December 2021, Dennis signed for Wealdstone on an emergency loan. [9] He made his debut on the same day, in a 1–0 defeat to Halifax [10] On 18 December 2021, Dennis was recalled from his loan spell by parent club AFC Bournemouth. [11]

In January 2023, Dennis joined National League South club Slough Town on loan for the remainder of the season. [12]

In June 2023 he signed on loan for Kilmarnock for the season. [13] [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2017–18 [15] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19 [16] Premier League000000—00
2019–20 [17] Premier League000000—00
2020–21 [18] Championship 001000—10
2021–22 [19] Championship000000—00
Total0010000010
Guernsey (loan) 2017–18 [20] IL South Division13000—00130
Weymouth (loan) 2017–18 [5] SL Premier Division20000—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0220
Wealdstone (loan) 2021–22 [21] National League 1000—0010
Career total340100020370

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References

  1. ↑ "EFL – Squad List 2020/21: AFC Bournemouth – Under 21 Contract Players" (PDF). English Football League. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Will Dennis at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 Rundle, Zoe (15 February 2020). "Where's there's a Will, there's a way". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Will Dennis". AFCB.
  5. 1 2 "Will Dennis Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ↑ March 2020, FourFourTwo Staff 03 (3 March 2020). "Goalkeeper Will Dennis signs new long-term deal at Bournemouth". fourfourtwo.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Goalkeeper Dennis hoping to 'push myself into that starting line-up one day' after penning new long-term Cherries contract". Bournemouth Echo.
  8. ↑ "Rising star Dennis has 'improved rapidly' as Howe hails Cherries' goalkeeping department". Bournemouth Echo.
  9. ↑ "NEW SIGNING | Stones loan Cherries' Dennis". Wealdstone FC. 11 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "MATCH REPORT | Wealdstone 0-1 FC Halifax Town". Wealdstone FC. 11 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Loan News: Dennis & Sweeney recalled". Wealdstone FC. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Rebels sign Will Dennis on loan". www.sloughtownfc.net. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Andrew (21 June 2023). "Will is the one for Killie".
  14. ↑ "Cherries goalkeeper makes Scotland loan switch". Bournemouth Echo. 21 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Will Dennis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Will Dennis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Will Dennis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Will Dennis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Will Dennis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  20. ↑ "Will Dennis". guernseyfc.com. Guernsey F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  21. ↑ "W. Dennis". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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