![]() Zak Sturge in 2025. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zak Norton Sturge [1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Hillingdon, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Millwall | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cre8tive Football Academy | |||
2019–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
2022–2023 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023–2025 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2025 | → Millwall (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2025– | Millwall | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | England U18 | 6 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:52, 24 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC) |
Zak Norton Sturge (born 15 June 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL Championship club Millwall.
Born in London, Sturge started his career with the Cre8tive Football Academy, before joining Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019. [3] After three years in Brighton, he declined the offer of a contract extension, and announced his departure from the club in July 2022. [4] [5]
After being linked with a host of German Bundesliga sides, as well as English sides Leeds United and Chelsea, he signed with the latter as a free agent in August 2022. [5] [6] [7] Since signing, he has gone on to train with the first team. [8]
On 31 August 2023, Sturge joined League One club Peterborough United on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season. [9] On 2 January 2024, he was recalled by Chelsea. [10]
On 3 February 2025, Sturge joined Championship side Millwall on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season. [11]
On 14 July 2025, Sturge rejoined Millwall on a permanent deal, signing for an undisclosed fee. [12]
Sturge is eligible to represent both England and Guyana at international level. [1] He was called up to the England national under-18 football team in late 2021, and has gone on to make six appearances. [13]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea U21 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
2024–25 | — | — | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Peterborough United (loan) | 2023–24 | League One | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Millwall (loan) | 2024–25 | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Millwall | 2025–26 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 |