Matt Young (footballer, born 2003)

Matthew Alan Young (born 6 February 2003) is an English professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Leyton Orient.

Matt Young
Personal information
Full name Matthew Alan Young[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Hatfield, England
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2021 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Leyton Orient 15 (0)
2022Wealdstone (loan) 0 (0)
2022–2023Haringey Borough (loan) 12 (2)
2023Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Playing career edit

Previously a member of their academy, Young signed his first professional contract with Leyton Orient in May 2021.[2]

Young made his debut for Orient in the 3–0 defeat at Salford City on the last day of the 2020–21 season, as an 84th minute substitute for Hector Kyprianou.[3]

In June 2022 he joined Wealdstone on loan from Leyton Orient.[4] He departed the club in September 2022 having not made an appearance.[5]

Statistics edit

As of match played 2 April 2022
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leyton Orient 2020–21[6] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22[7] League Two 14 0 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 18 0
Leyton Orient total 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
Wealdstone (loan) 2022–23[8] National League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
Career total 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References edit

  1. ^ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Leyton Orient have announced their retained list as they begin rebuild". East London Advertiser. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Salford City 3–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Matt Young joins Wealdstone on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ @WealdstoneFC (September 8, 2022). "Midfielder Matt Young has returned to Leyton Orient after his loan spell expiredGood luck for the rest of the sea…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Games played by Matt Young in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Games played by Matt Young in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Games played by Matt Young in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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