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Matthew Pennington
Personal information
Full name Matthew Pennington[1]
Date of birth (1994-10-06)6 October 1994(age 29)
Place of birth Warrington,England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Blackpool
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2013 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2021 Everton 7 (1)
2014 →Tranmere Rovers(loan) 17 (2)
2014–2015 →Coventry City(loan) 24 (0)
2016 →Walsall(loan) 5 (0)
2017–2018 →Leeds United(loan) 24 (0)
2018–2019 →Ipswich Town(loan) 30 (1)
2019–2020 →Hull City(loan) 14 (0)
2020–2021 →Shrewsbury Town(loan) 19 (2)
2021–2023 Shrewsbury Town 82 (7)
2023– Blackpool 21 (1)
International career‡
2013 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:53, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:48, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Matthew Pennington(born 6 October 1994) is an English professionalfootballerwho plays as acentre backforEFL League OneclubBlackpool.He has also played forEvertonandShrewsbury Town,with loan spells atTranmere Rovers,Coventry City,Walsall,Leeds United,Ipswich TownandHull City.

He has also represented theEngland national under-19 football teamat international level.

Club career[edit]

Everton[edit]

Pennington joinedEvertonat the age of 11. In July 2013, he signed a new contract which would keep him at the club until the summer of 2015,[3]followed by a three-year deal taking him to 2018.[4] He played in two friendlies during July 2015, againstDundeeandLeeds United,and made his full debut againstBarnsleyin theLeague Cupon 26 August 2015.[5]

Tranmere Rovers (loan)[edit]

On 2 January 2014, Pennington joinedLeague OnesideTranmere Roverson a one-month loan deal.[6]He made his debut on 4 January 2014, playing ninety minutes in a 1–1 draw withWolverhampton Wanderers.[7]On 25 January 2014, he scored his first senior goal in a 1–0 win overCrewe Alexandra.[8]He was recalled by Everton on 22 February 2014 to strengthen their under-21 squad.[9] On 27 March 2014, he re-joined Tranmere on loan until the end of the season.[10]

Coventry City (loan)[edit]

On 27 November 2014, Pennington joinedCoventry Cityon loan until 4 January,[11]and this was subsequently extended to 7 February.[12]In January 2015, he was voted as the club's Player of the Month in a poll conducted by theCoventry Telegraph.[13]On 7 February 2015, his loan was extended to the end of the season, with Pennington from then on being played more consistently at his more natural centre-back position.[14]Pennington was named as Coventry City Young Player of the Year 2014–15, voted for unanimously by Coventry City managerTony Mowbrayand his coaching staff.[15][16]

Walsall (loan)[edit]

On 23 March 2016, Pennington joinedWalsallon loan until the end of the season.[17]

Return to Everton[edit]

On 21 April 2016, having played five games for Walsall, his loan was terminated at the minimum 28-day point due to a defensive crisis at his parent club.[18]He was recalled to be available for Everton's FA Cup semi-final againstManchester United.After picking up a hamstring injury in the final day of thePremier League2015–16 season on 15 May 2016 in a 3–0 victory againstNorwich City,[19] a recurrence of the injury in pre-season required surgery and ruled Pennington out until January 2017.[20]

After returning from injury, his first goal came on 1 April 2017, in theMerseyside derbyagainstLiverpool,levelling the game at 1–1, in an eventual 3–1 loss.[21]

Leeds United (loan)[edit]

On 19 July 2017, Pennington joinedLeeds Unitedon a season-long loan,[22][23]for a reported loan fee of £500,000.[24]On 6 August 2017, Pennington made his Leeds United debut in a 3–2 victory againstBolton Wanderers.He picked up an ankle injury in the match and had to be replaced by fellow debutantConor Shaughnessyin the second half.[25]He was unavailable until the latter half of September, when he returned to the bench.[26]In October, Pennington returned intermittently to the starting eleven.[27]

After 24 appearances, on 18 May 2018, Leeds announced Pennington would be returning to his parent club upon the expiry of his loan.[28]

Return to Everton[edit]

He returned to Everton to play in the 2018–19 pre season under their new managerMarco Silva,and on 11 May 2018 Pennington signed a new long-term contract at the club, keeping him there until the end of the 2021 season.[29]

Ipswich Town (loan)[edit]

On 31 August 2018, Pennington joinedIpswich Townon loan until the end of the season.[30]He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw againstBirmingham Cityon 29 September 2018; he was sent off in the match.[31]

Hull City (loan)[edit]

On 8 August 2019, Pennington joinedHull Cityon loan for the 2019–20 season.[32]He made his first appearance for the club in the first round of theEFL Cupin a 3–0 win at Tranmere Rovers.[33]

Shrewsbury Town (loan)[edit]

On 31 December 2020, Pennington joinedLeague OnesideShrewsbury Townon loan until the end of the2020–21 season.[34]On 24 April, he scored his first goal for the. club in the 53rd minute during a 1-0 win atBlackpool.

Shrewsbury Town[edit]

On 27 May 2021, Pennington signed for Shrewsbury Town on a permanent deal following his release from Everton.[35]

Blackpool[edit]

After rejecting the offer of a new contract with Shrewsbury, Pennington agreed to join Blackpool on 1 July 2023.[36]

International career[edit]

Pennington made his debut forEngland U19son 21 March 2013, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in a 1–0 win overTurkey.[37]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 13 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 2013–14[38] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15[39] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[40] Premier League 4 0 1 0 1 0 — 6 0
2016–17[41] Premier League 3 1 0 0 0 0 — 3 1
2017–18[27] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[42] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[43] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2020–21[44] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1
Tranmere Rovers(loan) 2013–14[38] League One 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
Coventry City(loan) 2014–15[39] League One 24 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 25 0
Walsall(loan) 2015–16[40] League One 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Leeds United(loan) 2017–18[27] Championship 24 0 0 0 0 0 — 24 0
Ipswich Town(loan) 2018–19[42] Championship 30 1 1 0 0 0 — 31 1
Hull City(loan) 2019–20[43] Championship 14 0 0 0 2 0 — 16 0
Shrewsbury Town(loan) 2020–21[44] League One 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 2
Shrewsbury Town 2021–22[45] League One 45 3 2 0 2 0 2[b] 0 51 3
2022–23[46] League One 37 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 42 6
Total 101 9 6 2 4 0 2 0 113 11
Blackpool 2023–24 League One 21 1 0 0 1 0 2[b] 0 24 1
Career total 243 14 8 2 8 0 5 0 264 16
  1. ^Appearance inFootball League Trophy
  2. ^abAppearances inEFL Trophy

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