Matt Penney

Matt Penney
	Penney playing for Sheffield Wednesday
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Luke Penney[1]
Date of birth	11 February 1998[2]
Place of birth	Chesterfield, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)[3]
Position(s)	Full back, midfielder
Club information
Current team	Sheffield Wednesday
Number	14
Youth career
2006–2016	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:03, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Matthew Luke Penney (born 11 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Sheffield Wednesday, as a full back and midfielder.

Career

Born in Chesterfield,[4] Penney began his career with Sheffield Wednesday at the age of eight years old, turning professional in October 2015.[5]

He signed on loan for Bradford City on transfer deadline day, 31 January 2017, alongside Charlie Wyke, Jacob Hanson and Kevin Toner.[6] He made his professional debut on 30 April 2017, appearing as a substitute in the last game of the regular 2016–17 season.[7]

Penney signed on loan for Mansfield Town on transfer deadline day, 31 January 2018.[8]

He made his Sheffield Wednesday first team debut on 16 August 2018, against Sunderland in the EFL Cup.[9]

In August 2019 he moved on loan to German side FC St. Pauli.[10]

On 4 June 2020, he signed a new one year contract at Sheffield Wednesday, keeping him with the club until the end of the 2020–21 season.[11]

Penney was converted from an attacking full back to a midfielder.[8]

As of 6 February 2021[12]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sheffield Wednesday	2016–17[7]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18[13]		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2018–19[9]		16	0	0	0	1	0	—		17	0
	2019–20[14]		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21[15]		7	0	1	0	2	0	—		10	0
	Total		23	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	0
Bradford City (loan)	2016–17[7]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mansfield Town (loan)	2017–18[13]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
St. Pauli (loan)	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	17	1	—		—		1	0	18	1
Career total			42	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	47	1

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"Games played by Matt Penney in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

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