Morgan Whittaker

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Morgan Whittaker
Personal information
Full name Morgan Reece Whittaker[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-07) 7 January 2001 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth Derby, England
Position(s) Winger / forward
Club information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2019 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Derby County 25 (1)
2021– Swansea City 15 (1)
National team‡
2017 England U16 3 (3)
2017 England U17 1 (0)
2018–2019 England U18 9 (1)
2019– England U19 2 (0)
2020– England U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:58, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:35, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Morgan Reece Whittaker (born 7 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship club Swansea City

Whittaker began his playing career at Derby County's academy before making his senior debut for the club in August 2019. He joined Swansea City in February 2021.

Club career[]

Derby County[]

On 12 August 2019, Whittaker made his professional debut as a 87th minute substitute in the EFL Cup for Derby County against Scunthorpe United[3] and made his first start in a 3–0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest in the same competition. He signed a new contract with Derby running until June 2023 on 22 January 2020.[4] Whittaker finished the season with three starts and eighteen substitute appearances and scored his first career goal with the second Derby goal in a 3–1 win away to Birmingham City on the final day.

Whittaker started the 20/21 season by scoring the winning-penalty in a 3–2 shootout victory over Barrow in the EFL Cup and continued making frequent substitute appearances throughout the course of the season.

Swansea City[]

On 1 February 2021, Whittaker joined fellow Championship side Swansea City on a four-and-a-half year deal.[5] Nine days later, Whittaker scored on his debut for the Swans in a 1–3 home defeat by Premier League side Manchester City in the FA Cup.[6] His first league goal came on 1 May 2021 in the penultimate game of the season to equalise in an eventual 2–1 victory over Derby County that kept his former side firmly in the relegation battle.[7]

International career[]

Having represented England at U16 to U18 level, Whittaker made his U19 debut on 9 September 2019 during a 1–0 defeat to Germany in Haiger.[8]

On 13 October 2020, Whittaker made his debut for the England U20s during a 2–0 victory over Wales at St. George's Park. [9]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 8 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 2019–20[10] Championship 16 1 3 0 2 0 — 21 1
2020–21[11] Championship 9 0 0 0 2 0 — 11 0
Total 25 1 3 0 4 0 — 32 1
Swansea City 2020–21[11] Championship 12 1 1 1 — 0 0 13 2
Career total 37 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 45 3

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 24. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ Morgan Whittaker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Scunthorpe United vs. Derby County – 13 August 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ "DERBY DUO KNIGHT AND WHITTAKER PEN NEW CONTRACTS". Derby County. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. ^ "SWANSEA CITY SIGN MORGAN WHITTAKER FROM DERBY COUNTY". Swansea City A.F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Swansea City 1–3 Manchester City: Pep Guardiola's men go into record books". BBC Sport. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Swansea City 2–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 1 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Paul Simpson's Young Lions suffer 1–0 defeat against Germany in Haiger". TheFA.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  9. ^ Veevers, Nicholas (13 October 2020). "TWO QUICKFIRE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF SEAL WIN FOR LEE CARSLEY'S YOUNG LIONS AT SGP". TheFA.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Games played by Morgan Whittaker in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Games played by Morgan Whittaker in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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