Trai Hume

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Trai Hume
Personal information
Full name Trai Hume
Date of birth (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 20)
Place of birth Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Right back, central midfield
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland
Youth career
–2013 Ballymena United
2013–2019 Linfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Linfield 21 (3)
2020–2021 → Ballymena United (loan) 34 (5)
2022– Sunderland 2 (0)
National team‡
2018–2019 Northern Ireland U17 6 (0)
2019 Northern Ireland U19 4 (0)
2020– Northern Ireland U21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:10, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:00, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Trai Hume (born 18 March 2002) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sunderland and the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team. He previously played for Linfield and Ballymena United.

Early and personal life[]

Hume attended Slemish College in Ballymena and the NIFL Academy.[1][2]

Club career[]

Hume played youth football for Ballymena United and Linfield. He signed a professional contract with Linfield in January 2019 until the end of the 2020/21 season.[3] Hume made his first team debut for Linfield as a substitute in a 5-1 NIFL Premiership win against Cliftonville on 23 April 2019.[4] On 7 September 2020 he agreed two-year contract extension with Linfield.

On 11 September 2020 Hume signed a season-long loan deal with his hometown club Ballymena United.[5] He made his debut for the Sky Blues in a 1-0 NIFL Premiership win against Coleraine on 16 October 2020.[6] He made a total of 37 appearances in all competitions for Ballymena, scoring six goals.

He returned to Linfield for the 2021–22 season and played in the qualifying rounds for both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League, establishing himself as the club's first-choice right back.

Hume scored his first goal for Linfield in a 3-0 NIFL Premiership win against Glentoran on 28 September 2021. He also scored in his final game for the club against Dungannon Swifts on 1 January 2022.

On 4 January 2022, Hume signed for EFL League One club Sunderland on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[7] He made a total of 31 appearances in all competitions for Linfield, scoring three goals.[8] He made his debut for Sunderland in a 2–1 EFL League One defeat to Cheltenham Town on 8 February 2022. [9]

International career[]

Hume has played for Northern Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 youth levels.[10][11] He was sent-off in a 2-0 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification defeat against Malta on 16 November 2021.[12]

Hume was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad in March 2022.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "WATCH | Clinical U16 Schoolboys side put seven past Australians". IFA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ "U16 and U18 Schoolboys squads to face Australians revealed". IFA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ FC, Linfield. "First Team Profiles : Trai Hume". The Official Website of Linfield FC. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ FC, Linfield. "Match Report: The Champions turn on the style!". The Official Website of Linfield FC. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "DOUBLE SIGNING FOR SKY BLUES". NI Football League. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Trai Hume | Player Statistics | Ballymena United (Ballymena United Archive)". bufchistory.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Trai Hume signs up". Sunderland Association Football Club. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ^ FC, Linfield. "Interview: Linfield FC confirms signing of Trai Hume by Sunderland". The Official Website of Linfield FC. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. ^ "How Hume, Matete and Clarke fared on their full SAFC debuts - despite dismal defeat at Cheltenham". www.sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Northern Ireland U17s complete Euro qualifiers elite round with a draw". IFA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Northern Ireland U19s lose out to Norway in tournament opener". IFA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Watch: Trai Hume shown controversial red card as Northern Ireland U21s lose out to Malta at Mourneview Park". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Northern Ireland: Hume and Lane called up to NI squad for Luxembourg and Lithuania friendlies". BBC. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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