Morgan Whittaker
Morgan Reece Whittaker (born 7 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship club Swansea City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morgan Reece Whittaker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Swansea City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Derby County | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Derby County | 25 | (1) |
| 2021– | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:58, 30 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:35, 13 October 2020 (UTC) | |||
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[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
On 13 October 2020, Whittaker made his debut for the England U20s during a 2-0 victory over Wales at St. George's Park. [6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 December 2020
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Derby County | 2019–20[7] | EFL Championship | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
| 2020–21[8] | EFL Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
References
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 24. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- "Scunthorpe United vs. Derby County - 13 August 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- "DERBY DUO KNIGHT AND WHITTAKER PEN NEW CONTRACTS". Derby County. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- "SWANSEA CITY SIGN MORGAN WHITTAKER FROM DERBY COUNTY". Swansea City A.F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- "Paul Simpson's Young Lions suffer 1-0 defeat against Germany in Haiger". TheFA.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- 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.
- "Morgan Whittaker". Soccerbase.
- "Morgan Whittaker". Soccerbase.