Rees Greenwood

Rees Greenwood (born 10 December 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Lavel United.

Rees Greenwood
Personal information
Full name Rees Greenwood[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-10) 10 December 1996[2]
Place of birth Winlaton, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Lavel United
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2014 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Sunderland 1 (0)
2018 Gateshead 8 (0)
2018 Falkirk 3 (1)
2019 Spennymoor Town 0 (0)
2019 → West Auckland Town (loan) 6 (2)
2019–2020 West Auckland Town 10 (1)
2020– Lavel United 1 (2)
National team
2016 England U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:04, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Winlaton in Gateshead, Greenwood began his career with local side Sunderland. He joined the club at the age of eight and progressed through the youth teams,[3] making his Premier League debut on 15 May 2016 in a 2–2 draw away at Watford.[4][5] This proved to be his only appearance for the club and he joined Gateshead in January 2018.[6]

Greenwood joined Falkirk in July 2018.[7] He was released on 5 October 2018 after four appearances. He scored one goal for the club, against Partick Thistle on 4 August.[8][9]

In the summer 2019, Greenwood joined Spennymoor Town. He was loaned out to West Auckland Town in August 2019[10] and later joined the club permanently on 1 October 2019.[11]

In July 2020, Greenwood joined newly formed UAE Second Division League side Al-Sahel, who were later renamed Lavel United.[12][13]

Career statistics
As of match played 28 July 2018 [8]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2015–16 Premier League 1000000010
Sunderland U-23 2016–17 Premier League 2 —3[lower-alpha 1]030
2017–18 Premier League 2 —3[lower-alpha 1]131
Total 0000006161
Gateshead 2017–18 National League 8000000080
Falkirk 2017–18 Scottish Championship 3100100041
Career total 9000000090
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 9 June 2017.
  2. "Rees Greenwood". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. McCormick, Sean (5 January 2018). "Who is Rees Greenwood?". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. Jennings, Patrick (15 May 2016). "Watford 2-2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. "Rees Greenwood: Beating the drop early next season can be good for my Sunderland career". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. Rayner, Stuart (26 January 2018). "Rees Greenwood signs for Gateshead after Sunderland release". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. "Bairns Sign Rees Greenwood on 1 Year Deal". Falkirk F.C. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. "Rees Greenwood". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  9. "Player Update". Falkirk F.C. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. Greenwood loaned to West Auckland, spennymoortownfc.co.uk, 30 August 2019
  11. Greenwood makes permanent switch, spennymoortownfc.co.uk, 1 October 2019
  12. Rees Greenwood on his move to the UAE englishplayersabroad.com
  13. "Sunderland academy product joins new UAE side". chroniclelive.co.uk. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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