Brendan Joel Zibusiso Galloway (born 17 March 1996) is a Zimbabwean professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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. A former youth international for England, Galloway represents the Zimbabwe national team.

Club career

Milton Keynes Dons

Brendan Galloway was born in

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, Zimbabwe on 17 March 1996, and moved to England with his family when he was six years old. He started playing for

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when he joined the club's under-11 side. He became the youngest first-team player in

' history at 15 years of age after making his debut as a 79th-minute substitute in a 6–0 victory at home to

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in the

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on 12 November 2011. He made his league début after starting for MK Dons in a 2–1 victory at

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on 28 April 2012. He scored his first senior goal for MK Dons in their 4–1 win over

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on 9 November 2013.

Everton

In August 2014 Everton signed Galloway for an undisclosed fee on a five-year contract. He spent the majority of the season playing for the under-21 side until the very latter stage of the league campaign. Galloway was given a chance and made his début for the senior side in Everton's 2–1 away win against

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on 16 May 2015. He played at left back in the game, despite ordinarily being a centre-back. On the last day of the 2014–15 season, Galloway turned out for his senior home début against

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. On the opening day of the 2015–16 season, as regular left back

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suffered an ankle injury in training and

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had joined

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on loan, Galloway started Everton's match against

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. Galloway agreed a new contract with Everton on 10 December 2015 and was at that time contracted to the club until at least June 2020.

Loan to West Bromwich Albion

On 22 August 2016, Galloway joined

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on a season-long loan. Galloway made his first league start for West Brom on 28 August 2016 against Middlesbrough. On 10 April 2017, Galloway was recalled by Everton. It was reported that Galloway had been given permission to return to Everton early even he remained registered with

who paid £1m to take him on loan for the campaign.

Luton Town

On 3 July 2019, Galloway joined

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for a free transfer from Everton. On 28 May 2021, Luton Town announced the departures of Galloway and several other players following the conclusion of their contracts

Plymouth Argyle

On 21 July 2021, after playing in several trial games in pre-season during the summer of 2021, Galloway joined

on a short-term contract until January 2022. On 14 August, Galloway made his league debut playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win over Gillingham.

International career

Galloway is eligible to play for

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. He was named in the England U-17 squad for the

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in 2012 by Kenny Swain. His first match for England was against the

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in August 2012. He represented England in the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship qualifying campaign. In 2016, Zimbabwe approached Galloway to play for them in the 2017 African Cup of Nations but Galloway chose to remain part of the England U21 set up. He formally represented Zimbabwe in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to

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on 12 October 2021. During that match he played as a center back partnering Alec Mudimu, and Ghana struggled to break that defence.

Career statistics

Honours

Everton U23s * Premier League Cup: 2018–19 Individual *

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: 2013–14 League One

References

External links

Profile
at the Luton Town F.C. website
Profile
at the Football Association website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galloway, Brendan 1996 births Living people Zimbabwean emigrants to the United Kingdom English people of Zimbabwean descent European sportspeople of Zimbabwean descent Sportspeople from Harare Zimbabwean footballers Zimbabwe international footballers English footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders England youth international footballers England under-21 international footballers English Football League players Premier League players Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players Everton F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players