Jay Stansfield (born 24 November 2002) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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, on loan from club

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. He began his football career with

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, joined Fulham as a 16-year-old, and spent the 2022–23 season on loan at Exeter City. He has represented England at under-18 and under-20 levels.

Club career

Son of former

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and

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Adam Stansfield Adam Stansfield (10 September 1978 – 10 August 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. He competed professionally for Yeovil Town, Hereford United and Exeter City, and won promotion from the Football Conf ...

, he began his footballing career in the academy of Exeter City. In August 2019, Stansfield signed for

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side

for an undisclosed fee. On 4 January 2020, Stansfield made his debut for Fulham in an

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third round match against

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, coming on in the 82nd minute for

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. Later that month, he made his league debut as an 88th-minute substitute in Fulham's EFL Championship match away at

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, again replacing Josh Onomah. He scored his first goal for the club in the 26th minute of Fulham's

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tie against

on 24 August 2021. On 2 September 2022, Stansfield returned to his boyhood club, Exeter City on a season-long loan. Stansfield made his Exeter debut on 3 September as a 79th minute substitute in a 1–0 victory over

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. He wore the no. 9 shirt, which had previously been retired after the previous holder, his father,

, died of cancer in 2010. A run of four goals and two assists saw Stansfield win the

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award for October 2022. Stansfield completed his first career

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, whilst wearing his dad’s number 9 shirt, scoring all three goals in a 3-2 home victory for the Grecians against

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in the final game of the

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season. Stansfield signed for

club

on 24 August 2023 on loan for the 2023–24 season.

International career

Having represented England at under-18 level, Stansfield made his under-20 debut on 7 October 2021 during a 1–1 draw with

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Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

: October 2022

References

External links

Jay Stansfield profile
at the Fulham F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stansfield, Jay 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Tiverton, Devon Footballers from Devon English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Exeter City F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players