Matthew Luke Penney (born 11 February 1998) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a full back or

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He is currently a free agent. Penney joined

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...

in 2006, progressing through the club's academy to make his senior debut in August 2018. During his time at Sheffield Wednesday, he spent time out on loan at

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

and

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

. He signed for

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

in June 2021.

Career

Sheffield Wednesday

Born in

Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...

, Penney began his career with

at the age of eight years old, progressing through the club's academy and turning professional in October 2015. He signed on loan for

on transfer deadline day, 31 January 2017, alongside

Charlie Wyke Charles Thomas Wyke (born 6 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Wigan Athletic. Career Middlesbrough Wyke started his career in the academy at Middlesbrough and progressed throu ...

, Jacob Hanson and

Kevin Toner Kevin Stephen Toner (born 18 July 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Nucía in the Segunda División RFEF. Although he plays as a centre-back usually, Toner has also played at left-back. Toner is a produc ...

. He made his professional debut on 30 April 2017, appearing as a substitute in the last game of the regular 2016–17 season against

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

. Penney signed on loan for

on transfer deadline day, 31 January 2018. He made his debut on 10 February against

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...

. Penny made 2 substitute appearances during his loan spell with Mansfield. He made his first-team debut for Sheffield Wednesday on 16 August 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win against

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

in the

EFL Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...

. He made his league debut in the following match on 19 August against

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

. He made 17 appearances during his first full season in the Sheffield Wednesday first-team. In August 2019 he moved on loan to German side

. He was sent-off on his St. Pauli debut on 26 August 2019 against

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

. He scored his first senior goal on 22 February 2020, netting the second goal in a 2–0 win against

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

in the

Hamburg derby The Hamburg derby or ''Hamburger Stadtderby'' is a football rivalry between two major Hamburg sides, Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli. In total, the two sides met 107 times since 1919, of which Hamburger SV won 68 games and FC St. Pauli won 23 games ...

. He made 18 appearances during his time on loan with St. Pauli, scoring once. On 4 June 2020, he signed a new one-year contract at Sheffield Wednesday, keeping him with the club until the end of the 2020–21 season. He made his first appearance of the 2020–21 season on 5 September against

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

. Penny made 15 appearances in all competitions during the season. On 20 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.

Ipswich Town

On 29 June 2021, Penney joined

on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal with the option of an additional years' extension. On 25 August 2022, Penney joined

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...

side

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

on a six-month loan deal. he returned to Ipswich in January 2023 after the expiry of his loan.

Charlton Athletic (loan)

On 21 January 2023, Penney joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Style of play

Primarily an attacking full back, Penney can also play as a wing back and as a

Career statistics

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Penney, Matthew 1998 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players FC St. Pauli players Ipswich Town F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players 2. Bundesliga players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriates in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Chesterfield