Toby Peter Sibbick (born 23 May 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a

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for club

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

. He has previously played for

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional Association football, football club, based in London Borough of Merton, Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021–22 EFL Leagu ...

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

and Heart of Midlothian, as well as Oostende on loan.

Early life

Born in

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to a Ugandan mother and an English father, Sibbick grew up in

Feltham Feltham () is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it became part of the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston has been held by Labour Party MPs ...

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. He started playing football when his father took him to play for Feltham Youth, before later joining Conquest Football Academy. Sibbick gained a trial for AFC Wimbledon after playing against them and then subsequently being scouted.

Career

AFC Wimbledon and early career

After being scouted, Sibbick signed his first professional contract with

, and made his professional debut on 17 April 2017 in a 0–0 draw against Peterborough United. He scored his first goals for Wimbledon when he scored twice in an

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tie against Tottenham Hotspur Under-23s on 3 October 2017. On 26 January 2019, Sibbick came off the bench scored the fourth goal against West Ham United in the

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fourth round to seal a famous 4–2 win for AFC Wimbledon.

Barnsley

Sibbick signed for

in the summer of 2019. He then moved on loan to Scottish club Heart of Midlothian in January 2020. On 4 August 2020, Sibbick joined

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

side Oostende on a season-long loan deal, which was eventually terminated early in December 2020 as Sibbick had difficulties manifesting himself due to the good performance of other young defenders. He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 1–1 draw with

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

on 7 August 2021.

Heart of Midlothian

On 27 January 2022, Sibbick signed with previous loan club Heart of Midlothian on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his second debut for Hearts in a 2–0 home win against

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 ...

two days later, coming on at half time to replace an injured John Souttar.

Wigan Athletic

On 24 July 2024, Sibbick joined

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club

on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

Style of play

Sibbick is well known for his versatility, work-rate, and fitness levels, in mainly defending but also the attacking sense. He can operate in mainly defensive positions but has the footballing ability to play further forward if needed. He has been described as: "So comfortable on the ball, as he can also get up and down the pitch brilliantly" and "tall, athletic and has the ability to easily beat his man and find a teammate".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibbick, Toby Living people 1999 births Footballers from the London Borough of Hounslow People from Isleworth English men's footballers English people of Ugandan descent Sportspeople of Ugandan descent AFC Wimbledon players English Football League players Men's association football defenders Barnsley F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players K.V. Oostende players Scottish Professional Football League players English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium