Fulham F.C. Academy

The Fulham Academy, headed by Academy Director Huw Jennings, runs along the lines of many of the English football academies as deemed appropriate by the national governing body, and recently awarded Category 1 status in the new EPPP guidelines set out by the FA. Players dealt with by the academy can be aged as young as nine years old. As part of their training, young players are guided with the aim to gain a BTEC and NVQ qualification.

The Fulham under 18's are two-time reigning champions of their league but last year also went on to win the National Academy Final beating Blackburn 2-0 with goals from Cauley Woodrow and Ryan Williams, losing to Everton at the same stage the previous year 2-1 with Ronny Minkwitz scoring.

The under 18s are currently managed by Kevin Keen and the Under 16's by former Fulham player Mark Pembridge. It is based at Fulham's training ground in Motspur Park.

Current management

(As of Academy Staff)

Position Name Nationality
Academy Director: Huw Jennings Wales Welsh
Head of Recruitment and Talent ID: Malcolm EliasEngland English
Head of Coaching/U18 Manager: Steve Wigley England English
Academy Operations Manager: Lee Hagger England English
Goalkeeping Coach: Vic BettinelliEngland English
U15/U16 Coordinator: Mark PembridgeWales Welsh
U12 to U14 Head Coach: Kevin BetsySeychelles Seychellois

Academy squad

(As of U18 Player Profiles)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
47 Estonia MF Mattias Käit
England GK Taye Ashby-Hammond
England GK Josh Lukwata
Australia GK Jake Soutter
England DF Elijah Adebayo
Wales DF Aron Davies
United States DF Marlon Fossey
Germany DF Moritz Jenz
England DF Jerome Opoku
England MF Dennis Adeniran
No. Position Player
Republic of Ireland MF Anthony Dolan
Poland MF Mikolaj Kwietniewski
England MF Foday Nabay
Canada MF Harrison Paton
Iran MF Ravin Shamsi
England MF Cassian Thomas
Iceland MF Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson
England FW Stephen Humphrys
England FW Joshua Walker

Academy graduates

Still at Fulham

Now playing elsewhere

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