Joe Wildsmith
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Charles Wildsmith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Alfreton Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Barnsley (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:31, 9th April 2016 (UTC). | |||
Joseph Charles Wildsmith (born 28 December 1995) is a professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.[2]
Club career
Sheffield Wednesday
Wildsmith signed a two and a half year professional contract with Sheffield Wednesday in November 2013 after impressing with the club's youth teams. He made his Owls debut in Wednesday's 4-1 League Cup win over Mansfield Town at Hillsborough on 11 August 2015. Then into the 2015-16 season Wildsmith made further cup starts against Premier League giants Newcastle United and Arsenal, claiming clean sheets and wins over both teams.
Barnsley (loan)
In March 2015 he signed for Barnsley on an emergency one-month loan deal,[3] making his professional debut on 28 March against Bristol City.[4]
In August 2015, Wildsmith signed a new 2 year contract keeping him at Sheffield Wednesday until the summer of 2017. He returned to Sheffield Wednesday after 2 appearances for Barnsley.
He broke into the first-team under new manager Carlos Carvahal, as Keiran Westwood was injured and Chris Kirkland had left for Preston North End.
On 27 October 2015, he started and played the full 90 minutes in the 3-0 League Cup victory over Arsenal. The game was played in front of a near capacity 35,065 people. Wildsmith kept a clean sheet allowing Sheffield Wednesday to progress to the Quarter-finals for the first time since 2001.
On 5 November 2015, he was called up into the England U21 national squad.
References
- ↑ "THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS AS AT 16TH MAY 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Player Profiles. "Sheffield Wednesday FC Player Profiles". swfc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Joe Wildsmith: Barnsley sign Sheffield Wednesday keeper". BBC Sport. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Bristol City 2-2 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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Career statistics
- As of 9th April 2016
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| Season | Club | Loan | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Play-Offs | Total | Discipline | |||||||
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |  | ||||
| 2015–16 | Sheffield Wednesday | Championship | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Barnsley | Loan | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Alfreton Town | Loan | League Conference | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||