Matty Lund
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Lund playing for Rochdale in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Charles Lund | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rochdale | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Stoke City | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Hereford United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Southend United (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2013– | Rochdale | 99 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Northern Ireland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016– | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:54, 20 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Matthew Charles "Matty" Lund (born 21 November 1990) is an English-born Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for English club Rochdale.
Lund began his career with English club Stoke City in the Premier League, where he failed to make his debut. He instead made his senior debut while a loan spell at Hereford United in November 2010. Further loan spells took Lund to Oldham Athletic and Bristol Rovers (twice) and he ended 2011/12 on loan at Southend United. In July 2013, Lund made a permanent transfer to then-League Two side Rochdale, after being released by Stoke City. He went on to enjoy an excellent season, scoring nine goals from midfield to help Rochdale to promotion.
Lund has played internationally for Northern Ireland six times at under-21 level.
Club career
Stoke City
Lund started his career at Crewe Alexandra's Academy. He joined Stoke City in the summer of 2009 along with fellow Crewe team mate Ben Marshall.[1] Unlike Marshall who went out on loan Lund stayed at Stoke and played in the reserve team. He had a number of impressive displays in the reserve squad most notably against Portsmouth where Lund scored three times and created two.[2] His first appearance on the Stoke bench came in a Premier League game against Burnley in February 2010.[3]
Lund joined Jamie Pitman at Hereford United on a months loan on 23 November 2010 where he will make his professional debut.[4][5] He made his debut in a 2–2 draw with Lincoln City in the FA Cup.[6] He made his league debut in a 1–0 loss to Bradford City on 11 December 2010.[7]
In July 2011 Lund joined League One side Oldham Athletic on loan until 21 November 2011.[8] Lund made his debut for the club with an assist in a 1–0 pre season victory against Fleetwood Town[9] and his competitive club debut on the first day of the 2011–12 season, starting the Football League match against Sheffield United.[10] He was recalled by Stoke from his loan at Oldham on 9 September as Lund was not getting played in the first team.[11]
On 30 January 2012 Lund joined Bristol Rovers on a months loan, scoring his first two senior goals for his final loan appearance for the club.[12][13] In July 2012 he re-joined Bristol Rovers on loan following a successful spell. He scored on his final appearance of his second loan spell in a 2–1 win over Plymouth Argyle.[14] He joined Southend United on loan in February 2013.[15] He played 13 games for the Shrimpers scoring once against Northampton Town.[16][17] He was released by Stoke at the end of the 2012–13 season.[18]
Rochdale
Lund joined Rochdale on 21 June 2013 signing a two-year contract.[19]
On 31 October 2014, Lund signed a contract extension tying him to the club until summer 2016.[20]
International career
Lund was called up to the Northern Ireland Under 21 side for the first time in February 2011.[21][22] He was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania in November 2014.[23] He was called up again in August 2016 for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.[24]
Career statistics
- As of 8 May 2016[25]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City | 2009–10 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hereford United (loan) | 2010–11 | League Two | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2011–12 | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bristol Rovers (loan) | 2011–12 | League Two | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | League Two | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| Total | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| Southend United (loan) | 2012–13 | League Two | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Rochdale | 2013–14 | League Two | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 9 |
| 2014–15 | League One | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 2015–16 | League One | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| Total | 82 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 130 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 17 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs and Football League Trophy.
References
- ↑ "City swoop for youngsters". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ↑ "Stoke City 4 Portsmouth 0". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ↑ "Stoke 1–1 Burnley". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "Lund's Loan Move To Hereford". Stoke City FC. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "Bulls Beat Loan Deadline". www.herefordunited.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "Hereford 2 – 2 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ↑ "Bradford 1 – 0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ↑ "Lund's Loan Move To Latics". stokecityfc.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ↑ "First Half report". oldhamathleticfc.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ "Oldham 0–2 Sheffield Utd". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ "Lund Leaves Latics". oldhamathleticfc.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "Lund Joins Rovers On Loan". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ "Rovers sign Lund on loan". Bristol Rovers F.C. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ↑ "Bristol Rovers 2–1 Plymouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Matthew Lund: Southend United sign Stoke City midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Southend 1–2 Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Matthew Lund ends loan spell at Southend United from Stoke City with team talk from ITV chat show host Jeremy Kyle". Southend Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Potters Announce Retained List". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ "Lund Joins Team Rochdale". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ "Matty Lund Signs Contract Extension". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "U21 Squad Announced to face Wales". irishfa.com. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ↑ "City Pair Go Head-To-Head". stokecityfc.com. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ↑ "Euro 2016 qualifier: NI's Steven Davis misses Romania game". BBC. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "McGivern and Lund called into NI squad". BBC. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Matthew Lund". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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