Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Achi Iorpenda | ||
Date of birth | (2005-04-06) 6 April 2005 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Huddersfield Town | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2021 | Brighton and Hove Albion | ||
2021– | Huddersfield Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Huddersfield | 4 | (0) |
2023 | → Hyde United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:27, 30 September 2024 (UTC) |
Thomas Achi Iorpenda (born 6 April 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town of the EFL Championship.
Career
Born in England, Iorpenda joined Huddersfield Town from Brighton and Hove Albion in 2021. He signed his first professional contract with Huddersfield in July 2022, agreeing a five-year contract with the club. On 18 March 2023, he joined Hyde United on a short-term loan in the Northern Premier League. In April 2023 Iorpenda scored a spectacular goal from his own half of the field for Huddersfield B against Brentford B. He was named Huddersfield Town's academy player of the year in May 2023.
Iorpenda began to be included in Huddersfield first team match day squads in the Autumn of 2023. He signed a new four-year contract extension with the club in October 2023. He was named among the substitutes for the FA Cup third round match away against Manchester City on 7 January 2024 and made his senior debut as a second-half substitute.
Personal life
Iorpenda was born in England.
References
- "EFL Squad List: Season 2023/24". EFL. September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Tom Iorpenda". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- Chicken, Steven (May 11, 2023). "Next potential Huddersfield Town breakthrough star highlighted by award win". Examinerlive.co.uk.
- "TOM IORPENDA SIGNS FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT". htafc.com. 26 July 2022.
- "Highly rated youngster joins on loan – Hyde United". hydeunited.co.uk.
- Chicken, Steven (April 19, 2023). "Huddersfield Town prospect Tom Iorpenda scores unbelievable goal from own half". Examinerlive.co.uk. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- "TOM IORPENDA NAMED ACADEMY PLAYER OF THE YEAR!". htafc.com. May 11, 2023.
- Chicken, Steven (28 October 2023). "Who is Tom Iorpenda? What Darren Moore has said about Huddersfield Town's latest call-up". Examiner Live. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- Rayner, Stuart (17 October 2023). "Highly-rated Huddersfield Town teenager signs contract extension until 2027". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- "MANCHESTER CITY VS. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN". Soccerway. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
External links
Categories:- 2005 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Hyde United F.C. players
- Northern Premier League players
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- Black British sportsmen
- English Football League players
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- 21st-century British sportsmen