Kyle Walker-Peters

Kyle Walker-Peters
Personal information
Full name Kyle Leonardus Walker-Peters[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997[2]
Place of birth Edmonton, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 16
Youth career
2013–2015 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Tottenham Hotspur 3 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 England U18 6 (0)
2015–2016 England U19 12 (0)
2016–2017 England U20 10 (0)
2017– England U21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:42, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:49, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Kyle Leonardus Walker-Peters (born 13 April 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Personal life

Walker-Peters was born in Edmonton, London.[4] His uncle Phil Walker was a former professional footballer who played for Millwall and Charlton Athletic.[5]

Club career

Walker-Peters signed for Tottenham Hotspur on 1 July 2013.[4] In May 2015, he made his senior team debut in the post-season tour of Malaysia and Australia.[4] In December 2015, he received Premier League Under-21 player of the month for Spurs.[6] Wally Downes Jr reporting for The Sun Newspaper described Walker-Peters as a "brilliant 20-year-old Tottenham academy right-back" and "The teenager has all the guile of a No 10 but also the pace of a seriously nippy winger."[6] February 2017 saw Walker-Peters sign a new contract until 2019.[7]

At the start of the 2017–18 season Walker-Peters made his full Premier League debut against Newcastle United helping to earn Tottenham a 2–0 away victory at St James Park. Sky Sports went on to award him Man of the Match.[8] On 28 February 2018, he scored his first goal for Tottenham in the 6–1 win against Rochdale in the fifth round FA Cup tie.[9]

International career

Walker-Peters was selected to take part in the FIFA Under 20s World Cup by coach Paul Simpson. He played in five matches and the final in which he helped England to win a first World Cup since 1966.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2017–18[12] Premier League 3041101091
Career total 3041101091

Honours

England

References

  1. ↑ "List of players under written contract registered between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 37. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Player Profile Kyle Walker-Peters". Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kyle Walker-Peters". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kyle Walker-Peters Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Giacomelli, Marco (15 August 2017). "Kyle Walker-Peters' uncle Phil says family were so proud of Tottenham debut - 'even the Arsenal fans!'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. 1 2 Wally Downes Jr (6 June 2017). "Who is Kyle Walker-Peters? The Tottenham wonderkid set to rival Kyle Walker for the right-back role". The Sun. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kyle Walker-Peters 'over the moon' after signing new Tottenham contract". London: Evening Standard. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Kate Burlaga (13 August 2017). "Newcastle 0-2 Tottenham: Dele Alli, Ben Davies on target as Jonjo Shelvey sees red". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  9. ↑ Rosser, Jack (28 February 2018). "Tottenham 6 Rochdale 1: Fernando Llorente hat-trick seals FA Cup win amid VAR woe and Wembley snow". standard.co.uk. The Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 "England U20s seal World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores and Freddie Woodman saves penalty". Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Kyle Walker-Peters". FIFA.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Walker-Peters in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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