Jayson Molumby

Jayson Patrick Molumby (born 6 August 1999) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Millwall on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Jayson Molumby
Personal information
Full name Jayson Patrick Molumby[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-06) 6 August 1999[2]
Place of birth Cappoquin, Ireland[3]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Millwall
(on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2014 Villa FC
2014–2015 Railway Athletic
2015–2017 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Brighton & Hove Albion 2 (0)
2019– → Millwall (loan) 35 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Republic of Ireland U15 6 (0)
2015 Republic of Ireland U16 6 (0)
2015–16 Republic of Ireland U17 6 (2)
2016–17 Republic of Ireland U19 12 (5)
2019– Republic of Ireland U21 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:47, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:25, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Molumby was born in Cappoquin, County Waterford and played youth football with Villa FC, Railway Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion, where he made his debut in the EFL Cup.

Molumby is a Republic of Ireland youth international. He is currently the Ireland under 21 captain.

Early life

Molumby was born in Cappoquin. He started his career at Railway Athletic before playing for a short period for Villa FC. Afterwards he returned to the club which developed him from a very young age, Railway.[4][5] He spent a season at Railway Athletic before joining Brighton in 2015.[6]

Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Development side

Molumby became a key part of the Brighton youth teams, playing for both the under-23s and the under-18s.[2] He played in the EFL Trophy in 2016–17 season, including the last-16 match against Coventry City which saw Brighton knocked out.[7] He also played in the semi-final of the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup.[8]

2017–18

Molumby made his debut for the Seagulls' first team on 22 August in an EFL Cup second round match against Barnet, starting the move that led to the only goal of the game.[9] He made his second appearance for the senior side in the next round of the EFL Cup, playing 120 minutes against Bournemouth alongside fellow Irishman Dessie Hutchinson.[3]

Millwall (loan)

On 23 July 2019, Molumby joined Millwall on loan for the duration of the 2019–20 season.[10] On 13 August Molumby made his Millwall debut in the first round of the EFL Cup where he started in the 2–1 away win over West Brom.[11] 8 days later, Molumby made his career league debut coming on as a sub in a 4–0 away defeat to Fulham in the Championship.[12] After impressing with Millwall, Molumby signed a new 3.5 year contract with Brighton in early March 2020.[13]

International career

Molumby was called up to the Irish under-15 panel for the 2013–14 season.[4][14] He was included in the Republic's under-16 squad for a four nation tournament in Netherlands, taking on United States, Czech Republic and Netherlands.[6] On 20 March 2016, Molumby was given the under-16 International Player of the Year award for 2015.[15]

Molumby spent time as captain of Ireland's under-17 team.[5] He scored the winning goal in a match against Finland.[16] He scored his first under-19 goal against Austria on 6 September 2016.[17] On 14 March 2017, he was nominated for the under-17 International Player of the Year for 2016, losing out to Declan Rice of West Ham United.[18][19]

Molumby was included in Stephen Kenny's first Ireland under 21 squad in March 2019 for a European qualifier vs Luxembourg. He was named captain of the side and continued to captain Ireland at the 2019 Toulon Tournament where Ireland came fourth losing Mexico on penalties in the third-place playoff game. Molumby has since captained the side to wins over Armenia and Sweden to put Ireland top of their group.

Style of play

Molumby is comfortable playing in any form of central midfield role, be it attacking or defensive and has high energy levels. He is confident on the ball, looking to make probing passes.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 October 2019[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2016–17 EFL Championship 0000004[lower-alpha 1]040
2017–18 Premier League 0000201[lower-alpha 1]030
Brighton & Hove Albion Total 0000205070
Millwall (loan) 2019–20 EFL Championship 2802020—320
Career total 280204050390
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

Brighton & Hove Albion:

Individual

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Millwall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 43. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "Jayson Molumby". Brighton & Hove Albion. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. Browne, PJ (20 September 2017). "Brighton Had An All-Waterford Midfield Partnership On Tuesday Night". Balls.ie. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. Collier, Conall (25 January 2014). "Ashbourne player on Republic of Ireland panel". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. "Athletic, competitive, versatile: Man Utd's new Irish starlet Lee O'Connor". The42. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. "Talented Thomas switches codes". WexfordPeople.ie. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  7. Poole, Alan; Turner, Andy (10 January 2017). "Sky Blues 3 Brighton U21s 0: Match report". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  8. Owen, Brian (9 March 2017). "Late Tilley double sends Seagulls into final". The Argus. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  9. Hodges, Tim (22 August 2017). "Seagulls win by a Barnet Fair's breadth". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  10. "Millwall complete Jayson Molumby signing". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 23 July 2019.
  11. "West Brom 1–2 Millwall - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. "Fulham v Millwall - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 21 August 2019.
  13. https://www.extratime.ie/articles/24571/ireland-under-21-jayson-molumby-pens-new-brighton-deal/
  14. "U15 Squad Profiles 2013-14". www.fai.ie. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  15. Malone, Emmet (20 March 2016). "Jonathan Walters named Ireland player of the year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  16. "Jayson Molumby strikes winner against Finland to boost Irish under-17 hopes". The Irish Times. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  17. Fennessy, Paul (6 September 2016). "O'Dowda and Maguire on target but Serbia too good for Ireland U21s". The42. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  18. "Robbie Brady and Jeff Hendrick go head to head as FAI award nominees are revealed". Independent.ie. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  19. "Recap: Brady scoops hat-trick of FAI awards". RTE.ie. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  20. Menezes, Nick (31 March 2017). "Examining Ireland's Potential Golden Generation At Under-19 Level". www.punditarena.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  21. https://int.soccerway.com/players/jayson-molumby/421855/
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