Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Achi Iorpenda[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 2005 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Huddersfield Town | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Brighton | ||
2021– | Huddersfield Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023- | Huddersfield | 0 | (0) |
2023 | →Hyde United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 7 January 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.[2]
Born in London,[3] Iorpenda joined Huddersfield Town from Brighton and Hove Albion in 2021.[4] He signed his first professional contract with Huddersfield in July 2022, agreeing a five-year contract with the club.[5] On 18 March 2023, he joined Hyde United on a short-term loan in the Northern Premier League.[6] In April 2023 Iorpenda scored a spectacular goal from his own half of the field for Huddersfield B against Brentford B.[7] He was named Huddersfield Town’s academy player of the year in May 2023.[8]
Iorpenda began to be included in Huddersfield first team match day squads in the Autumn of 2023.[9] He signed a new four-year contract extension with the club in October 2023.[10] 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.[11]
Born in England, Iorpenda is of Nigerian descent.[12]