Wes Foderingham
Foderingham playing for Rangers in 2015
Personal information
Full name Wesley Andrew Foderingham[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield United
Number 18
Youth career
2000–2009 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Fulham 0 (0)
2010 → Bromley (loan) 9 (0)
2010–2012 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2010 → Bromley (loan) 13 (0)
2011 → Boreham Wood (loan) 5 (0)
2011 → Histon (loan) 9 (0)
2011–2012 → Swindon Town (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2015 Swindon Town 152 (0)
2015–2020 Rangers 112 (0)
2020– Sheffield United 97 (0)
International career
2006–2007 England U16 5 (0)
2007–2008 England U17 4 (0)
2009–2010 England U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:54, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Wesley Andrew Foderingham (born 14 January 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Sheffield United. He is a former England U19 international.

Foderingham was with Fulham and Crystal Palace as a young player, but did not make a league appearance for either club. After playing on loan for a number of non-league clubs, he signed for Swindon Town and made over 160 appearances in the Football League for the Wiltshire club. In July 2015, Foderingham signed a three-year contract with Scottish club Rangers upon being released by Swindon.

Club career

Early career

Foderingham was born in Hammersmith, Greater London.[2] He started with Fulham in their youth squad before moving on loan to Bromley.[4] After being released by Fulham,[5] Foderingham signed his first professional contract with Crystal Palace in August 2010,[6] before going on loan with Histon in March 2011.[7]

Swindon Town

Foderingham playing for Swindon Town in 2013

In October 2011 Foderingham signed on loan with League Two side Swindon Town until January 2012 to cover for injured keeper Phil Smith,[8] making his debut on 15 October 2011 against Accrington Stanley.[9] During his time on loan in 15 games for Swindon, Foderingham conceded just six goals and kept nine clean sheets.[10] This prompted Swindon manager Paolo Di Canio to buy the keeper for an undisclosed sum on 6 January 2012, on a contract running until July 2014.[11] Foderingham would keep a total of 24 clean sheets across all competitions and lose just four of his 33 league games as Swindon won the 2011–12 League Two title.[10][12]

Foderingham began the 2012–13 season with four consecutive clean sheets, before beating Premier League team Stoke City 4–3 after extra time in the League Cup.[13][14] However, in the following game against Preston North End, he was substituted for Leigh Bedwell after 21 minutes with Swindon two goals down.[15] Foderingham reacted angrily to his substitution, kicking a water bottle as he left the pitch, before storming down the tunnel.[15] Manager Di Canio publicly criticised Foderingham after the game and claimed that if he did not apologise for his actions, he would be "out" of the club.[16][17] Foderingham later issued an apology, which was accepted by Di Canio.[18]

Foderingham was released by Swindon Town at the end of the 2014–15 season upon the expiry of his contract.[19]

Rangers

On 3 July 2015, Foderingham signed a three-year contract with then Scottish Championship club Rangers. He made his debut for the Ibrox club in a 6–2 win against Hibernian in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup and was Rangers' first choice goalkeeper ahead of Cammy Bell under new Rangers manager Mark Warburton.[20] On 19 July 2016, Foderingham extended his contract with Rangers for another year until 2019.[21] In July 2018, under new Manager Steven Gerrard, Foderingham became second-choice goalkeeper largely due to the return of Allan McGregor to the Rangers team after a six-year absence. Foderingham made his first appearance of the season for Rangers in a 3–1 win over Kilmarnock in the Scottish League Cup. On 19 May 2020 it was announced that he would leave Rangers at the end of May when his contract ended.[22]

Sheffield United

Foderingham joined Premier League club Sheffield United on 17 July 2020 on a three-year contract.[23] During the 2021/2022 season, under manager Paul Heckingbottom, Foderingham established himself as the club's first-choice goalkeeper.[24]

In the 2022/2023 season, Foderingham kept 18 clean sheets in 44 games as Sheffield United secured promotion back to the Premier League.[24]

International career

Foderingham has represented England at various levels including England U19s.[citation needed]

Personal life

He is a supporter of Newcastle United.[25]

Career statistics

As of 2 December 2023
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 2009–10[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bromley (loan) 2009–10[27] Conference South 9 0 — — — 9 0
Crystal Palace 2010–11[28] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2011–12[10] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Bromley (loan) 2010–11[29] Conference South 13 0 4 0 — 1[a] 0 18 0
Boreham Wood (loan) 2010–11[30] Conference South 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Histon (loan) 2010–11[28] Conference Premier 9 0 — — — 9 0
Swindon Town 2011–12[b][10] League Two 33 0 4 0 0 0 4[c] 0 41 0
2012–13[13] League One 46 0 1 0 4 0 3[d] 0 54 0
2013–14[31] League One 41 0 0 0 3 0 3[c] 0 47 0
2014–15[32] League One 44 0 1 0 2 0 3[e] 0 50 0
Total 164 0 6 0 9 0 13 0 192 0
Rangers 2015–16[33] Scottish Championship 36 0 6 0 3 0 5[f] 0 50 0
2016–17[34] Scottish Premiership 37 0 4 0 2 0 — 43 0
2017–18[35] Scottish Premiership 33 0 2 0 0 0 2[g] 0 37 0
2018–19[36] Scottish Premiership 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
2019–20[37] Scottish Premiership 2 0 1 0 1 0 1[g] 0 5 0
Total 112 0 15 0 8 0 8 0 143 0
Sheffield United 2020–21[38] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2021–22[39] Championship 32 0 1 0 1 0 2[h] 0 36 0
2022–23[40] Championship 40 0 3 0 1 0 — 44 0
2023–24[41] Premier League 14 0 0 0 0 0 — 14 0
Total 86 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 95 0
Career total 398 0 29 0 20 0 24 0 471 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Kent Senior Cup
  2. ^ Part of this season was spent on loan from Crystal Palace
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ^ One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in League One play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in League One play-offs
  6. ^ Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  7. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

Swindon Town

Rangers

Individual

References

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  5. ^ "Player Contract Round-Up". Fulham F.C. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Crystal Palace snap up keeper Wesley Foderingham". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Histon sign Foderingham, Asafu-Adjaye and Cox on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Swindon Town bring in Crystal Palace keeper Foderingham". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Accrington 0–2 Swindon". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 October 2011.
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  15. ^ a b "Preston 4–1 Swindon". BBC Sport. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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  18. ^ "Paolo Di Canio 'forgives' Wes Foderingham for Preston row". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Released List". Swindontownfc.co.uk. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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