Kai Jennings

{{short description|English association football player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kai Jennings

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| fullname = Kai Jennings{{Cite news |title=EFL Professional Retain List 2023/24 |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2024/june/07/efl-professional-retain-list-2023-24/ |publisher=EFL |accessdate=15 April 2025}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|02|18|df=y}}{{cite news

| title = Soccerway – Kai Jennings

| url = https://uk.soccerway.com/players/kai-jennings/885852/

| publisher = Soccerway

| accessdate = 15 April 2025}}

| birth_place = Kingston upon Thames, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Walton & Hersham
(on loan from AFC Wimbledon)

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = 2012–2023

| youthclubs1 = AFC Wimbledon

| years1 = 2023–

| clubs1 = AFC Wimbledon

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2024

| clubs2 = → Whitehawk (loan)

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2024–2025

| clubs3 = → Whitehawk (loan)

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2025–

| clubs4 = → Walton & Hersham (loan)

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 1

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| club-update = 20:22, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Kai Jennings (born 18 February 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division South club Walton & Hersham on loan from AFC Wimbledon.

Club career

Jennings started his career with AFC Wimbledon at the age of six{{Cite news |title=AFC Wimbledon on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/afc_wimbledon/p/C8w7oR2IFea/ |publisher=AFC Wimbledon |website=instagram.com |date=28 June 2024 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} and went on to make his senior debut during an FA Cup first round 5–1 home victory over Cheltenham Town in November 2023.{{Cite news |title=AFC Wimbledon vs. Cheltenham Town |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2023/11/04/england/fa-cup/afc-wimbledon/cheltenham-town-fc/4262476/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=4 November 2023 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} He went on to feature twice more in the EFL Trophy, before finishing the campaign at Whitehawk on loan. He then returned to the Sussex-based side ahead of the 2024–25 campaign on another loan deal.{{Cite news |title=A Don back with the Hawks |url=https://www.isthmian.co.uk/articles/a-don-back-with-the-hawks |publisher=Isthmian League |first=Ian |last=Townsend |date=14 August 2024 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} In February 2025, Jennings then joined Walton & Hersham on loan for the remainder of the campaign.{{Cite news |title=Dons prospect Kai on how a Hawk became a Swan |url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2025/february/10/dons-prospect-kai-on-how-a-hawk-became-a-swan/ |publisher=AFC Wimbledon |date=10 February 2025 |accessdate=15 April 2025}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 4 March 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|EFL Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|AFC Wimbledon

|2023–24

|League Two

|0

010002Appearances in the EFL Trophy030
2024–25

|League Two

|0

0colspan="2"|—000000
colspan=2|Total

!0||0||1||0||0||0||2||0||3||0

rowspan="3"|Whitehawk (loan)

|2023–24{{Cite news |title=Whitehawk – Appearances – Kai Jennings – 2023-2024 |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/whitehawk/appearances/2023-2024/kai-jennings/963570 |publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=15 April 2025}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|11

3colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—113
2024–25{{Cite news |title=Whitehawk – Appearances – Kai Jennings – 2024-2025 |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/whitehawk/appearances/kai-jennings/963570 |publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=15 April 2025}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|26

310colspan="2"|—1Appearance in the FA Trophy0283
colspan=2|Total

!37||6||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||39||6

Walton & Hersham (loan)

|2024–25{{Cite news |title=Kai Jennings Player Profile |url=https://www.aylesburyunitedarchive.com/player/kai-jennings/44996 |publisher=Aylesbury United FC |accessdate=15 April 2025}}

|Southern League Premier Division South

|7

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—71
colspan=3|Career total

!44||7||2||0||0||0||3||0||49||7

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References

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