Lennon Wheeldon
{{Short description|English footballer (born 2006)}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lennon Wheeldon
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Lennon Wheeldon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2006|02|16}}
| birth_place =
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Derby County
| clubnumber = 48
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Notts County
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2024
| youthclubs2 = Derby County
| years1 = 2024–
| clubs1 = Derby County
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024–2025
| clubs2 = → Boston United (loan)
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2024–
| nationalteam1 = England U19
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 20:30, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 20:30, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Lennon Wheeldon (born 16 February 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{English football updater|DerbyCou}} club Derby County.
Club career
Wheeldon started his career as a youth player at Notts County, before joining Derby County as an under-16s player.{{Cite web |title=Lennon Wheeldon |url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/teams/player/lennon-wheeldon |access-date=8 April 2025 |website=dcfc.co.uk |publisher=Derby County F.C.}} On 8 November 2023, he made his debut for Derby County as a substitute in a 4–1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s in the EFL Trophy.{{soccerbase season|185554|2023|accessdate=8 April 2025}} On 23 November 2024, he joined National League side Boston United on a one-month loan.{{Cite web |date=23 November 2024|title=ACADEMY NEWS: Wheeldon makes Boston United loan move |url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2024/11/academy-news-wheeldon-makes-boston-united-loan-move-2 |access-date=8 April 2025 |website=dcfc.co.uk |publisher=Derby County F.C.}} On 5 April 2025, he made his league debut for Derby County as a substitute in a 1–0 away loss to Swansea City.
International career
In October 2024, Wheeldon was called up by the England under-19 team for friendlies against Portugal, The Netherlands and France.{{Cite web |date=7 October 2024|title=ACADEMY NEWS: Quartet Link Up With International Teams For October Fixtures |url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2024/10/academy-news-derby-academy-quartet-link-up-with-international-teams-for-october-fixtures |access-date=8 April 2025 |website=dcfc.co.uk |publisher=Derby County F.C.}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 5 April 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Derby County
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in the EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|185554|2024|accessdate=8 April 2025}}
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Boston United (loan)
|3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase|185554}}
- {{Soccerway|lennon-wheeldon/766759/}}
{{Derby County F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeldon, Lennon}}
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:Boston United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players