Shayon Harrison
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Shayon Harrison
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Shayon Adam Harrison{{cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/december-2015.ashx|title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/12/2015 and 31/12/2015|accessdate=15 August 2017|format=PDF|page=2|publisher=The FA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|13|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Shayon Harrison|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/development-squad/shayon-harrison/ |publisher=Almere City|accessdate=25 October 2016}}
| birth_place = Hornsey, England
| position = Forward
| currentclub = UTA Arad
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = 2013–2016
| youthclubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur
| years1 = 2016–2019
| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = → Yeovil Town (loan)
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = → Southend United (loan)
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019
| clubs4 = → Melbourne City (loan)
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2019–2021
| clubs5 = Almere City
| caps5 = 32
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2021
| clubs6 = AFC Wimbledon
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2022
| clubs7 = Morecambe
| caps7 = 3
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2022
| clubs8 = Hayes & Yeading United
| caps8 = 2
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2022–2025
| clubs9 = Politehnica Iași
| caps9 = 63
| goals9 = 16
| years10 = 2025–
| clubs10 = UTA Arad
| caps10 = 8
| goals10 = 1
| club-update = 13 April 2025
}}
Shayon Adam Harrison (born 13 July 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club UTA Arad.
Club career
=Tottenham Hotspur=
Harrison made his professional debut for Tottenham on 25 October 2016, coming on in the 83rd minute for Georges-Kévin Nkoudou in a 2–1 defeat to Liverpool in the EFL Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37686653 | work=BBC Sport |author=Luke Reddy | title=Liverpool 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur |date=25 October 2016| accessdate=2 February 2019}}
On 20 January 2017, Harrison joined League Two side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38696726 |title=Shayon Harrison: Yeovil Town sign Tottenham Hotspur striker on loan |work=BBC Sport |date=20 January 2017 |accessdate=20 January 2017 }} He made his debut for Yeovil in a 2–2 draw against Blackpool, on 21 January 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38620013 |title=Blackpool 2–2 Yeovil Town |work=BBC Sport |date=21 January 2017 |accessdate=21 January 2017 |via=Press Association }} For the second half of the 2017–18 season Harrison went on loan to Southend United.{{cite web |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15910522.blues-sign-harrison-on-loan-from-spurs/ |title=Southend United sign Shayon Harrison on loan from Tottenham Hotspur |work=The Echo |author=Chris Philips |date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=2 February 2019 }}
In the January 2019 transfer window, Harrison went out on loan to Australian club Melbourne City of the A-League.{{cite web |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2019/february/harrison-heads-down-under/ |title=Harrison heads Down Under |work=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |date=1 February 2019 |accessdate=2 February 2019}}
=Holland and English lower leagues=
In the summer 2019 transfer window, Harrison signed for Almere City in Holland.{{cite web |title=Almere City Haalt Tottenham-Talent In Huis |url=https://www.foxsports.nl/nieuws/artikel/3099623/almere-city-haalt-tottenham-talent-huis# |work=Fox Sports |date=29 July 2019 |accessdate=9 August 2019}} On 1 February 2021, he was released by Almere.{{cite web|url=https://www.omroepflevoland.nl/sport/215693/contract-harrison-bij-city-fc-ontbonden-flamingo-verhuurd|title=Contract Harrison bij City FC ontbonden, Flamingo verhuurd|website=omroepflevoland.nl|date=1 February 2021|accessdate=8 February 2021|language=Dutch}}
On 8 February 2021, Harrison joined League One side AFC Wimbledon on a free transfer.{{cite web|url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2021/february/shayon-harrison-signs-for-wimbledon/|title=Former Spurs striker leaves Holland to sign for the Dons|publisher=AFC Wimbledon|date=8 February 2021|accessdate=8 February 2021}} On 11 August 2021, Harrison joined League One side Morecambe.{{cite web|url= https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2021/august/shayon-harrison-joins-the-shrimps/ |title=Shayon Harrison Joins the Shrimps!|publisher=Morecambe F.C.|date=11 August 2021|accessdate=11 August 2021}} On 11 January 2022, Harrison left the club following the expiration of his short-term contract.{{Cite web |url=https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2022/january/harrison-leaves-the-club/ |title=Harrison leaves the club |publisher=Morecambe FC |date=11 January 2022 |accessdate=11 January 2022}} On 1 March 2022, Harrison joined Southern League Premier Division South leaders Hayes & Yeading United.{{cite web|url=https://www.hyufc.com/news/latestnews.html|title=Hughes adds Two to the United squad|website=www.hyufc.com|date=1 March 2022}}
=Politehnica Iași=
On 25 August 2022, Harrison was officially announced as Romanian Liga II side Politehnica Iași's new signing.{{cite web|url=https://www.politehnicaiasi.ro/stire/claudiu-niculescu-ma-astept-la-un-meci-incrancenat-sambata|title=CLAUDIU NICULESCU: 'I EXPECT A TOUGH MATCH ON SATURDAY'|publisher=FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|date=25 August 2022|accessdate=26 August 2022}} After winning promotion to Liga I in 2023, he went on a goal scoring streak of 5 goals in 6 games in November.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 13 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|National Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|Tottenham Hotspur
|2016–17{{soccerbase season|93679|2016|accessdate=6 May 2017}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|93679|2017|accessdate=10 August 2018}}
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|93679|2018|accessdate=25 July 2019}}
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 | ||||||||||
| Yeovil Town (loan)
|14 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Southend United (loan)
|13 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Melbourne City (loan)
|2018–19{{cite web |title=S. Harrison: Summary |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/-/450524/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=10 February 2021}} |10 | 4 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=ALFS|Appearance in A-League Final Series}} | 0 | 11 | 4 | |||
| rowspan=3|Almere City
|21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 22 | 7 | |||
| 2020–21
|Eerste Divisie |11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 11 | 1 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!32||8||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||33||8 | ||||||||||
| AFC Wimbledon
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|93679|2020|accessdate=10 February 2021}} |League One |1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Morecambe
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|93679|2021|accessdate=19 August 2021}} |League One |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hayes & Yeading United
|2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan=4|Politehnica Iași
|20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2023–24
|29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 29 | 7 | |||
| 2024–25
|Liga I |14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 17 | 1 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!63||16||3||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||66||17 | ||||||||||
| rowspan=1|UTA Arad
|Liga I |8 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 8 | 1 | ||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!146||30||4||1||1||0||3||0||154||31 |
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Honours
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|450524}}
{{FC UTA Arad squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Shayon}}
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Haringey
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:English people of Jamaican descent
Category:Sportspeople of Jamaican descent
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:Southend United F.C. players
Category:Melbourne City FC players
Category:Almere City FC players
Category:AFC Wimbledon players
Category:Morecambe F.C. players
Category:Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players
Category:FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
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Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
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