Will Greenidge
{{Short description|English footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Will Greenidge
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|fullname = William Winston Greenidge
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|5|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = Redbridge, England{{cite web |url= https://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2022-2023/engprem/westham.htm |title= Squads - English Premier League 2022/2023 |publisher=FootballSquads |access-date=26 February 2023}}
|height = 1.75m{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/will-greenidge/|title=Will Greenidge|website=worldfootball.net}}
|position = Right back
|currentclub = Hornchurch
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = West Ham United
|years1 = 2023–2025
|clubs1 = Colchester United
|caps1 = 29
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2024
|clubs2 = → Hornchurch (loan)
|caps2 = 13
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2025–
|clubs3 = Hornchurch
|caps3 = 0
|goals3 = 0
|club-update = 09:23, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
}}
William Winston Greenidge (born 15 May 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for National League South club Hornchurch.
Career
After playing for West Ham United,{{Cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/greenidge-u21s-have-enjoyed-good-pre-season|title=Greenidge: U21s have enjoyed a good pre-season | West Ham United F.C.|website=www.whufc.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/west-ham-loan-transfer-exit-26072729|title=West Ham's Will Greenidge set for first senior loan spell in League Two|first=Jonty|last=Colman|date=25 January 2023|website=Football.London}} where he won the Dylan Tombides Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/will-greenidge-departs-colchester-united|title=Will Greenidge departs for Colchester United | West Ham United F.C.|website=www.whufc.com}} Greenidge signed for Colchester United in January 2023 on a two-and-a-half-year contract.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2023/january/will-greenidge/|title=Greenidge Signs U's Deal|website=www.cu-fc.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64424283|title=Colchester sign West Ham full-back Greenidge|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23284518.colchester-united-west-ham-united-defender-will-greenidge/|title='A lot of potential': Colchester United boss delighted with latest new signing|website=Gazette}}
On 6 September 2024, Greenidge joined Hornchurch on loan until January.{{cite web|url=https://www.hornchurchfc.com/2024/09/welcome-will-greenidge/|title=Welcome Will Greenidge|date=6 Sep 2024|accessdate=6 Sep 2024|publisher=HornchurchFC}}
On 23 January 2025, Colchester United announced that Greenidge's contract had been cancelled by mutual consent, with Greenidge free to seek another club as a free agent. {{cite web|url=https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2025/january/23/jay-and-greenidge-depart/|title=JAY AND GREENIDGE DEPART|website=www.cu-fc.com|date=23 January 2025|accessdate=23 January 2025}} That same day, Hornchurch announced that they had signed Greenidge on a permanent basis. {{cite web|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24880971.will-greenidge-signs-hornchurch-colchester-exit/|title=Will Greenidge signs for Hornchurch after Colchester exit|website=www.gazette-news.co.uk|date=23 January 2025|accessdate=24 January 2025}}
Career statistics
{{updated|26 December 2024}}{{soccerway|will-greenidge/496731|accessdate=25 October 2024}}
| 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"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|West Ham United U21
|rowspan="4"|— |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21
|colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23
|colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||1||6||1 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Colchester United
|rowspan="3"|League Two |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!29||0||1||0||1||0||4||0||35||0 | ||||||||||
| Hornchurch (loan)
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Hornchurch
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan=3|Career total
!42||0||1||0||1||0||10||1||54||1 |
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References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Redbridge
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:Hornchurch F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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