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Matt Targett
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English association football player (born 1995)
OverviewAI-generated
Matt Targett is a male association football player born in Winchester in 1995. His birth name is Matthew Robert Targett, and he holds United Kingdom citizenship. He plays as a full-back or left-back and wears the number 13. Targett speaks English.
He has played for Southampton F.C. and Middlesbrough. His international career includes representing Scotland and England at the under-19 level, as well as England at the under-20 level. He has participated in the Premier League and the Football League Cup during the 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2015–16 seasons. His professional work period began in 2014.
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Key facts
- 2013
- Scotland U19
- 2014
- England U20
- 2018
- → Fulham (loan)
- 2022
- → Newcastle United (loan)
- Full name
- Matthew Robert Targett
- Date of birth
- ( 1995-09-18 ) 18 September 1995 (age 30)
- Place of birth
- Eastleigh , Hampshire, England
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Position
- Left-back
- Current team
- Middlesbrough , (on loan from Newcastle United )
- 2003 2013
- Southampton
- Years
- Team
- 2013 2019
- Southampton
- 2019 2022
- Aston Villa
- 2022 2026
- Newcastle United
- 2025 2026
- → Middlesbrough (loan)
- 2013 2014
- England U19
- 2015 2016
- England U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Middlesbrough
- Position
- Left-Back
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Winchester
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2014–15 FA Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Middlesbrough F.C.
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Matt Targett v Augsburg 2017.jpg
- Height
- 183
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1995-09-18
- sport number
- 13
- birth name
- Matthew Robert Targett
- name in native language
- Matt Targett
- Commons category
- Matt Targett (footballer)
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- social media followers
- 106143
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Matthew Robert Targett (born 18 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough, on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United. He has represented both England and Scotland internationally at youth level.
Targett came through the Southampton academy and was named their young player of the season in 2015, having broken into their Premier League squad during that campaign. He joined Fulham on loan in 2018, helping them achieve promotion by winning the Championship play-offs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matt Targett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.