Hayden Taylor Lindley (born 2 September 2002) is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Newport County on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa. Lindley is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and was also on the books of Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers as a junior.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hayden Taylor Lindley[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Newport County (on loan from Aston Villa) | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Honley Junior | |||
2008–2010 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
2010–2019 | Manchester City | ||
2019–2021 | Aston Villa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
2022– | → Newport County (loan) | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:48, 6 October 2022 (UTC) |
After impressing for the under-eights team of local side Honley Junior Football Club, Lindley joined the youth setup at Blackburn Rovers in October 2008. Soon after, he also began training with Manchester City's academy at a site in Bradford. Lindley was also approached by Leeds United but did not join them.[2] Lindley remained with City until July 2019, when he departed to join Aston Villa.[3]
On 8 January 2021, Lindley made his first team debut for Aston Villa as a substitute in a FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool, after Villa had been forced to name a team of inexperienced academy players following a large amount of positive COVID-19 tests affected the first team.[4]
On 24 May 2021, Lindley was part of the Aston Villa U18s team that won the FA Youth Cup, beating Liverpool U18s 2–1 in the final.[5]
On 7 July 2021, he was one of several young players who signed a new contract with Aston Villa.[6] Lindley again appeared for the first team on 24 August 2021 in Villa's away EFL Cup victory at Barrow, coming off the bench in the second half as a substitute for Frédéric Guilbert.[7]
On 1 September 2022, Lindley joined Newport County on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.[8] He made his debut for Newport on the 13 September 2022 as a second half substitute in the 1-0 League Two defeat to Stevenage.[9]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Newport County | 2022–23 | League Two | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
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