Kaiyne River Woolery (born 11 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF First League club Sakaryaspor.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kaiyne River Woolery[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sakaryaspor | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2011 | Redhill | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Redhill | 15 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | Maidstone United | ||
| 2013–2014 | Tamworth | 18 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Maidstone United (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Stafford Rangers (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Notts County (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | Swindon Town | 100 | (12) |
| 2020–2021 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | (8) |
| 2021–2022 | Motherwell | 31 | (2) |
| 2022– | Sakaryaspor | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Woolery was signed by Conference Premier team Tamworth from Isthmian League club Maidstone United in June 2013.[2] He was loaned to Stafford Rangers of the Northern Premier League at the start of the 2013–14 season.[3] He was loaned back to Maidstone in January 2014 for a two-month spell.[4]
He joined Championship club Bolton Wanderers in August 2014 for a £10,000 fee.[5] He was sent out on loan to League One side Notts County in January 2015.[6]
He made his Bolton debut as a substitute for Adam Le Fondre when Wanderers lost 3–0 to the eventual Champions Bournemouth on 27 April 2015.[7] On 6 February 2016, Woolery scored his first senior goal for Bolton, a 93rd-minute winner against Rotherham United.[8]
Woolery joined Wigan Athletic on 31 August 2016 and was given the number 18 shirt. He made his debut for the Latics on 3 December 2016, when he came on as a substitute for Max Power in the 86th minute in a 1–0 loss to Derby County.
On 21 January 2017 it was announced that Woolery had signed for National League side Forest Green Rovers on loan until the end of the season.[9] He made his debut for Forest Green on the same day of his signing, coming on as a substitute for Keanu Marsh-Brown in a 1–1 draw with Braintree Town.[10] Woolery went on to score twice for FGR at Wembley in the 2017 National league play-off final.
On 7 August 2017, Woolery joined League Two side Swindon Town on a three-year deal for a £350,000 fee.[11] After coming on as a half-time substitute, he scored an equaliser against Exeter City on his Swindon Town debut at the County Ground on 12 August 2017.[12] After a fairly inconsistent first season for Swindon Town, he got injured in April in a home match against Yeovil Town. This injury ruled him out for the rest of the 2017/18 season and the first 2 months of the 2018/19 season. He made his return on 9 October 2018, coming on as a second half sub in an EFL Trophy group stage match against Plymouth Argyle and scoring within ten minutes.
On 14 September 2020, Woolery joined League Two side Tranmere Rovers on a free transfer.[13] He scored his first goal for Tranmere in an EFL Trophy tie against Wigan Athletic on 11 November 2020.[14]
On 22 June 2021, Woolery signed for Scottish Premiership side Motherwell on a three-year contract, with the manager Graham Alexander quoted as saying, "Kaiyne is a player I’ve admired for a few years now".[15] On 14 July 2022, Motherwell announced that Woolery had left the club to join TFF First League club Sakaryaspor for an undisclosed fee.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tamworth | 2013–14[17] | Conference Premier | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| Maidstone United (loan) | 2013–14[18] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2014–15[17] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16[17] | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17[17] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Notts County (loan) | 2014–15[17] | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wigan Athletic | 2016–17[17] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2016–17[17] | National League | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 20 | 4 | |
| Swindon Town | 2017–18[19] | League Two | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 43 | 5 |
| 2018–19[20] | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2019–20[21] | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Total | 100 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 112 | 14 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers | 2020–21[22] | League Two | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | 52 | 11 |
| Motherwell | 2021–22[23] | Scottish Premiership | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| Career total | 239 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 281 | 38 | ||
Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers