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Matthew William Jay (born 27 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Exeter City in EFL League One.

Matt Jay

Personal information
Full name	Matthew William Jay[1]
Date of birth	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Torbay, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Exeter City
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2013	Exeter City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Exeter City	144	(41)
2014–15	→ Weston-super-Mare (loan)	5	(1)
2015	→ Hayes & Yeading United (loan)	6	(2)
2016	→ Truro City (loan)	20	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:18, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Early life and education

Jay was born in Torbay in Devon and he attended South Dartmoor Community College.

Playing career

Exeter City

Jay made his professional debut for Exeter in a 2–0 loss to Wycombe in the Football League Trophy at St James Park on 3 September 2013.[3]

On 22 November 2015, Jay joined National League South side Hayes & Yeading United on a one-month loan.[4]

He scored his first goal for Exeter in an EFL Trophy tie against Oxford United on 30 August 2016.[5] Jay finally scored his first league goal on the 8th of April, in the 2017–18 campaign, away to Cambridge United in a game where Exeter came twice from behind to win 3-2. This came to the delight of many players and fans alike following a run of impressive games starting and from the bench.[6][7]

In 2021, Jay scored his first career hat trick in a 4-0 victory against Leyton Orient. [8] After a month in which he scored five goals and got one assist, Jay was awarded the League Two Player of the Month award for March 2021.[9] At the conclusion of the 2020–21 season he was named as the Devon side's Player of the Season,[10] and on 29 April 2021 was named in the 2020–21 EFL League Two Team of the Season at the league's annual awards ceremony.[11]

Jay was awarded Exeter captaincy following the departure of Jake Taylor in the summer of 2021 and was given the #7 shirt. He continued his goalscoring form into the 2021-2022 season, netting 16 times in all competitions. The most significant of these came in a 2-1 home win over Barrow AFC on April 27th 2022, where he scored a late winner to secure his boyhood club’s return to League One for the first time in a decade. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played on 30 April 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Exeter City	2013–14[13]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2014–15[14]	League Two	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2015–16[15]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2016–17[16]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	1	5	1
	2017–18[17]	League Two	17	1	1	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	23	1
	2018–19[18]	League Two	18	4	0	0	2	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	24	4
	2019–20[19]	League Two	14	4	2	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 4]	4	23	8
	2020–21[20]	League Two	44	18	2	1	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	1	48	20
	2021–22	League Two	44	14	3	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	2	50	16
	Total		144	41	8	1	6	0	22	8	180	50
Weston-super-Mare (loan)	2014–15[21]	Conference South	5	1	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 5]	0	6	1
Hayes & Yeading United (loan)	2015–16[21][22]	National League South	6	2	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 5]	0	7	2
Truro City (loan)	2015–16[21]	National League South	20	6	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 6]	0	22	6
Career total			175	50	8	1	6	0	26	8	215	59

Honours

Individual

• EFL League Two Team of the Season: 2020–21[11]
• Exeter City Player of the Season: 2020–21[10]
• League Two Player of the Month: March 2021[9]

References

External links

• Matt Jay at Soccerbase
• Matt Jay at Soccerway

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