 Matete warming up for Sunderland in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jay Matete[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 2001[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Bolton Wanderers (on loan from Sunderland) | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Reading | ||
| 2018–2019 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Fleetwood Town | 27 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2022– | Sunderland | 22 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Oxford United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:25, 16 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Jay Matete (born 11 February 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL League One club Bolton Wanderers, on loan from EFL Championship club Sunderland.
He was part of the youth academy at Reading before joining Fleetwood Town in 2018 and signing professional terms with them a year later. He went on to have a loan spell with Grimsby Town before joining Sunderland in 2022. He was part of the Plymouth Argyle side that won EFL League One title in 2023 following a successful loan spell.
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Jay Matete at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)