Wayne Hennessey

Wayne Hennessey
Hennessey playing for Wales in 2016
Personal information
Full name Wayne Robert Hennessey[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Bangor, Wales
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2003 Manchester City
2003–2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Wolverhampton Wanderers 152 (0)
2006Bristol City (loan) 0 (0)
2007Stockport County (loan) 15 (0)
2013Yeovil Town (loan) 12 (0)
2014–2021 Crystal Palace 110 (0)
2021–2022 Burnley 2 (0)
2022–2024 Nottingham Forest 4 (0)
International career
2003 Wales U17 5 (0)
2004 Wales U19 7 (0)
2005–2009 Wales U21 6 (0)
2007– Wales 109 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:43, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Wayne Robert Hennessey (born 24 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Wales national team.

Hennessey's first professional games saw him set a new Football League record for consecutive clean sheets while on loan at Stockport County. He played 166 times for Wolverhampton Wanderers over eight seasons, including three years at Premier League level. After several injury setbacks, he moved to join Crystal Palace in 2014. He played 132 total games in eight seasons at Palace, including their defeat in the 2016 FA Cup Final, and then played for Burnley and Nottingham Forest.

A full international since 2007, Hennessey is Wales' third most-capped player and its most capped goalkeeper, with over 100 caps. He was in the Wales squads for the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, reaching the semi-finals of the former, and was also chosen for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. ^ "Wayne Hennessey". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.