Conor Townsend

Conor Stephen Townsend (born 4 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion.

Conor Townsend
Personal information
Full name Conor Stephen Townsend[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993
Place of birth Hessle, England[2]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 West Bromwich Albion
Number 14
Youth career
2001–2011 Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Hull City 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Grimsby Town (loan) 27 (1)
2012–2013 → Chesterfield (loan) 20 (1)
2013 → Carlisle United (loan) 11 (0)
2014 → Carlisle United (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Dundee United (loan) 17 (0)
2015 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → Grimsby Town (loan) 9 (1)
2016–2018 Scunthorpe United 74 (5)
2018– West Bromwich Albion 47 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

He began his career with Hull City, from whom he had loan spells with Grimsby Town, Chesterfield, Carlisle United, Dundee United and Scunthorpe United before joining the latter permanently in 2016.

At the start of the 2018/19 season Conor Townsend joined West Brom for £756,000.

Club career

Townsend came through the youth ranks at Hull City after joining the club at the age of eight[4] and was promoted to the club's first team during the 2011–12 season. He joined Grimsby Town on loan on 25 October 2011, initially for one month.[5] He made his debut on 29 October, playing in a 5–0 win against Ashington in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup, and was named man-of-the-match.[6] He made his league debut on 5 November, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–2 draw against Bath City.[7] After making 5 appearances, his loan was extended by a further month.[8] On 29 December, the loan was extended until the end of the season.[9] At the end of the 2011–12 season Townsend was awarded the club's "Supporters Young Player of the Season" award.[10]

On 20 November 2012, he joined Chesterfield on a month-long loan.[11] He made his debut on 15 December, replacing Jay O'Shea after 85 minutes of a 1–1 draw at home to Burton Albion.[12] On 29 December, he scored his first goal for Chesterfield and was then sent off later in the game, during a 1–1 draw against Morecambe.[13] The loan was eventually extended to the end of the season.[14] On 29 April, his loan deal ended and he returned to Hull City.[15]

Townsend's breakthrough of sorts, at the start of the 2013/2014 season, occurred when he made his Hull City debut on 27 August 2013, coming on as 55th-minute substitute in a League Cup game against Leyton Orient.[16] Following this, Townsend moved on a month-long loan to Carlisle United on 2 September 2013.[17] The loan was extended for two months on 26 September 2013.[18]

Townsend moved to Dundee United on loan in July 2014.[19] He made his debut on 10 August 2014, as Dundee United beat Aberdeen 3–0 in the opening game of the 2014–15 season.[20] Following transfer deadline day moves he returned to Hull City early on 3 February 2015.[21] On 28 February 2015, Townsend joined Scunthorpe United on a month-long loan,[22] which was later extended to the end of the season.[23]

Having signed a one-year contract extension with Hull in June 2015,[24] Townsend was again loaned to Grimsby Town, joining for one month on 12 October 2015.[25] This was later extended until 1 January 2016.[26] On 6 January 2016 Townsend signed for Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.[27] Townsend scored his first goal for the club in a 6–0 win over Swindon Town on 28 March 2016.[28]

On 28 July 2018 he joined West Bromwich Albion on a three-year deal, following Scunthorpe's decision to reject an offer from former team Hull.[29]

Career statistics
As of 28 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hull City 2011–12[30] Championship 000000—00
2012–13[31] 000000—00
2013–14[32] Premier League 000010—10
2014–15[33] 0000000000
Total 0000100010
Grimsby Town (loan) 2011–12[30] Conference Premier 27140—00311
Chesterfield (loan) 2012–13[31] League Two 201000000201
Carlisle United (loan) 2013–14[32] League One 12030—2[lower-alpha 1]0170
Dundee United (loan) 2014–15[33] Premiership 1701010—190
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2014–15[33] League One 600000—60
Grimsby Town (loan) 2015–16[34] National League 9131—00122
Scunthorpe United 2015–16[34] League One 201—0000201
2016–17[35] 24010205[lower-alpha 2]0320
2017–18[36] 173102010213
Total 614204060734
West Brom 2018-19[37] Championship 1203030—180
2019–20[38] 2702110—301
2020–21[39] Premier League 800020—100
Total 470516000581
Career total 1997182120802379
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Three appearances in the Football League Trophy and two in the League One play-offs

References
  1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. "Conor Townsend" Sky Sports.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. "Barclays Premier League Player Profile Conor Townsend". Premier League. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  4. "Hull City transfer talk: Stephen Quinn Reading rumour, Huddlestone 'snubs Villa'". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. "Grimsby Town sign Hull City's Conor Townsend on loan". BBC Sport. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  6. "Grimsby Town: Conor focused on Mariners as Hull manager saga rumbles on". This is Grimsby. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  7. "Bath City 2–2 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  8. "Grimsby Town extend loan of Hull City's Conor Townsend". BBC Sport. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  9. "Hull City's Conor Townsend to stay at Grimsby Town for season". BBC Sport. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. "Connor Townsend shooting for Hull City starting spot". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  11. "Chesterfield sign Jay O'Shea and Conor Townsend". BBC Sport. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  12. "Chesterfield 1–1 Burton". BBC Sport. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  13. "Chesterfield 1–1 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  14. "Chesterfield extend Conor Townsend loan from Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  15. "Seven released by Spireites". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  16. "Leyton Orient 0–1 Hull". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  17. "Carlisle United sign Hull City defender Conor Townsend". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  18. "Carlisle: Hull defender Conor Townsend extends loan stay". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  19. "Andrew Robertson completes transfer from Dundee United to Hull". STV Sport. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  20. McLeod, Liam (10 August 2014). "Aberdeen 0–3 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  21. "It's a Dun deal as Celtic complete deadline day swoop for United duo Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven". Daily Record. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  22. "Townsend Joins Scunthorpe On Loan". The Tigers Official Website. Hull City A.F.C. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  23. "Hull City man Conor Townsend extends Scunthorpe United loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  24. "Townsend Pens New Deal". Hull City A.F.C. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  25. "Conor Townsend: Grimsby Town sign Hull City defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  26. "Conor Extends Town Stay". Grimsby Town F.C. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  27. "Conor Townsend: Scunthorpe sign Hull City full-back". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  28. "Scunthorpe 6–0 Swindon". BBC Sport. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  29. "Conor Townsend joins West Brom to leave Hull City boss Nigel Adkins frustrated". Hull Daily Mail. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  30. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  31. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  32. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  33. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  34. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  35. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  36. "Games played by Conor Townsend in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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  38. "Conor Townsend | Football Stats | West Bromwich Albion | Season 2019/2020 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  39. "Conor Townsend | Football Stats | West Bromwich Albion | Season 2020/2021 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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