Fulham F.C. Academy

The Fulham F.C. Academy is a football academy in London.

The Academy, headed by director Slavisa Jokanovic, runs along the lines of many of the English football academies as deemed appropriate by the national governing body, and recently awarded Category 2 status in the new EPPP guidelines set out by the FA. Players dealt with by the academy can be aged as young as nine years old. As part of their training, young players are guided with the aim to gain a BTEC and NVQ qualification.

The Fulham under 18's are two-time reigning champions of their league but last year also went on to win the National Academy Final beating Blackburn 2-0 with goals from Cauley Woodrow and Ryan Williams, losing to Everton at the same stage the previous year 2-1 with Ronny Minkwitz scoring.

Current management

(As of Academy Staff)

Position	Name Ali Shide	Nationality Kenyan
Academy Director:	Huw Jennings	Welsh
Under-18s Head Coach:	Steve Wigley	English
PL2 Goalkeeping Coach:	Geoff Warne	English
Head of Talent ID and Recruitment:	Malcolm Elias	English
Academy Operations Manager:	Lee Hagger	English
Under-18/23s Goalkeeping Coach:	Vic Bettinelli	English
Under-23s Head Coach:	Mark Pembridge	Welsh
Under-23s Joint Head Coach:	Colin Omogbehin	English
U13-15 Head Coach:	Dan Thomas	Welsh
Youth Development Phase Manager:	Andrew Watt	English
Academy Manager:	Mike Cave	English
Head of Academy Education:	Sean Cullen	English

Academy Players

PL2

(As of PL2 – Player Profiles)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  USA Marlon Fossey 35 MF  AUS Tyrese Francois 39 FW  ENG Martell Taylor-Crossdale 40 GK  ENG George Wickens 48 MF  ENG Fábio Carvalho 54 MF  ENG Jayden Harris 55 MF  ENG Sonny Hilton 56 MF  ENG Ryan De Havilland 57 MF  THA Ben Davis

No. Pos. Nation Player 58 MF  ENG Sylvester Jasper 59 GK  ENG Luca Ashby-Hammond 60 FW  FRA Jean-Pierre Tiehi 61 MF  ENG Jonathon Page 62 DF  ENG Luca Murphy 63 DF  SCO Connor McAvoy 64 GK  USA Damian Las 65 FW  FIN Terry Ablade

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 53 DF  ENG Jaydn Mundle-Smith (at Maidstone United until the end of the season) — GK  ENG Taye Ashby-Hammond (at Maidenhead United until the end of the season) — DF  ENG Jerome Opoku (at Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season) — FW  ENG Timmy Abraham (at Raith Rovers until the end of the season)

Under-18s

(As of Under-18s - Player Profiles)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 71 FW  ENG Jay Stansfield 72 MF  ALB Adrion Pajaziti 73 MF  IRL Ollie O'Neill 74 DF  ENG Idris Odutayo — GK  USA Alex Borto — GK  ENG Mac Chisholm — DF  ENG Xavier Benjamin — DF  SCO Ibane Bowat — DF  ENG Luciano D'Auria-Henry — DF  ENG Kayden Harrack — DF  ENG Stefan Parkes

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  WAL Jay Williams — MF  ENG Harvey Araujo — MF  ENG Matt Dibley-Dias — MF  WAL Luke Harris — MF  ENG Imani Lanquedoc — MF  CYP George Okkas — FW  ENG Mika Biereth — FW  SCO Kieron Bowie — FW  ENG Oliver Sanderson — FW  ENG Jaylan Wildbore

Academy graduates

Still at Fulham

• Steven Sessegnon
• Marcus Bettinelli

Now playing elsewhere

• Cauley Woodrow, now at Barnsley
• George Williams, now at Grimsby Town
• Seán Kavanagh, now at Shamrock Rovers
• Jesse Joronen, now at Brescia
• Cameron Burgess, now at Accrington Stanley,
• Jack Grimmer, now at Wycombe Wanderers
• Matthew Briggs, now at Vejle Boldklub, has played for Guyana
• Neil Etheridge, now at Birmingham City, has played for Philippines
• Alex Smith, now at Hastings United
• Ali Shide, now at Star United
• Sean Davis, now retired due to injury. Previously at Bolton Wanderers via Portsmouth and Tottenham. Only player to have played in all the top four divisions of English football with one club (Fulham). Scored once in twelve games for the England U21s, has been a non-playing squad member for the full national team.
• Zat Knight, now retired, has played for England
• Danny Hoesen, now at San Jose Earthquakes
• Chris Smalling, now at Roma, has played for England
• Liam Fontaine, last played for Ross County
• Wayne Brown, now at Sutton United
• Adam Green, last played for Leatherhead.
• Elvis Hammond, now retired, has played for Ghana.
• Dean Leacock, now retired.
• Zesh Rehman, now at Southern, has played for Pakistan.
• Michael Timlin, now at Dulwich Hamlet and former captain of the Ireland U21s
• TJ Moncur, last played for Cray Wanderers
• Troy Brown, last played for Chelmsford City
• Joe Anderson, now at Welling United
• Wes Foderingham, now at Sheffield United
• Corrin Brooks-Meade, now at Oroklini/Troulloi
• Ismael Ehui, now at Broadfields United F.C
• Karim Laribi, now at Hellas Verona
• Matthew Saunders, now at Wealdstone
• Alexander Kačaniklić, now at Hammarby IF
• Moussa Dembélé, now at Lyon
• Emerson Hyndman, now at Atlanta United
• Dan Burn, now at Brighton & Hove Albion
• Mesca, now at Doxa Katokopias
• Ryan Williams, now at Portsmouth
• Keanu Marsh-Brown, now at Memphis 901, has played for Guyana
• Mark Hudson, now retired
• Gary Mackay-Steven, now at New York City, has played for Scotland
• Marcello Trotta, now at Frosinone.
• Ryan Sessegnon, now at Tottenham Hotspur.
• Daniel O'Reilly, now at Shelbourne.
• Harvey Elliott, now at Liverpool
• Luca de la Torre, now at Heracles Almelo

References

External links

• Academy page at FulhamFC.com