PLAYER PROFILE / Centre-Back
Matthew Pennington.
Bradford City · England
TM 220755 · Current player profileAge today31
Recorded moves21
Peak recorded value€1.00m
Current market value€250k
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Matthew Pennington
- Born
- 06 Oct 1994
- Nationality
- England
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 185
- Joined current club
- 01 Jul 2025
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2027
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Blackpool FCLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2025
- Shrewsbury TownLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2023
- Everton FCLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2021
- Hull CityLast recorded move · 31 Jul 2020
- Ipswich TownLast recorded move · 31 May 2019
- Leeds UnitedLast recorded move · 31 May 2018
- Walsall FCLast recorded move · 22 Apr 2016
- Everton FC U21Last recorded move · 01 Jan 2016
- Coventry CityLast recorded move · 31 May 2015
- Tranmere RoversLast recorded move · 31 May 2014
- Everton FC U18Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2012
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | 31 | Bradford City | €250k |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 31 | Bradford City | €275k |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 30 | Blackpool FC | €300k |
| 27 Dec 2024 | 30 | Blackpool FC | €350k |
| 28 Jun 2024 | 29 | Blackpool FC | €450k |
| 27 Dec 2023 | 29 | Blackpool FC | €500k |
| 09 Jun 2023 | 28 | Shrewsbury Town | €500k |
| 05 Apr 2023 | 28 | Shrewsbury Town | €500k |
| 29 Jul 2022 | 27 | Shrewsbury Town | €600k |
| 08 Jun 2021 | 26 | Everton FC | €600k |
| 13 Oct 2020 | 26 | Everton FC | €800k |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 25 | Hull City | €800k |
| 27 Feb 2020 | 25 | Hull City | €1.00m |
| 13 Jun 2019 | 24 | Everton FC | €1.00m |
| 24 Sep 2018 | 23 | Ipswich Town | €750k |
| 27 Feb 2018 | 23 | Leeds United | €500k |
| 28 Jun 2017 | 22 | Everton FC | €500k |
| 16 Jan 2017 | 22 | Everton FC | €100k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2025 | Blackpool FC | Bradford City | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2023 | Shrewsbury Town | Blackpool FC | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2021 | Everton FC | Shrewsbury Town | Transfer | Free |
| 31 May 2021 | Shrewsbury Town | Everton FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Jan 2021 | Everton FC | Shrewsbury Town | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 Jul 2020 | Hull City | Everton FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 08 Aug 2019 | Everton FC | Hull City | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 May 2019 | Ipswich Town | Everton FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 31 Aug 2018 | Everton FC | Ipswich Town | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 May 2018 | Leeds United | Everton FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 19 Jul 2017 | Everton FC | Leeds United | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 22 Apr 2016 | Walsall FC | Everton FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 24 Mar 2016 | Everton FC | Walsall FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jan 2016 | Everton FC U21 | Everton FC | Internal move | — |
| 31 May 2015 | Coventry City | Everton FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 27 Nov 2014 | Everton FC U21 | Coventry City | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 May 2014 | Tranmere Rovers | Everton FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 27 Mar 2014 | Everton FC U21 | Tranmere Rovers | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Tranmere Rovers | Everton FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Jan 2014 | Everton FC U21 | Tranmere Rovers | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2012 | Everton FC U18 | Everton FC U21 | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.