PLAYER PROFILE / Defensive Midfield
Matt Grimes.
Coventry City · England
TM 265471 · Current player profileAge today31
Recorded moves9
Peak recorded value€7.00m
Current market value€5.00m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Matthew Jacob Grimes
- Born
- 15 Jul 1995
- Nationality
- England
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Preferred foot
- left
- Height
- 178
- Joined current club
- 31 Jan 2025
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2028
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Swansea CityLast recorded move · 31 Jan 2025
- Northampton TownLast recorded move · 31 May 2018
- Leeds UnitedLast recorded move · 31 May 2017
- Blackburn RoversLast recorded move · 31 May 2016
- Exeter CityLast recorded move · 03 Jan 2015
- Exeter City U18Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2013
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | 30 | Coventry City | €5.00m |
| 03 Mar 2026 | 30 | Coventry City | €5.00m |
| 03 Dec 2025 | 30 | Coventry City | €4.50m |
| 06 Oct 2025 | 30 | Coventry City | €4.50m |
| 27 May 2025 | 29 | Coventry City | €5.00m |
| 30 Dec 2024 | 29 | Swansea City | €6.00m |
| 24 May 2024 | 28 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 21 Dec 2023 | 28 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 01 Jun 2023 | 27 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 27 Oct 2022 | 27 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 13 May 2022 | 26 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 24 Nov 2021 | 26 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 25 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 10 Mar 2021 | 25 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 15 Oct 2020 | 25 | Swansea City | €7.00m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 24 | Swansea City | €4.00m |
| 27 Feb 2020 | 24 | Swansea City | €5.00m |
| 17 Oct 2019 | 24 | Swansea City | €3.50m |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 23 | Swansea City | €2.50m |
| 27 Feb 2019 | 23 | Swansea City | €1.50m |
| 24 Sep 2018 | 23 | Swansea City | €1.00m |
| 24 Oct 2017 | 22 | Northampton Town | €1.00m |
| 28 Jun 2017 | 21 | Swansea City | €1.50m |
| 27 Feb 2017 | 21 | Leeds United | €1.50m |
| 01 Sep 2016 | 21 | Leeds United | €2.00m |
| 09 Feb 2016 | 20 | Swansea City | €2.00m |
| 01 Jul 2015 | 19 | Swansea City | €2.00m |
| 12 Feb 2015 | 19 | Swansea City | €2.00m |
| 09 Nov 2014 | 19 | Exeter City | €250k |
| 28 Aug 2014 | 19 | Exeter City | €50k |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2025 | Swansea City | Coventry City | Transfer | €4.00m |
| 31 May 2018 | Northampton Town | Swansea City | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 18 Aug 2017 | Swansea City | Northampton Town | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 May 2017 | Leeds United | Swansea City | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 07 Jul 2016 | Swansea City | Leeds United | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 31 May 2016 | Blackburn Rovers | Swansea City | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 13 Feb 2016 | Swansea City | Blackburn Rovers | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 03 Jan 2015 | Exeter City | Swansea City | Transfer | €2.24m |
| 01 Jul 2013 | Exeter City U18 | Exeter City | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.