Brooklyn Lyons-Foster
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 December 2000 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2024 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2024– | HJK | 18 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | England U17 | 6 | (1) |
England U18 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 February 2024 |
Brooklyn Lyons-Foster (born 1 December 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club HJK. Lyons-Foster is a product of Tottenham Hotspur youth academy.
Club career
[edit]Tottenham Hotspur
[edit]Lyons-Foster spent his youth years in Tottenham academy. He represented the club in U18 Premier League, Premier League 2 and UEFA Youth League in multiple seasons and captained the club's U21 side.[2][3] He was also named twice in the matchday squad of the Tottenham first team in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League but remained an unused substitute on the bench.
HJK Helsinki
[edit]On 14 February 2024, Lyons-Foster left Tottenham and moved to Finland after signing with reigning champions HJK Helsinki on a two-year deal, with an option for one more.[1] The clubs had agreed on a free transfer, with Tottenham securing a sell-on clause.[4] He made his professional debut with his new club on 17 February 2024, in a Finnish League Cup loss against Inter Turku.[5] On 24 April 2024, Lyons-Foster scored his first senior goal for HJK in Veikkausliiga, in a 3–3 away draw against SJK Seinäjoki.[6] He represented HJK in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, in which the club qualified for the league phase.
International career
[edit]Lyons-Foster has represented England at under-17 and under-18 youth international level.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 12 December 2024
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 2017–18 | – | – | – | – | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2018–19 | – | – | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2019–20 | – | – | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2020–21 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
2021–22 | – | – | – | – | 3[c] | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
2022–23 | – | – | – | – | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2023–24 | – | – | – | – | 3[c] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
HJK Helsinki | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11[d] | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |
Career total | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 44 | 2 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b c d e f Includes EFL Trophy
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and nine appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]Tottenham U21
References
[edit]- ^ a b Puolustaja Brooklyn Lyons-Foster HJK:hon , hjk.fi, 14 February 2024
- ^ HJK move for Lyons-Foster, tottenhamhotspur.com, 14 February 2024
- ^ Tottenham Under-21 ace Brooklyn Lyons-Foster swaps North London for Finland, tottenhamhotspurnews.com, 14 February 2024
- ^ HJK hankki puolustajan Tottenhamista – pelaaja teki yllättävän kysymyksen FC Lahdesta, Helsingin Sanomat, 14 February 2024
- ^ "Hieno ja tärkeä voitto meille" - Inter pääsi talviloman viettoon hyvin mielin, Veikkausliiga, 17 February 2024
- ^ Hullu sirkus Seinäjoella: SJK ja HJK mättivät kilpaa maaleja, Helsingin Sanomat, 24 April 2024
External links
[edit]- Brooklyn Lyons-Foster at Soccerway
- Brooklyn Lyons-Foster at WorldFootball.net
- 2000 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- England men's youth international footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- English expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- English people of Irish descent
- 21st-century English sportsmen