Rees Greenwood

Rees Greenwood

Personal information
Full name	Rees Greenwood[1]
Date of birth	(1996-12-10) 10 December 1996 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Winlaton, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion
Youth career
0000–2016	Sunderland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Sunderland	1	(0)
2018	Gateshead	8	(0)
2018	Falkirk	3	(1)
2019	Spennymoor Town	0	(0)
2019	→ West Auckland Town (loan)	6	(2)
2019–2020	West Auckland Town	10	(1)
2020–2021	Laval	2	(2)
2021–2022	ÍR	20	(2)
2022–	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion	0	(0)
International career
2016	England U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:25, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Rees Greenwood (born 10 December 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Ryton & Crawcrook Albion.

Career

Born in Winlaton in Gateshead, Greenwood began his career with local side Sunderland. He joined the club at the age of eight and progressed through the youth teams,^[3] making his Premier League debut on 15 May 2016 in a 2–2 draw away at Watford.^[4][5] This proved to be his only appearance for the club and he joined Gateshead in January 2018.^[6]

Greenwood joined Falkirk in July 2018.^[7] He was released on 5 October 2018 after four appearances. He scored one goal for the club, against Partick Thistle on 4 August.^[8][9]

In the summer 2019, Greenwood joined Spennymoor Town. He was loaned out to West Auckland Town in August 2019^[10] and later joined the club permanently on 1 October 2019.^[11]

In July 2020, Greenwood joined newly formed UAE Second Division League side Al-Sahel, who were later renamed Lavel United.^[12][13] Scored two and assisted two on his debut for Laval in a 7–0 win against FC Atletico Arabia in December 2020.^[14]

In March 2021, Greenwood moved to Iceland to join 2. deild karla side ÍR.^[15]

In March 2022, Greenwood joined Northern Football League side Ryton & Crawcrook Albion.^[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 July 2018 ^[8]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	2015–16	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sunderland U-23	2016–17	Premier League 2	—						3[a]	0	3	0
	2017–18	Premier League 2	—						3[a]	1	3	1
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	1
Gateshead	2017–18	National League	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Falkirk	2017–18	Scottish Championship	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
Career total			9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0

1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

1. "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 9 June 2017.
2. "Rees Greenwood". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
3. McCormick, Sean (5 January 2018). "Who is Rees Greenwood?". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
4. Jennings, Patrick (15 May 2016). "Watford 2–2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
5. "Rees Greenwood: Beating the drop early next season can be good for my Sunderland career". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
6. Rayner, Stuart (26 January 2018). "Rees Greenwood signs for Gateshead after Sunderland release". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
7. "Bairns Sign Rees Greenwood on 1 Year Deal". Falkirk F.C. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
8. "Rees Greenwood". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
9. "Player Update". Falkirk F.C. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
10. Greenwood loaned to West Auckland, spennymoortownfc.co.uk, 30 August 2019
11. Greenwood makes permanent switch, spennymoortownfc.co.uk, 1 October 2019
12. Rees Greenwood on his move to the UAE englishplayersabroad.com
13. "Sunderland academy product joins new UAE side". chroniclelive.co.uk. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
14. "FC Athletic Arabia 0–7 Laval United". Jobs4football. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
15. "Rees Greenwood gengur til liðs við ÍR" (in Icelandic). Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
16. @RACAFC1970 (21 March 2022). "We are delighted to announce the signing of ex England U20 international Rees Greenwood" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 March 2022 – via Twitter.

External links

• Rees Greenwood at Soccerbase
• England profile at The FA
• Profile at UAE FA
• Rees Greenwood at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)