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Matt Targett

Matt Targett

Defender - Left-Back  at Middlesbrough FC
Age30
CitizenshipEngland Scotland
Height1.83 m
Footleft
BornSeptember 18, 1995
at Middlesbrough FC 270 days · joined 2025-08-27
👕200+ Apps
Market value €5.00m
Left-Back Defender

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
12/13
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Aston Villa
top club · 89 apps

Career highs

€17.00m
peak value · 2021
€17.50m
top transfer fee · 22/23
2
best season · 13/14
23 / 1
int'l caps / goals
282Appearances
10Goals
20Assists
28Yellow cards
0Red cards
97Full matches (90′)
Full nameMatt Targett
Name in home countryMatthew Robert Targett
Date of birth1995-09-18 (30 yrs)
Place of birthEastleigh, England
CitizenshipEngland Scotland
PositionDefender - Left-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height183.00 m
Current clubMiddlesbrough FC
On loan from ↩ Newcastle United parent contract: 2026-06-30
Joined2025-08-27
Contract expires2026-05-31
AgentStraight Ace Sports
May 2026
Transfer: Middlesbrough → Newcastle
25/26 · Return from loan
Aug 2025
Transfer: Newcastle → Middlesbrough
25/26 · Loan
Jul 2025
25/26 — Middlesbrough FC
2 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Apr 2025
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Apr 2025
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2024
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Newcastle United, Newcastle United U21
7 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2024
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
25 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Newcastle United
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Dec 2022
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Aug 2022
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Newcastle United
19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Aston Villa → Newcastle
22/23 · Transfer · €17.50m
May 2022
Transfer: Newcastle → Aston Villa
21/22 · Return from loan
Jan 2022
Transfer: Aston Villa → Newcastle
21/22 · Loan
Jul 2021
21/22 — Aston Villa, Newcastle United
35 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
Jul 2020
20/21 — Aston Villa
38 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2020
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
Aug 2019
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Aston Villa
32 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Southampton → Aston Villa
19/20 · Transfer · €15.50m
Jan 2019
Injury: unknown
Nov 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Southampton FC
21 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
May 2018
Transfer: Fulham → Southampton
17/18 · Return from loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: Southampton → Fulham
17/18 · Loan
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Fulham FC, Southampton FC, Southampton FC U23
30 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U23
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U21
26 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U21
21 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Southampton U21 → Southampton
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Southampton FC, Southampton FC U21
18 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Southampton U18 → Southampton U21
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Southampton FC U21
17 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €17.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 24 other Defender - Left-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.67/90
100
Assists1 total · 0.67/90
96
G+A2 total · 1.33/90
100
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
75
8,698 min
Minutes played by club
Middlesbrough FC 1.6%
Newcastle United 0.0%
Newcastle United U21 0.0%
Aston Villa 46.5%
Southampton FC 13.6%
Fulham FC 16.8%
Southampton FC U23 6.0%
Southampton FC U21 15.5%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Middlesbrough FC 1 25/26 25/26 2 1 1 135
Newcastle United 4 21/22 24/25 47 0 2 0
Newcastle United U21 1 24/25 24/25 2 0 1 0
Aston Villa 3 19/20 21/22 89 3 6 4,041
Southampton FC 6 13/14 18/19 63 1 5 1,187
Fulham FC 1 17/18 17/18 21 1 2 1,464
Southampton FC U23 2 16/17 17/18 8 1 1 521
Southampton FC U21 4 12/13 15/16 50 3 2 1,350

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€4.3M3€8.5M4€12.8M5€17M13/14 — 2 goals (Southampton FC U21)13/14 — 1 assists313/1414/15 — 1 assists114/1515/16 — 1 goals (Southampton FC U21)15/16 — 2 assists315/1616/1717/18 — 2 goals (Fulham FC)17/18 — 3 assists517/1818/19 — 1 goals (Southampton FC)18/19 — 3 assists418/1919/20 — 2 goals (Aston Villa)19/20 — 2 assists419/2020/21 — 2 assists220/2121/22 — 1 goals (Aston Villa)21/22 — 2 assists321/2222/2323/2424/25 — 3 assists324/2525/26 — 1 goals (Middlesbrough FC)25/26 — 1 assists225/2614/15 — €250K15/16 — €2M16/17 — €3M17/18 — €3M18/19 — €7M19/20 — €13M20/21 — €10.5M21/22 — €17M22/23 — €17M23/24 — €13M24/25 — €10M25/26 — €5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 2221/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 1125/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Championship Middlesbrough FC 2 1 1 0 0 135
24/25 EFL Cup Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Newcastle United 3 0 2 0 0 0
24/25 Premier League Newcastle United 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Premier League 2 Newcastle United U21 2 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 Champions League Newcastle United 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Newcastle United 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Premier League Newcastle United 3 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 EFL Cup Newcastle United 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Premier League Newcastle United 17 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 EFL Cup Aston Villa 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 FA Cup Aston Villa 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Premier League Aston Villa 17 1 2 2 0 1,433
21/22 Premier League Newcastle United 16 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 EFL Cup Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Premier League Aston Villa 38 0 2 7 0 0
19/20 EFL Cup Aston Villa 4 1 0 0 0 313
19/20 Premier League Aston Villa 28 1 2 4 0 2,295
18/19 EFL Cup Southampton FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Southampton FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Premier League Southampton FC 16 1 3 2 0 1,187
17/18 Championship Fulham FC 18 1 2 3 0 1,464
17/18 Championship Play-Offs Fulham FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Southampton FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Southampton FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League 2 Southampton FC U23 7 1 1 0 0 521
16/17 EFL Cup Southampton FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Europa League Southampton FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League Southampton FC 5 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League 2 Southampton FC U23 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Europa League Qualifying Southampton FC 3 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 FA Cup Southampton FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Southampton FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier League Southampton FC 14 0 1 1 0 0
15/16 U21 PL Southampton FC U21 6 1 1 0 0 540
14/15 FA Cup Southampton FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 League Cup Southampton FC 4 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 Premier League Southampton FC 6 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 U21 PL Southampton FC U21 7 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 U21 PL Cup Southampton FC U21 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Southampton FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premier League Southampton FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 U21 PL Southampton FC U21 18 2 1 1 0 810
12/13 U21 PL Southampton FC U21 5 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 U21 PL Elite Group Southampton FC U21 12 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
13/14 2013-07-01 Southampton U18 Southampton U21 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Southampton U21 Southampton Transfer 0
17/18 2018-01-22 Southampton Fulham Loan 3000000
17/18 2018-05-31 Fulham Southampton Return from loan 3000000
19/20 2019-07-01 Southampton Aston Villa Transfer 7000000 €15.50m
21/22 2022-01-31 Aston Villa Newcastle Loan 17000000
21/22 2022-05-31 Newcastle Aston Villa Return from loan 17000000
22/23 2022-07-01 Aston Villa Newcastle Transfer 17000000 €17.50m
25/26 2025-08-27 Newcastle Middlesbrough Loan 5000000
25/26 2026-05-31 Middlesbrough Newcastle Return from loan 5000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Ankle problems 2017-09-19 2017-10-16 28 3
18/19 Head injury 2018-11-30 2018-12-04 5 1
18/19 Knee injury 2019-01-20 2019-01-29 10 0
19/20 Hamstring injury 2019-08-29 2019-09-24 27 3
19/20 Muscle strain 2019-09-29 2019-10-04 6 0
19/20 Hamstring injury 2019-12-31 2020-01-17 18 4
19/20 Muscle strain 2020-06-28 2020-07-11 14 2
20/21 Knock 2021-01-21 2021-01-22 2 0
22/23 Dead leg 2022-08-06 2022-08-23 18 3
22/23 Heel injury 2022-12-30 2023-03-01 62 12
23/24 Hamstring injury 2023-11-01 2024-03-04 125 25
23/24 Achilles tendon problems 2024-03-18 2024-08-12 148 10
24/25 Skin disease 2024-09-16 2024-11-04 50 8
24/25 Ill 2025-04-01 2025-04-04 4 1
24/25 Hamstring injury 2025-04-21 146 7
Current€5.00m
Peak€17.00m
Low€250k
Δ since start+€4.75m
€250k€4.44m€8.63m€12.81m€17.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #22907 #3 5 1 former national player
Team #21340 #3 4 0 former national player
Team #17622 1 0 former national player
Team #9565 #3 13 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Ollie Watkins 1 2 0
Jacob Murphy 2 0 0
Jacob Ramsey 1 0 0
Fabian Schär 2 0 0
Bruno Guimarães 2 0 0
Bertrand Traoré 1 1 0
Harrison Reed 2 0 0
Matty Cash 1 0 0
Mahmoud Trezeguet 1 0 0
Marvelous Nakamba 1 0 0
Tyrone Mings 1 1 0
Jack Stephens 2 1 0
Emiliano Martínez 1 0 0
Jack Grealish 1 2 0
James Ward-Prowse 2 1 0
Anwar El Ghazi 1 0 0
John McGinn 1 0 0
Douglas Luiz 1 0 0
Ezri Konsa 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
13/14 U21 PL Southampton FC U21 2 18
17/18 Championship Fulham FC 1 18
25/26 Championship Middlesbrough FC 1 2

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
18/19 Premier League Southampton FC 3 16
17/18 Championship Fulham FC 2 18
19/20 Premier League Aston Villa 2 28

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
25/26 2026-05-31 Middlesbrough Newcastle Return from loan €5.00m
25/26 2025-08-27 Newcastle Middlesbrough Loan €5.00m
21/22 2022-05-31 Newcastle Aston Villa Return from loan €17.00m
21/22 2022-01-31 Aston Villa Newcastle Loan €17.00m
17/18 2018-05-31 Fulham Southampton Return from loan €3.00m
17/18 2018-01-22 Southampton Fulham Loan €3.00m

Last 50 matches for Middlesbrough FC The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2026-02-07 GB2 Sheffield United FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC Available
2026-01-31 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Norwich City FC Available
2026-01-24 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC Available
2026-01-21 GB2 Stoke City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC Available
2026-01-17 GB2 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–3 Middlesbrough FC Available
2026-01-04 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Southampton FC Available
2026-01-01 GB2 Derby County FC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-12-29 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Hull City AFC Available
2025-12-26 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC Available
2025-12-20 GB2 Bristol City FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-12-13 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC Available
2025-12-09 GB2 Charlton Athletic FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-12-05 GB2 Hull City AFC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-11-29 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Derby County FC Available
2025-11-25 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–2 Coventry City FC Available
2025-11-22 GB2 Oxford United FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-11-08 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC Available
2025-11-04 GB2 Leicester City FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-11-01 GB2 Watford FC 3–0 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-10-25 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-10-22 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-10-17 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Ipswich Town FC Available
2025-10-04 GB2 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-09-30 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Stoke City FC Available
2025-09-27 GB2 Southampton FC 1–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-09-19 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC Available
2025-09-13 GB2 Preston North End FC 2–2 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-08-30 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC Available
2025-08-23 GB2 Norwich City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-08-16 GB2 Millwall FC 0–3 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-08-09 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC Available
2025-05-03 GB2 Coventry City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC INJURED Hamstring injury
2025-04-26 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Norwich City FC INJURED Hamstring injury
2025-04-21 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC INJURED Hamstring injury
2025-04-18 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Plymouth Argyle FC Available
2025-04-12 GB2 Millwall FC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-04-08 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Leeds United FC Available
2025-04-04 GB2 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-03-29 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Oxford United FC Available
2025-03-15 GB2 Luton Town FC 0–0 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-03-11 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC Available
2025-03-08 GB2 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-03-01 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Derby County FC Available
2025-02-25 GB2 Stoke City FC 1–3 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-02-21 GB2 Bristol City FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-02-15 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Watford FC Available
2025-02-12 GB2 Sheffield United FC 3–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-02-03 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–3 Sunderland AFC Available
2025-01-25 GB2 Preston North End FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2025-01-21 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 West Bromwich Albion FC Available

Teams faced most often by Matt Targett's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Chelsea FC 27 4 1 22 25 63 -38 15%
Everton FC 25 7 4 14 31 46 -15 28%
Liverpool FC 25 3 3 19 23 60 -37 12%
Arsenal FC 25 5 4 16 25 52 -27 20%
Cardiff City 24 8 4 12 27 30 -3 33%
Reading FC 24 14 4 6 43 23 +20 58%
Norwich City 24 13 1 10 38 24 +14 54%
Millwall FC 24 12 8 4 37 15 +22 50%
Manchester City 24 3 2 19 21 68 -47 13%
Hull City 24 10 8 6 34 33 +1 42%
AFC Bournemouth 23 6 8 9 23 29 -6 26%
Brentford FC 23 5 8 10 26 33 -7 22%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
12/13 Senior debut season
13/14 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
23/24 7 0 1 0 0 0
22/23 19 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 35 1,433 3 0 0 0.19
20/21 38 0 7 0 0 0
19/20 32 2,608 4 0 0 0.14
18/19 21 1,187 2 0 0 0.15
17/18 30 1,985 3 0 0 0.14
16/17 9 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 26 540 2 0 0 0.33
14/15 21 0 3 0 0 0
13/14 18 810 1 0 0 0.11

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

U21 PL
46 apps
4 G
4 A
Premier League
164 apps
3 G
10 A
Championship
20 apps
2 G
3 A
League Cup
19 apps
1 G
1 A
FA Cup
9 apps
0 G
2 A
U21 PL Elite Group
12 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Matt Targett

Who is Matt Targett?

Matt Targett is an England professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Middlesbrough FC.

How old is Matt Targett?

Matt Targett is 30 years old. He was born on September 18, 1995 in Eastleigh.

What position does Matt Targett play?

Matt Targett plays as a left-back (Defender - Left-Back).

What club does Matt Targett play for?

Matt Targett currently plays for Middlesbrough FC.

How many career goals has Matt Targett scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Matt Targett has scored 10 goals in 282 appearances.

What is Matt Targett's market value?

Matt Targett's most recent reported market value is €5.00m.