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Matty James

Matty James

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Wrexham AFC
Age34
CitizenshipEngland
Height1.81 m
Footright
BornJuly 22, 1991
at Wrexham AFC 576 days · joined 2024-10-25
👕200+ Apps
Market value €200k
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.05
goals / match
Leicester City
top club · 117 apps

Career highs

€2.50m
peak value · 2015
€1.25m
top transfer fee · 12/13
4
best season · 12/13
int'l / penalties
387Appearances
18Goals
28Assists
21Yellow cards
1Red cards
128Full matches (90′)
Full nameMatty James
Name in home countryMatthew Lee James
Date of birth1991-07-22 (34 yrs)
Place of birthBacup, England
CitizenshipEngland
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height181.00 m
Current clubWrexham AFC
Joined2024-10-25
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentWasserman
OutfitterNike
Jul 2025
25/26 — Wrexham AFC
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Oct 2024
Transfer: Without Club → Wrexham
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Wrexham AFC
33 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2024
Transfer: Bristol City → Without Club
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Bristol City
43 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Bristol City
39 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Bristol City
33 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2021
Transfer: Leicester → Bristol City
21/22 · Transfer
May 2021
Transfer: Coventry → Leicester
20/21 · Return from loan
Jan 2021
Transfer: Leicester → Coventry
20/21 · Loan
Jan 2021
Transfer: Barnsley → Leicester
20/21 · Return from loan
Oct 2020
Transfer: Leicester → Barnsley
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — Coventry City, Barnsley FC
39 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Leicester City U23, Leicester City
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2019
Injury: unknown
38 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Leicester City, Leicester City U23
3 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2018
Injury: unknown
35 games missed
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
19 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Leicester City
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2017
Transfer: Barnsley → Leicester
16/17 · Return from loan
Jan 2017
Transfer: Leicester → Barnsley
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — Barnsley FC, Leicester City U23, Leicester City
26 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
May 2015
Injury: unknown
48 games missed
Aug 2014
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — Leicester City, Leicester City U21
30 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Leicester City
40 matches · 1 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Leicester City
30 matches · 4 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Man Utd U21 → Leicester
12/13 · Transfer · €1.25m
Jul 2011
11/12 — Manchester United Reserves
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Dec 2010
Transfer: Preston → Man Utd Res.
10/11 · Return from loan
Jul 2010
10/11 — Preston North End, Manchester United Reserves
13 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Man Utd Res. → Preston
10/11 · Loan
May 2010
Transfer: Preston → Man Utd Res.
09/10 · Return from loan
Feb 2010
Transfer: Man Utd Res. → Preston
09/10 · Loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Manchester United, Preston North End, Manchester United Reserves
26 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Man Utd U18 → Man Utd Res.
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — Manchester United
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
06/07 — Manchester United U18
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: Man Utd Youth → Man Utd U18
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
11,511 min
Minutes played by club
Wrexham AFC 11.7%
Bristol City 32.6%
Barnsley FC 13.7%
Coventry City 5.2%
Leicester City 28.5%
Leicester City U23 0.0%
Leicester City U21 0.0%
Manchester United Reserves 0.0%
Preston North End 8.3%
Manchester United 0.0%
Manchester United U18 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Wrexham AFC 2 24/25 25/26 37 2 3 1,345
Bristol City 3 21/22 23/24 115 4 3 3,747
Barnsley FC 2 16/17 20/21 33 1 1 1,575
Coventry City 1 20/21 20/21 24 3 3 600
Leicester City 7 12/13 19/20 117 5 13 3,286
Leicester City U23 3 16/17 19/20 14 0 2 0
Leicester City U21 1 14/15 14/15 1 0 0 0
Manchester United Reserves 3 09/10 11/12 15 0 1 0
Preston North End 2 09/10 10/11 30 3 2 958
Manchester United 2 08/09 09/10 0 0 0 0
Manchester United U18 1 06/07 06/07 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€375K5€750K7€1.1M9€1.5M09/10 — 2 goals (Preston North End)09/10 — 1 assists309/1010/11 — 1 goals (Preston North End)10/11 — 2 assists310/1112/13 — 4 goals (Leicester City)12/13 — 5 assists912/1313/14 — 1 goals (Leicester City)13/14 — 6 assists713/1414/15 — 2 assists214/1516/17 — 1 goals (Barnsley FC)16/17 — 2 assists316/1717/1818/19 — 1 assists118/1919/2020/21 — 3 goals (Coventry City)20/21 — 3 assists620/2121/22 — 1 goals (Bristol City)21/22 — 3 assists421/2222/2323/24 — 3 goals (Bristol City)323/2424/25 — 2 goals (Wrexham AFC)24/25 — 3 assists524/2525/2610/11 — €1M13/14 — €1M14/15 — €1.5M16/17 — €1.5M17/18 — €1.5M18/19 — €1.5M19/20 — €1.5M20/21 — €1.2M21/22 — €1.2M22/23 — €1M23/24 — €800K24/25 — €600K25/26 — €200KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 0006/0708/09: 0008/0909/10: 2209/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 4412/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1516/17: 1116/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

06/07: 0006/0708/09: 0008/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 6613/1414/15: 2214/1516/17: 2216/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 3320/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Championship Wrexham AFC 4 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 EFL Trophy Wrexham AFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Wrexham AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 League One Wrexham AFC 32 2 3 2 0 1,345
23/24 Championship Bristol City 37 3 0 0 0 963
23/24 EFL Cup Bristol City 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Bristol City 4 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Championship Bristol City 34 0 0 6 0 0
22/23 EFL Cup Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Bristol City 4 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Championship Bristol City 33 1 3 1 0 2,784
20/21 Championship Coventry City 23 3 3 1 0 600
20/21 Championship Barnsley FC 15 0 0 2 0 0
20/21 FA Cup Coventry City 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Trophy Leicester City U23 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Premier League Leicester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Premier League 2 Leicester City U23 4 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Leicester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Premier League 2 Leicester City U23 2 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Leicester City 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Leicester City 13 0 0 2 0 0
16/17 Championship Barnsley FC 18 1 1 0 0 1,575
16/17 EFL Trophy Leicester City U23 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League Leicester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League 2 Leicester City U23 5 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Leicester City 2 0 1 0 0 0
14/15 Premier League Leicester City 27 0 1 2 1 0
14/15 U21 PL Leicester City U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Championship Leicester City 35 1 5 3 0 2,521
13/14 FA Cup Leicester City 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Leicester City 4 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Championship Leicester City 24 3 3 1 0 602
12/13 Championship Play-Offs Leicester City 2 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 FA Cup Leicester City 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 League Cup Leicester City 2 1 1 0 0 163
11/12 Reserve League Manchester United Reserves 6 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Championship Preston North End 10 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 League Cup Preston North End 2 1 1 0 0 180
10/11 Reserve League Manchester United Reserves 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Champions League Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Championship Preston North End 18 2 0 0 0 778
09/10 League Cup Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Reserve League North Manchester United Reserves 8 0 1 0 0 0
08/09 Premier League Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 FA Youth Cup Manchester United U18 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2006-07-01 Man Utd Youth Man Utd U18 Transfer 0
09/10 2009-07-01 Man Utd U18 Man Utd Res. Transfer 0
09/10 2010-02-01 Man Utd Res. Preston Loan 0
09/10 2010-05-01 Preston Man Utd Res. Return from loan 800000
10/11 2010-07-01 Man Utd Res. Preston Loan 800000
10/11 2010-12-31 Preston Man Utd Res. Return from loan 1000000
12/13 2012-07-01 Man Utd U21 Leicester Transfer 1000000 €1.25m
16/17 2017-01-25 Leicester Barnsley Loan 1500000
16/17 2017-05-31 Barnsley Leicester Return from loan 1500000
20/21 2020-10-16 Leicester Barnsley Loan 1200000
20/21 2021-01-05 Barnsley Leicester Return from loan 1200000
20/21 2021-01-06 Leicester Coventry Loan 1200000
20/21 2021-05-31 Coventry Leicester Return from loan 1200000
21/22 2021-07-01 Leicester Bristol City Transfer 1000000
24/25 2024-07-01 Bristol City Without Club Transfer 600000
24/25 2024-10-25 Without Club Wrexham Transfer 400000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
14/15 Shin injury 2014-08-15 2014-09-11 28 10
14/15 Cruciate ligament tear 2015-05-09 2016-08-14 464 48
17/18 Achilles tendon problems 2017-09-09 2017-12-25 108 19
17/18 Achilles tendon problems 2018-03-12 2019-01-11 306 35
18/19 Achilles tendon problems 2019-02-06 2020-01-02 331 38
Current€200k
Peak€2.50m
Low€200k
Δ since start−€800k
€200k€775k€1.35m€1.93m€2.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Joe Williams 1 0 0
Rob Atkinson 1 1 0
Jay Dasilva 1 0 0
Jeffrey Schlupp 2 1 0
Anthony Knockaert 2 0 0
Alex Scott 1 0 0
Mark Sykes 2 0 0
Tommy Conway 1 0 0
Sam Bell 1 0 0
Kasper Schmeichel 2 0 0
Max O'Leary 1 0 0
George Tanner 1 0 0
Jamie Vardy 2 0 0
Zak Vyner 1 0 0
Andreas Weimann 1 0 0
Cameron Pring 1 0 0
Nahki Wells 1 0 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
23/24 Championship Bristol City 3 37
12/13 Championship Leicester City 3 24
20/21 Championship Coventry City 3 38

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
13/14 Championship Leicester City 5 35
12/13 Championship Leicester City 3 24
20/21 Championship Coventry City 3 38

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-05-31 Coventry Leicester Return from loan €1.20m
20/21 2021-01-06 Leicester Coventry Loan €1.20m
20/21 2021-01-05 Barnsley Leicester Return from loan €1.20m
20/21 2020-10-16 Leicester Barnsley Loan €1.20m
16/17 2017-05-31 Barnsley Leicester Return from loan €1.50m
16/17 2017-01-25 Leicester Barnsley Loan €1.50m
10/11 2010-12-31 Preston Man Utd Res. Return from loan €1.00m
10/11 2010-07-01 Man Utd Res. Preston Loan €800k
09/10 2010-05-01 Preston Man Utd Res. Return from loan €800k
09/10 2010-02-01 Man Utd Res. Preston Loan

Last 50 matches for Wrexham AFC 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 Wrexham AFC 0–2 Millwall FC Available
2026-01-31 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2026-01-24 GB2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–3 Wrexham AFC Available
2026-01-20 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Leicester City FC Available
2026-01-17 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–2 Norwich City FC Available
2026-01-04 GB2 Derby County FC 1–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-12-29 GB2 Wrexham AFC 2–2 Preston North End FC Available
2025-12-26 GB2 Wrexham AFC 3–2 Sheffield United FC Available
2025-12-19 GB2 Swansea City AFC 2–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-12-13 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–2 Watford FC Available
2025-12-10 GB2 Hull City AFC 3–3 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-12-06 GB2 Preston North End FC 1–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-11-29 GB2 Wrexham AFC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC Available
2025-11-26 GB2 Wrexham AFC 2–2 Bristol City FC Available
2025-11-22 GB2 Ipswich Town FC 3–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-11-08 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–0 Charlton Athletic FC Available
2025-11-05 GB2 Portsmouth FC 0–0 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-10-31 GB2 Wrexham AFC 3–2 Coventry City FC Available
2025-10-25 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-10-22 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–0 Oxford United FC Available
2025-10-18 GB2 Stoke City FC 1–0 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-10-03 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC Available
2025-09-30 GB2 Leicester City FC 1–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-09-27 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Derby County FC Available
2025-09-20 GB2 Norwich City FC 2–3 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-09-13 GB2 Wrexham AFC 1–3 Queens Park Rangers FC Available
2025-08-30 GB2 Millwall FC 0–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-08-23 GB2 Wrexham AFC 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC Available
2025-08-16 GB2 Wrexham AFC 2–3 West Bromwich Albion FC Available
2025-08-09 GB2 Southampton FC 2–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-05-03 GB3 Lincoln City 0–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-04-26 GB3 Wrexham AFC 3–0 Charlton Athletic Available
2025-04-21 GB3 Blackpool FC 1–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-04-18 GB3 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Bristol Rovers Available
2025-04-12 GB3 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-04-05 GB3 Wrexham AFC 3–0 Burton Albion Available
2025-04-01 GB3 Cambridge United 2–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-29 GB3 Exeter City 0–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-22 GB3 Wrexham AFC 1–0 Stockport County Available
2025-03-15 GB3 Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-11 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-08 GB3 Wrexham AFC 1–0 Rotherham United Available
2025-03-04 GB3 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-01 GB3 Wrexham AFC 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Available
2025-02-23 GB3 Mansfield Town 1–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-02-18 GB3 Wrexham AFC 1–2 Leyton Orient Available
2025-02-15 GB3 Northampton Town 0–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-02-01 GB3 Crawley Town 1–2 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-01-28 GB3 Wrexham AFC 2–3 Stevenage FC Available
2025-01-23 GB3 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Birmingham City Available

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

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Reading FC 40 8 11 21 42 62 -20 20%
Derby County 39 13 10 16 48 51 -3 33%
Middlesbrough FC 37 19 10 8 55 44 +11 51%
Nottingham Forest 37 12 9 16 48 59 -11 32%
Ipswich Town 36 12 14 10 49 40 +9 33%
Sheffield United 35 12 9 14 39 43 -4 34%
Watford FC 34 12 8 14 51 55 -4 35%
Cardiff City 32 9 5 18 39 51 -12 28%
Queens Park Rangers 30 10 5 15 35 48 -13 33%
Doncaster Rovers 30 12 11 7 36 29 +7 40%
Peterborough United 30 17 6 7 47 35 +12 57%
Crystal Palace 28 10 11 7 36 31 +5 36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
09/10 First senior goal

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 33 1,345 2 0 0 0.13
23/24 43 963 1 0 0 0.09
22/23 39 0 6 0 0 0
21/22 33 2,784 1 0 0 0.03
20/21 39 600 3 0 0 0.45
17/18 15 0 2 0 0 0
14/15 30 0 2 0 1 0
13/14 40 2,521 3 1 0 0.14
12/13 30 765 1 0 0 0.12

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
251 apps
14 G
16 A
League One
32 apps
2 G
3 A
League Cup
11 apps
2 G
3 A
U21 PL
12 apps
0 G
2 A
FA Cup
17 apps
0 G
1 A
Premier League
42 apps
0 G
1 A
Championship Play-Offs
2 apps
0 G
1 A
Reserve League North
8 apps
0 G
1 A
Reserve League
7 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Matty James

Who is Matty James?

Matty James is an England professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Wrexham AFC.

How old is Matty James?

Matty James is 34 years old. He was born on July 22, 1991 in Bacup.

What position does Matty James play?

Matty James plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Matty James play for?

Matty James currently plays for Wrexham AFC.

How many career goals has Matty James scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Matty James has scored 18 goals in 387 appearances.

What is Matty James's market value?

Matty James's most recent reported market value is €200k.