Fulham F.C. Academy

The Fulham Academy, headed by Academy Director Huw Jennings, runs along the lines of many of the English football academies as deemed appropriate by the national governing body, and recently awarded Category 1 status in the new EPPP guidelines set out by the FA. Players dealt with by the academy can be aged as young as nine years old. As part of their training, young players are guided with the aim to gain a BTEC and NVQ qualification.

The Fulham under 18's are two-time reigning champions of their league but last year also went on to win the National Academy Final beating Blackburn 2-0 with goals from Cauley Woodrow and Ryan Williams, losing to Everton at the same stage the previous year 2-1 with Ronnie Minkwitz scoring.

The under 18s are currently managed by Steve Wigley and the Under 16's by former Fulham player Mark Pembridge. It is based at Fulham's training ground in Motspur Park.

Academy squad

(As of U18 Player Profiles)

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 45 FW Moussa Dembélé 47 GK Marek Rodák 48 GK Magnus Norman DF Elijah Adebayo DF Noe Baba DF Cameron Burgess DF Liam Donnelly DF Tayo Edun DF Ryheem Sheckleford MF Shane Elworthy

No. Position Player MF Jordan Evans MF Emerson Hyndman MF Mehki Leacock-McLeod MF Foday Nabay MF Dean O'Halloran MF Solomon Sambou MF Josh Smile FW Patrick Roberts FW Aaron Redford FW George Williams

Academy graduates

Still at Fulham

• Matthew Briggs
• Neil Etheridge

Now playing elsewhere

• Alex Smith, now at Swindon Town
• Robert Milsom, now at Aberdeen
• Sean Davis, now retired due to injury. Previously at Bolton Wanderers via Portsmouth and Tottenham. Only player to have played in all 4 Divisions of the Football League with one club (Fulham). Scored once in twelve games for the England U21s, has been a non-playing squad member for the full national team.
• Zat Knight, now at Bolton Wanderers, has played for England
• Danny Hoesen, now at Ajax
• Chris Smalling, now at Manchester United, has played for England
• Liam Fontaine, now at Bristol City.
• Wayne Brown, now at Bristol Rovers.
• Adam Green, now at Dartford.
• Elvis Hammond, now at Woking, has played for Ghana.
• Dean Leacock, now at Leyton Orient.
• Zesh Rehman, now at Kitchee, has played for Pakistan.
• Michael Timlin, now at Southend United and former captain of the Ireland U21s.
• TJ Moncur, now at Cray Wanderers.
• Troy Brown, now at Rotherham.
• Joe Anderson, now at AFC Hornchurch
• Wes Foderingham, now at Swindon Town
• Corrin Brooks-Meade, now at Ermis Aradippou
• Ismael Ehui, now at R.R.F.C. Montegnée
• Karim Laribi, now at Palermo
• Matthew Saunders, now at Dagenham & Redbridge
• Keanu Marsh-Brown, now at Barnet F.C.

References

External links

• Academy page at FulhamFC.com