english association football musician

Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney ( digest 16 March 1996 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a hitter for Premier League clubhouse Brentford. Toney became the youngest actor to represent Northampton Town when he made his first-team introduction in 2012, and scored 13 goals in 60 matches across all competitions before joining Newcastle United in 2015. In his beginning season at Newcastle, he had two loans at Barnsley, winning the Football League Trophy and the League One play-offs. He spent future two years on lend at League One club Shrewsbury Town, Scunthorpe United, and Wigan Athletic.

In 2018, he joined Peterborough United for an undisclosed tip, and was League One top scorekeeper and Player of the Season in 2019–20. He then signed for Brentford, where he set the record for most goals scored in a Championship season, with 31 in the 2020–21 season, in which the team were promoted to the Premier League .

Club career [edit ]

Northampton Town [edit ]

Born in Northampton, [ 4 ] Toney began his career at his hometown club Northampton Town. [ 5 ] He made his first-team debut on 13 November 2012, in a 3–3 reap in the FA Cup first base round away to Bradford City ; he came on at the end of regulation clock in seat of Lewis Wilson as his team finally lost 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out. [ 6 ] At 16 years old he became the youngest first-team player in the club ‘s history. [ 7 ] The adopt day, he scored four goals in the FA Youth Cup, in a 5–0 win over York City. [ 7 ] His entirely early appearance in a matchday squad that season was on 17 November, remaining idle in a 3–1 League Two win at home to Wycombe Wanderers. [ 8 ] Toney made his first start on 28 September 2013 in a scoreless base absorb against Morecambe, making way for Ben Tozer after 74 minutes. [ 9 ] His first professional goals came on 26 April 2014, scoring two in the first half of a 3–0 victory aside to Dagenham & Redbridge, the latter a bicycle kick. [ 10 ] On 3 May, he scored a header as Northampton defeated Oxford United 3–1 at home to avoid relegation to the Conference Premier on the final day of the season. [ 11 ] On 12 August 2014, Toney scored a header in a 3–2 win away to Championship team Wolverhampton Wanderers in the foremost round of the League Cup. [ 12 ] His beginning goals of the league season arrived on 20 September ; on as a utility for Lawson D’Ath, he scored doubly in a home contest against Accrington Stanley but his team however lost 5–4. [ 13 ] A week belated, his header was the merely finish in victory away to Morecambe. [ 14 ] Toney received the first red card of his career on 26 December in a 3–2 home defeat to Bury, being dismissed for fighting with visiting defender Hayden White. [ 15 ] In November 2014, Toney was close to a remove to Wolverhampton Wanderers, which collapsed ascribable to an undisclosed aesculapian issue. [ 16 ]

newcastle United [edit ]

After 13 goals in 60 appearances for Northampton across all competitions, Toney signed for Premier League club Newcastle United on 6 August 2015 on a long-run compress for an undisclosed fee. [ 17 ] He made his debut on 25 August in the second polish of the League Cup, replacing Massadio Haïdara for the final 12 minutes of a 4–1 base winnings over his former team. [ 18 ] On 26 September, he played his first gear league match for Newcastle, as an 85th-minute alternate for Aleksandar Mitrović in a 2–2 home hook against Chelsea. [ 19 ]

lend spells [edit ]

On 9 November 2015, Toney joined League One club Barnsley on a 28-day young loan. [ 20 ] He made his debut the future day in the Northern quarter-finals of the Football League Trophy, starting in a 2–1 home win over York. [ 21 ] On 5 December, he scored his first finish for Barnsley away to Wigan Athletic in the Trophy ‘s next round, a header in a 2–2 draw, and besides converted his attack as they won in the subsequent penalty shoot-out. [ 22 ] A workweek late, he scored his inaugural league finish for the club, deciding a 3–2 gain away to Colchester United with a header from Marley Watkins ‘ hybrid. [ 23 ] On 24 March 2016, Toney returned to Barnsley on lend for the remainder of the season. [ 24 ] On 3 April, in the 2016 Football League Trophy Final against Oxford United at Wembley Stadium, he came on as a 65th-minute ersatz for top scorekeeper Sam Winnall. He took a shoot which rebounded for Ashley Fletcher to give Barnsley a 2–1 lead, and they finally won 3–2. [ 25 ] Barnsley won promotion with a 3–1 victory over Millwall at the same ground on 29 May ; Toney replaced Fletcher for the last nine minutes. [ 26 ] The follow season, Toney joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on 8 August 2016 on a half-season loanword. [ 27 ] He scored his first goal for the club, converting a penalty after being fouled by Charles Dunne, in a 3–2 win away to Oldham Athletic on 3 September, [ 28 ] and added another a week by and by to equalise in a 1–1 draw away to Bury. [ 29 ] On 24 September, he was sent off in a 1–1 draw away to AFC Wimbledon for a recently challenge on opposition goalkeeper James Shea. [ 30 ] Having scored 7 goals in 26 appearances across all competitions for Shrewsbury, Toney was loaned to fellow League One club Scunthorpe United on 12 January 2017 for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. [ 31 ] Two days late he made his debut for the Iron, replacing Kevin van Veen for the concluding ten minutes of a 2–1 winnings on his return key to Northampton. [ 32 ] On 28 January, he made a inaugural get down and scored in a 3–2 dwelling win over Port Vale, putting Scunthorpe in first place. [ 33 ] On 2 August 2017, Toney returned to League One, joining Wigan Athletic for the approaching season. [ 34 ] He made his debut three days late, starting as they began the campaign with a 1–0 win away to Milton Keynes Dons. [ 35 ] His inaugural goal for his new team came on 19 August, opening a 2–0 acquire away to Oldham Athletic. [ 36 ] however, his deal was cut shortstop, as he returned to Newcastle on 10 January 2018. [ 37 ] Toney re-signed on loan for Scunthorpe United on 11 January 2018. [ 38 ] He scored his first base goal back in a Scunthorpe shirt on 3 February 2018, netting the achiever in a 3–2 away victory over Fleetwood Town. [ 39 ]

Peterborough United [edit ]

Toney signed for League One cabaret Peterborough United on 9 August 2018 on a long-run contract for an undisclosed fee, [ 40 ] reported by some sources as £650,000. [ 41 ] He made his introduction two days late in a 4–1 acquire at Rochdale as a 72nd-minute substitute for two-goal Jason Cummings. [ 42 ] On 8 September, coming on for the like musician, he scored his first goal for the Posh to win 3–2 at Southend United. [ 43 ]

He scored a hat-trick on 11 December in a 4–4 draw in the second attack play back of the FA Cup away to Bradford City – starting with a dislodge kick from near the halfway tune – but missed in the subsequent punishment gunfight although his team won however. [ 44 ] Eighteen days late he recorded another ternary in a 4–0 win at Accrington Stanley. [ 45 ] On 23 February 2019, Toney was sent off in the first half-hour of a 2–1 home passing to early team Shrewsbury, for handling the ball on the goal trace. [ 46 ] Toney began the 2019–20 season with seven goals in the first seven league games, concluding with a hat-trick in a 6–0 home gain over Rochdale on 14 September. [ 47 ] The following calendar month, he asked a chant sing by Peterborough fans about the size of his genitalia to be changed to make it more family-friendly. [ 48 ] Toney scored nine times in his last seven games before the season was abandoned in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was voted Player of the Season at the EFL Awards. [ 49 ]

Brentford [edit ]

On 31 August 2020, Toney completed a checkup and signed for Championship club Brentford on a five-year conduct. The fee was reported to be in the region of £5 million and around £10 million with add-ons, Peterborough ‘s record transfer fee. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Among the other clubs to want him was Premier League slope Tottenham Hotspur, but entirely as a back-up to Harry Kane. [ 52 ] He scored his beginning goal for Brentford, a penalty, in a 1–1 draw with Millwall on 26 September ; [ 53 ] in each of his following three games, he scored twice. [ 54 ] On 20 January 2021, Toney assisted the only finish of a base succeed over Luton Town, before being dismissed in add time for an affray with Tom Lockyer. [ 55 ] Ten days belated, he contributed a hat-trick to a 7–2 acquire over Wycombe Wanderers, besides at the Brentford Community Stadium. [ 56 ] In April, he was nominated for the EFL Championship Player of the Season. [ 57 ] On 8 May 2021, Toney scored his 31st league finish of the season against Bristol City, setting a fresh championship record for most goals scored in a single season. [ 58 ] Three weeks late, he scored in a 2–0 gain over Swansea City in the 2021 EFL Championship play-off Final. [ 59 ] While at Brentford, the club stopped taking a knee against racism ; Toney said that players were being “ used as puppets ” to make the gesture while society did not change. [ 60 ] He besides faced on-line racist pervert over the season. [ 61 ] Following Brentford ‘s decision to take the stifle for the 2020–21 Premier League season alongside the other 19 clubs, Toney said he would not join his colleagues and would continue to stand. [ 62 ] On 13 August 2021, Toney started and played the full bet on in Brentford ’ s first Premier League catch, where they won 2–0 over Arsenal. [ 63 ]

International eligibility [edit ]

In March 2021, it was reported that Toney would be called up to the Jamaican national team, as part of a plan by the Jamaican Football Federation to intentionally target a number of English-born players for call ups to increase the nation ‘s chances of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. [ 64 ] Jamaican Football Federation president of the united states Michael Ricketts claimed that Toney was in the work of acquiring a jamaican pass in arrange to play for the nation. [ 65 ] Despite this, Toney reportedly rejected Jamaica ‘s shout, as he harboured an ambition to represent his country of parturition. [ 66 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 28 November 2021

Honours [edit ]

Barnsley
Wigan Athletic
Brentford
Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Brentford F.C. website