Fulham F.C. Academy

The Fulham F.C. Academy is a football academy in London.

The Academy, headed by director Slavisa Jokanovic, runs along the lines of many of the English football academies as deemed appropriate by the national governing body, and recently awarded Category 2 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 Ronny Minkwitz scoring.

Current management

(As of Academy Staff)

Position	Name Ali Shide	Nationality Kenyan
Academy Director:	Huw Jennings	Welsh
Under-18s Head Coach:	Steve Wigley	English
PL2 Goalkeeping Coach:	Geoff Warne	English
Head of Talent ID and Recruitment:	Malcolm Elias	English
Academy Operations Manager:	Lee Hagger	English
Under-18/23s Goalkeeping Coach:	Vic Bettinelli	English
Under-23s Head Coach:	Mark Pembridge	Welsh
Under-23s Joint Head Coach:	Colin Omogbehin	English
U13-15 Head Coach:	Dan Thomas	Welsh
Youth Development Phase Manager:	Andrew Watt	English
Academy Manager:	Mike Cave	English
Head of Academy Education:	Sean Cullen	English

Academy Players

PL2

(As of PL2 – Player Profiles)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	USA	Marlon Fossey
35	MF	AUS	Tyrese Francois
39	FW	ENG	Martell Taylor-Crossdale
40	GK	ENG	George Wickens
48	MF	ENG	Fábio Carvalho
54	MF	ENG	Jayden Harris
55	MF	ENG	Sonny Hilton
56	MF	ENG	Ryan De Havilland

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
58	MF	ENG	Sylvester Jasper
59	GK	ENG	Luca Ashby-Hammond
60	FW	FRA	Jean-Pierre Tiehi
61	MF	ENG	Jonathon Page
62	DF	ENG	Luca Murphy
63	DF	SCO	Connor McAvoy
64	GK	USA	Damian Las
65	FW	FIN	Terry Ablade

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
53	DF	ENG	Jaydn Mundle-Smith (at Maidstone United until the end of the season)
—	GK	ENG	Taye Ashby-Hammond (at Maidenhead United until the end of the season)
—	DF	ENG	Jerome Opoku (at Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season)
—	FW	ENG	Timmy Abraham (at Raith Rovers until the end of the season)

Under-18s

(As of Under-18s - Player Profiles)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
71	FW	ENG	Jay Stansfield
72	MF	ALB	Adrion Pajaziti
73	MF	IRL	Ollie O'Neill
74	DF	ENG	Idris Odutayo
—	GK	USA	Alex Borto
—	GK	ENG	Mac Chisholm
—	DF	ENG	Xavier Benjamin
—	DF	SCO	Ibane Bowat
—	DF	ENG	Luciano D'Auria-Henry
—	DF	ENG	Kayden Harrack
—	DF	ENG	Stefan Parkes

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	WAL	Jay Williams
—	MF	ENG	Harvey Araujo
—	MF	ENG	Matt Dibley-Dias
—	MF	WAL	Luke Harris
—	MF	ENG	Imani Lanquedoc
—	MF	CYP	George Okkas
—	FW	ENG	Mika Biereth
—	FW	SCO	Kieron Bowie
—	FW	ENG	Oliver Sanderson
—	FW	ENG	Jaylan Wildbore

Academy graduates

Still at Fulham

• Steven Sessegnon
• Marcus Bettinelli

Now playing elsewhere

• Cauley Woodrow, now at Barnsley
• George Williams, now at Grimsby Town
• Seán Kavanagh, now at Shamrock Rovers
• Jesse Joronen, now at Brescia
• Cameron Burgess, now at Accrington Stanley,
• Jack Grimmer, now at Wycombe Wanderers
• Matthew Briggs, now at Vejle Boldklub, has played for Guyana
• Neil Etheridge, now at Birmingham City, has played for Philippines
• Alex Smith, now at Hastings United
• Ali Shide, now at Star United
• Sean Davis, now retired due to injury. Previously at Bolton Wanderers via Portsmouth and Tottenham. Only player to have played in all the top four divisions of English football 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 retired, has played for England
• Danny Hoesen, now at San Jose Earthquakes
• Chris Smalling, now at Roma, has played for England
• Liam Fontaine, last played for Ross County
• Wayne Brown, now at Sutton United
• Adam Green, last played for Leatherhead.
• Elvis Hammond, now retired, has played for Ghana.
• Dean Leacock, now retired.
• Zesh Rehman, now at Southern, has played for Pakistan.
• Michael Timlin, now at Dulwich Hamlet and former captain of the Ireland U21s
• TJ Moncur, last played for Cray Wanderers
• Troy Brown, last played for Chelmsford City
• Joe Anderson, now at Welling United
• Wes Foderingham, now at Sheffield United
• Corrin Brooks-Meade, now at Oroklini/Troulloi
• Ismael Ehui, now at Broadfields United F.C
• Karim Laribi, now at Hellas Verona
• Matthew Saunders, now at Wealdstone
• Alexander Kačaniklić, now at Hammarby IF
• Moussa Dembélé, now at Lyon
• Emerson Hyndman, now at Atlanta United
• Dan Burn, now at Brighton & Hove Albion
• Mesca, now at Doxa Katokopias
• Ryan Williams, now at Portsmouth
• Keanu Marsh-Brown, now at Memphis 901, has played for Guyana
• Mark Hudson, now retired
• Gary Mackay-Steven, now at New York City, has played for Scotland
• Marcello Trotta, now at Frosinone.
• Ryan Sessegnon, now at Tottenham Hotspur.
• Daniel O'Reilly, now at Shelbourne.
• Harvey Elliott, now at Liverpool
• Luca de la Torre, now at Heracles Almelo

External links

• Academy page at FulhamFC.com