Shay Facey

Shay Anthony Facey (born 7 January 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a defender.

Shay Facey
Personal information
Full name Shay Anthony Facey[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995[2]
Place of birth Sale, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2007–2013 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Manchester City 0 (0)
2015 → New York City (loan) 23 (0)
2016 → Rotherham United (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 → Heerenveen (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2019 Northampton Town 38 (1)
2019–2020 Walsall 13 (0)
International career‡
2009–2011 England U16 3 (0)
2011 England U17 7 (0)
2013–2014 England U19 7 (0)
2014 England U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:08, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Career

Manchester City

Facey joined Manchester City in 2007, where he progressed through the academy system.[3][4]

Facey was vice-captain of the U21 Elite Development Squad through their 2013–14 campaign in the absence of Rony Lopes and was nominated for the U21 player of the year award.[5] As a result, he signed a two–year contract with the club in April 2014.[6] Then, in November 2015, Facey signed another contract extension with the club.[7]

Loan spells

Facey joined Manchester City's Major League Soccer sister club New York City FC on a season-long loan in March 2015, after impressing New York manager Jason Kreis who spent time with the club through 2014 and 2015.[8] Prior to signing for the club, Facey trained with the side the previous month.[9] He made his professional debut on 15 March 2015 as a 79th-minute substitute for Josh Williams during a 2–0 win over the New England Revolution in the team's first home match.[10] Six days later on his first professional start, he was sent off in a goalless draw away to the Colorado Rapids for pulling down Juan Edgardo Ramírez.[11] Following this, Facey spent two months on the sidelines, due to injury.[12] After returning to the first team from injury, Facey quickly regained his first team place and started in number of matches.[13] Because of this, on 25 June 2015, Facey confirmed that his contract had been extended to the end of the MLS season.[14] Despite sidelined over injury and suspension once more during the season,[15] Facey went on to make 24 appearances in all competition and returned to his parent club at the end of the 2015 season.[16]

After returning from New York City FC, Facey signed on loan with Championship side, Rotherham United, for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[17] Facey made his debut for Rotherham United, where he started the game, in a 2–1 loss against Preston North End.[18] He made 5 appearances for Rotherham United during his loan, but failed to score a goal and lost his first team place to Frazer Richardson for the rest of the season.[19]

On 31 August 2016, Facey signed for Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen on a season-long loan.[20] Facey made his SC Heerenveen debut, coming on as a second–half substitute for Jerry St. Juste, in a 3–1 win over FC Twente on 10 September 2016.[21] However, on his second appearance for the side, he was sent–off for a second–bookable offence, in a 3–0 win over Roda JC.[22] Following this, Facey soon found himself out of the first team after he spent most of the seasons with injuries.[23] Around March 2017, Facey left the club over personal circumstances.[24] At the end of the 2016–17 season, Facey went on to make four appearances for the side in all competitions.[25]

Northampton Town

On 5 January 2018, Facey joined League One side Northampton Town, signing an 18 months contract on an undisclosed fee.[26] The move also ended his decade stay at Manchester City.[27] Upon joining the club, Facey said about the move, quoting: "I don't see these first six months as a bedding in period or anything like that, I want to come here and make an impact. I want to become a force to be seen in the team."[28]

Facey made his Northampton Town debut, where he started the whole game, in a 3–1 win over Southend United on 6 January 2018.[29]

He was one of 8 players released by Northampton at the end of the 2018–19 season; a further 3 were placed for sale.[30]

International career

Facey represented England U16, England U17, England U19 and England U20.[31]

On 5 November 2009, Facey made his England U16 debut, where he started the game before being substituted in the 67th minute, in a 2–0 loss against Northern Ireland U16.[32] He made three appearances for England U16 side.

Two years later, Facey made his England U17 debut, where he started the game, in a 1–0 win over Faroe Islands U17 on 24 August 2011.[33] He went on to make seven appearances for England U17 side. A year later in October 2012, he was included for the England U18 but did not make an appearance. .[3][34]

In October 2013, Facey was called up for the England U19 squad, making his debut, in a 1–0 win over Switzerland U19.[35] Facey have since made seven appearances for the U19 side.[36]

Later in 2014, Facey was called up by England U20, making his debut for the side, in a 6–0 win over Romania U19 on 5 September 2014.[37] He made another appearance (and last) for England U20 side, where he suffered an injury in the first half and was substituted, in a 2–2 draw against Canada U20 on 12 November 2014.[38]

Career statistics
As of match played 22 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
New York City (loan) 2015[39] Major League Soccer 23010–00240
Rotherham United (loan) 2015–16[40] Championship 501000–60
Heerenveen (loan) 2016–17[41] Eredivisie 3010–0040
Northampton Town 2017–18[42] League One 151000000151
2018–19[43] League Two 23000103[lower-alpha 1]0270
Total 381001030421
Walsall 2019–20[44] League Two 13020002[lower-alpha 1]0170
Career total 821501050931
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

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