Kyle Hudlin

Kyle Farren Hudlin (born 15 June 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL League One club Huddersfield Town as a striker.

Kyle Hudlin
Personal information
Full name Kyle Farren Hudlin[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000
Height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Castle Vale Town
0000–2020 Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons
2020 Solihull United
2020–2022 Solihull Moors 58 (13)
2022– Huddersfield Town 9 (0)
2022–2023 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 13 (0)
2024 → Burton Albion (loan) 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:57, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Career

Hudlin began his career with Midland Football League clubs Castle Vale Town, Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons and Solihull United,[3][4] before signing for Solihull Moors in October 2020.[2] During his time with the club, he scored 13 goals in 58 National League games[5] and 17 in 69 games in all competitions.[6]

In July 2022, he signed for Huddersfield Town on a two-year contract, initially joining their B team.[2][5] Later that month he moved on loan to AFC Wimbledon.[7][6] He scored his first goal for Wimbledon in an EFL Trophy tie against Crawley Town on 20 September 2022.[8] Hudlin was recalled by Huddersfield on 4 January 2023.[9]

He scored on his debut for Huddersfield in a 3–2 loss to Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023.[10]

On 31 January 2024, Hudlin joined League One club Burton Albion on loan for the remainder of the season.[11][12]

Personal life

He is recognised as being one of the tallest footballers in the world with a height of 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m).[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Solihull Moors 2020–21[14] National League 35921—2[lower-alpha 1]23912
2021–22[14] National League 23420—5[lower-alpha 2]1305
Total 58134100736917
Huddersfield Town 2022–23[15] Championship 0000000000
2023–24[16] Championship 90001100101
Total 90001100101
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2022–23[15] League Two 13000104[lower-alpha 3]4184
Burton Albion (loan) 2023–24[16] League One 5000000050
Career total 8513412111710222
  1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. Three appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in National League play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "SQUAD LIST 2022/23 & U21 REGISTERED CONTRACT PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. "TRANSFER: KYLE HUDLIN JOINS THE B TEAM!". www.htafc.com.
  3. "FA Cup win marks latest milestone in rapid rise for flourishing footballer Kyle". www.ucb.ac.uk.
  4. Brack, Edmund (5 August 2022). "Kyle Hudlin's tall journey from non-league to AFC Wimbledon".
  5. "Huddersfield sign former Solihull striker Hudlin". BBC Sport.
  6. "Wimbledon sign striker Hudlin on loan". BBC Sport.
  7. "LOAN: STRIKER KYLE HUDLIN JOINS AFC WIMBLEDON". www.htafc.com.
  8. "REPORT AFC WIMBLEDON 3-2 CRAWLEY TOWN". crawleytownfc.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  9. "Kyle returns to Huddersfield". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  10. "Huddersfield 2-3 Middlesbrough". BBC. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  11. "BREWERS SIGN STRIKER KYLE HUDLIN ON LOAN". www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  12. "Huddersfield striker Hudlin joins Burton on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. Itolondo, Sospeter (11 June 2022). "Who is the tallest soccer player in the world right now?". SportsBrief - Sport news. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. Kyle Hudlin at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  15. "Games played by Kyle Hudlin in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  16. "Games played by Kyle Hudlin in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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