Fulham F.C. Under-21s and Academy

The Fulham F.C. Academy is a football academy based at Motspur Park in London.[1]

The Academy, headed by director Sean Cullen, 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.

Current management

(As of Academy Staff)

Position Name
Academy Director Sean Cullen
Technical Director Steve Wigley
Head of Academy Coaching Andrew Watt
Head of Football Development Huw Jennings
Under 21s Head Coach Hayden Mullins
Under 21s Assistant Coach Andrew Joslin
Under 18s Head Coach Ali Melloul
Under 18s Assistant Coach Tommy Wilkinson
Assistant Head of Player Development Dan Thomas
Performance Support Manager Gillian Myburgh
Head of Talent ID & Recruitment Malcom Elias
Head of Safeguarding & Inclusion Eleanor Rowland
Foundation Safeguarding Manager Gemma Taylor
Education and Player Care Tutor Georgia Henderson
Academy Player Care Mentor Matthew Briggs
Post 16 Programme Lead Teacher Sarah Lipscombe
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator Jamie Dapaah
Head of Academy Player Care & Designated Safeguarding Officer Claire-Marie Pomeroy

Academy Players

PL2

(As of Under-21s – Player Profiles)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
52 GK  ENG Michael Allen
— GK  ENG Luca Ashby-Hammond
36 GK  USA Alex Borto
51 GK  ENG Alfie McNally
53 GK  CRO Marco Underwood
44 DF  CAN Luc de Fougerolles
61 DF  POR Bradley de Jesus
— DF  ENG Damon Park
— DF  ENG Stefan Parkes
— DF  ENG Charlie Robinson
— DF  COL Devan Tanton
— MF  BRA Matt Dibley-Dias
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 MF  AUS Chris Donnell
45 MF  ENG Oliver Gofford
42 MF  JAM Delano McCoy-Splatt
56 MF  ENG Chibby Nwoko
47 FW  CIV Martial Godo
43 FW  ENG Lemar Gordon
— FW  ENG Imani Lanquedoc
50 FW  ENG Callum McFarlane
57 FW  ENG Tom Olyott
59 FW  WAL Callum Osmand
41 FW  ENG Terrell Works

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ENG Connor McAvoy (at Wealdstone until 30 June 2025)
— DF  ENG Harvey Araujo (at Chesterfield until 30 June 2025)
— FW  ENG Aaron Loupalo-Bi (at FC Haka until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ENG Oliver Sanderson (at Harrogate Town until 30 June 2025)
— FW  FIN Terry Ablade (at Partick Thistle until 30 June 2025)

Under-18s

(As of Under-18s - Player Profiles)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  BIH Dino Kaiser
— GK  ENG Oliver Mayer
— GK  ENG Oscar Varney
35 DF  ENG Samuel Amissah
— DF  ENG Callum Cliff
— DF  ENG Logan Cooke
37 DF  ENG Jonathan Esenga
— DF  ENG Alex Faux
— DF  JAM Marcel Hall
46 DF  ENG Eddy Nsasi
— DF  ENG Quinn Schutter
No. Pos. Nation Player
48 DF  ENG Bradley Slade
— MF  ENG Seth Chingwaro
— MF  SCO Ruban Khan
— MF  WAL Luca Picotto
— MF  GRN Jayden Quashie
— MF  ENG Alfie White
58 FW  ENG Farhaan Ali-Wahid
— FW  ENG Harley Platel
— FW  ENG Tom Wingate
— FW  FRA Macauley Zepa
— FW  SCO Brodie Dair

Academy graduates

Below is a comprehensive list of Academy graduates from recent history, details of their senior debut and where they are now. [2]

1997/98

1998/99

2000/01

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

References

  1. ^ "The Fulham Academy".
  2. ^ "Academy Graduates". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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