Matthew Platt
Personal information
Full name Matthew James Platt[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997[2]
Place of birth Knowsley, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Bradford City
Number 5
Youth career
2013–2015 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2017 → Barrow (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 0 (0)
2019 → Southport (loan) 5 (2)
2019–2020 → Barrow (loan) 29 (0)
2020–2022 Barrow 52 (4)
2022– Bradford City 56 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:23, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Matthew James Platt (born 3 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bradford City.

Career

Blackburn Rovers

In November 2015 Platt signed a new professional contract at Blackburn Rovers penning a two and a half year deal.[3]

In February 2017 Platt and his team mate, Connor Thomson, joined Barrow on loan. He made eight appearances for the Bluebirds during his short spell with the club.[4]

In August 2017 he made his first team debut coming on as a substitute for Blackburn Rovers in an 2017–18 EFL Trophy game against Stoke City Under 21's.[5]

On 3 August 2018, he joined newly-promoted League One side Accrington Stanley on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 2 January he returned to Blackburn Rovers.[7]

On 11 May 2019, he signed a new one-year contract with Blackburn Rovers until the summer of 2020.[8]

Barrow

On 30 August 2019 he rejoined Barrow on loan until the end of the season.[9] On 29 July 2020 he signed a two year deal with Barrow for an undisclosed fee.[10]

Bradford City

In May 2022 it was announced that he would sign for Bradford City on 1 July 2022.[11][12]

Career statistics

As of 14 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2016–17[13] Championship 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18[14] League One 0000003[lower-alpha 2]030
2019–20[15] Championship 0000100010
Total 0000104050
Barrow (loan) 2016–17[13] National League 8000—0080
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2018–19[16] League Two 0000104[lower-alpha 2]050
Southport (loan) 2018–19[16] National League North 5200—0052
Barrow (loan) 2019–20[15] National League 29010—1[lower-alpha 3]0310
Barrow 2020–21[17] League Two 242001000252
2021–22[17] League Two 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Total 52 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 56 4
Career total 9464030901106
  1. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy with Blackburn's U23 side
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Barrow" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Matthew Platt". Rovers.co.uk. Blackburn Rovers. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Platt pens pro deal". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Duo join Bluebirds on loan". rovers.co.uk. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rovers v Stoke City u21 team news". rovers.co.uk. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Matthew Platt: Accrington Stanley sign Blackburn Rovers defender on loan". BBC Sport. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Loan Rovers return". www.rovers.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Platt pens new deal". Blackburn Rovers. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Platt returns to Holker Street". Blackburn Rovers Official Site. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Matty Platt: Barrow sign Blackburn Rovers defender". BBC Sport. 29 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Bradford sign defender Platt from Barrow". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Defender Platt becomes Bradford City's latest summer recruit". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Matthew Platt in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Matthew Platt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Matthew Platt in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Matthew Platt in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Matthew Platt in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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