Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Peter Humphrys[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 September 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Oldham, England | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Bury | ||
2013–2016 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Fulham | 2 | (0) |
2017 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2018 | → Rochdale (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 16 | (4) |
2019–2020 | Southend United | 31 | (10) |
2020–2021 | Rochdale | 29 | (11) |
2021–2024 | Wigan Athletic | 73 | (13) |
2022–2023 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 19 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:49, 28 February 2024 (UTC) |
Stephen Peter Humphrys (born 15 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Wigan Athletic.
On 17 December 2016, Humphrys made his professional debut in the EFL Championship against Derby County at Craven Cottage.[3] He joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on loan for the rest of the season in January 2017.[4]
On 31 January 2018, Fulham announced Humphrys would be joining Rochdale on loan for the remainder of the season.[5]
On 19 January 2019, Humphrys joined Southend United on a permanent deal from Fulham, scoring two goals on his debut, in a 4–0 win at Bradford that same day.
On 25 February 2019, he suffered a collision with Accrington Stanley goalkeeper Johnny Maxted as he won a header which would result in a goal. In the process, he suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket and 15 broken bones in his face, leading to metal plates being inserted and the need for a face mask to be worn for the rest of the season. Following surgery in early March, he also underwent another operation after the end of the season.[6]
On 5 May 2019 Humphrys came off the bench to score the winning goal for Southend in a 2–1 win over Sunderland. The goal saved Southend from relegation to League Two.
On 11 September 2020, Humphrys signed a two-year deal with Rochdale for an undisclosed fee.[7]
In July 2021 he joined Wigan Athletic.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in an EFL Cup tie against Hull City on 10 August 2021.[9]
In August 2022, Humphrys signed for Scottish Premiership team Hearts on a season long loan. He scored his first goal for the club in a league match against Kilmarnock on 9 October 2022.
Humphrys' place in Hearts folklore was sealed on 4 February 2023 when he scored from his own half in a 3–1 win over Dundee United. [10]
On 10 May 2024, Wigan announced that he would be released in the summer when his contract expired.[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fulham | 2016–17[13] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2017–18[14] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19[15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2016–17[13] | League One | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
Fulham U23 | 2017–18[14] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Rochdale (loan) | 2017–18[14] | League One | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
Scunthorpe United (loan) | 2018–19[15] | League One | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 20 | 5 |
Southend United | 2018–19[15] | League One | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
2019–20[16] | League One | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
2020–21[17] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | ||
Rochdale | 2020–21[17] | League One | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
Wigan Athletic | 2021–22[18] | League One | 38 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4[a] | 1 | 49 | 7 |
2022–23[19] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 40 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 7 | ||
Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 2022–23[19] | Scottish Premiership | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 25 | 5 |
Career total | 167 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 197 | 45 |