 Wootton with Stockport County | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyle Leon Wootton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-10-11)11 October 1996 (age 29)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Kidderminster, England | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stockport County | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2014 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2020 | Scunthorpe United | 66 | (11) |
| 2015 | →Lincoln City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | →North Ferriby United (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2017 | →Cheltenham Town (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2017 | →Stevenage (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2018 | →FC Halifax Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | →Notts County (loan) | 22 | (9) |
| 2020–2022 | Notts County | 94 | (38) |
| 2022– | Stockport County | 149 | (48) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Kyle Leon Wootton (born 11 October 1996) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forEFL League One clubStockport County.
Wootton joinedScunthorpe United at the age of 10 in 2007, and signed his first professional contract in 2014.[3] He made hisfirst-team debut for Scunthorpe on 26 August 2014, in a 1–0 loss in the second round of theLeague Cup at home toReading.[4][5][6] He signed an 18-month professional contract in January 2015.[6] In the 2015–16 season, he spent two months on loan atLincoln City of theNational League, and in September 2016 he joined another National League club,North Ferriby United, on loan until January 2017.[7] On 26 January 2017, Wootton joinedLeague Two sideCheltenham Town on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign.[8]
Wootton joinedHalifax Town on a one-month loan deal on 29 September 2018.[9]
Wootton signed forNotts County on loan at the beginning of the 2019–20 season.He scored his first for the Magpies in their 1–1 draw away at Sutton United on Saturday 7 September 2019. This was the first of a three game scoring streak. On 8 January 2020, Wootton signed a 30-month contract with Notts County for a fee of £60,000.[10] Wootton scored four braces in his first season wearing Black and White againstBoreham Wood,Halifax Town,Chesterfield FC andEastleigh FC respectively. He would finish that season top goal scorer for the club.
On 9 June 2022, Wootton joined newly-promotedStockport County on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal.[11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Scunthorpe United | 2014–15[4] | League One | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2015–16[12] | League One | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| 2016–17[13] | League One | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18[14] | League One | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[15] | League One | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
| 2019–20[16] | League Two | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 66 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 11 | ||
| Lincoln City (loan) | 2015–16[12] | National League | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| North Ferriby United (loan) | 2016–17[17] | National League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2016–17[13] | League Two | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Stevenage (loan) | 2017–18[14] | League Two | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| FC Halifax Town (loan) | 2018–19[17] | National League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Notts County (loan) | 2019–20[17] | National League | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | |
| Notts County | 2019–20[17] | National League | 9 | 4 | — | — | 6[c] | 2 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2020–21[17] | National League | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 4 | 47 | 19 | ||
| 2021–22[17] | National League | 43 | 19 | 4 | 2 | — | 3[e] | 1 | 50 | 22 | ||
| Total | 116 | 47 | 7 | 5 | — | 14 | 7 | 137 | 59 | |||
| Stockport County | 2022–23[18] | League Two | 42 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 49 | 14 |
| 2023–24[19] | 32 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 37 | 12 | ||
| 2024–25[20] | League One | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 51 | 13 | |
| Total | 120 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 137 | 39 | ||
| Career total | 348 | 96 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 403 | 115 | ||
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