 Trai Hume pictured at the Sunderland AFC 2022-23 Player awards. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trai Hume[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-03-18)18 March 2002 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Ballymena, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Ballymena United | ||
| 2013–2019 | Linfield | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Linfield | 21 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | →Ballymena United (loan) | 34 | (5) |
| 2022– | Sunderland | 133 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Northern Ireland U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | Northern Ireland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Northern Ireland U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2022– | Northern Ireland | 26 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:07, 22 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:24, 10 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Trai Hume (born 18 March 2002) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as afull-back forPremier League clubSunderland and theNorthern Ireland national football team. He previously played in the Irish Premiership forLinfield andBallymena United.
Hume attended Slemish College inBallymena and the NIFL Academy. His younger brother Mason is also a semi professional footballer who plays for Ballymena United's reserves.[3][4]
Hume played youth football for Ballymena United and Linfield. He signed a professional contract with Linfield in January 2019 until the end of the 2020–21 season.[5] Hume made his first team debut for Linfield as a substitute in a 5–1Irish Premiership win against Cliftonville on 23 April 2019.[6] On 7 September 2020 he agreed two-year contract extension with Linfield.
On 11 September 2020, Hume signed a season-long loan deal with his hometown club Ballymena United.[7] He made his debut for theSky Blues in a 1–0 Irish Premiership win againstColeraine on 16 October 2020.[8] He made a total of 37 appearances in all competitions for Ballymena, scoring six goals.
He returned to Linfield for the 2021–22 season and played in the qualifying rounds for both theUEFA Champions League andUEFA Europa Conference League, establishing himself as the club's first-choice right back.
Hume scored his first goal for Linfield in a 3–0Irish League win againstGlentoran on 28 September 2021. He also scored in his final game for the club againstDungannon Swifts on 1 January 2022.
On 4 January 2022, Hume signed forEFL League One clubSunderland on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[9] He had made a total of 31 appearances in all competitions for Linfield, scoring three goals.[10] He made his debut for Sunderland in a 2–1 league defeat toCheltenham Town on 8 February 2022.[11]
Having established himself as a regular starter in the team during the2022–23 season, in June 2023 Hume extended his contract with the English club for a further year, until 2027, with an option for another year.[12][13]
On 13 August 2025, following Sunderland's promotion to thePremier League, Hume signed a long-term contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2030.[14]
Hume has played for Northern Ireland atunder-17,under-19 andunder-21 youth levels.[15][16] He was sent-off in a 2-02023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification defeat against Malta on 16 November 2021.[17]
Hume was called up to the seniorNorthern Ireland squad in March 2022. He made his debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat againstHungary.[18]
Hume scored his first ever international goal againstSlovakia during the2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to make it 2–0, helping Northern Ireland to gain a famous victory and derailed Slovakia's qualification hope in process.[19]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Linfield | 2018–19 | NIFL Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | NIFL Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | NIFL Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | NIFL Premiership | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| Total | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
| Ballymena United (loan) | 2020–21 | NIFL Premiership | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| Sunderland | 2021–22 | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Championship | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 48 | 3 | |
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 133 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 144 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 188 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 208 | 15 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 2025 | Windsor Park,Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Slovakia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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