Full name Matthew Ryan Macey Years Team Weight 81 kg Place of birth Bath, England Name Matt Macey | Playing position Role Footballer Height 2 m Positions Goalkeeper | |
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Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 21) | ||
Arsenal: Matt Macey became the first English goalkeeper to play for Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.
Young Arsenal keeper sent out on loan
Matthew Ryan Macey (born 9 September 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal.
Contents
- Arsenal Matt Macey became the first English goalkeeper to play for Arsenal at Emirates Stadium
- Young Arsenal keeper sent out on loan
- Career
- Career statistics
- References
Career
Macey started to play youth football for Avon Arsenal Comets. In 2007, he applied but was rejected from Bristol Rovers' Centre of Excellence. Macey was also invited to train with Cardiff City but felt the travel commitment was too much. He then later went on to represent the youth teams of Bath City and Yate Town before Bristol Rovers signed him in 2009 before signing him as a full-time scholar in 2011. He first appeared in the Bristol Rovers squad for their League Two fixture against Torquay United in March 2012 but never made a first-team appearance for Bristol Rovers. He was however a part of their under-18 double-winning team. Macey was offered a professional contract at the end of the second year of his scholarship in the summer of 2013.
On 23 October 2013, Macey signed for Arsenal after a trial with them. Arsenal beat off competition from Everton and a number of Championship clubs in order to sign Macey from Bristol Rovers. Due to his age, Arsenal also reportedly paid Bristol Rovers £100,000 in compensation for Macey after he had rejected an offer of a new contract at Bristol Rovers. In his first season at Arsenal, Macey made 15 appearances for the club's Academy. He was also suggested as an immediate replacement for Łukasz Fabiański. In 2014, Macey was chosen to travel with Arsenal's first-team to a pre-season training camp in Austria and was later selected as a substitute for Arsenal's Premier League match against West Bromwich Albion.
On 8 January 2015, Macey signed for League Two club Accrington Stanley on a one-month loan. He made his Football League debut in a 3–0 defeat away to Tranmere Rovers on 17 January.
On 31 January 2017, Macey joined League Two club Luton Town on loan until the end of 2016–17. He debuted on 7 February in an EFL Trophy quarter-final tie against Yeovil Town, which Luton won 5–2. Macey went on to make his league debut four days later in a 2–1 win at home to Crawley Town. Macey was recalled by Arsenal on 5 April to provide cover for first-choice goalkeeper Petr Čech and second-choice goalkeeper David Ospina who were sidelined with a groin strain and an abdominal injury respectively, having made 13 appearances for Luton.