Matthew Robert Ingram (born 18 December 1993) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

. He has previously played for

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ...

Hayes & Yeading United Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is an association football club based in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger of Hayes Football Club (founded in 1909) and Yeading Football Club (f ...

, Oxford City,

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the c ...

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

and

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

Career

Wycombe Wanderers

Ingram was born in

High Wycombe High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye, Buckinghamshire, River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, ...

, Buckinghamshire, and attended

John Hampden Grammar School John Hampden Grammar School (known colloquially as "JHGS") is a selective state boys' grammar school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is named after the local member of parliament and English Civil War commander John Hampden. In ...

. Whilst still a first-year scholar, was called up to the first-team squad for the League Two match against

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

on 25 September 2010, appearing on the substitutes' bench. He was also selected for an England goalkeeping training camp in January 2011, and was the only representative from a League Two club to be included. A work experience spell with

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Premier Division club

followed in early 2012, then in May 2012, Ingram signed his first professional contract, which was subsequently extended to run until the summer of 2015.

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spells at

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club

and

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club Oxford City followed during the 2012–13 season, following which the recall by

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...

of loanee keeper

Jordan Archer Jordan Gideon Archer (born 12 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Portsmouth. Born in England, he represents Scotland internationally, and made his full international debut in May 2018. ...

saw Ingram make his first-team debut against

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on 29 March 2013. Ingram began the 2013–14 season as Wycombe's first-choice goalkeeper. In the first competitive match of the season, Ingram kept a

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as Wycombe beat Morecambe 1–0. Ingram was voted the highest ranked goalkeeper in League Two in The Football League Awards for the 2014–15 season.

Queens Park Rangers

Ingram signed for

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club

on 22 January 2016 on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He rejoined Wycombe Wanderers on 15 November 2018 on a seven-day emergency loan as cover for the injured Ryan Allsop and Yves Ma-Kalambay.

Hull City

Ingram signed for Championship club

on 25 June 2019 on a three-year contract with the option of a further year for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut in the first round of the

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in a 3–0 away win against

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

. Ingram joined Championship club

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

on 1 May 2022 on an emergency seven-day loan as cover for the injured

James Shea James William Shea (born 16 June 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Luton Town. Career Arsenal Born in Islington, Greater London, Shea joined Arsenal's youth team in August 2007. In 2009, he won bo ...

. He made his debut the following day against table-topping

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with Luton losing the match 7–0. With Luton reaching the play-off stage the loan spell was extended to 18 May, Ingram having to delay his honeymoon in doing so. He played in both legs of the play-off semi-final, in which Luton were beaten 2–1 on aggregate by

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

. On 18 May 2022, Hull exercised an option for an additional year on Ingram's contract. On 16 June, he signed a new three-year contract, with the club holding an option for a further year.

Oxford United

On 19 July 2024, Ingram signed for

for an undisclosed fee. On 19 June 2025, the club said he had signed a new deal.

Career statistics

Honours

Hull City *

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References

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at the Hull City A.F.C. website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingram, Matt 1993 births Living people Footballers from High Wycombe English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Lewes F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players People educated at John Hampden Grammar School 21st-century English sportsmen