Courtney Fitzroy Senior (born 30 June 1997) is an English professional

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who plays as a winger for

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on loan from club

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. He is a product of the

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and made his professional debut on

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at League Two club

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in February 2015. He joined

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in June 2016, where he made 145 appearances and scored 14 goals in five years with the club.

Career

Brentford

Born in

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, Senior began his career in the Brentford Academy. He was a member of the Brentford under-15 team that triumphed in the Junior category of the 2012 Milk Cup and during the

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season he broke into the youth team and also made four appearances for the Development Squad. After signing a two-year scholarship deal in the summer of 2013, Senior topped the youth team appearance charts during the 2013–14 season with 25 appearances. After 25 youth and Development Squad appearances during the 2014–15 season, Senior signed a two-year Development Squad contract in June 2015. Senior made first team debut for

in a 4–0 League Cup defeat by

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on 11 August 2015, starting the match and playing for 75-minutes before being substituted for Akaki Gogia. He was an unused substitute on two further occasions in August 2015, but failed to make an appearance. After scoring two goals in 15 Development Squad appearances during the 2015–16 season, Senior departed Brentford on 28 June 2016, having made just one first team appearance at

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Wycombe Wanderers loan

Senior signed for League Two side

on a one-month youth loan on 9 January 2015. He made the first professional appearance of his career on 10 February 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for Fred Onyedinma during a 2–0 home defeat by

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. He returned to his parent club the following day.

Colchester United

On 28 June 2016, Senior joined League Two club

on a two-year contract. Before he could receive a call into the first team squad, Senior was ruled out of the 2016–17 season after undergoing knee surgery in August 2016. He returned to fitness in July 2017 and made his debut for the club as an 85th-minute substitute for

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in a league match versus

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on 26 August 2017. Five minutes later, in

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, Senior scored the first professional goal of his career with a tap-in. He broke into the squad on a full-time basis in January 2018 and signed a new two-year contract on 18 April. Senior finished the 2017–18 season with 19 appearances and four goals. 2018–19 proved to be Senior's breakthrough season and he made 47 appearances and scored six goals on his way to winning the club's Young Player of the Year award. At the end of the

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season, Senior was released by Colchester United. He had scored 14 goals in 145 appearances for the U's in five years with the club.

Newport County

On 6 July 2021, Senior joined fellow League Two side Newport County on a one-year deal. On 28 July 2021 Senior sustained a pre-season cruciate ligament injury which ruled him out of action for six to nine months. Although he returned to training towards the end of the season, Senior never played a competitive game for Newport and he was released by Newport County at the end of the 2021–22 season.

AFC Wimbledon

On 1 October 2022, Senior joined

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on a short-term deal. He scored his first goal for the club on 29 October 2022 in a 3–2 win over Harrogate Town. Senior left the Dons upon the expiry of his contract on 31 January 2023.

Barnet

Senior signed for

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on 18 February 2023. On 22 December 2023, Senior joined

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

on a one-month loan deal. On 26 January 2024, Senior signed for National League club

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They were founded in 190 ...

. On 27 February 2024, Senior returned to Barnet after the expiration of his loan deal. Senior made four appearances in total for Hartlepool. He was released by Barnet at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Rochdale

On 9 August 2024, Senior signed a one-year contract with

. On 6 December 2024, Senior joined

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side

on an initial one-month loan deal. On 28 March 2025, he returned to Chorley on loan for the remainder of the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

Young Player of the Year: 2018–19

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Senior, Courtney 1997 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon People from Croydon English men's footballers English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent Black British sportsmen Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers AFC Wimbledon players Brentford F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Chorley F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century English sportsmen