Matthew Walwyn (born 23 June 1990) is a

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who plays as a striker. Born in England, he represents

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at international level.

Career

Born in Kirkham, Walwyn has played in non-league football for Kirkham & Wesham / AFC Fylde,

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the Liverpool County Premier League and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool Count ...

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th cen ...

and

FC United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester, more commonly known as FC United, is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home m ...

. He earned his first call-up from the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team in June 2015, making two substitute appearances later that year.

Personal life

His father Keith was also a footballer.

Honours

Kirkham & Wesham *

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: 2007–08

References

1990 births Living people English men's footballers Saint Kitts and Nevis men's footballers Saint Kitts and Nevis men's international footballers AFC Fylde players Southport F.C. players Skelmersdale United F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players F.C. United of Manchester players Men's association football forwards People from Kirkham, Lancashire Footballers from Lancashire 21st-century English sportsmen {{SaintKittsNevis-footy-bio-stub