Matthew Cox (footballer)
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| Full name | Matthew Aidan Cox | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sutton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Shrewsbury Town (on loan from Brentford) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | AFC Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Brentford | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Brentford | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | England U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | England U19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | England U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:28, 15 February 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Matthew Aidan Cox (born 2 May 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Shrewsbury Town, on loan from Premier League club Brentford.
Cox is a product of the Chelsea and AFC Wimbledon academies and began his professional career with the latter club in 2020. He transferred to Brentford in 2021. Cox was capped by England at youth level.