Brooklyn Ilunga
Personal information
Full name Brooklyn Ilunga
Date of birth (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003[1]
Place of birth Croydon, England
Position(s) Wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Milton Keynes Dons
Number 19
Youth career
2010–2021 Milton Keynes Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Milton Keynes Dons 2 (0)
2022 → Royston Town (loan) 7 (0)
2022 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 16 (0)
2023– → Wealdstone (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:27, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Brooklyn Ilunga (born 21 November 2003) is an English professional footballer. He is a versatile winger, with the capability of playing as a defensive or attacking winger for EFL League Two club Milton Keynes Dons.

Club career

Milton Keynes Dons

Ilunga joined Milton Keynes Dons at the age of 7 and progressed through the club's academy before signing scholarship terms in August 2020.[2] After featuring for the first team as a substitute on the final day of the 2020–21 season, Ilunga was handed the squad number 25 ahead of the 2021–22 campaign.[1]

He signed professional terms in October 2021,[2] the same month in which he made his first professional start, in a 2–1 home EFL Trophy group stage win over Wycombe Wanderers on 5 October 2021.[3] On 22 February 2022, Ilunga joined Southern League Premier Central club Royston Town on loan for the remainder of the season.[4] He concluded his debut year as a professional by being named MK Dons' Academy Player of the Year for the 2021–22 season.[5]

On 1 September 2022, Ilunga joined National League South club Hemel Hempstead Town until January 2023.[6] On 6 January 2023, Ilunga joined National League club Wealdstone on loan until the end of the season.[7]

Career statistics

As of 6 December 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Milton Keynes Dons 2020–21[8] League One 1000000010
2021–22[9] League One 1010005[lower-alpha 1]070
2022–23[10] League One 0000101020
Total 20101060100
Royston Town (loan) 2021–22[11] Southern Premier Central 70——4[lower-alpha 2]1111
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2022–23[10] National League South 16000—00160
Career total 2501010101371

Honours

Royston Town

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Brooklyn Ilunga". Milton Keynes Dons. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Brooklyn Ilunga turns pro". Milton Keynes Dons. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Report: MK Dons 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers". Milton Keynes Dons. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ↑ RoystonTownFC [@RoystonTownFC] (22 February 2022). "NEW SIGNING! We are pleased to announce the loan signing of Brooklyn Ilunga from @MKDonsFC. Brooklyn goes straight into the squad for tonight's semi-final. Welcome to Garden Walk Brooklyn!!! #COYC #CROWS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. 1 2 "Scott Twine named MK Dons Player of the Year". Milton Keynes Dons. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ilunga joins Hemel on loan". www.mkdons.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Stones swoop in for Brooklyn". www.wealdstone-fc.com. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Brooklyn Ilunga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Brooklyn Ilunga in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Brooklyn Ilunga in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Fixtures & Results". Royston Town. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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