Brooklyn Ilunga | |
Fullname: | Brooklyn Ilunga |
Birth Date: | 2003 11, df=y[1] |
Birth Place: | Croydon, England |
Position: | Wing-back |
Currentclub: | Milton Keynes Dons |
Clubnumber: | 21 |
Youthyears1: | 2010–2021 |
Youthclubs1: | Milton Keynes Dons |
Years1: | 2021– |
Clubs1: | Milton Keynes Dons |
Caps1: | 5 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2022 |
Clubs2: | → Royston Town (loan) |
Caps2: | 7 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022 |
Clubs3: | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) |
Caps3: | 16 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2023 |
Clubs4: | → Wealdstone (loan) |
Caps4: | 13 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs5: | → Wealdstone (loan) |
Caps5: | 5 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 21:30, 6 January 2024 (UTC) |
Brooklyn Ilunga (born 21 November 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a wing-back or winger for club 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.
He signed professional terms in October 2021, 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 Milton Keynes 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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Milton Keynes Dons | 2020–21 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2021–22 | League One | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[8] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | League Two | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
Royston Town (loan) | 2021–22[9] | Southern Premier Central | 7 | 0 | — | — | 4[10] | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 2022–23 | National League South | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Wealdstone (loan) | 2022–23 | National League | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Wealdstone (loan) | 2023–24 | National League | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[11] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 64 | 1 |
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