| Josh Feeney | |
| Fullname: | Joshua Feeney |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 2005 |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Shrewsbury Town (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthyears1: | –2021 |
| Youthclubs1: | Fleetwood Town |
| Youthyears2: | 2021–2024 |
| Youthclubs2: | Aston Villa |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Aston Villa |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2024 |
| Clubs2: | → Real Unión (loan) |
| Caps2: | 8 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 12:19, 14 October 2023 (UTC) |
Joshua Feeney (born 6 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Shrewsbury Town, on loan from club Aston Villa. He is an England youth international.[1]
Feeney’s father Charlie Feeney was a football coach in Poulton in Lancashire, and Joshua would play football there from the age of five.[2] He attended Hodgson Academy secondary school from 2016 to 2021.
Feeney joined Fleetwood Town at 12 years old. He featured on the substitutes bench for the first team without making his debut as a 15 year-old.
Feeney joined Aston Villa from Fleetwood Town in July 2021 for an undisclosed fee.[3] In the summer of 2022 he signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa.[4] During the 2022–23 season Feeney was included in Aston Villa first-team training and made his first match day squad on the opening week of the Premier League season, being named as a substitute against Brentford in August 2022.[5] In July 2023, Feeney signed a contract extension with Aston Villa.[6]
On 1 February 2024, Feeney signed for Primera Federación club Real Unión, a sister club of Aston Villa managed by former Aston Villa U21 manager Iñigo Idiakez, on loan until the end of the season.[7] Feeney made his debut on 10 February in a 2–1 defeat to Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[8]
In 2024, Feeney was promoted to the Aston Villa senior team, and on July 17 2024, Feeney made his debut for Aston Villa during a 3–0 friendly win against EFL League Two club Walsall.[9]
On 6 August 2024, Feeney joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan deal, joining up with fellow Villa youngster Tommi O'Reilly.[10] Feeney returned to Aston Villa a few weeks later, after suffering a hamstring injury in training before making his Shrewsbury debut. However, the loan was not cancelled and Feeney was expected to return to Shrewsbury Town training once completing his rehabilitation with Villa.[11]
Eligible to play for England and Scotland, Feeney chose to represent England at youth level.[12] In 2021 he began to captain England U16s.[13] In September 2022 he won his first cap for the England U18 team.[14]
| Season! | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Real Unión (loan) | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2024–25 | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||