{{short description|Footballer (born 1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kyle Wootton | image = Wootton-01.jpg | upright = | caption = Wootton with Stockport County | full_name = Kyle Leon Wootton<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|26906|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|11|df=y}}<ref name="11v11">{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/kyle-wootton-242631/ |title=Kyle Wootton |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> | birth_place = Kidderminster, England | height = 1.90 m<ref name="11v11"/> | position = Forward | currentclub = Stockport County | clubnumber = 19 | youthyears1 = 2007–2014 | youthclubs1 = Scunthorpe United | years1 = 2014–2020 | clubs1 = Scunthorpe United | caps1 = 66 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2015 | clubs2 = → Lincoln City (loan) | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = → North Ferriby United (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2017 | clubs4 = → Cheltenham Town (loan) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = → Stevenage (loan) | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = → FC Halifax Town (loan) | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2019–2020 | clubs7 = → Notts County (loan) | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 9 | years8 = 2020–2022 | clubs8 = Notts County | caps8 = 94 | goals8 = 38 | years9 = 2022– | clubs9 = Stockport County | caps9 = 165 | goals9 = 52 | club-update = 2 May 2026 (UTC) }} '''Kyle Leon Wootton''' (born 11 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{English football updater|StockpoC}} club Stockport County.
==Career==
===Scunthorpe=== Wootton joined Scunthorpe United at the age of 10 in 2007, and signed his first professional contract in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2020/january/kyle-wootton-joins-notts-county-permanently/ |title=Kyle Wootton joins Notts County permanently |website=Scunthorpe United F.C. |author=James Moody |date=8 January 2020 |access-date=21 February 2025 }}</ref> He made his first-team debut for Scunthorpe on 26 August 2014, in a 1–0 loss in the second round of the League Cup at home to Reading.<ref name=sb1415 /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28847218|title=Scunthorpe United 0–1 Reading|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 August 2014|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=TurnsPro/> He signed an 18-month professional contract in January 2015.<ref name=TurnsPro>{{cite news |url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Scunthorpe-United-trainee-Kyle-Wootton-signs/story-25813115-detail/story.html |title=Scunthorpe United trainee Kyle Wootton signs professional deal at Glanford Park |first=Chris |last=Sumpter |newspaper=Scunthorpe Telegraph |date=6 January 2015 |accessdate=21 May 2016}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025}}</ref> In the 2015–16 season, he spent two months on loan at Lincoln City of the National League, and in September 2016 he joined another National League club, North Ferriby United, on loan until January 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37526439 |title=Kyle Wootton: North Ferriby United sign Scunthorpe United striker on loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 September 2016 |accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref> On 26 January 2017, Wootton joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kyle Wootton: Cheltenham Town sign Scunthorpe United striker on loan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38750479 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 January 2017 |accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref>
Wootton joined Halifax Town on a one-month loan deal on 29 September 2018.<ref>[https://fchalifaxtown.com/news/kyle-joins-shaymen/ Kyle Joins The Shaymen], fchalifaxtown.com, 29 September 2018</ref>
===Notts County=== Wootton signed for Notts County on loan at the beginning of the 2019–20 season. He scored his first for the Magpies in their 1–1 draw away at Sutton United on Saturday 7 September 2019. This was the first of a three game scoring streak. On 8 January 2020, Wootton signed a 30-month contract with Notts County for a fee of £60,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/loan-striker-kyle-wootton-signs-3716537|title=Loan striker Kyle Wootton signs for Notts on permanent deal from Scunthorpe|date=8 January 2020}}</ref> Wootton scored four braces in his first season wearing Black and White against Boreham Wood, Halifax Town, Chesterfield FC and Eastleigh FC respectively. He would finish that season top goal scorer for the club.
===Stockport County===
On 9 June 2022, Wootton joined newly-promoted Stockport County on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61752175|title=Kyle Wootton joins Stockport County after rejecting Notts County deal|publisher=BBC|date=9 June 2022|accessdate=10 June 2022}}</ref> He finished the 2025–26 season playing as a defender.
==Career statistics== {{updated|10 May 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="7" |Scunthorpe United |2014–15<ref name=sb1415>{{soccerbase season|77148|2014|accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref> |League One |12||1||1||0||1||0||0||0||14||1 |- |2015–16<ref name=sb1516>{{soccerbase season|77148|2015|accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref> |League One |20||3||2||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}}||0||23||3 |- |2016–17<ref name=sb1617>{{soccerbase season|77148|2016|accessdate=22 March 2024}}</ref> |League One |2||1||colspan=2|—||2||0||1{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||5||1 |- |2017–18<ref name=sb1718>{{soccerbase season|77148|2017|accessdate=9 January 2019}}</ref> |League One |1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2018–19<ref name=sb1819>{{soccerbase season|77148|2018|accessdate=22 March 2024}}</ref> |League One |26||6||2||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||30||6 |- |2019–20<ref name=sb1920>{{soccerbase season|77148|2019|accessdate=4 March 2021}}</ref> |League Two |5||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !66||11||5||0||3||0||4||0||78||11 |- |Lincoln City (loan) |2015–16<ref name=sb1516/> |National League||5||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||5||1 |- |North Ferriby United (loan) |2016–17<ref name=Soccerway>{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/kyle-wootton/358333/ |title=K. Wootton |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=22 March 2024}}</ref> |National League||14||1||1||0||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|name=FAT|Appearances in FA Trophy}}||0||16||1 |- |Cheltenham Town (loan) |2016–17<ref name=sb1617/> |League Two |16||2||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||16||2 |- |Stevenage (loan) |2017–18<ref name=sb1718/> |League Two |8||1||1||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}|||1||11||2 |- |FC Halifax Town (loan) |2018–19<ref name=Soccerway/> |National League |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |Notts County (loan) |2019–20<ref name=Soccerway/> |National League |22||9||3||3||colspan="2"|—||0||0||25||12 |- |rowspan="4"|Notts County |2019–20<ref name=Soccerway/> |National League |9||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|Four appearances two goals in FA Trophy, two appearances in National League play-offs}}||2||15||6 |- |2020–21<ref name=Soccerway/> |National League |42||15||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|Three appearances two goals in FA Trophy, two appearances two goals in National League play-offs}}||4||47||19 |- |2021–22<ref name=Soccerway/> |National League |43||19||4||2|| colspan="2" |—||3{{efn|Two appearances one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in National League play-offs}}||1||50||22 |- !colspan="2"|Total !116!!47!!7!!5!! colspan="2" |—!!14!!7!!137!!59 |- |rowspan="4"|Stockport County |2022–23<ref name="sb2223">{{soccerbase season|77148|2022|accessdate=22 March 2024}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|League Two |42||14||4||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||49||14 |- |2023–24<ref name="sb2324">{{soccerbase season|77148|2023|accessdate=2 September 2024}}</ref> |32||8||3||4||0||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||37||12 |- |2024–25<ref name="sb2425">{{soccerbase season|77148|2024|accessdate=11 May 2025}}</ref> |League One |46||11||3||2||0||0||2{{efn|One appearance in EFL Trophy, one appearance in the EFL League One play-offs}}||0||51||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !120!!33!!10!!6!!1!!0!!6!!0!!137!!39 |- !colspan="3" |Career total !348||96||24||11||4||0||27||8||403||115 |}
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==Honours== '''Stockport County''' *EFL League Two: 2023–24<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stockportcounty.com/join-us-in-league-one-next-season/ | title=Join us in League One next season | date=7 May 2024 }}</ref> *EFL Trophy runner-up: 2025–26<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c79j7v7lpgdt#Line-ups |title=Luton Town 3–1 Stockport County: Line-ups |website=BBC Sport |date=12 April 2026 |access-date=2 May 2026}}</ref>
'''Individual''' * Stockport County Player of the Season: 2022–23,<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2023 |title=Stockport County on X |url=https://twitter.com/StockportCounty/status/1659212250308296705 |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=Twitter}}</ref> 2024–25<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.stockportcounty.com/news/2026/april/26/2025-26-end-of-season-award-winners-announced/|title=2025/26 End of Season Award winners announced|website=www.stockportcounty.com|date=26 April 2026|accessdate=27 April 2026}}</ref> *EFL League One Team of the Season: 2025–26<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2026/april/19/see-who-made-the-efl-team-of-the-season-lineups/ |title=See who made the EFL Team of the Season lineups |website=EFL |date=20 April 2026 |access-date=2 May 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Soccerbase}}
{{Stockport County F.C. squad}} {{Navboxes | title = Awards | bg= Gold | list1 = {{2025–26 EFL League One Team of the Season}} {{Stockport County F.C. Player of the Year}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wootton, Kyle}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Kidderminster Category:Black British sportsmen Category:21st-century Black British people Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players Category:Lincoln City F.C. players Category:North Ferriby United A.F.C. players Category:Cheltenham Town F.C. players Category:Stevenage F.C. players Category:Notts County F.C. players Category:Stockport County F.C. players Category:21st-century English sportsmen