# Kyle Wootton

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{{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](/source/Kidderminster), England
| height = 1.90 m<ref name="11v11"/>
| position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Stockport County](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.)
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 = 2007–2014
| youthclubs1 = [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.)
| years1 = 2014–2020
| clubs1 = [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.)
| caps1 = 66
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = → [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) (loan)
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2016–2017
| clubs3 = → [North Ferriby United](/source/North_Ferriby_United_A.F.C.) (loan)
| caps3 = 14
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = → [Cheltenham Town](/source/Cheltenham_Town_F.C.) (loan)
| caps4 = 16
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = → [Stevenage](/source/Stevenage_F.C.) (loan)
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2018
| clubs6 = → [FC Halifax Town](/source/F.C._Halifax_Town) (loan)
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019–2020
| clubs7 = → [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.) (loan)
| caps7 = 22
| goals7 = 9
| years8 = 2020–2022
| clubs8 = [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.)
| caps8 = 94
| goals8 = 38
| years9 = 2022–
| clubs9 = [Stockport County](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.)
| caps9 = 165
| goals9 = 52
| club-update = 2 May 2026 (UTC)
}}
'''Kyle Leon Wootton''' (born 11 October 1996) is an English professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who plays as a [forward](/source/forward_(association_football)) for {{English football updater|StockpoC}}  club [Stockport County](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.).

==Career==

===Scunthorpe===
Wootton joined [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.) 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](/source/first_team_(association_football)) debut for Scunthorpe on 26 August 2014, in a 1–0 loss in the second round of the [League Cup](/source/Football_League_Cup) at home to [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.).<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](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) of the [National League](/source/National_League_(division)), and in September 2016 he joined another National League club,
[North Ferriby United](/source/North_Ferriby_United_A.F.C.), 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](/source/EFL_League_Two) side [Cheltenham Town](/source/Cheltenham_Town_F.C.) 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](/source/F.C._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](/source/Notts_County_F.C.) 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](/source/Boreham_Wood_F.C.), [Halifax Town](/source/FC_Halifax_Town), [Chesterfield FC](/source/Chesterfield_F.C.) and [Eastleigh FC](/source/Eastleigh_F.C.) respectively. He would finish that season top goal scorer for the club.

===Stockport County===

On 9 June 2022, Wootton joined newly-promoted [Stockport County](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.) 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](/source/FA_Cup)
!colspan="2"|[League Cup](/source/EFL_Cup)
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="7" |[Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.)
|[2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season)<ref name=sb1415>{{soccerbase season|77148|2014|accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref>
|[League One](/source/EFL_League_One)
|12||1||1||0||1||0||0||0||14||1
|-
|[2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season)<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](/source/EFL_Trophy)}}||0||23||3
|-
|[2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season)<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](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season)<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](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season)<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](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season)<ref name=sb1920>{{soccerbase season|77148|2019|accessdate=4 March 2021}}</ref>
|[League Two](/source/EFL_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](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) (loan)
|[2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_National_League)<ref name=sb1516/>
|[National League](/source/National_League_(division))||5||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||5||1
|-
|[North Ferriby United](/source/North_Ferriby_United_A.F.C.) (loan)
|[2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_National_League)<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](/source/FA_Trophy)}}||0||16||1
|-
|[Cheltenham Town](/source/Cheltenham_Town_F.C.) (loan)
|[2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Cheltenham_Town_F.C._season)<ref name=sb1617/>
|League Two
|16||2||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||16||2
|-
|[Stevenage](/source/Stevenage_F.C.) (loan)
|[2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Stevenage_F.C._season)<ref name=sb1718/>
|League Two
|8||1||1||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}|||1||11||2
|-
|[FC Halifax Town](/source/F.C._Halifax_Town) (loan)
|[2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_National_League)<ref name=Soccerway/>
|National League
|3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0
|-
|[Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.) (loan)
|[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_National_League)<ref name=Soccerway/>
|National League
|22||9||3||3||colspan="2"|—||0||0||25||12
|-
|rowspan="4"|Notts County
|[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_National_League)<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](/source/National_League_(division))}}||2||15||6
|-
|[2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_National_League)<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](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_National_League)<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](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.)
|[2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Stockport_County_F.C._season)<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](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Stockport_County_F.C._season)<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](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Stockport_County_F.C._season)<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](/source/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
|}

{{notelist}}

==Honours==
'''Stockport County'''
*[EFL League Two](/source/EFL_League_Two): [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_League_Two)<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](/source/EFL_Trophy) runner-up: [2025–26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_EFL_Trophy)<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](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.) Player of the Season: [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Stockport_County_F.C._season),<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](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Stockport_County_F.C._season)<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](/source/EFL_Awards): [2025–26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_EFL_League_One)<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>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}

{{Stockport County F.C. squad}}
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{{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

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