{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Trai Hume |image = Traihumesafcawards.jpg |caption = Hume in 2023 |full_name = Trai Hume<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf |title=Club list of registered players: As at 17th May 2025 |publisher=English Football League |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|18|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Ballymena]], Northern Ireland |height = 1.80 m<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/northern-ireland-senior-men/trai-hume|title=Trai Hume|website=IFA}}</ref> |position = [[Full-back (association football)|Full-back]] |currentclub = [[Sunderland A.F.C|Sunderland]] |clubnumber = 32 |youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013 |youthclubs1 = [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]] |youthyears2 = 2013–2019 |youthclubs2 = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] |years1 = 2019–2022 |clubs1 = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] |caps1 = 21 |goals1 = 3 |years2 = 2020–2021 |clubs2 = → [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]] (loan) |caps2 = 34 |goals2 = 5 |years3 = 2022– |clubs3 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] |caps3 = 158 |goals3 = 8 |nationalyears1 = 2018–2019 |nationalteam1 = [[Northern Ireland national under-17 football team|Northern Ireland U17]] |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2019 |nationalteam2 = [[Northern Ireland national under-19 football team|Northern Ireland U19]] |nationalcaps2 = 4 |nationalgoals2 = 0 |nationalyears3 = 2020–2021 |nationalteam3 = [[Northern Ireland national under-21 football team|Northern Ireland U21]] |nationalcaps3 = 9 |nationalgoals3 = 0 |nationalyears4 = 2022– |nationalteam4 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] |nationalcaps4 = 26 |nationalgoals4 = 1 |pcupdate = 17:03, 24 May 2026 (UTC) |ntupdate = 22:24, 10 October 2025 (UTC) }}
'''Trai Hume''' (born 18 March 2002) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a [[full-back (association football)|full-back]] for {{English football updater|Sunderld}} club [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and the [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland national team]]. He previously played in the Irish Premiership for [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] and [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]].
==Early and personal life== Hume attended Slemish College in [[Ballymena]] and the NIFL Academy <ref>{{Cite web|title=WATCH {{!}} Clinical U16 Schoolboys side put seven past Australians|url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/2019/january/watch-clinical-u16-schoolboys-side-put-seven-past-australians|access-date=2022-01-05|website=IFA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=U16 and U18 Schoolboys squads to face Australians revealed|url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/2019/january/u16-and-u18-schoolboys-squads-to-face-australians-revealed|access-date=2022-01-05|website=IFA|language=en}}</ref>
==Club career== Hume played youth football for Ballymena United and Linfield. He signed a professional contract with Linfield in January 2019 until the end of the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FC|first=Linfield|title=First Team Profiles : Trai Hume|url=https://www.linfieldfc.com/firstteamprofiles.aspx?id=441|access-date=2022-01-05|website=The Official Website of Linfield FC|language=en}}</ref> Hume made his first team debut for Linfield as a substitute in a 5–1 [[NIFL Premiership|Irish Premiership]] win against Cliftonville on 23 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FC|first=Linfield|title=Match Report: The Champions turn on the style!|url=https://www.linfieldfc.com/matchreport.aspx?id=1134|access-date=2022-01-05|website=The Official Website of Linfield FC|language=en}}</ref> On 7 September 2020, he agreed two-year contract extension with Linfield.
On 11 September 2020, Hume signed a season-long loan deal with his hometown club Ballymena United.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DOUBLE SIGNING FOR SKY BLUES|url=https://www.nifootballleague.com/news/2020/september/double-signing-for-sky-blues/|access-date=2022-01-05|website=NI Football League|language=en}}</ref> He made his debut for the ''Sky Blues'' in a 1–0 Irish Premiership win against [[Coleraine F.C.|Coleraine]] on 16 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trai Hume {{!}} Player Statistics {{!}} Ballymena United (Ballymena United Archive)|url=https://bufchistory.com/player.php?id=509|access-date=2022-01-05|website=bufchistory.com|language=en}}</ref> He made a total of 37 appearances in all competitions for Ballymena, scoring six goals.
He returned to Linfield for the 2021–22 season and played in the qualifying rounds for both the [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[UEFA Europa Conference League]], establishing himself as the club's first-choice right back.
Hume scored his first goal for Linfield in a 3–0 [[NIFL Premiership|Irish League]] win against [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]] on 28 September 2021. He also scored in his final game for the club against [[Dungannon Swifts F.C.|Dungannon Swifts]] on 1 January 2022.
On 4 January 2022, Hume signed for [[EFL League One]] club [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-04|title=Trai Hume signs up|url=https://www.safc.com:443/news/team-news/2022/january/trai-hume-signs-for-sunderland|access-date=2022-01-05|website=Sunderland Association Football Club|language=en}}</ref> He had made a total of 31 appearances in all competitions for Linfield, scoring three goals.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FC|first=Linfield|title=Interview: Linfield FC confirms signing of Trai Hume by Sunderland|url=https://www.linfieldfc.com/interview.aspx?id=3253|access-date=2022-01-05|website=The Official Website of Linfield FC|language=en}}</ref> He made his debut for Sunderland in a 2–1 league defeat to [[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]] on 8 February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Hume, Matete and Clarke fared on their full SAFC debuts – despite dismal defeat at Cheltenham|url=https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/how-trai-hume-jay-matete-and-jack-clarke-fared-on-their-full-sunderland-debuts-despite-dismal-defeat-at-cheltenham-3560988|access-date=2022-02-12|website=www.sunderlandecho.com|date=9 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Having established himself as a regular starter in the team during the [[2022–23 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2022–23 season]], in June 2023 Hume extended his contract with the English club for a further year, until 2027, with an option for another year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=Trai Hume extends contract with SAFC |url=https://www.safc.com:443/news/team-news/2023/june/hume-signs-new-contract-with-safc |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Sunderland Association Football Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-09 |title=Defender Hume signs four-year deal at Sunderland |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65861326 |access-date=2023-06-10}}</ref>
On 13 August 2025, following Sunderland's promotion to the [[Premier League]], Hume signed a long-term contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2030.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trai Hume signs new long-term contract |url=https://www.safc.com/news/2025/august/13/trai-hume-signs-long-term-contract |website=SAFC.com |publisher=Sunderland A.F.C. |date=13 August 2025 |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>
On 19th April 2026, he scored his first Premier League goal in a 4-3 defeat to Aston Villa.
==International career== Hume has played for Northern Ireland at [[Northern Ireland national under-17 football team|under-17]], [[Northern Ireland national under-19 football team|under-19]] and [[Northern Ireland national under-21 football team|under-21]] youth levels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Northern Ireland U17s complete Euro qualifiers elite round with a draw|url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/2019/march/northern-ireland-u17s-complete-euro-qualifiers-elite-round-with-a-draw|access-date=2022-01-05|website=IFA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Northern Ireland U19s lose out to Norway in tournament opener|url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/2019/november/northern-ireland-u19s-lose-out-to-norway-in-tournament-opener|access-date=2022-01-05|website=IFA|language=en}}</ref> He was sent-off in a 2–0 [[2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification]] defeat against Malta on 16 November 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Watch: Trai Hume shown controversial red card as Northern Ireland U21s lose out to Malta at Mourneview Park|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/watch-trai-hume-shown-controversial-red-card-as-northern-ireland-u21s-lose-out-to-malta-at-mourneview-park-41059746.html|access-date=2022-01-05|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
Hume was called up to the senior [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] squad in March 2022. He made his debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60737358 |title=Northern Ireland: Hume and Lane called up to NI squad for Luxembourg and Lithuania friendlies |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>
Hume scored his first ever international goal against [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]] during the [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A|2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers]] to make it 2–0, helping Northern Ireland to gain a famous victory and derailed Slovakia's qualification hope in process.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13448031/northern-ireland-2-0-slovakia-trai-hume-nets-first-ni-goal-in-world-cup-qualifying-win|title=Northern Ireland 2–0 Slovakia: Trai Hume nets first NI goal in World Cup qualifying win | Football News | Sky Sports}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 24 May 2026}}<ref>{{soccerway|trai-hume/578181}}</ref>
{| 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"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Irish Cup]], [[FA Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Northern Ireland Football League Cup|NI Football League Cup]], [[EFL Cup]]}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|[[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] |[[2018–19 NIFL Premiership|2018–19]] |[[NIFL Premiership]] |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |[[2019–20 NIFL Premiership|2019–20]] |NIFL Premiership |2||0||0||0||0||0|||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |[[2020–21 NIFL Premiership|2020–21]] |NIFL Premiership |0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |[[2021–22 NIFL Premiership|2021–22]] |NIFL Premiership |17||3||0||0||1||0||5{{efn|One appearance in [[UEFA Champions League]], four appearances in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||23||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !21!!3!!0!!0!!1!!0!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!27!!3 |- |[[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]] (loan) |[[2020–21 NIFL Premiership|2020–21]] |NIFL Premiership |34||5||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||5 |- |rowspan="6"|[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] |[[2021–22 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2021–22]] |[[EFL League One|League One]] |3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||3||0 |- |[[2022–23 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2022–23]] |[[EFL Championship|Championship]] |28||2||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=CPO|Appearances in [[EFL Championship play-offs]]}}||1||34||3 |- |[[2023–24 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2023–24]] |Championship |46||1||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47||1 |- |[[2024–25 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2024–25]] |Championship |44||3||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|name=CPO}}||0||48||3 |- |[[2025–26 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2025–26]] |[[Premier League]] |37||2||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !158!!8!!7!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!5!!1!!171!!9 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !213!!16!!10!!0!!2!!0!!5!!0!!5!!1!!235!!17 |}
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===International=== {{updated|match played 31 March 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|[[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] |2022||2||0 |- |2023||8||0 |- |2024||9||0 |- |2025||8||1 |- |2026||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!29!!1 |}
:''Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hume goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Trai Hume |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- |align="center"| 1 || 10 October 2025 || [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland || {{fb|SVK}} || align="center" | 2–0 || align="center" | 2–0 || [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |}
==Honours== '''Linfield''' *[[NIFL Premiership]]: [[2021–22 NIFL Premiership|2021–22]]{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
'''Sunderland''' *[[EFL League One play-offs]]: [[2022 English Football League play-offs#League One|2022]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61447041 |title=Sunderland 2–0 Wycombe |first=Chris |last=Paddy |website=BBC Sport |date=21 May 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> *[[EFL Championship play-offs]]: [[2025 EFL Championship play-offs|2025]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c62vgp6z7q3t#Line-ups |title=Sheffield United 1–2 Sunderland: Line-ups |website=BBC Sport |date=24 May 2025 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>
'''Individual''' *[[Irish Football Association|Northern Ireland]] Senior Men's Player of the Year: 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=27 December 2023 |title=Hume wins Northern Ireland Player of the Year |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cg3dwkd3ewjo |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref> *[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] Player of the Season: [[2024–25 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2024–25]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.safc.com/news/2025/may/05/club-honours-players-and-staff-at-annual-awards-evening/ |title=Club Honours Players and Staff at Annual Awards Evening |website=Sunderland AFC |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Sunderland A.F.C. squad}} {{Sunderland A.F.C. Player of the Year}}
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