Matthew Lowton

Also known as Matthew John Lowton

English association football player (born 1989)

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Matthew John Lowton is an English association football player who was born in Chesterfield in 1989. He competes as a full-back, specifically playing the right-back position, and wears the number 2 shirt. Lowton represents England in international competition and holds United Kingdom citizenship.

His professional career began in 2007. He has been a member of several sports teams, including Aston Villa F.C., Sheffield F.C., Sheffield United F.C., and Ferencvárosi TC. Lowton speaks English and is recognized as a human instance of the sport of soccer.

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Vinony's link graph records 105 inbound references to Matthew Lowton, and connects out to Aston Villa F.C., defender and EFL Championship.

It is catalogued under topics including 1989 births, 21st-century English sportsmen and Aston Villa F.C. players.

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Key facts

2008: → Sheffield (loan)
2009: → Ferencváros (loan)
2023: → Huddersfield Town (loan)
Full name: Matthew John Lowton
Date of birth: ( 1989-06-09 ) 9 June 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth: Chesterfield , England
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position: Right back
1999 2004: Leeds United
2004 2007: Sheffield United
Years: Team
2007 2012: Sheffield United
2012 2015: Aston Villa
2015 2023: Burnley
2023 2024: Witton Albion
2024 2025: Precision

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Right-Back
Nationality: England

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: John
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Chesterfield
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Sport: association football
Member of team: Burnley F.C.
Position played: full-back
Country for sport: England
Mass: 78
Image: Matt Lowton.jpg
Height: 180

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date of birth: 1989-06-09
Commons category: Matthew Lowton
sport number: 2
birth name: Matthew John Lowton
name in native language: Matthew Lowton
start of work period: 2007-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Matthew John Lowton (born 9 June 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back.

Lowton joined Sheffield United's academy in 2004. He spent time on loan with both non-league Sheffield and Hungarian side Ferencváros before making the break into United's first team in 2010. He played regularly for two seasons before being sold to Aston Villa in 2012. After three seasons and 72 Premier League appearances, he joined Burnley in 2015.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthew Lowton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.