Aaron Hayden
Aaron Hayden is a central defender currently playing for the Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-21s.
Youth career
A neighbour spotted six-year-old Aaron doing kick-ups in his back garden and invited him to trial for a local team. The trial was a success, and from that club he went through several others before getting another trial, this time at Chelsea, when he was eleven. This too was a success, and he spent four years there. They switched him from an attacker to a defender. Although he enjoyed his time there he feels that he was written off a little easily following two injuries. He rebuilt his fitness with the help of a personal trainer, ballet, and Tai Chi, amongst other things, and joined Wolves when they offered him a scholarship in 2013.
He was a nominee for the 2014-15 Wolves Academy Player of the season, which was won by Regan Upton.
Ahead of the 2015-16 season, Aaron was one of a small group of U21 players who travelled with the first team to a fitness camp in Clairefontaine, where he took part in two friendlies. Then on 6 August he joined Newport County on a 28 day loan, making his professional debut in a league two game away at Cambridge, which was a 3-0 loss. The loan was extended, but the second month was cut short and he returned to Wolves on 16 September 2015.
International
Aaron was selected for England U16 for a Victory Shield match against Northern Ireland.
Career statistics
No data pre 2014-15. Wolves give no squad information for U18 apart from the FA Youth Cup. Newport games are all league apart from one in FLT. Correct up 26 November 2015.
| Aaron Hayden | |
| Full Name | Aaron Edward-George Hayden |
| Date of Birth | 16 January 1997 |
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| Place of Birth | Croydon |
| Position | Central defender |
| Nationality | English |
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Previous club/s | Chelsea, Melwood, Genesis |
| Club | Season | Senior | Under-21 Lge | Under-21 PLC | B'ham Senior Cup | Under-18 Lge | FA Youth Cup | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | ||
| Wolves | 2014-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newport (Loan) | 2015-16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |