Dominic Iorfa
Dominic Iorfa is a defender at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is a regular in their U21 team, and has recently started playing for their first team.
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| Full Name | Dominic Iorfa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | 24 June 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of Birth | Southend-on-Sea | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous club/s | Southend United | ||||||||||||||||||
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Youth Career
Iorfa is the son of the Nigerian international striker of the same name. He joined the Wolves academy from Southend's youth system, joining as an Under-16 player.
Shrewsbury Town
Iorfa's first taste of league football came at League One Shrewsbury, as an 18 year old. He joined them on loan on 18 March 2014, and played seven times for them.
Wolves first team
After featuring regularly at U21 level, Dominic Iorfa made his Wolves full competitive début on 6 December 2014 at the age of 19. It was a Championship match against Bournemouth at Molineux, which Wolves eventually lost 1-2, having had two players sent off. Although he claims to feel most comfortable in the centre of defence, most if not all of his senior games have so far been at right back.
International
To date Iorfa has two England caps, one at U18 level and one at U20 level against Portugal away.
Career statistics
No data pre 2014-15. Wolves give no squad information for U18 apart from the FA Youth Cup. Senior includes 2 FA Cup matches. Correct up to 25 January 2015.
| 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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career honours
Contract
Iorfa received his first contract in 2013, signed a new on in April 2014 which kept him at Wolves until 2015 with the club holding an option for a further year, and on 7 January 2015 he signed another new contract keeping him at the club until 2017, with Wolves again holding a further year's option.
