Matthew Ghent

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Matthew Ghent

Full name	Matthew Ian Ghent
Date of birth	5 September 1980
Place of birth	Burton upon Trent, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	None
Youth clubs
1996-1997	Aston Villa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2000 2000-2001 2001 2001-2003 2006 2006	Aston Villa Lincoln City Forest Green Rovers Barnsley Sutton Town Tamworth	0 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 8 (0) - (0) 1 (0)
National team
1996-1997 1998-1999	England U-16 England U-18	- (0) - (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:01, 22 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Ghent was born on 5 September 1980 in Burton upon Trent, England and is currently without a club. A goalkeeper, Ghent was recently playing for Nationwide Conference side Tamworth.

Matthew started his football career with Aston Villa as an associated schoolboy player before turning professional in 1997. He never made any first team appearances for Aston Villa and left the club on 2 December 2000 to join Lincoln City.

Ghent made only one appearance at Lincoln City before moving on to Forest Green Rovers where he made 2 appearances for the club.

After a brief spell with Lincoln City and Forest Green Rovers, Ghent headed north to Yorkshire club Barnsley where he made 8 appearances over two seasons.

After three years out of the professional game with a number of personal issues including a spell in prison, Ghent trialled with his local side Tamworth during the summer of 2006 before joining Sutton Town. He then rejoined Tamworth, making his first and only appearance for the club against York City in a 2-2 draw.

Ghent has also played for England U-16 and England U-18, this was during his playing days at Aston Villa.