Joe Willock

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Joe Willock
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Willock playing for Arsenal in 2018
Personal information
Full name Joseph George Willock[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Waltham Forest, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[3]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 28
Youth career
2014–2017 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Arsenal 40 (1)
2021 → Newcastle United (loan) 14 (8)
2021– Newcastle United 112 (6)
International career
2014 England U16 2 (1)
2017–2018 England U19 6 (0)
2018–2019 England U20 7 (4)
2019–2020 England U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:43, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Joseph George Willock (born 20 August 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United.

Club career

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Arsenal

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A youth product of Arsenal, Willock joined Arsenal at age four-and-a-half, having been allowed to play alongside his older brothers.[4] He made his first-team debut for the club on 20 September 2017 in the EFL Cup against Doncaster Rovers.[5]

Willock made his Premier League debut against Newcastle United on 15 April 2018.[6] He scored his first senior goal on 29 November 2018 in a 3–0 UEFA Europa League victory away at Vorskla Poltava.[7] He then scored his first brace in a 3–0 FA Cup victory away at Blackpool on 5 January 2019.[8]

On 12 September 2019, it was announced that Willock had signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal.[9][10] On 19 September 2019, he played as Arsenal won 3–0 against Eintracht Frankfurt by scoring a deflected effort to open the scoring in the opening matchday of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.[11] Willock scored his first goal at the Emirates Stadium on 24 September 2019 after tapping-in Arsenal's third goal in a 5–0 EFL Cup win over Nottingham Forest, set-up by Héctor Bellerín.[12] On 25 June 2020, he scored his first Premier League goal in a 2–0 win over Southampton.[13]

Newcastle United

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On 1 February 2021, Willock joined Newcastle United on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[14] On 6 February, Willock scored in the 16th minute on his debut in a 3–2 win over Southampton.[15] After scoring in three consecutive substitute appearances against Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Liverpool,[16][17][18] Willock was rewarded with a start against Leicester City, where he was once again on target, scoring the opening goal in a 4–2 win.[19] On 14 May, Willock scored in a 4–3 defeat against Manchester City.[20] On 19 May, he scored in his sixth consecutive league game, becoming the youngest player in Premier League history to do so at the age of 21 years and 272 days, a record previously held by Romelu Lukaku.[21] This was surpassed by Rasmus Højlund on 18 February 2024.[22] Four days later, on the final day of the Premier League season, he scored again to equal the club record of consecutive games scored in, set by Alan Shearer.[23]

On 13 August 2021, Newcastle confirmed the signing of Willock on a six-year contract.[24] The fee was reported to be £25 million.[25] On 19 February 2022, Willock scored his first goal since signing permanently for the club, in a 1–1 draw against West Ham United.[26] The following week, he scored Newcastle's second goal in a 2–0 win over Brentford.[27]

On 16 March 2025 Joe Willock came off the bench to appear in the 2025 EFL Cup final and become part of the first Newcastle United team to win a major domestic honour in 70 years.[28] Willock had scored the team's only goal against Nottingham Forest in the second round of the tournament to help the club to the final.[29]

International career

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Willock scored for the England under-16 team against Scotland in the 2014 Victory Shield.[30] He also represented the England under-19 team but was one of a number of players withdrawn from selection for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship by their club.[31]

Willock represented the England under-20 team in the 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League and scored the winning goals in games against Italy[32] and Germany.[33] Willock was a member of an England Under-20 side at the 2019 Toulon Tournament and scored in group stage defeats against Portugal[34] and Chile.[35]

On 30 August 2019, Willock was included in the England under-21 squad for the first time[36] but had to withdraw due to injury.[37] He eventually made his U21 debut on 11 October 2019 during a 2–2 draw with Slovenia in Maribor.[38]

Personal life

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Willock was born in Walthamstow [39] which is located in Waltham Forest, Greater London.[40] His brothers, Chris and Matty, are also footballers. All three brothers shared a pitch when Manchester United played a reserve game against Arsenal in May 2017.[41] He is of Montserratian descent.[42]

Career statistics

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As of match played 17 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 2017–18[43] Premier League 2 0 1 0 3 0 5[a] 0 0 0 11 0
2018–19[44] Premier League 2 0 1 2 0 0 3[a] 1 — 6 3
2019–20[45] Premier League 29 1 5 0 2 2 8[a] 2 — 44 5
2020–21[46] Premier League 7 0 1 0 3 0 5[a] 3 1[b] 0 17 3
Total 40 1 8 2 8 2 21 6 1 0 78 11
Arsenal U21 2018–19[44] — — — — 2[c] 3 2 3
Newcastle United (loan) 2020–21[46] Premier League 14 8 — — — — 14 8
Newcastle United 2021–22[47] Premier League 29 2 1 0 1 0 — — 31 2
2022–23[48] Premier League 35 3 1 0 7 0 — — 43 3
2023–24[49] Premier League 9 1 2 0 1 1 2[d] 0 — 14 2
2024–25[50] Premier League 32 0 2 2 7 1 — — 41 3
2025–26[51] Premier League 7 0 0 0 2 0 3[d] 0 — 12 0
Total 112 6 6 2 18 2 5 0 — 141 10
Career total 166 15 14 4 26 4 26 6 3 3 235 32
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in FA Community Shield
  3. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Arsenal

Newcastle United

Individual

See also

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References

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