Zak Swanson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zachary Swanson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Cambridge, England | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portsmouth | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2020 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → MVV Maastricht (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Portsmouth | 69 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Zachary Swanson (born 28 September 2000) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Portsmouth.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Cambridge, Swanson joined Arsenal at the age of 6 and signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2019.[3] In August 2020, Swanson joined Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht on a season-long loan deal.[4] After making just three appearances, he was recalled in December 2020.
On 4 July 2022, Swanson signed for League One side Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal with the option for a further year.[5] On 29 October 2022, he scored his first senior goal in a 1–1 draw with Shrewsbury Town.[6]
Media
[edit | edit source]Swanson was involved in the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing: Arsenal, which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–22 season.[7]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of 18 November 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal U23 | 2019–20[9] | – | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021–22[10] | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenal | 2020–21[11] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2020–21[11] | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Portsmouth | 2022–23[12] | League One | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| 2023–24[13] | League One | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2024–25[14] | Championship | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0[c] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2025–26[15] | Championship | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 69 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 89 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 72 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 98 | 5 | ||
Honours
[edit | edit source]Portsmouth
References
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Cambridge
- Men's association football defenders
- Arsenal F.C. players
- MVV Maastricht players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Eerste Divisie players
- English Football League players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- 21st-century English sportsmen