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Kyle
Walker-Peters
Defender
West Ham United
Shoots
Both
Signed
20/07/2025
Height
174 cm
Born
13/04/1997
Nationality
England
Weight
62 kg

West Ham United announced the signing of England international defender Kyle Walker-Peters on 20 July 2025 on a three-year contract following his departure from Southampton.

The versatile full-back, who won two senior caps for his country in 2022, is comfortable on either side of the pitch.

A Tottenham Hotspur Academy graduate, Walker-Peters arrived in east London having made nearly 150 Premier League appearances for Spurs and the Saints.

Career

Before West Ham

Born in Edmonton, north London, on 13 April 1997...Joined local club Tottenham Hotspur as a schoolboy...Won the FIFA U-20 World Cup with England in South Korea in June 2017, starting the victory over Venezuela...Made his Premier League debut for Tottenham Hotspur at Newcastle United on 13 August 1997, aged 20...Scored his first senior goal for Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup fifth-round win over Rochdale on 28 February 2018...Started Tottenham Hotspur's 1-1 draw at Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 11 December 2018...Was an unused substitute for Tottenham Hotspur in their 2019 UEFA Champions League final defeat by Liverpool...Was a regular for England at age-group level, winning over 40 caps between U18s and U21s...Joined Southampton on loan in January 2020...Made his transfer permanent to Southampton permanent in summer 2020, and went on to become a regular in the Saints’ starting line-up over the next five seasons...Played 202 times for Southampton, helping the club win promotion back to the Premier League via the EFL Championship Play-Offs in 2024...Voted into the EFL Championship Team of the Season in 2023/24...His form at St Mary’s Stadium caught the attention of Gareth Southgate, who gave him his senior England debut in March 2022 in a friendly international victory over Switzerland at Wembley...Made his second England appearance during the same international break against Ivory Coast.

Honours

Club Honours

Southampton

EFL Championship Play-Offs (2024)

Individual Honours

EFL Championship Team of the Season (2023/24)
EFL Championship PFA Team of the Year (2023/24)

International Honours

England U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup (2017)