30 Facts About Matt Godden

Matthew James Godden was born on 29 July 1991 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Charlton Athletic.

Matt Godden joined Ebbsfleet United of the Conference Premier, one of the clubs he had spent time on loan at, on a permanent basis in May 2014.

Matt Godden spent two seasons at Ebbsfleet, before making a return to the Football League when he signed for Stevenage in June 2016.

Matt Godden spent two years at Stevenage before joining Peterborough United in June 2018.

Matt Godden started his career at Scunthorpe United, making the decision to move from Kent at the age of 15 to take up Scunthorpe's offer of a place on the club's apprenticeship programme.

Matt Godden scored nine goals in 20 games during the loan spell, noting how important gaining experience regarding "the more physical side of football" was in terms of his development.

Matt Godden briefly returned to his parent club before being loaned out , this time joining Conference North club Ilkeston Town towards the end of 2009.

Matt Godden signed a one-year contract extension to remain at Scunthorpe on 7 June 2010.

Matt Godden made a further five appearances during January 2011, all of which were from the substitutes' bench, and made seven first-team appearances for Scunthorpe during the campaign.

Matt Godden subsequently signed a new contract extension later that month, to remain at Scunthorpe until the summer of 2013.

In March 2012, having not played any football for over a year, Matt Godden joined Conference North club Gainsborough Trinity on a one-month loan agreement.

Matt Godden made four appearances during the loan, which was curtailed by a calf injury that meant he returned to Scunthorpe earlier than planned.

Matt Godden scored in his following two league matches for Ebbsfleet at the start of December 2012, in home games against Grimsby Town and Cambridge United respectively.

Matt Godden made five appearances during the month-long loan, scoring three times, and although his loan deal with initially extended by a further month on 6 December 2012, he was recalled by Scunthorpe just a week later.

Matt Godden was sent on loan to another Conference Premier club in the form of Dartford on 8 October 2013, signing on an initial one-month deal.

Matt Godden highlighted the importance of the loan spell with his contract at Scunthorpe expiring at the end of the season.

The loan deal was extended by a further two months, and Matt Godden went on to make 10 appearances during the loan spell, scoring five times.

Matt Godden scored five goals in 10 appearances during the loan spell.

Matt Godden subsequently signed a two-year contract with Conference South club Ebbsfleet United on 30 May 2014, who he had previously been on loan at on two occasions.

Matt Godden's season started with injury, which meant he missed the opening game of the season, and he did not score for the first 14 league games of his Ebbsfleet career as he was deployed as a right winger, a position he had never previously played in.

Matt Godden ended the season having scored 13 times in 37 appearances in all competitions, as Ebbsfleet finished ten points off the play-off places in eighth place.

Matt Godden scored 30 goals in 45 matches in a season where Ebbsfleet would miss out on promotion back to the National League after losing on penalties to Maidstone United in the National League South play-off final.

Matt Godden scored eight goals during the first half of the season, averaging a goal every three games, and signed a two-year contract extension on 1 December 2016.

Matt Godden ended the season as Stevenage's top goalscorer, scoring 21 goals in 43 matches in all competitions, in a season where Stevenage would miss out on the play-off places as a result of a tenth-place finish.

Matt Godden was named Stevenage's Player of the Year at the club's end-of-season award ceremony.

Matt Godden scored 14 times in 44 appearances in all competitions in a season where Stevenage would finish in 16th-place in League Two.

Matt Godden joined Peterborough for an undisclosed six-figure fee and on a three-year contract.

Matt Godden is a young man who, without a shadow of a doubt, will score goals for Peterborough United.

Matt Godden scored the winning goal late in injury time on his return to the first team against Reading in September 2021.

On 3 July 2024, Matt Godden joined Charlton Athletic on a two-year deal with a club option of a further year for an undisclosed fee.