33 Facts About Wayne Hennessey

Wayne Robert Hennessey was born on 24 January 1987 and is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest and the Wales national team.

Wayne Hennessey played 166 times for Wolverhampton Wanderers over eight seasons, including three years at Premier League level.

Wayne Hennessey played 132 total games in eight seasons at Palace, including their defeat in the 2016 FA Cup final, and then played for Burnley and Nottingham Forest.

Wayne Hennessey was in the Wales squads for the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, reaching the semi-finals of the former, and was chosen for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Wayne Hennessey is a cousin of Terry Wayne Hennessey, who earned 39 caps for Wales from 1962 to 1972.

Wayne Hennessey began as a trainee at Manchester City but was released in 2003, whereupon he joined the youth academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wayne Hennessey did go back to Bristol City in August 2006 on a one-month loan deal, but he did not make an appearance and returned to his parent club early due to an arm injury.

Wayne Hennessey went on to set a Football League record of nine successive clean sheets and wins.

Wayne Hennessey's feat means he now holds County's record for the longest period without conceding a goal, beating Harry Hardy's 85-year-old record.

Wayne Hennessey therefore did not concede in his first nine-and-a-half matches of competitive club football.

Wayne Hennessey was recalled by Wolves in April 2007 after another injury to first-choice Matt Murray, and found himself on the substitutes bench for several games.

When Murray broke his shoulder on the eve of Wolves' Championship play-off semi-final first leg against local rivals West Bromwich Albion, Wayne Hennessey stepped in to make his Wolves debut.

Wayne Hennessey then regained and kept his place in goal for the remainder of the season which culminated with promotion to the Premier League as champions after a five-year absence.

In July 2010, Wayne Hennessey extended his contract with Wolves to run until the summer of 2015.

Wayne Hennessey then held on to the spot for the remainder of the campaign as the club narrowly avoided relegation on the final day.

However, before this deal was officially concluded Wayne Hennessey suffered a hamstring problem while on international duty with the Welsh national team and so the proposed loan was scrapped.

Although, on 21 August 2013, after an injury to Yeovil's replacement goalkeeper Sam Johnstone Wayne Hennessey officially joined Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan which was eventually extended until 17 November 2013.

When Ikeme suffered an injury in January 2014, Wayne Hennessey declined to play in the following fixture against Gillingham, launching speculation that he wanted a move away from the club.

Wayne Hennessey ended the season starting in Palace's final two league fixtures, wins against Liverpool and Swansea City, keeping his first Premier League clean sheet for the club in the latter match.

Wayne Hennessey was sidelined from October 2020 until the following February, with a thigh injury from an international match.

Wayne Hennessey left Crystal Palace in July 2021 upon being released.

On 20 July 2021, Wayne Hennessey joined Burnley on a free transfer following his release from Crystal Palace, signing a two-year deal.

On 15 July 2022, Wayne Hennessey returned to the Premier League following Burnley's relegation to join newly promoted Nottingham Forest on a two-year contract.

Wayne Hennessey was capped for Wales at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.

Wayne Hennessey once scored for the under-19 side with a 40-yard free kick against Turkey.

Wayne Hennessey played in all ten of Wales' qualifying matches for UEFA Euro 2016, conceding just four times, as they reached their first major international tournament since the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Wayne Hennessey started the remaining matches as Wales progressed to the semi-finals of the tournament before losing to Portugal.

Wayne Hennessey was selected for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in May 2021, but was now second-choice to Ward, who had taken his place while he was injured.

Wayne Hennessey was chosen for the final squad in Qatar.

Wayne Hennessey would become the only player to receive a straight red card in the 2022 World Cup; the other players who were dismissed in the tournament received two yellow cards in one match.

In January 2019, an investigation was launched by The FA after Wayne Hennessey was pictured making what appeared to be a Nazi salute in a group photo posted on Instagram by teammate Max Meyer.

Wayne Hennessey denied making the salute, claiming that "any kind of resemblance to that kind of gesture is absolutely coincidental", despite appearing to have his left hand between his mouth and nose, mimicking a moustache, and right hand extended out in front of him.

Wayne Hennessey provided photographs of him making similar gestures during matches to attract the attention of team-mates, although these photographs did not depict him mimicking a moustache with his other hand.