Full name | Nottingham Forest Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees | |||
Founded | 1865 | |||
Ground |
The City Ground Nigel Doughty Academy | |||
Chairman | Tom Cartledge | |||
Manager | Chris McGuane (Head of Academy) Warren Joyce (Under 21's) Tom Mallinson (Under 18's) | |||
League |
Premier League 2 (Under 21's) U18 Premier League (Under 18's) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 21s or Nottingham Forest F.C. B Team are the reserve team of Nottingham Forest. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The B team is coached by Warren Joyce.
Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 18s are the youth team of Nottingham Forest. The youth team is coached by Tom Mallinson.
The Nottingham Forest Academy as a whole is managed by Chris McGuane.
The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart. The academy is run by full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers alongside Chris McGuane. The academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m2) site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football; these include Jermaine Jenas, Michael Dawson, his brother Andy, James Perch, Carlos Merino, Scott Loach, Andy Reid and Marlon Harewood. Many of these players have gone on to play at international level. Others were released by the academy and went on to develop their careers successfully elsewhere, including Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tom Huddlestone.
The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of the Premier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 to Arsenal in the play-off final.
The Nottingham Forest academy was officially renamed The Nigel Doughty Academy in October 2012 in memory of the former owner Nigel Doughty, who died earlier in the year. [1]
In May 2021, the academy secured a conditional licence to operate a Category 1 Academy. This would allow the club's U21 and U18 teams to enter the elite academy games programme, including Premier League 2 and cup competitions. [2]
For the 2023–24 season, Forest entered an under-21 side to the EFL Trophy for the first time. [3]
Nat. | No. | Pos. | Name | Date of Birth | Contract Exp. | Notes | Ref. |
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- | GK | Aaron Charlie Bott | 6 September 2004 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [6] [7] | |
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- | GK | William Michael Brook | 9 November 2003 | [8] [9] | ||
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- | GK | Harry Griffiths | 4 May 2005 | [10] [11] | ||
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- | DF | Zach MacFarlane Abbott | 13 May 2006 | 30 June 2026 | [12] [13] | |
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- | DF | Finley Jude William Back | 25 September 2002 | [14] | ||
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- | DF | Aaron Martin Donnelly | 8 June 2003 | 30 June 2025 | [15] [16] | |
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- | DF | Benjamin George Hammond | 1 July 2004 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [17] [18] | |
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- | DF | Justin Thomas Hanks | 1 September 2004 | 30 June 2025 | [19] [20] | |
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- | DF | Kyle James McAdam | 24 December 2004 | 30 June 2026 | [21] [22] | |
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- | DF | Jamie Christopher Newton | 22 July 2005 | 30 June 2025 | [23] [24] | |
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- | DF | Jack Ethan Thompson | 5 May 2005 | 30 June 2026 | [25] [26] | |
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- | MF | Shae Lou Tim Cahill | 26 April 2005 | 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. | [27] [28] | |
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- | MF | Samuel Haig Collins | 16 September 2003 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [29] [30] | |
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- | MF | Jamie Carson McDonnell | 16 February 2004 | [31] [32] | ||
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- | MF | Jack Richard Nadin | 31 October 2004 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [33] [34] | |
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- | MF | Jack William Perkins | 26 October 2003 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [35] [36] | |
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- | MF | Benjamin Marshall Perry | 11 October 2004 | 30 June 2026 | [37] [38] | |
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- | MF | Joshua Alan Powell | 9 January 2005 | [39] [40] | ||
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- | MF | Joel Peter Thompson | 25 July 2005 | [41] | ||
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- | FW | Joseph Charles Gardner | 6 June 2005 | [42] [43] | ||
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- | FW | Manni Sam Norkett | 30 October 2004 | [44] [45] | ||
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- | FW | Detlef Esapa Osong | 21 September 2004 | 30 June 2026 | On loan to Rotherham United | [46] [47] [48] |
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- | FW | Dale Taylor | 12 December 2003 | 30 June 2025 | [49] [50] |
Nat. | No. | Pos. | Name | Date of Birth | Contract Exp. | Notes | Ref. |
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- | GK | Theoron Avery Brown | 10 May 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [53] [54] | |
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- | GK | Keehan Martyn Willows | 1 October 2005 | 30 June 2025 | [55] [56] | |
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- | GK | Zac Smith | 30 June 2026 | [57] [58] | ||
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- | DF | Ethan Broomes | 30 June 2026 | [59] [60] | ||
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- | DF | David Dennis Ayodeji Modupe | 23 September 2006 | 30 June 2027 | [61] [62] | |
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- | DF | Bubbacar Sanneh | 30 June 2026 | [63] | ||
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- | DF | James Sinclair | 11 August 2006 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [64] [65] | |
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- | DF | Will Thompson | 30 June 2026 | [66] [67] | ||
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- | DF | Jonathan Whiteley | 30 June 2026 | [68] [69] | ||
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- | MF | Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko | 29 January 2006 | 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. | [70] [71] | |
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- | MF | Adam Evan Berry | 9 January 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [72] [73] | |
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- | MF | Evan Boulter | 30 June 2026 | [74] [75] | ||
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- | MF | Alfie William Bradshaw | 30 June 2026 | [76] [77] | ||
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- | MF | Kristian Takura Clarke | 2 November 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [78] [79] | |
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- | MF | Cormac Daly | 17 March 2007 | 30 June 2026 | [80] [81] | |
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- | MF | Isaac Davies | 30 June 2026 | [82] [83] | ||
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- | MF | Frank Djamna | 30 June 2026 | [84] [85] | ||
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- | MF | Theo Jae Simon Flanagan | 8 October 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [86] [87] | |
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- | MF | Georgios Spyridon Lemonakis | 30 June 2025 | [88] [89] | ||
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- | MF | Faruq Adekunle Smith | 30 June 2025 | [90] | ||
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- | MF | Fuad Smith | 30 June 2026 | [91] [92] | ||
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- | MF | Jordan Willows | 30 June 2026 | [93] | ||
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- | MF | Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall | 21 May 2006 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [94] [95] | |
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- | FW | Zyan Blake | 30 June 2026 | [96] [97] | ||
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- | FW | Taeneal Brandy | 30 June 2026 | [98] [99] | ||
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- | FW | Connor Lewis Brown | 9 November 2005 | [100] | ||
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- | FW | Jayden Powell | [101] [102] | |||
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- | FW | Amarn Michael Robinson | 30 June 2025 | [103] [104] |
Academy staff | |
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Head of Football Development & Talent Management |
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Head of Academy |
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Head of Academy Coaching and Player Development |
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Head of Academy Goalkeeping |
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Head of Academy Performance Analysis |
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Academy Secretary |
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Under 21s Lead Coach |
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Under 21s Assistant Coach | vacant |
Under 21s Lead Physical Performance Coach |
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Under 18s Lead Coach |
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Under 18s Assistant Coach | vacant |
Under 18s Individual Development Lead & Analyst |
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Players currently playing for Nottingham Forest are listed below in bold. The decade players are listed in indicates when they began playing with the academy, not the first team.
Full name | Nottingham Forest Football Club | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Nickname(s) | Forest, The Reds, NFFC, The Tricky Trees | |||
Founded | 1865 | |||
Ground |
The City Ground Nigel Doughty Academy | |||
Chairman | Tom Cartledge | |||
Manager | Chris McGuane (Head of Academy) Warren Joyce (Under 21's) Tom Mallinson (Under 18's) | |||
League |
Premier League 2 (Under 21's) U18 Premier League (Under 18's) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
|
Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 21s or Nottingham Forest F.C. B Team are the reserve team of Nottingham Forest. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The B team is coached by Warren Joyce.
Nottingham Forest F.C. Under 18s are the youth team of Nottingham Forest. The youth team is coached by Tom Mallinson.
The Nottingham Forest Academy as a whole is managed by Chris McGuane.
The Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy was launched in 1997 under the supervision of Paul Hart. The academy is run by full and part-time staff including ex-professional footballers alongside Chris McGuane. The academy is located at a 24-acre (97,000 m2) site in Nottingham. Since its inception the academy has nurtured the talents of many players that have made it into top flight football; these include Jermaine Jenas, Michael Dawson, his brother Andy, James Perch, Carlos Merino, Scott Loach, Andy Reid and Marlon Harewood. Many of these players have gone on to play at international level. Others were released by the academy and went on to develop their careers successfully elsewhere, including Shaun Wright-Phillips and Tom Huddlestone.
The Nottingham Forest youth team has been part of the Premier Academy League since 1997, playing in group D. Their best season was 2000–01 when they won the whole competition. They almost repeated this in the 2009–10 season but eventually lost 5–3 to Arsenal in the play-off final.
The Nottingham Forest academy was officially renamed The Nigel Doughty Academy in October 2012 in memory of the former owner Nigel Doughty, who died earlier in the year. [1]
In May 2021, the academy secured a conditional licence to operate a Category 1 Academy. This would allow the club's U21 and U18 teams to enter the elite academy games programme, including Premier League 2 and cup competitions. [2]
For the 2023–24 season, Forest entered an under-21 side to the EFL Trophy for the first time. [3]
Nat. | No. | Pos. | Name | Date of Birth | Contract Exp. | Notes | Ref. |
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- | GK | Aaron Charlie Bott | 6 September 2004 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [6] [7] | |
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- | GK | William Michael Brook | 9 November 2003 | [8] [9] | ||
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- | GK | Harry Griffiths | 4 May 2005 | [10] [11] | ||
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- | DF | Zach MacFarlane Abbott | 13 May 2006 | 30 June 2026 | [12] [13] | |
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- | DF | Finley Jude William Back | 25 September 2002 | [14] | ||
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- | DF | Aaron Martin Donnelly | 8 June 2003 | 30 June 2025 | [15] [16] | |
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- | DF | Benjamin George Hammond | 1 July 2004 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [17] [18] | |
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- | DF | Justin Thomas Hanks | 1 September 2004 | 30 June 2025 | [19] [20] | |
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- | DF | Kyle James McAdam | 24 December 2004 | 30 June 2026 | [21] [22] | |
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- | DF | Jamie Christopher Newton | 22 July 2005 | 30 June 2025 | [23] [24] | |
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- | DF | Jack Ethan Thompson | 5 May 2005 | 30 June 2026 | [25] [26] | |
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- | MF | Shae Lou Tim Cahill | 26 April 2005 | 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. | [27] [28] | |
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- | MF | Samuel Haig Collins | 16 September 2003 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [29] [30] | |
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- | MF | Jamie Carson McDonnell | 16 February 2004 | [31] [32] | ||
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- | MF | Jack Richard Nadin | 31 October 2004 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [33] [34] | |
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- | MF | Jack William Perkins | 26 October 2003 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [35] [36] | |
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- | MF | Benjamin Marshall Perry | 11 October 2004 | 30 June 2026 | [37] [38] | |
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- | MF | Joshua Alan Powell | 9 January 2005 | [39] [40] | ||
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- | MF | Joel Peter Thompson | 25 July 2005 | [41] | ||
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- | FW | Joseph Charles Gardner | 6 June 2005 | [42] [43] | ||
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- | FW | Manni Sam Norkett | 30 October 2004 | [44] [45] | ||
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- | FW | Detlef Esapa Osong | 21 September 2004 | 30 June 2026 | On loan to Rotherham United | [46] [47] [48] |
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- | FW | Dale Taylor | 12 December 2003 | 30 June 2025 | [49] [50] |
Nat. | No. | Pos. | Name | Date of Birth | Contract Exp. | Notes | Ref. |
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- | GK | Theoron Avery Brown | 10 May 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [53] [54] | |
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- | GK | Keehan Martyn Willows | 1 October 2005 | 30 June 2025 | [55] [56] | |
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- | GK | Zac Smith | 30 June 2026 | [57] [58] | ||
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- | DF | Ethan Broomes | 30 June 2026 | [59] [60] | ||
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- | DF | David Dennis Ayodeji Modupe | 23 September 2006 | 30 June 2027 | [61] [62] | |
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- | DF | Bubbacar Sanneh | 30 June 2026 | [63] | ||
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- | DF | James Sinclair | 11 August 2006 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [64] [65] | |
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- | DF | Will Thompson | 30 June 2026 | [66] [67] | ||
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- | DF | Jonathan Whiteley | 30 June 2026 | [68] [69] | ||
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- | MF | Danny Brian Ambato Anisjko | 29 January 2006 | 30 June 2026 + 1 yr opt. | [70] [71] | |
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- | MF | Adam Evan Berry | 9 January 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [72] [73] | |
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- | MF | Evan Boulter | 30 June 2026 | [74] [75] | ||
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- | MF | Alfie William Bradshaw | 30 June 2026 | [76] [77] | ||
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- | MF | Kristian Takura Clarke | 2 November 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [78] [79] | |
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- | MF | Cormac Daly | 17 March 2007 | 30 June 2026 | [80] [81] | |
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- | MF | Isaac Davies | 30 June 2026 | [82] [83] | ||
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- | MF | Frank Djamna | 30 June 2026 | [84] [85] | ||
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- | MF | Theo Jae Simon Flanagan | 8 October 2006 | 30 June 2025 | [86] [87] | |
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- | MF | Georgios Spyridon Lemonakis | 30 June 2025 | [88] [89] | ||
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- | MF | Faruq Adekunle Smith | 30 June 2025 | [90] | ||
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- | MF | Fuad Smith | 30 June 2026 | [91] [92] | ||
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- | MF | Jordan Willows | 30 June 2026 | [93] | ||
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- | MF | Archie Harry Thomas Whitehall | 21 May 2006 | 30 June 2025 + 1 yr opt. | [94] [95] | |
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- | FW | Zyan Blake | 30 June 2026 | [96] [97] | ||
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- | FW | Taeneal Brandy | 30 June 2026 | [98] [99] | ||
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- | FW | Connor Lewis Brown | 9 November 2005 | [100] | ||
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- | FW | Jayden Powell | [101] [102] | |||
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- | FW | Amarn Michael Robinson | 30 June 2025 | [103] [104] |
Academy staff | |
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Head of Football Development & Talent Management |
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Head of Academy |
![]() |
Head of Academy Coaching and Player Development |
![]() |
Head of Academy Goalkeeping |
![]() |
Head of Academy Performance Analysis |
![]() |
Academy Secretary |
![]() |
Under 21s Lead Coach |
![]() |
Under 21s Assistant Coach | vacant |
Under 21s Lead Physical Performance Coach |
![]() |
Under 18s Lead Coach |
![]() |
Under 18s Assistant Coach | vacant |
Under 18s Individual Development Lead & Analyst |
![]() |
Players currently playing for Nottingham Forest are listed below in bold. The decade players are listed in indicates when they began playing with the academy, not the first team.