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Full nameMatthew Aidan Cox
PositionGoalkeeper
NationalityEngland
Age23
Date of birth2 May 2003
BirthplaceLondon
Height182 cm
Shirt number#1
ClubShrewsbury
Goalkeeper
18
Appearances
5
Clean sheets
28%
CS rate
share of apps kept clean
1620
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Shrewsbury.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsMinMatch
League Two1816207.37

Scout report

Squad depthGoalkeeper

M. Cox is a 23-year-old goalkeeper at Shrewsbury, rated 29.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 180th of 478 on scout potential in the League Two. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (39.1% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cox.

Judged on this season alone, Cox graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 22nd of 33 of the 33 goalkeepers in the League Two, on 5 clean sheets across 18 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 9). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, top 40% of the 33 goalkeepers in the League Two. At 23 Cox is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 3.2 reflects that trajectory.

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Cox is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level
Current potentialTop 40% goalkeepers · League TwoCurrent season22nd of 33 goalkeepers · League Two22nd-best goalkeeper in the League Two180th in the League Two · potential13th-highest potential goalkeeper in the League Two
29.4
Ratingi
13th of 33 goalkeepers
8.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
39.1%
Minutes
rotation minutes
0
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Shrewsbury finished 19th of 24 · a lower-table side

18
Apps
5
Clean sheets
28%
CS rate
39.1%
Minutes

5 clean sheets in 18 appearances (28% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (19th of 24) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 39.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 29.4, Cox carries the 13th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the League Two (top 40%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Shrewsbury finished 19th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A rotation minutes keeper carrying the gloves this season. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.