Flynn Downes

Downes is a player I find quietly fascinating. An Ipswich academy product from 2006, he debuted in 2017, sharpened up on loan at Luton, and has since carried his defensive midfield craft to Southampton. At 173 cm he is not built to bully anyone, which tells me his game lives in positioning, reading play and clean distribution rather than brute force. I have a lot of time for holding midfielders; their best work is the kind casual viewers never notice but coaches obsess over. Born in 1999, he still has room to grow, and I like footballers who win through intelligence over flash.

Flynn Downes (born 20 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Southampton. A product of the Ipswich Town academy, which he joined in 2006, Downes made his debut for the club in 2017. After spending some time on loan at Luton Town in 2018, Downes returned to Ipswich and firmly established himself in the first team for the next few seasons.

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Name (English)

Flynn Downes

Name (Japanese)

フリン・ダウンズ

Reading

ふりん・だうんず

Born

January 20, 1999 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Brentwood, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

173 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.