Swindon Town

Forward Rushian Hepburn-Murphy joined Swindon Town in September 2022.

The 23-year-old forward has been without a club since leaving Cypriot side Pafos at the end of last season where he starred 23 times and scored on five occasions.

The Birmingham-born ace is a product of the Aston Villa youth academy, and made his first-team league debut for the club back in March 2015, coming off the bench in a 4-0 win over Sunderland for Christian Benteke at the tender age of just 16 years and 176 days.

He is the second youngest player in the club’s history to appear for the senior side, and the youngest to feature in a competitive match for them during the Premier League era.

During his five year spell at Villa Park, Hepburn-Murphy had three loan spells at Cambridge United, Tranmere Rovers and Derby County before his release in July 2020.

He then opted for a switch to the Cypriot First Division, where joined Pafos, scoring seven goals in a pre-season friendly and going on to make his competitive debut the following month.

On January 2021, he netted his first ever goal for the club in a 5-0 victory over Olympiakos Nicosia.

Internationally, Hepburn-Murphy has appeared at every age group for England at youth level, from the Under-16s through to the Under-20s.