squad in Qatar. Before the 2022 World Cup began, Hennessey said that the place as Wales' starting goalkeeper was contested, as he had played more international games but was rarely used by Nottingham Forest, while Ward was playing regularly and performing well for Leicester City. During the second group game against Iran, Hennessey was sent off with four minutes to play for a foul on Mehdi Taremi while the game was goalless; he became the third goalkeeper in FIFA World Cup history to be sent off, following Gianluca Pagliuca in 1994 and Itumeleng Khune in 2010. Wales went on to lose 2–0. Nazi salute controversy In January 2019, an investigation was launched by The FA after Hennessey was pictured making what appeared to be a Nazi salute in a group photo posted on Instagram by teammate Max Meyer. 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. He 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. In April 2019, the FA said there would be no further action after the charge was "not proven". Hennessey argued that he did not know what a Nazi salute was and the FA panel noted that "when cross-examined about this Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable - one might even say lamentable - degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, Fascism and the Nazi regime". Career statistics Club International Honours Wolverhampton Wanderers Football League Championship: 2008–09 Crystal Palace FA Cup runner-up: 2015–16 Individual PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 Championship Football League Two Player of the Month: February 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers Player of the Year: 2007–08 See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps References External links Profile at the Nottingham Forest F.C. website Wales profile 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bangor, Gwynedd Sportspeople from Anglesey People from Beaumaris Welsh footballers Association football goalkeepers Manchester City F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players