Jordan Willis (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordan Kenneth Willis[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 24 August 1994||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back[4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Northampton Town | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Coventry City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2019 | Coventry City | 179 | (4) |
2019–2022 | Sunderland | 50 | (2) |
2023 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | (0) |
2023– | Northampton Town | 29 | (0) |
International career | |||
2012 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22.27, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Jordan Kenneth Willis (born 24 August 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL League One side Northampton Town. Previously, he spent 8 years in the English Football League with Coventry City and has also played for Sunderland and Wycombe Wanderers.
Club career
[edit]Coventry City
[edit]Willis was born in Coventry, West Midlands.[5] He made his first-team debut for Coventry City as a substitute on 5 November 2011 in a 4–2 Championship loss to Southampton, coming on to replace James McPake after 64 minutes.[6] At the age of 17 years and 72 days he became the tenth youngest Coventry City player of all-time.[citation needed] He made his first start of the following season on 28 August 2012, in a 3–2 win against Birmingham City in the League Cup.[7]
He established himself in the first-team towards the end of the 2013–14 season in the right-back position.[citation needed] A change in formation to a three-man defence saw Willis become a first-choice player for Coventry City at the start of the following season.[citation needed] On 11 October, Jordan Willis captained the Sky Blues for the first time in their game against Crewe Alexandra.[citation needed]
He scored his first goal for Coventry in an EFL Trophy tie against West Ham Under-23s on 30 August 2016.[8] He then scored his first league goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Chesterfield on 1 November 2016.[9]
Willis left Coventry at the end of 2018–19 season after rejecting the offer of a new contract.[10]
Sunderland
[edit]Willis signed for League One club Sunderland on 13 July 2019 on a two-year contract.[11] Willis scored his first goal for Sunderland on 17 August 2019, a header from a Grant Leadbitter corner, in a 2–1 home victory against Portsmouth.[12] Sunderland announced on 25 May 2022, that he will be released when his contract runs out on 30 June 2022. [13]
Wycombe Wanderers
[edit]Willis signed for Wycombe on 11 February 2023, until the end of the season. [14]
Northampton Town
[edit]After over five months without a club,[15] on 7 October 2023 Willis signed for Northampton Town on a short-term contract lasting initially until January 2024.[16] In December he agreed a contract extension with Northampton Town until the end of the season.[17]
International career
[edit]In February 2012 he was called up to the England under-18 team by manager Noel Blake.[18] He made his debut on 7 March 2012 in a 3–0 win against Poland in Crewe.[19] He made his England under-19 debut on 5 February 2013, in a 3–1 win against Denmark.[20]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 17 August 2024
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 2011–12[21] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2012–13[22] | League One | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2013–14[23] | League One | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2014–15[24] | League One | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
2015–16[25] | League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2016–17[26] | League One | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 2 | 46 | 5 | |
2017–18[27] | League Two | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 42 | 2 | |
2018–19[28] | League One | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
Total | 179 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 208 | 8 | ||
Sunderland | 2019–20[29] | League One | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 40 | 2 |
2020–21[30] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2021–22[31] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
Wycombe Wanderers | 2022–23[32] | League One | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Northampton Town | 2023–24[33] | League One | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
2024–25[34] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
Career total | 267 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 307 | 10 |
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
- ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy
- ^ One appearance in EFL Trophy, two appearances and one goal in League Two play-offs
Honours
[edit]Coventry City
Sunderland AFC
References
[edit]- ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Jordan Willis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Jordan Willis". Coventry City F.C. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018.
- ^ Donnelly, Mark (22 February 2020). "Sunderland receive response from dubious goals committee after controversial Jordan Willis header at Oxford United". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Jordan Willis". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Coventry City 2–4 Southampton". Coventry City F.C. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Coventry 3–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "REPORT: Coventry City 4–2 West Ham United PL2 – Turnbull at the double as City maintain unbeaten home record". Coventry City F.C. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "Coventry City 2–0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "Coventry City star's departure confirmed as dressing room dynamic changes". CoventryLive. Reach. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Jordan Willis: Sunderland sign defender after Coventry City exit". BBC Sport. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth". 17 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Retained list confirmed". Sunderland Association Football Club. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Wycombe Wanderers sign former Sunderland defender Jordan Willis". Bucks Free Press Newspaper. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "'It plays with your head' - life as an out-of-work footballer" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/jordan_willis/, JORDAN WILLIS SIGNS FOR NORTHAMPTON TOWN, Northampton Town FC, 7 October 2023
- ^ "Jordan Willis: Northampton Town defender signs new deal until end of season". BBC Sport. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Jordan Willis". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "England 3–0 Poland". The Football Association. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "England 3–1 Denmark". The Football Association. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Scott, Ged (2 April 2017). "Coventry City 2–1 Oxford United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Law, James (28 May 2018). "Coventry City 3–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- Jordan Willis at Soccerbase