Jake Hesketh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Alexander Hesketh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1996[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Southampton | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:44, 13 December 2014 (UTC). | |||
Jake Alexander Hesketh (born 27 March 1996)[3] is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Southampton.
Club career
Southampton
Hesketh was born in Stockport, near Manchester but his family moved to Whiteley, near Fareham, Hampshire when he was six months old.[4]
Hesketh joined Southampton's academy as an under-nine after being scouted at a local tournament playing for Crofton Saints Football Club, he studied at Whiteley Primary School before moving onto Swanmore College.[5] He completed a two-year scholarship with the club and after finishing as the Under-18 team's top scorer was awarded the 2013–14 Scholar of the Season accolade at the Southampton club awards ceremony. The same day Hesketh signed a three-year professional contract to keep him at the club until 2017.[6][7]
He was promoted into the first team by coach Ronald Koeman due to injury problems among the squad.[8] He made his debut for the club on 8 December 2014 in a Premier League match against Manchester United, being brought in as a substitute for Dušan Tadić in the 70th minute of the 2–1 home defeat.[9] Five days later Hesketh made his first Premier League start as Southampton lost 1–0 away to Burnley.[10]
Hesketh made 22 appearances for Martin Hunter's Under-21s in 2014–15, scoring two goals and lifting the 2015 U21 Premier League Cup.[11][12]
He scored his first senior goal on 22 September 2016, in a 2–0 win over Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup.[13][14]
Career statistics
- As of 21 September 2016
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southampton | 2014–15 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Honours
Club
- Southampton
References
- ↑ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Jake Hesketh". 11v11. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "J. Hesketh profile". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ Walter, Simon (10 December 2014). "St Mary's debut v Manchester United caps meteoric rise of Southampton FC teenager Jake Hesketh". Southampton: Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ "Development Squad Profiles". Southampton FC. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Jake Hesketh vows to push on after being crowned 2013/14 Scholar of the Season". Southampton FC. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ Urquhart-Cannon, Alex (6 May 2014). "Hesketh pens professional deal". Southampton FC. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ Lucas, Jim (8 December 2014). "Saints could give youth a chance for Utd game". Southampton FC. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ Burnton, Simon (8 December 2014). "Southampton 1–2 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "Burnley 1–0 Southampton". BBC Sport. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Southampton v Blackburn Rovers report | Under-21 Premier League Cup final". Premierleague.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ Singer, Jonny (29 April 2015). "Southampton clinch Premier League U21 Cup after Sam Gallagher extra-time stunner". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Southampton 2 Crystal Palace 0". BBC Sport. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ Leitch, Adam (22 September 2016). "Jake Hesketh scored his first senior goal as Southampton beat Crystal Palace 2–0 at St Mary's". Daily Echo. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Jake Hesketh in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ "Report: Southampton 2-1 Blackburn Rovers (Under-21 Premier League Cup final second leg)". Southampton FC. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
