Jake Young (footballer)

Jake Alan Young (born 22 July 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swindon Town, on loan from Bradford City.

Jake Young
Young in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jake Alan Young[1]
Date of birth (2001-07-22) 22 July 2001
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Swindon Town
(on loan from Bradford City)
Number 7
Youth career
Shelley Juniors
2017–2019 Guiseley
2019–2020 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Forest Green Rovers 51 (9)
2022– Bradford City 7 (2)
2023 → Barrow (loan) 17 (0)
2023– → Swindon Town (loan) 13 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:49, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Born in Huddersfield, Young moved from Shelley Juniors to Guiseley in 2017.[3] He moved to Sheffield United in January 2019,[3] before signing for Forest Green Rovers in July 2020.[4] He scored his first goal for Forest Green Rovers in an EFL Trophy tie against West Bromwich Albion U21s on 6 October 2020.[5]

In May 2022, Young signed for Bradford City for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.[6][7][8] He said that working with manager Mark Hughes was the main attraction.[9] He scored on his debut for the club, an equalising goal in an eventual 3–2 loss away at Barrow on 6 August 2022.[10][11] By 8 September 2022 he had scored three goals in the past two games, but said that he aware that a first-team place was not guaranteed due to the size of the squad.[12] His goal against Walsall was nominated for the League Two goal of the month for September.[13] However, by January 2023 he had not played in the League since mid-September, and had only made two EFL Trophy appearances since (both in October), with Hughes saying that there were players ahead of him in the squad.[14]

On 14 January 2023, Young joined EFL League Two side Barrow on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season.[15][16][17] At the time Barrow manager Pete Wild described Young as a "top player",[18] with Wild later saying that Young was starting to impress him with his performances.[19]

Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Young was told that he could find a new club.[20] In July 2023, Hughes revealed that Young had rejected loan moves away from the club.[21] He missed the club's pre-season trip to Spain, and played with the youth team in a friendly against Bradford Park Avenue.[22] On 2 August 2023, Young signed for Swindon Town on loan for the 2023–24 season.[23][24][25] After three goals early in the season, he was described as an "instant hit" at Swindon,[26] and after scoring 7 goals in 4 games, he was nominated for the League Two August 2023 Player of the Month award,[27] which Young won.[28][29]

Personal life

Young played tennis as a youth, playing in national tournaments, but gave up the sport to pursue a football career.[30]

Career statistics
As of 24 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Forest Green Rovers 2020–21[5] League Two 29611003[lower-alpha 1]1338
2021–22[31] League Two 223102041294
Total 5192120726212
Bradford City 2022–23[11] League Two 72002032124
2023–24[32] League Two 0000000000
Total 72002032124
Barrow (loan) 2022–23[11] League Two 170000000170
Swindon Town (loan) 2023–24[32] League Two 139001000149
Career total 8820215010410525
  1. 2 appearances and 1 goal in the EFL Trophy; 1 appearance in the play-offs.

Honours

Forest Green Rovers

Individual

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Forest Green Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 30. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "England – J. Young – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. "Guiseley teenager Jake Young snapped up by Sheffield United". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
  4. "Forest Green: Sheffield United's teenage striker Jake Young signs on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 16 July 2020.
  5. "Games played by Jake Young in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. "Young "will thrive in Valley Parade spotlight", says former Bantam". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  7. "Striker Young ready to be Bradford City friend not foe after signing deal". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  8. "Bradford sign forward Young from Forest Green". BBC Sport.
  9. "City forward Young feels unique Hughes will help him flourish".
  10. "Young: Bradford City must stand up to the League Two bullies". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  11. "Games played by Jake Young in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  12. "Young keen to keep making case to stay in Bradford City firing line". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  13. "City striker in running for League Two's September goal of the month". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  14. "Hughes offers words of advice for Bradford City's forgotten man Young". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  15. "Barrow sign Young on loan". Barrow AFC. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  16. "City forgotten striker Young joins League Two rivals on loan". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  17. "Barrow sign Bradford forward Young on loan". BBC Sport.
  18. "What Barrow boss thinks of signing City striker Young on loan". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  19. "City striker Young "showing his qualities" after slow start to Barrow loan". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  20. "Out-of-favour Jake Young's future at Bantams looks over". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 2 June 2023.
  21. "Out-of-favour Bantams striker turns down loan offers". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 17 July 2023.
  22. "NATH'S NATTERS: Curious case of City's Young sees him now in last chance saloon". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 3 August 2023.
  23. "Town sign Jake Young". Swindon Town F.C. 2 August 2023.
  24. "Swindon sign Bradford striker Young on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  25. "City forward Young shipped off to Swindon on season-long loan". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 2 August 2023.
  26. "'He's got the ability to play at higher level': Praise for on-loan Jake Young". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 21 August 2023.
  27. "Young and Eisa in the mix for League Two player of month award". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 5 September 2023.
  28. "On-loan Bantams striker Young named player of month". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 8 September 2023.
  29. "See the Sky Bet League Two Manager and Player of the Month winners for August". www.efl.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  30. "Bantams new boy Young could have been a smash at different sport". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  31. "Games played by Jake Young in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  32. "Games played by Jake Young in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  33. "Mansfield Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers: Draw seals title for Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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