Isaac Price

Isaac Price
Personal information
Full name Isaac Jude Price[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-26) 26 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Pontefract, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Standard Liège
Number 8
Youth career
2010–2022 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Everton 2 (0)
2023– Standard Liège 51 (1)
International career
2018 Northern Ireland U16 2 (0)
2019 Northern Ireland U17 2 (0)
2021 Northern Ireland U19 3 (0)
2022 Northern Ireland U21 3 (0)
2023– Northern Ireland 16 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:46, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Isaac Jude Price (born 26 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège and the Northern Ireland national team.

Early and personal life

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Price was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, and raised in Normanton, nearby Wakefield. His paternal grandmother was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and he also has ancestry from the Republic of Ireland and Germany.[2][3]

Club career

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Price joined the Everton academy at the age of 7.[4] In September 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club, for three years.[5] On 3 March 2022, he made his professional debut as an 89th-minute substitute in the 2–0 FA Cup victory over Boreham Wood.[6] On 22 May, he made his Premier League debut as a 78th-minute replacement for Tom Davies in a 5–1 loss to Arsenal on the final day of the season.[7]

On 10 June 2023, Price signed a four-year deal for Standard Liège of the Belgian Pro League.[8] He scored his first club goal on 8 October, a last-minute winner in a 2–1 home victory against Club Brugge KV.[9]

International career

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Price was eligible to play internationally for Germany or the Republic of Ireland, and was tracked by England before opting for Northern Ireland.[2][3]

On 7 March 2023, he received his first call-up to the Northern Irish senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against San Marino and Finland.[10][11] On 23 March, he made his senior international debut as a substitute in the 2–0 win over San Marino.[12] On 7 September 2023, Price scored his first goal for Northern Ireland, an equaliser in the 4–2 defeat away to Slovenia in a Euro 2024 qualifier.[13]

On 15 October 2024, Price scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over Bulgaria in the UEFA Nations League.[14] In doing so, he became the first Northern Irish player to score at least two goals in a match at Windsor Park since Kyle Lafferty in 2016.[14] It was also only the fourth time the nation has ever scored five goals in a match.[15]

Career statistics

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As of match played 6 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 2021–22 Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0
2022–23 Premier League 1 0 1 0 2 0
Total 2 0 1 0 3 0
Standard Liège 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 37 1 2 0 39 1
2024–25 Belgian Pro League 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 47 1 2 0 49 1
Career total 49 1 3 0 52 1
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup

International

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As of 15 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Northern Ireland 2023 9 2
2024 7 3
Total 16 5
Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Price goal.
List of international goals scored by Isaac Price
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Source
1 7 September 2023 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 5  Slovenia 1–1 2–4 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
2 20 November 2023 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 9  Denmark 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
3 15 October 2024 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 16  Bulgaria 1–0 5–0 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C [15]
4 2–0
5 4–0

References

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  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists". premierleague.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Beacom, Steven (13 December 2022). "Irish FA fearing a tug of war over Everton teen Isaac Price as other nations eye up Northern Ireland underage star". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b Beacom, Steven (8 September 2023). "Choosing Northern Ireland over England was the right decision for me, declares teenage midfield ace". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Player Profiles Everton Football Club". Everton F.C. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ "England youth international Welch pens first Everton pro deal". Everton F.C. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Everton 2-0 Boreham Wood". BBC Sport. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Arsenal 5-1 Everton". BBC. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Isaac Price: Teenage Northern Ireland midfielder joins Standard Liege from Everton". BBC. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. ^ Gray, Andy (12 October 2023). "Isaac Price: 'Different but great' - NI youngster who left Everton for Belgium". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Michael O'Neill names Northern Ireland squad for opening Euro qualifiers". IFA. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Euro 2024 qualifiers: Leicester's Evans included in NI squad with Lafferty omitted". BBC. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  12. ^ "San Marino 0-2 Northern Ireland: 'No ceiling point' for young players - Michael O'Neill". BBC. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  13. ^ Parker, Ian (7 September 2023). "Northern Ireland's Euro 2024 hopes suffer huge blow with Slovenia defeat". The Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Hat-trick hero Isaac Price shines as five-star Northern Ireland run riot in UEFA Nations League victory over Bulgaria". Newsletter. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  15. ^ a b "NI hat-trick 'best night of my life' - Price". BBC. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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