Jayden Danns
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jayden Alexander Danns | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
Number | 76 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2024 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Liverpool | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2021 | England U16 | 3 | (1) |
2023– | England U18 | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Jayden Alexander Danns (born 16 January 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool.
Early life and career
[edit]Jayden Alexander Danns[1] was born on 16 January 2006 in Liverpool.[2] He joined Liverpool when he was eight years old[3] and attended Rainhill High School, where he won the Year 8 Merseyside Schools Cup in 2019.[4]
Club career
[edit]Danns progressed through the Liverpool academy. While playing at U16 level, he suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease.[5] He began playing for the Liverpool U18 side when he was 16 years-old.[6] He began the 2023–24 season in fine form, scoring in every competitive match for the Liverpool under-18s between August and December 2023, totalling nine goals in seven games. He also scored four goals in three games in the 2023–24 U18 Premier League Cup.[7][8]
Danns made his debut at first-team level in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy, appearing as a second-half substitute against Morecambe in September 2023.[9] On 21 February 2024, he made his Premier League debut as an 89th-minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Luton Town.[10] Four days later, he featured in the 2024 EFL Cup final as Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium.[11] He scored his first and second goals for Liverpool on 28 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup in a 3–0 home victory against Southampton. He was given the player of the match award for the first time.[12] On 15 March 2024, Danns signed a new long-term contract with the club.[13]
International career
[edit]He was called up to play with the England national under-18 team in October 2023.[14]
Personal life
[edit]He is the son of former professional footballer and Guyana international Neil Danns.[15][16] His grandfather, also called Neil, was a backing singer on the UK's entry in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest as well as a European title-winning skateboarder.[17][18] He has a younger brother, Kaylen, and a younger sister, Hayla-Essen who represented United Kingdom at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France as a member of Stand Uniqu3.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 18 April 2024
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool U21 | 2023–24[19] | — | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Liverpool | 2023–24[20] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | |
2024–25[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
Career total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
- ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy
Honours
[edit]Liverpool
England U18s
References
[edit]- ^ "Latest updated Premier League squad lists for 2023/24". Premier League. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Jayden Danns: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Squires, Theo (9 August 2022). "Liverpool have sons of four ex-Premier League footballers in Academy squad". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "School year 8 team triumphs in Merseyside Cup Final". St Helens Star. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Meet the Academy: Get to know the goalscoring and superstitious Jayden Danns". Liverpool F.C. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Pawley, Luke (9 June 2022). "Five Leicester City old boys with sons playing for Premier League clubs". Leicester Mercury.
- ^ Bocsak, Ben (27 November 2023). "Liverpool has exciting forward who can follow his father's path amid Jürgen Klopp track record". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Doyle, Ian (26 November 2023). "Liverpool have 17-year-old striker who simply cannot stop scoring". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Doyle, Ian (21 September 2023). "Liverpool U21 player ratings as Bobby Clark and Calum Scanlon send strong message". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Liverpool beat Luton to move four points clear at top". BBC Sport. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Liverpool win EFL Cup with Van Dijk extra-time header". BBC Sport. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Lewis Koumas and Jayden Danns score to put Liverpool into FA Cup quarter-finals – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Jayden Danns signs new long-term Liverpool contract". www.liverpoolfc.com. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Evans, Gregg (10 October 2023). "How Liverpool sign young players – and why this summer's recruits are so exciting". The Athletic. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Vegas, Paul (23 April 2023). "Son of a gun Jayden Danns scores twice in Liverpool U18 draw". Tribal Football. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Iles, Marc (23 January 2015). "Bolton Wanderers star Neil Danns hopes to be playing unhappy families because kids are Liverpool fans". The Bolton News. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
"Neil Danns relishing Wanderers' Liverpool cup clash". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2019. - ^ "Neil Danns". Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Iles, Marc (26 October 2013). "Bolton Wanderers loan ace Neil Danns is on song". The Bolton News. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Jayden Danns in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "J. Danns: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "J. Danns: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (25 February 2024). "Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Report: England MU18s 2-1 Netherlands". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
- Jayden Danns – UEFA competition record (archive)