english association football actor
For other people with similar names, see Justin James ( disambiguation )
James Michael Justin ( bear 23 February 1998 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a defender for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national under-21 team.

Club career [edit ]

Luton Town [edit ]

Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, [ 3 ] Justin joined Luton Town in 2005 and progressed through the baseball club ‘s young arrangement. [ 4 ] He was separate of the under-11 team that beat Bayern Munich 3–2 to win the Aarau Masters in 2009. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Justin was called up to the under-18 team as an under-16 ascribable to injuries to other players, playing at right-back despite being a central midfielder. [ 4 ] Following his breakthrough into the under-18 team, Justin besides played regularly for the golf club ‘s development squad that ended 2014–15 as champions of The Central League Southern Division. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] Justin signed his first professional contract on 4 November 2015 which contracted him to the club until the end of 2016–17. [ 4 ] He was named in the matchday police squad for the first time on 19 December, remaining an unused ersatz in Luton ‘s 3–2 winnings away to Exeter City. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Justin was a member of the under-18 team that won the Youth Alliance South East title and the Youth Alliance Cup in 2015–16, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and besides reached the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 1–0 to Blackburn Rovers. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] He made his professional debut as an 83rd-minute substitute for Stephen O’Donnell in a 4–1 win at home to Exeter City on the final examination day of 2015–16. [ 12 ] Justin broke into the inaugural team in 2016–17, making his wax introduction at left-back in a 3–1 acquire at home to newly relegated Championship club Aston Villa in the EFL Cup first round on 10 August 2016. [ 13 ] He suffered a calf wound in the warm up before Luton ‘s 2–1 gain away to Leyton Orient on 15 October, [ 14 ] and returned to the team for a 3–1 victory aside to Exeter City in the FA Cup first round on 5 November. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] After making 14 appearances in all competitions during the first half of the season play in a number of different positions including at right-back and as a leave winger, Justin signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract to keep him at Luton until the summer of 2019, with the option of a further class. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] He was named Luton Town Young Player of the Season, selected by the Luton Town management team. [ 19 ] Justin scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 victory away to Accrington Stanley on 29 April 2017, [ 20 ] but was stretchered off after he suffered an ankle ligament sprain in the follow match, a 3–1 winnings at home to Morecambe. [ 21 ] however, he recovered in time to play against Blackpool in the play-off semi-final, and started in both legs of the 6–5 aggregate defeat. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Justin finished the temper with 39 appearances and one goal. [ 16 ] On 12 July 2017, Luton rejected a bid of £1 million for Justin from Championship club Nottingham Forest. [ 24 ] Later that calendar month, Justin signed a abridge annex with Luton until 2020, with the option of a far year. [ 25 ] His contract was extended by a far year at the end of the 2017–18 season after a promotion clause was triggered as a result of Luton ‘s forwarding to League One. [ 26 ]

Leicester City [edit ]

Justin signed for Premier League club Leicester City on 28 June 2019 on a five-year compress for an undisclosed fee. [ 27 ] He scored on his debut in a 4–0 away victory over his former golf club Luton in the EFL Cup third attack on 24 September. [ 28 ]

International career [edit ]

On 1 June 2017, Justin was called up to the England under-19 team for a train camp in Spain ahead of the 2017 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. [ 29 ] He was retained by coach Keith Downing for two far trail camps, [ 30 ] [ 31 ] but did not make the final examination 18-man police squad. [ 32 ] Justin received his first call-up to the England under-20 team on 24 August 2017 for two friendly matches against the Netherlands and Switzerland. [ 33 ] He made his introduction a week subsequently in a 3–0 victory over the Netherlands, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. [ 34 ] Justin made his full introduction after starting against Switzerland four days belated, before being substituted on 62 minutes, the equal finishing a 0–0 disembowel. [ 35 ]

Justin was called up to the England under-21 team for the beginning meter on 30 August 2019 for two 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Turkey and Kosovo. [ 36 ] He made his introduction as an 80th-minute alternate for the hurt Max Aarons in a 2–0 succeed over Kosovo on 9 September. [ 37 ]

manner of play [edit ]

Justin chiefly plays as a right-back, although he has been described as being “ versatile ” and “ attack-minded ” and is able to play as a left-back, cardinal midfielder, veracious midfielder and a leave winger. [ 4 ] [ 17 ] [ 38 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 10 February 2021

Honours [edit ]

Luton Town
Individual

References [edit ]