english football player

Jordan Thomas Hugill ( bear 4 June 1992 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a ahead for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion, on lend from Premier League baseball club Norwich City. A relative former comer to the professional bet on, he had spells with non-League sides Seaham Red Star, Consett, Whitby Town and Marske United, and besides spend time at the then Glenn Hoddle Academy cabaret Jerez Industrial in Spain. He was signed by Port Vale in June 2013, and made his debut for the club four months late following a fat lend spell at Gateshead. He signed with Preston North End in June 2014. He was loaned out to Tranmere Rovers in February 2015 and then Hartlepool United the following month. He was signed by Premier League side West Ham United in January 2018 for an undisclosed fee. He returned to the Championship the following transfer window in a season-long loanword to Middlesbrough and then was loaned to Queens Park Rangers for the 2019–20 season. He was sold to Norwich City for a fee of up to £5 million in August 2020 and helped the club to win the Championship title in the 2020–21 season. He joined West Bromwich Albion on loan for the 2021–22 season.

Playing career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Hugill, who was a pupil at Nunthorpe School, [ 3 ] attended George Smith ‘s academy in Hemlington from the age of nine. [ 4 ] He began his career with Northern League club Seaham Red Star at the long time of 16, and was due to go on trial at Sunderland before he was struck down with an ankle wound in September 2009. [ 5 ] He late moved on to Consett, but left his shrink in August 2010 to spend two years at the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Spain. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] He signed with Whitby Town in December 2011 and scored in his debut game against Nantwich Town, only to damage his anterior cruciate ligament late in the equal and spend the future ten months out injured. [ 6 ] He joined Marske United in October 2012 initially on loan indeed as to regain match seaworthiness. [ 6 ] His last appearance for Marske came in the final of the North Riding Senior Cup, where they were beaten 3–0 by Pickering Town. [ 7 ] During his time at the club he worked as a bartender at the Dickens Inn in Middlesbrough. [ 8 ]

Port Vale [edit ]

Hugill signed with League One club Port Vale in June 2013. [ 9 ] He was loaned out to Gateshead of the Conference Premier on 20 September 2013. [ 10 ] “ Tynesiders ” boss Gary Mills stated that Hugill was a “ talented … goalscorer ” and put him in the starting line-up for the next match. [ 11 ] He scored his inaugural goal for the club on 24 September in a 3–2 acquire over Chester at the Gateshead International Stadium. [ 12 ] He finished his loan spell with five goals in four starts and three ersatz appearances. He made his debut for the “ Valiants ” on 22 October, and played the first 75 minutes of a 3–0 victory over Crawley Town. [ 13 ] He performed well on his debut, justifying his coach ‘s surprise decision to play him aboard fellow Glenn Hoddle Academy alumnus Ben Williamson in invest of established strikers Tom Pope and Lee Hughes. [ 14 ]

First of all you have to say well done to our head scout, George Foster, who spotted his electric potential act in non-league. We had him with us last season and the one thing he struggled with was his fitness. Pre-season was a struggle for him angstrom well. He is a big old male child, not used to a professional pre-season, but is one of those lads who never gives up. You ask him to pull out of things and he does n’t want to do that .Port Vale manager Micky Adams describing Hugill in October 2013.[15]

He scored his first Football League goal on 16 November, scoring the final examination finish of a 3–1 victory over Shrewsbury Town at Vale Park ; after the equal Adams said that the club had “ unearthed a gem ” in Hugill. [ 16 ] Hugill continued to turn out for the first team, but admitted that he needed to work on his seaworthiness to play a full 90 minutes of professional football. [ 17 ] At the end of the 2013–14 crusade he was named as the baseball club ‘s Young Player of the Year, and besides featured in Vale ‘s Staffordshire Senior Cup concluding frustration to Rushall Olympic. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] however, in the summer Micky Adams confirmed that Hugill had rejected the club ‘s offer of a new contract, and stated : “ It is disappointing … we spent a distribute of time and effort with Jordan last season, but we will have to accept it. ” [ 20 ] The club were forced to sell him for a brassy price, though Adams successfully negotiated a 20 % sell on article that would net the baseball club a £1.8 million boom. [ 21 ]

Preston North end [edit ]

Hugill signed a biennial contract with League One cabaret Preston North End in June 2014, who paid Port Vale an undisclosed fee ; director Simon Grayson stated that “ he ‘s young, he ‘s raring to go, hungry, he ‘s a hard, powerful player, and he ‘s got many attributes that will help us along the way this season and complement the squad well ”. [ 22 ] He had an eventful match after coming on for Andrew Little as a 20th-minute substitute at Walsall on 13 September ; he provided an help for Joe Garner before being sent off for clashing with enemy defender Andy Butler, he besides picked up an injury in the game that required surgery and a drawn-out while on the sidelines. [ 23 ] He returned to fitness in February 2015, at which point he joined his erstwhile Vale coach Micky Adams at League Two side Tranmere Rovers for a one-month loanword spell. [ 24 ] On 26 March 2015, loan deadline day, Hugill signed for bottom-placed League Two club Hartlepool United on loanword until the end of the season ; “ Pools ” boss Ronnie Moore said that “ It barely did n’t work at Tranmere. But we ‘ve seen a distribute of him and he ‘ll go straight in and get goals for us, no doubt about it ”. [ 25 ] He scored four goals in eight games for the club, including the winning goal against Exeter City at Victoria Park that secured Hartlepool ‘s identify in the English Football League. [ 26 ] He was an unused utility at Wembley in the play-off concluding as Preston won promotion into the Championship. [ 27 ] He signed a modern two-and-a-half-year abridge in October 2015. [ 28 ] He ended the 2015–16 campaign with five goals in 32 games. He continued to impress in the 2016–17 season, and was given another new two-and-a-half-year contract in September 2016. [ 29 ] The club rejected an offer of £1.5 million from Ipswich Town in January 2017. [ 30 ] He ended the 2016–17 season with 13 goals in 47 appearances to end up as Preston ‘s top-scorer. [ 31 ] He started the 2017–18 season in full form and was linked with a numeral of clubs in the summer transfer window. He handed in a transfer request on 29 August 2017. [ 32 ]

West Ham United [edit ]

On 31 January 2018, Hugill completed a deadline day signing for Premier League club West Ham United in a reported £10 million transfer deal, becoming director David Moyes ‘ second sign language at the London Stadium. [ 33 ] however he was restricted to a handful of brief cameos in the irregular half of the 2017–18 season, playing just 22 minutes in total. [ 34 ] [ 35 ]

Middlesbrough loanword

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On 8 August 2018, Hugill returned to the Championship on a season-long loanword to Middlesbrough. [ 36 ] On 10 November, he opened his league account for the clubhouse by scoring both goals in a 2–0 acquire over Wigan Athletic at the Riverside Stadium and was subsequently named on the EFL team of the workweek. [ 37 ] He battled with Britt Assombalonga for the role as target serviceman striker and scored seven goals in 41 appearances during the 2018–19 season as Tony Pulis ‘s “ Boro ” side missed out on the play-offs by one item. [ 38 ]

QPR loanword [edit ]

On 28 July 2019, Hugill joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers on lend for the 2019–20 season. [ 39 ] Manager Mark Warburton said he hoped Hugill would “ lead the telephone line ” and link up good with colleague loanee striker Jan Mlakar. [ 40 ] He scored on his “ Hoops ” introduction on 3 August as they recorded a temper opening 2–1 victory at Stoke City. [ 41 ] He ended the season with 15 goals in 41 appearances throughout the 2019–20 crusade. [ 42 ]

Norwich City [edit ]

After two loan spells and just three appearances, amounting to 22 minutes of playing time for West Ham, on 24 August 2020 he joined recently relegated Championship team Norwich City, for a fee “ that could be deserving £5m ”. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] He signed a three-year sign and was given the club ‘s number nine shirt. [ 45 ] He scored his first goal for the “ Canaries ”, a late penalty, in a 2–1 succeed at Rotherham United on 17 October. [ 46 ] A hamstring wound meant he was limited to merely seven league starts in the 2020–21 season, though he still scored five goals from 34 appearances in all competitions as Norwich secured forwarding back to the Premier League as Championship title winners. [ 47 ] Manager Daniel Farke said that Hugill was “ a key player for me… I don’t just rate a player because of his minutes and his impact on the pitch. You don’t win a title or promotion just as 11 players. A leader in our dressing room and one of the main topics why we were promoted “. [ 48 ]

West Brom loanword [edit ]

Hugill once again returned to the Championship on loanword after being promoted into the Premier League, joining West Bromwich Albion on loan for the 2021–22 temper on 25 August. [ 49 ] He scored his first base finish for the club in a 3-0 victory over Bristol City at The Hawthorns on 23 October. [ 50 ]

style of play [edit ]

Hugill is a prey man forward, has great lastingness and is able to out-muscle enemy defenders. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Former Port Vale teammate Tom Pope stated that Hugill had an excellent attitude and “ was desperate to learn and improve ”. [ 53 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 28 August 2021

Honours [edit ]

Marske United
Port Vale
Preston North End
Norwich City

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Individual

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