Jordan Lee Pickford ( né Logan ; born 7 March 1994 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton and the England national team. Pickford has previously played for Sunderland ‘s academy, reserve, and senior teams in addition to loan spells at Darlington, Alfreton Town, Burton Albion, Carlisle United, Bradford City and Preston North End. He signed for Everton for a fee of £25 million in June 2017.
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Pickford has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. He made his debut for the full England national team in November 2017 in a friendly against Germany. He was the starting goalkeeper in England ‘s 2018 FIFA World Cup fourth-place ending, in which the team reached its first semi-final appearance since 1990 .
early and personal life sentence [edit ]
Pickford was born in Washington, Tyne and Wear, [ 9 ] where he attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School. [ 10 ] He grew up supporting his local football golf club, Sunderland. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Pickford and his wife have a son born in 2019. [ 14 ]
Club career [edit ]
sunderland [edit ]
Pickford joined Sunderland ‘s Academy at the age of eight and progressed through the age groups before signing biennial scholarship terms in 2010. [ 15 ] The follow class, he was promoted from the Academy to the military reserve team. [ 16 ] In 2011, Pickford signed his inaugural professional contract with the club. [ 17 ] The following class, he signed a contract extension with the baseball club. [ 18 ]
Loans to Darlington and Alfreton Town [edit ]
Pickford signed on lend for Conference Premier club Darlington in time to make his debut against Fleetwood Town on 21 January 2012, playing the solid of a 1–0 home loss. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The initial month-long loan was subsequently extended until the end of April. [ 21 ] He went on to make 17 appearances for Darlington, [ 22 ] who were relegated. [ 23 ] On 25 February 2013, Pickford signed for Conference Premier club Alfreton Town, again on an initial month-long loan [ 24 ] and was a cover for Phil Barnes, who was injured. [ 25 ] He made his debut the next day in a 5–1 gain over Hyde United. [ 26 ] His loan spell at the club was subsequently extended until the end of the season. [ 27 ] During this spell, Pickford kept 5 clean sheets in 12 matches. [ 28 ]
Loans to Burton Albion and Carlisle United [edit ]
On 2 August 2013, Pickford signed another loanword deal, this time with League Two club Burton Albion, [ 28 ] and made his introduction the future day against Cheltenham Town. [ 29 ] however, his loan ended on 17 August, after Sunderland recalled him with Pickford featuring merely three times for Burton. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] On 13 September, Pickford re-joined Burton on lend. [ 32 ] His handful of first-team appearances at Burton Albion led to an annex of his loanword spell for another calendar month. [ 33 ] After making 13 appearances across his two loan spells, Pickford was recalled by his parent baseball club once again. [ 34 ] He subsequently spent 11 matches as an fresh substitute on the bench as a cover for Vito Mannone between 23 November 2013 and 18 January 2014. [ 35 ] Although it was rumoured that he could return on lend to Burton for the third time, [ 36 ] Pickford joined League One club Carlisle United on a one-month loan on 8 February 2014. [ 37 ] He made his debut that same day in a 2–1 loss off to Gillingham. [ 38 ] His form and handful of first-team appearances led the club to keep him on loan for the rest of the temper. [ 39 ] After extending his loanword at the cabaret, Pickford went on to make 18 appearances for Carlisle. [ 40 ] At the end of the 2013–14 season, Pickford signed a four-year contract with Sunderland, keeping him at the club until 2018. [ 41 ]
loan to Bradford City [edit ]
On 21 July 2014, Pickford joined League One clubhouse Bradford City on a season-long lend for the 2014–15 season. [ 42 ] He made his debut on 9 August in a 3–2 gain against Coventry City at Valley Parade, [ 43 ] and kept his first base clean sheet in the pursuit meet, a 0–0 draw away to Walsall. [ 44 ] Pickford then received his beginning ever red card after he was sent off in the 11th hour of a 2–1 loss to Rochdale on 10 January 2015. [ 45 ] He served a one-match suspension which his cabaret did not appeal. [ 46 ] On 7 February, he was once again expelled from play as he was sent off in the last minute of a 2–2 away pull against Port Vale. [ 47 ] After being given a two-match banish, the baseball club successfully appealed and had it revoked. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Pickford established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper for most of the season until he was recalled by his rear clubhouse on 9 March 2015. [ 50 ]
loanword to Preston North end [edit ]
On 31 July 2015, Pickford joined Championship club Preston North End on a season-long lend for the 2015–16 season. [ 51 ] He kept a clean plane on his debut in a 0–0 hook against Middlesbrough at Deepdale. [ 52 ] far fairly sheets in a 1–0 winnings against Milton Keynes Dons in his second league appearance and a 0–0 draw with Rotherham United on 18 August made it three clean sheets from his foremost three league appearances for the golf club. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] On 25 August, Pickford kept another clean sheet as Preston defeated Premier League team Watford 1–0 in the League Cup. [ 55 ] On 7 November, he recorded a 6th straight clean tabloid in a 0–0 disembowel against QPR, equalling the club record. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] During his stretch at Preston, Pickford impressed his veteran goalkeeping teammate Chris Kirkland, who said “ Jordan comes out to take crosses and has an authority for person still identical young … As for his kick back, that is brilliant ! I have never seen anyone kick a ball like he does. ” [ 58 ] On 20 December 2015, Pickford was controversially sent off in a 1–0 frustration against Leeds United : he rushed out of his box to challenge striker Chris Wood, and was judged to have handled the ball. [ 59 ] Preston successfully appealed the decisiveness, using replay footage that showed the testis hitting his chest of drawers. [ 60 ]
return to Sunderland [edit ]
On 1 January 2016, Pickford was recalled by Sunderland, with the side struggling in 19th target in the Premier League. [ 61 ] He made his first-team introduction on 9 January 2016, in a 3–1 FA Cup loss to Arsenal. [ 62 ] He made his Premier League introduction against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on 16 January 2016 losing 4–1, meaning he had played in the clear five leagues of English football by the age of 21. [ 63 ] On 26 January, Pickford signed a new contract committing his future to Sunderland until 2020. [ 15 ] Pickford began the 2016–17 season as understudy to Vito Mannone. however, after Mannone suffered a serious arm wound in train, Pickford started Sunderland ‘s third league match of the temper, aside to Southampton. He produced several saves during the match, but in the 85th infinitesimal he made an mistake which allowed Jay Rodriguez to equalise for the hosts in a 1–1 draw. [ 64 ] On 13 April 2017, Pickford was named as one of six players shortlisted for the PFA Young Player of the Year award. [ 65 ]
Everton [edit ]
2017–18 season [edit ]
On 15 June 2017, Pickford signed for Premier League clubhouse Everton on a five-year condense. The initial fee of £25 million, with the possibility of rising to £30 million in add-ons, made him the third most expensive goalkeeper in history at the clock time, the most expensive british goalkeeper of all time and will make him Everton ‘s second most expensive sign, pending addition payments, [ 66 ] as Gylfi Sigurðsson is presently the club ‘s most expensive sign with £40 million plus addition payments. [ 67 ] Pickford made his league debut for Everton on 12 August 2017, when his golf club beat Stoke City 1–0 at Goodison Park. [ 68 ] At the conclusion of his first season, he was named Everton ‘s Player of the Season, along with numerous early club accolades. [ 69 ]
2018–19 season
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On 2 December 2018, against local rivals Liverpool, Pickford made a last-minute mistake after he mishandled a volley from Virgil vanguard Dijk, allowing Divock Origi to score the succeed goal for Liverpool from a close-range header in the 96th infinitesimal. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] On 10 March 2019, against Newcastle United, Pickford misjudged a cross from Matt Ritchie and then rugby tackled Salomón Rondón, conceding a punishment. He promptly redeemed himself by saving Ritchie ‘s penalty with his legs, and Everton doubled their moderate a hour by and by. [ 72 ] In the second half, when an effort by Rondón went wide of the post, Pickford was seen smiling at the Newcastle fans in the Gallowgate end. however, he conceded three times after that, including parrying a stroke by Miguel Almirón into the path of Ayoze Pérez. On Match of the Day, Ian Wright suggested that Pickford should have focused on his game more, and given he was a former Sunderland musician, not let his emotions affect him. [ 73 ] In April 2019 Pickford was allegedly film involved in a affray ; police said they would investigate. [ 74 ]
2019–20 season [edit ]
Pickford remained Everton ‘s first choice goalkeeper, making 38 appearances in the Premier League and keeping 13 clean sheets. [ 75 ] however, he struggled with form and again made respective errors. His phonograph record of four errors leading to goals was the highest of any custodian in the Premier League. [ 76 ] When it came to saving shots, lone Chelsea ‘s Kepa Arrizabalaga saved fewer than Pickford. [ 77 ] Despite this, Carlo Ancelotti remained firm in his support for Pickford, saying “ sometimes unfortunately you can have a mistake but after that you need to have the personality to move on quickly and he did. ” [ 78 ] however, he performed much better in the EFL Cup, being separate of the team that made the Quarter-Finals of the contest, including saving a penalty from Leicester City ‘s James Maddison. It was however not enough and Leicester progressed through after the penalty shoot-out. [ 79 ]
2020–21 season [edit ]
Pickford again continued to be Everton ‘s foremost choice goalkeeper, being separate of the team that won its opening four games for the beginning time since the 1969–70 season. [ 80 ] In the first Merseyside bowler hat of the season, Pickford was criticised [ 81 ] for his tackle on Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk which resulted in Van Dijk being substituted after six minutes, with what later turned out to be a season-ending ACL injury. The bowler hat was one of the most heated in holocene years, with Richarlison being sent off for a late challenge on Thiago Alcantara and captain Jordan Henderson having a game-winning goal ruled out for offside by VAR. [ 82 ]
International career [edit ]
youth [edit ]
Pickford has represented the England international team at every level from under-16s to under-21s. [ 64 ] In October 2009, he made his England U16 debut against Wales U16. [ 83 ] In 2011, Pickford represented England at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In a game versus Canada, Pickford allowed an 86th-minute goal, from a downfield recoil by canadian goalkeeper Quillan Roberts which tied the game in a 2–2 draw, [ 84 ] which remains as the merely finish scored by a goalkeeper in a FIFA finals to go steady from outdoors play. [ 85 ] On 25 August 2015, he was called up to the England under-21 squad for the first time. [ 86 ] Pickford made his debut for the under-21s in a friendly against the United States under-23s at Deepdale on 3 September 2015. [ 64 ] On 14 October, Pickford assisted Nathan Redmond ‘s goal in the England U21s ‘ 3–0 victory over Kazakhstan at the Ricoh Arena with a long range pass from his own penalty area. [ 87 ] His team won the 2016 Toulon Tournament, their first in 22 years. [ 88 ] On 9 October 2016, Pickford received his first call-up to the senior squad, replacing an injure Tom Heaton for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Slovenia. [ 89 ] Pickford led the England under-21 to the semi-final of the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship in June 2017 with a bowed stringed instrument of strong performances. [ 90 ]
Senior team [edit ]
On 24 August 2017, Pickford was called up to the England police squad by director Gareth Southgate for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia. [ 91 ] however, he late withdrew from the squad due to injury. [ 92 ] Pickford made his debut in a friendly on 10 November 2017, starting as England drew 0–0 with Germany at Wembley Stadium. [ 93 ] Pickford was named in the 23-man England national team police squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 94 ] He started the open match against Tunisia, which England won 2–1. [ 95 ] In their beat of 16 peer on 3 July, Pickford helped England beat Colombia 4–3 on penalties after a 1–1 trace, saving from Carlos Bacca, to claim his nation ‘s first base World Cup punishment shoot-out victory and a place in the quarter-final. [ 96 ] On 7 July 2018, Pickford kept his first clean sheet of the World Cup and was named world of the match, as England knocked out Sweden with a 2–0 win in the quarter-finals. The leave earned England a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time since 1990. [ 97 ] In June 2019, Pickford scored and then saved the critical punishment as England pulsate Switzerland to finish one-third at the inaugural UEFA Nations League Finals. It was the second penalty shoot-out in a row that England had won, with Pickford saving penalties in both, and he became the beginning goalkeeper to take ( and score ) a penalty in a competitive shoot-out for England. [ 98 ] On 1 June 2021, Pickford was named in the 26-man team for the reschedule UEFA Euro 2020. At the tournament, Pickford became the first goalkeeper in history to keep clean sheets in the first five games of a european Championship. [ 99 ] On 7 July 2021, Pickford set an all-time England commemorate for most back-to-back scoreless minutes posted by a goalkeeper. He set the commemorate of 721 minutes midway through the first one-half Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark, passing a record previously held by Gordon Banks ( 720 minutes ). [ 100 ] [ 101 ] [ 102 ] On 11 July 2011, Pickford saved 2 Italy penalties during the shoot-out in the Final, however, England lost 3–2 after missing their last three penalties. [ 103 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of match played 7 November 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 12 November 2021[113]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
England
2017
1
0
2018
14
0
2019
9
0
2020
6
0
2021
12
0
Total
42
0
Honours [edit ]
England U21
England
Individual
References [edit ]
- Profile at the Everton F.C. website
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Jordan Pickford – UEFA competition record (archive)
