Jack Roles

Jack Roles

Roles playing for Crawley Town in July 2024
Personal information
Full name	Jack Roles [1]
Date of birth	(1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Crawley Town
Number	11
Youth career
2015–2019	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Tottenham Hotspur	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ Cambridge United (loan)	23	(5)
2020	→ Burton Albion (loan)	2	(0)
2021	→ Stevenage (loan)	2	(0)
2021–2022	Crystal Palace	0	(0)
2022–2023	Woking	23	(2)
2023–	Crawley Town	45	(2)
International career
2017	Cyprus U19	2	(1)
2018–2020	Cyprus U21	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:55, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Jack Roles (born 26 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One side Crawley Town. Born in England, he represents Cyprus at international level.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

Roles was born in Enfield, London and attended Enfield Grammar School where he played for the school football team winning a number of trophies.^{[ citation needed ]} Tottenham signed Roles to the academy in 2015. ^[3] In June 2019 Roles had his contract with Tottenham extended until 2021. ^[4]

Roles first appeared for Tottenham's senior team in the 2018–19 pre-season, appearing off of the bench in a friendly against Juventus. ^[5]

In August 2019 Roles went out on loan to Cambridge United, who played in League Two. ^[6] He was put straight into the squad for his Football League debut against Scunthorpe United, with Cambridge winning 3–2. ^[7] His first senior goal came the following month against Mansfield Town, Cambridge's first in a 4–0 win. ^[8]

Roles was named the league's player of the month for October 2019, and his 30-yard strike against Macclesfield Town was nominated for goal of the month too. ^[9]

In September 2020 Roles went out on loan to Burton Albion of EFL League One. ^[10]

On 1 February 2021, Roles joined League Two club Stevenage on loan. ^[11]

On 27 May Tottenham announced that they had released Roles from his contract. ^[12]

Crystal Palace

After a trial, Crystal Palace signed Roles on a free transfer. ^[13] In January 2022, he left the club, having made six appearances for the under-23 team. ^[14]

Woking

On 4 February 2022, Roles signed for National League side Woking. ^{[15] [16]} He subsequently made his Woking debut as a 90th minute substitute in the 2–2 draw at Altrincham. ^[17] Roles signed a new one-year deal at the end of the 2021–22 season. ^[18]

Crawley Town

On 31 January 2023, Roles signed for League Two club Crawley Town for an undisclosed fee on an eighteen-month contract. ^[19]

Roles appeared twice as a substitute in the 2024 EFL League Two play-offs as Crawley defeated Crewe Alexandra to secure promotion to League One, including scoring Crawley's fourth goal in their 5–1 semi-final second leg victory over Milton Keynes Dons. ^{[20] [21] [22]}

He signed a new two-year deal with Crawley in June 2024. ^[23]

International career

Born in England, Roles is of Cypriot descent through his mother. He is a youth international for Cyprus, having represented the Cyprus U19 and U21s. ^[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 August 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tottenham Hotspur U23	2017–18 [25]	—			—		—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2018–19 [26]	—			—		—		3 [lower-alpha 1]	1	3	1
	Total		—		—		—		4	1	4	1
Tottenham Hotspur	2019–20 [27]	Premier League	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2020–21 [28]	Premier League	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambridge United (loan)	2019–20 [27]	League Two	23	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	5
Burton Albion (loan)	2020–21 [28]	League One	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Stevenage (loan)	2020–21 [28]	League Two	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Crystal Palace	2021–22 [29]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Crystal Palace U23	2021–22 [29]	—			—		—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
Woking	2021–22 [29]	National League	10	1	—		—		—		10	1
	2022–23 [30]	National League	13	1	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	15	1
	Total		23	2	1	0	—		1	0	25	2
Crawley Town	2022–23 [30]	League Two	9	0	—		—		0	0	9	0
	2023–24 [20]	League Two	30	2	0	0	0	0	7 [lower-alpha 3]	4	37	6
	2024–25 [31]	League One	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
	Total		41	2	0	0	1	0	8	4	48	6
Career total			91	9	3	0	2	0	15	5	109	14

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
3. Five appearances and three goals in EFL Trophy, two appearances and one goal in League Two play-offs

Honours

Crawley Town

• EFL League Two play-offs: 2024 ^[22]

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Cambridge United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 13. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
2. "J. Roles". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
3. "Jack Roles profile". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
5. "Jack Roles sends message after Tottenham debut, fans respond". HITC. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
6. "Jack Roles: Cambridge United sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
7. "Cambridge United 3–2 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
8. "Mansfield Town 0–4 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
9. "Tottenham Hotspur loanee Jack Roles nominated for League Two goal of the month". Cambridgeshire Live. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
10. "Burton Albion: Tottenham's Jack Roles & Aston Villa's Indiana Vassilev join". BBC Sport. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
11. Branowsky, Dan (1 February 2021). "Jack Roles joins from Spurs". Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
12. "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
13. Butcher, Will (27 August 2021). "22-year-old hints he has completed Palace move with Instagram post, after leaving Tottenham this summer". The Boot Room. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
14. "Jack Roles departs Academy - News". Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
15. "Jack Roles signs". Woking F.C. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
16. Woking F.C. [@wokingfc] (4 February 2022). "Welcome to Woking, Jack Roles" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "Altrincham 2-2 Woking". BBC Sport.
18. "Roles Rolls Into New Deal". Woking F.C. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
19. "Jack Roles joins from Woking". Crawley Town F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
20. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
21. McIntyre, David (11 May 2024). "MK Dons 1–5 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
22. "Crawley Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
23. "Crawley Town midfielder Jack Roles signs new two-year contract". BBC Sport. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
24. "One of our own UK Cypriot Tottenham player Jack Roles loaned to Cambridge". Parikiaki Cyprus and Cypriot News. 20 August 2019.
25. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
26. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
27. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
28. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
29. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
30. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
31. "Games played by Jack Roles in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

• Jack Roles at Soccerbase
• Jack Roles profile Archived 24 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine @ cpfc.co.uk