Jack Stacey

Jack Stacey

Stacey in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jack William Stacey [1]
Date of birth	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth	Ascot, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s)	Right-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Norwich City
Number	3
Youth career
2004–2013	Reading
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Reading	6	(0)
2015	→ Barnet (loan)	2	(0)
2016	→ Carlisle United (loan)	9	(2)
2016–2017	→ Exeter City (loan)	34	(0)
2017–2019	Luton Town	86	(5)
2019–2023	AFC Bournemouth	83	(1)
2023–	Norwich City	64	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Jack William Stacey (born 6 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Norwich City.

Career

Reading

Born in Bracknell, Berkshire, ^[2] Stacey began his career with the youth system at Reading as an eight-year-old in 2004, ^{[3] [4]} before signing his first professional contract with the club on 10 December 2013 until the end of 2015–16. ^[5] He made his professional debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Jake Taylor in a 1–0 victory at home to Ipswich Town on 16 August 2014 and finished 2014–15 with six appearances. ^[6] Stacey signed a new contract with Reading on 19 October 2015 to keep him at the club until the summer of 2019. ^{[7] [8]}

On 23 November 2015, Stacey joined League Two club Barnet on a short-term loan until 26 December. ^[9] He debuted a day later in a 4–2 defeat away to Notts County and completed the loan spell with only two appearances. ^[10] On 24 March 2016, Stacey joined League Two club Carlisle United on loan until the end of 2015–16. ^[11] He made his debut a day later in a 0–0 draw away to Yeovil Town and scored his first goal in the following match, a 3–2 victory at home to Bristol Rovers. ^[10] His second goal for Carlisle came on 19 April against Luton Town, when he scored a consolation goal in the 61st minute to make the score 2–1 and completed the loan spell with nine appearances and two goals. ^[10]

On 31 August 2016, Stacey joined League Two club Exeter City on loan until 23 January 2017. ^[4] He debuted three days later in a 3–2 victory away to Colchester United. ^[12] His loan was extended until the end of 2016–17 on 23 January 2017, having made 19 appearances for Exeter up to that point in the season. ^[13] He played in both legs of the play-off semi-final victory over his former loan club Carlisle United, scoring a stoppage time winner in the second leg to make the score 6–5 on aggregate. ^{[14] [15]} The goal was voted Exeter's Goal of the Decade at the end of 2019. ^[16] Stacey started in the 2017 EFL League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2017, in which Exeter lost 2–1 to Blackpool. ^[17] He completed the loan spell with 38 appearances and one goal. ^[12]

Luton Town

On 26 June 2017, Stacey signed a two-year contract with League Two club Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. ^[18]

His contract was extended by a further year at the end of the 2017–18 season after a promotion clause was triggered as a result of Luton's promotion to League One. ^[19]

AFC Bournemouth

Stacey signed for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth on 8 July 2019 on a four-year contract for a reported £4 million. ^[20] He scored his first goal for Bournemouth in a 3–2 win against Blackburn Rovers on 12 September 2020. ^[21]

Norwich City

Stacey signed on a three-year deal for EFL Championship club Norwich City on 31 May 2023. ^[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 December 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	2014–15 [6]	Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
	2015–16 [10]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2016–17 [12]	Championship	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
Barnet (loan)	2015–16 [10]	League Two	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Carlisle United (loan)	2015–16 [10]	League Two	9	2	—		—		—		9	2
Reading U23	2016–17 [12]	—			—		—		1 [a]	1	1	1
Exeter City (loan)	2016–17 [12]	League Two	34	0	1	0	—		3 [b]	1	38	1
Luton Town	2017–18 [23]	League Two	41	1	2	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	45	1
	2018–19 [24]	League One	45	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	50	4
	Total		86	5	6	0	2	0	1	0	95	5
AFC Bournemouth	2019–20 [25]	Premier League	19	0	0	0	1	0	—		20	0
	2020–21 [26]	Championship	30	1	4	0	1	0	2 [c]	0	37	1
	2021–22	Championship	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	27	0
	2022–23	Premier League	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
	Total		84	1	6	0	6	0	2	0	97	1
Norwich City	2023–24 [27]	Championship	46	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	51	1
Norwich City	2024-25	Championship	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	0
Career total			284	9	15	0	11	0	9	2	319	11

1. Appearance in EFL Trophy
2. Appearances in League Two play-offs
3. Two appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

AFC Bournemouth

• Championship runner-up: 2021–22 ^[28]

Reading

• U21 Premier League Cup: 2013–14 ^[29]

Luton Town

• EFL League Two runner-up: 2017–18 ^[30]
• EFL League One: 2018–19 ^[31]

Individual

• Luton Town Young Player of the Season: 2017–18 ^[32]
• Luton Town Player of the Season: 2018–19 ^[33]

References

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8. Smith, Anthony (22 October 2015). "Reading FC news: Jack Stacey signs new contract; Reading FC Women win the title". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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14. Law, James (14 May 2017). "Carlisle United 3–3 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
15. Law, James (18 May 2017). "Exeter City 3–2 Carlisle United (agg: 6–5)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
16. "Goals of the decade 2010–20". Exeter City F.C. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
17. Law, James (28 May 2017). "Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
18. "Jack Stacey: Luton Town sign Reading full-back on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
19. Simmonds, Mike (16 May 2018). "Luton confirm new contracts for Potts and Sheehan". Luton Today. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
20. Crocker, Tom (8 July 2019). "Jack Stacey completes switch from Luton to AFC Bournemouth". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
21. "Bournemouth 3-2 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
22. "Jack Stacey signs on three-year deal". Norwich City. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
23. "Games played by Jack Stacey in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
24. "Games played by Jack Stacey in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
25. "Games played by Jack Stacey in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
26. "Games played by Jack Stacey in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
27. "Jack Stacy". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
28. "AFC Bournemouth 1–0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
29. "Cup winners!". Reading F.C. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
30. Anderson, John, ed. (2018). Football Yearbook 2018–2019. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 214–215. ISBN   978-1-4722-6106-9.
31. "League One: 2018/19: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
    "Luton: Squad details: 2018/19". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
32. Simmonds, Mike (23 April 2018). "Sheehan picks up two awards at end of season bash". Luton Today. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
33. Simmonds, Mike (29 April 2019). "Player of the Year Stacey cleans up at Hatters awards night". Luton Today. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

External links

• Jack Stacey at Soccerbase