Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jacob Mitchell Bedeau [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 24 December 1999||
Place of birth | Waltham Forest, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Notts County | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
2016–2017 | Bury | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Bury | 7 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Scunthorpe United | 45 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Morecambe (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Morecambe | 82 | (2) |
2024– | Notts County | 29 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Grenada | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:45, 22 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:50, 9 September 2023 (UTC) |
Jacob Mitchell Bedeau (born 24 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two side Notts County. Born in England, he represents the Grenada national team.
Bedeau is a product of the Leyton Orient and Bury football academies, after impressing at a young age for Bury, debuting at sixteen. Bedeau was given his professional debut by caretaker-manager Chris Brass at the age of 16 in a League One tie against Millwall, in which Bury suffered a 3–2 defeat. [3] After appearing on the Bury bench several times, Bedeau was given his next start in a 4–2 defeat against Bristol Rovers. [4] He played a total of seven games for Bury.
On 31 January 2017, Bedeau joined Championship club Aston Villa on a two-and-a-half-year deal for a fee around the margin of £900,000. [5] Bedeau did not make any first team appearances in competitive games for Aston Villa, but was a main stay of the Under-23 squad, with 42 appearances, excluding cup matches. In his first full season with the 23s (2017–18) they won the Premier League Cup and finished runners up in the league. [6] In one of his last appearances, he captained the squad to a 5–1 victory over Manchester United U23s. [7]
On 31 January 2019, Bedeau joined League One side Scunthorpe United. [8] He started sparingly, making his debut in September 2019 in a 1–1 draw against Leicester City U21s, in the Football League Trophy. [9] He started only two more games that calendar year, against Sunderland (in the Football League Trophy); [10] and Walsall (in League Two). [11] However, he became a regular starter by the end of the 2019–20 season and into the 2020–21 season. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw against Crewe Alexandra. [12] He scored again in a 2–0 win against Oldham Athletic. [13] He made a total of 53 appearances for Scunthorpe, 45 of them being in the league. He was one of 17 players released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2020–21 season. [14]
Following his release from Scunthorpe he signed for Burnley on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12-months and was placed into the Under-23 squad. [15]
On 4 January 2022, Bedeau joined EFL League One side Morecambe on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [16] He started Morecambe's next game, which was a FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. Bedeau managed to keep a clean sheet, but came off after 65 minutes. [17] Morecambe eventually lost 3–1. [18] On 9 August 2022, Bedeau made his loan move to Morecambe permanent for an undisclosed fee. [19]
On 11 June 2024, Bedeau joined EFL League Two side Notts County on a three-year deal. [20]
Born in England, Bedeau is of Grenadian descent. He was called up to the Grenada national team for a set of 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League matches in September 2023. [21]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bury | 2016–17 [22] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Aston Villa | 2016–17 [22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2017–18 [23] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19 [24] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scunthorpe United | 2018–19 [24] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2019–20 [25] | League Two | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [a] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
2020–21 [26] | League Two | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
Total | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 2 | ||
Burnley | 2021–22 [27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Morecambe (loan) | 2021–22 [27] | League One | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
Morecambe | 2022–23 [28] | League One | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
2023–24 [29] | League One | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 2 | |
Total | 82 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 2 | ||
Notts County | 2024–25 [30] | League Two | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Career total | 185 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 208 | 4 |