Jacob Greaves

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Jacob Greaves
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Greaves playing for Ipswich Town in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jacob John Greaves [1]
Date of birth (2000-09-12) 12 September 2000 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Cottingham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2019 Hull City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Hull City 172 (6)
2019–2020 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 29 (0)
2024– Ipswich Town 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:54, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Jacob John Greaves (born 12 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Ipswich Town. [3] He is the son of former Hull City and York City defender Mark Greaves. [4]

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Career

Cheltenham Town

On 8 August 2019, Greaves signed a three-year contract extension at Hull and joined Cheltenham Town on loan until January 2020. [5] He made his league debut in a 0–0 draw against Morecambe playing the full 90 minutes. [6]

Greaves' loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020. [7]

Hull City

Greaves made his senior debut for Hull City on 8 September 2020, in an EFL Trophy match against Leicester City U21s. [8] On 17 October 2020, he made his league debut in a 3–0 win away to Rochdale. [9] Greaves signed a new three-year contract with the club on 12 November 2020. [10]

On 20 February 2021, Greaves initially scored his first career goal in a 3–3 away draw against Doncaster Rovers, only for the Dubious Goals Committee to award the final touch to Josh Magennis. [11] [12] His actual first career goal came on 22 October 2022, during his 101st league appearance for Hull, putting his side 1–0 up away at Rotherham United in their eventual 4–2 victory over the Millers. [13] At the end of the same season, on 2 May 2023, Greaves achieved an impressive feat by winning his third consecutive Young Player of the Year award with Hull. [14] [15] [16]

Greaves bagged his first scoring brace whilst captaining his boyhood club on his 200th career appearance, heading in a 94th minute winner in the Tigers' 2–1 away victory over Huddersfield Town on 17 February 2024. [17] On 14 March 2024, Greaves was named Hull City's Player of the Month for February. [18] The following month, on 14 April 2024, Greaves was also included in the EFL Championship Team of the Season for the 2023–24 campaign. [19] Finally, a few weeks later, he was named Hull City's Player of the Year on 30 April 2024. [20]

Ipswich Town

Greaves signed for newly-promoted Premier League side Ipswich Town on 12 July 2024. [21]

Greaves made his debut for Ipswich on the opening day of the 24/25 season in a 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

[22]

Career statistics

As of 5 October 2024 [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cheltenham Town (Loan) 2019–20 League Two 29020103 [lower-alpha 1] 0350
Hull City 2020–21 League One 39010001 [lower-alpha 1] 0410
2021–22 Championship 460101000480
2022–23 Championship444001000454
2023–24 Championship432000000432
Hull City Total17262020101776
Ipswich Town 2024–25 Premier League 7000000070
Career total20864030402196
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Hull City

Individual

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  5. ↑ "Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal and joins Cheltenham on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Morecambe 0–0 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Greaves & Sheaf agree loan extensions". ctfc.com. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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  10. ↑ "Greaves signs new three-year contract". Hull City A.F.C. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers 3–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "'Kick in the teeth' – Jacob Greaves sees first Hull City goal snatched from his grasp". Hull Daily Mail. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rotherham United 2–4 Hull City". BBC Sport. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Honeyman's Hat-Trick Of End-Of-Season Awards". Hull City A.F.C. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Lewis-Potter wins hat-trick of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Slater wins duo of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Huddersfield Town 1–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Greaves wins McVitie's Player of the Month for February". Hull City A.F.C. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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