Jacob Ramsey

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Jacob Ramsey
Jacob Ramsey 2021.jpg
Ramsey playing for Aston Villa in 2021
Personal information
Full name Jacob Matthew Decourcey Ramsey [1]
Date of birth (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Great Barr, Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United [4]
Number 41
Youth career
2007–2019 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2025 Aston Villa 137 (14)
2020 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 7 (3)
2025– Newcastle United 2 (0)
International career
2019 England U18 7 (0)
2019 England U19 3 (0)
2020 England U20 1 (1)
2021–2023 England U21 16 (4)
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2023 Georgia–Romania
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:29, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Jacob Matthew Ramsey (born 28 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United.

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Ramsey is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and made his senior debut for the club in a EFL Championship match in February 2019. He represented England at youth level and was a member of the under-21 squad in 2023.

Club career

Aston Villa

Ramsey joined the youth academy of Aston Villa at the age of six. [5] He was often among the smallest players in his age group in youth football and would supplement his football training with boxing training with his father, an ex-professional boxer, to build muscle. [6]

On 15 January 2019, Ramsey signed a professional contract with Aston Villa. [7] Ramsey caught national attention playing for Aston Villa U18s in the 2018–19 FA Youth Cup, scoring 2 goals in every round, until the Fifth Round. On 2 February 2019, Ramsey was given a straight red card less than ten minutes into Villa's Fifth Round defeat against AFC Bournemouth U18s. [8] While suspended for the youth team, Ramsey joined first team training to "make up the numbers" during a spate of injuries. [6] After training with the first team, 17-year-old Ramsey was selected by manager Dean Smith to be on the bench for a Championship game against Brentford on 13 February 2019 in which he was an unused substitute and then made his professional debut with Aston Villa as a 61st minute substitute in a 2–0 loss to West Bromwich Albion three days later. [9] [10]

On 1 May 2019, at the Aston Villa End-of-Season awards, Ramsey was named "2018–19 Academy Player of the Season". [11]

On 31 January 2020, Ramsey signed for Doncaster Rovers on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. On the same day, he signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Aston Villa. [12] On 4 February 2020, Ramsey made his Doncaster debut, in a 3–0 away victory over Tranmere Rovers, in which he scored his first two goals in senior football. [13] However, the EFL League One season was initially postponed and, on 9 June 2020, ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom [14] and Ramsey re-joined the Aston Villa squad ahead of the resumption of the Premier League. [15]

On 15 September 2020, Ramsey was given his first ever start for Aston Villa, in a 3–1 victory over Burton Albion in the EFL Cup. [16] On 28 September, the 19-year-old made his Premier League debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 away win over Fulham. On 12 December, he made his first league start for Villa in a 1–0 away win over West Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. [17]

On 9 February 2021, Ramsey signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the club. [18]

On 22 October 2021, Ramsey scored his first goal for Aston Villa in the Premier League, a late consolation goal in a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal. [19] Ramsey was voted Aston Villa's player of the month for December 2021 by fans, a month in which he scored his second Premier League goal – a solo run and finish in a 2–0 victory over Norwich City which was also voted goal of the month. [20] On 15 January 2022, Ramsey scored his first goal at Villa Park against Manchester United. [21] On 9 February, Ramsey scored two goals against Leeds United, marking his first Premier League brace. [22] On 26 April 2022, Ramsey signed a contract extension with Aston Villa, lasting until 2027. [23] On 12 May, at Villa's 2021–22 End Of Season awards, Ramsey was voted Young Player of the Season by supporters, and Player's Player of the Season by his teammates. [24] [ non-primary source needed ]

On 6 November 2022, Ramsey scored an own goal and for Villa in the same game, a 3–1 home victory over Manchester United. [25] After a successful 2022–23 season, Ramsey was recognised by the Premier League with the "2022/23 Premier League Academy Graduate" award. [26] At the Aston Villa end of season awards, Ramsey was named Young Player of the Season for the second season running. [27] [ non-primary source needed ]

Ramsey missed much of the 2023–24 season for Villa, making only 16 appearances (half of which he started), due to a hamstring injury in January and two-foot injuries; a metatarsal fracture in July while playing for England's U21s, which reoccurred in October, and a toe injury in a match against Luton Town in March. [28] On 1 August 2024, Ramsey was confirmed to be fit ahead of the new season, featuring in a pre-season tour of the United States. [29]

On 10 May 2025, Ramsey received the first red card of his senior career, for two bookable offences, in a 1–0 victory away at Bournemouth. [30]

Newcastle United

On 17 August 2025, Ramsey signed for Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee, [4] reported to be in the range of £40 million. [31]

International career

Ramsey was born in England to a Jamaican father and English mother. [32] He represented the England U18s at the UAE Sports Chain Cup in March 2019 [33] [34] [35] and the Slovakia Cup in May 2019. [36] On 5 September 2019, he made his England U19s debut during a 3–1 victory over Greece at St. George's Park. [37] On 13 October 2020, Ramsey made his debut for the England U20s and scored during a 2–0 victory over Wales at St. George's Park. [38]

On 7 October 2021, Ramsey made his debut for the England U21s during a 2–2 U21 EURO qualifying away draw to Slovenia. [39] On 25 March 2022, Ramsey scored his first goal for England U21s, in a 4–1 victory over Andorra. [40]

On 14 June 2023, Ramsey was included in the England squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. [41] [42] He scored a goal in their opening group match against Czech Republic. [43] A metatarsal injury sustained in the quarter-final victory over Portugal ruled him out of their final two games of the competition, [44] a tournament the Young Lions ultimately went on to win. [45] [46]

Personal life

Ramsey was born in the Great Barr area of Birmingham [47] and attended the Barr Beacon School in Walsall. [5] His younger brothers are both also footballers, Aaron plays for Burnley having graduated through the Aston Villa academy and Cole plays for the Villa U18s. [48] [49] His father Mark was a professional boxer, who fought future unified light-welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton twice early in his career, losing both times on a points decision. [50] [51]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2025 [52] [53]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2018–19 Championship 100000—0010
2019–20 Premier League 001010——20
2020–21 Premier League2200030——250
2021–22 Premier League3461000——356
2022–23 Premier League3561020——386
2023–24 Premier League16120003 [a] 0—211
2024–25 Premier League291521010 [b] 1—454
Total13714102701310016717
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2019–20 League One 73———0073
Newcastle United 2025–26 Premier League20000000—20
Career total1461793701310017620

Honours

England U21

Individual

References

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  3. ↑ "Jacob Ramsey: Profile". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Jacob Ramsey signs for Newcastle United - Newcastle United". www.newcastleunited.com. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 Dicken, Alex (16 February 2019). "Who is Jacob Ramsey? The wonderkid Villa are very excited about". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 Ramsey, Jacob (23 May 2022). "The Red Card that Changed My Life | By Jacob Ramsey". The Players' Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ramsey signs Aston Villa deal". Aston Villa F.C. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ↑ McGroarty, Adam (2 February 2019). "Clinical Scrimshaw Scores Brace to See AFC Bournemouth Past Aston Villa in Youth Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Aston Villa vs. West Bromwich Albion – 16 February 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Evans, Gregg (16 February 2019). "'Signs of promise' – Assessing the Aston Villa debut of Jacob Ramsey". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  11. 1 2 "End-of-Season Awards: All the winners". Aston Villa F.C. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Jacob Ramsey & Jason Lokilo: Doncaster sign Aston Villa midfielder and Crystal Palace winger". BBC Sport. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ↑ Wobschall, Leon (4 February 2020). "Tranmere Rovers 0 Doncaster Rovers 3: Jacob Ramsey celebrates his Rovers debut in style". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  14. ↑ de Menezes, Jack (9 June 2020). "League One and Two seasons ended due to coronavirus to confirm promotion and relegation". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  15. ↑ Rushton, James (9 June 2020). "Talented youngster sends five word message ahead of Aston Villa comeback". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  16. ↑ Maher, Matt (15 September 2020). "Carabao Cup: Burton 1 Aston Villa 3 – Report". Express & Star. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  17. ↑ Collins, Ben (12 December 2020). "Wolves 0–1 Aston Villa: Anwar El Ghazi penalty wins West Midlands derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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  19. ↑ "Ramsey pleased to break scoring duck with stunning strike". Aston Villa F.C. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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  21. ↑ Holt, Matthew (15 January 2022). "Aston Villa 2 Manchester United 2". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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  24. 1 2 3 "🏆 Young Player of the Season 🏆 Players' Player of the Season Starboy. ✨". @AVFCOfficial on Twitter. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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  26. 1 2 "Jacob Ramsey wins Premier League Academy Graduate Award". Aston Villa Football Club. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  27. 1 2 "He's one of our own.✨@JacobRamsey41 is our Young Player of the Season for 2022/23! 🙌". 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023– via Twitter.
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  34. ↑ "Young Lions suffer narrow defeat in their second game in the UAE Sports Chain Cup". The Football Association. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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  36. ↑ "Tyreece John-Jules scores winner as England edge Russia in Slovakia Cup opener". The Football Association. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  37. ↑ "The Young Lions kick-off new season with a win over Greece at St. George's Park". The Football Association. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  38. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (13 October 2020). "Two quickfire goals in the first half seal win for Lee Carsley's young Lions at SGP". The Football Association. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  39. ↑ McEvoy, Milly (7 October 2021). "Slovenia 2–2 England MU21s". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  40. ↑ House, Alfie (25 March 2022). "England victorious at Vitality Stadium despite Andorra solo stunner". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  41. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (14 June 2023). "England MU21s squad named for EURO Finals". England Football. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  42. ↑ "England Under-21s: Gibbs-White, Smith Rowe & Gordon in but Lewis left out". BBC Sport. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  43. ↑ Howell, Alex (22 June 2023). "Czech Republic U21 0–2 England U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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