Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Lee Carragher | ||
Date of birth | 11 November 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wigan Athletic | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2017 | Liverpool | ||
2017–2021 | Wigan Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Wigan Athletic | 17 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2024 | → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:41,25 January 2025 (UTC) |
James Lee Carragher (born 11 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Wigan Athletic.
James Lee Carragher was born on 11 November 2002 in Liverpool, Merseyside. [1] He is the son of the former Liverpool and England footballer Jamie Carragher. [2]
After Carragher began playing football with Liverpool as an under-8 in 2011, [3] he joined the youth academy of Wigan Athletic in 2017. [4] Carragher captained Wigan's under-18s as they won the U18 Professional Development League in the 2020–21 season. He signed his first professional contract with Wigan on 4 August 2021. [5] He made his debut with Wigan Athletic in a penalty shoot-out win over Hull City in the EFL Cup on 10 August 2021. [6] He signed a new two-year contract with Wigan on 27 April 2023. [7]
Carragher joined National League club Oldham Athletic on 16 September 2022 on loan until 1 January 2023. [8] He made 6 appearances in all competitions during his loan spell. [1] On 10 January 2024, Carragher joined Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on loan until the end of the season. [9] He made his competitive debut two days later in a 1–0 loss at home to Dundee United. [10] He made a total of 20 appearances in all competitions as the club were relegated via the play-offs. [1]
Carragher made his league debut for Wigan against Crawley Town on 24 August 2024. [11] He scored his first professional career goal on 25 January 2025, heading in Wigan's opener in their 2–0 win against Bristol Rovers. [12]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wigan Athletic | 2021–22 [13] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2022–23 [14] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2023–24 [15] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2024–25 [16] | League One | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [c] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2022–23 [1] | National League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 2023–24 [1] | Scottish Championship | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [d] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Career total | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
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