James Chester

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James Chester
AUT vs. WAL 2016-10-06 (123).jpg
Chester lining up for Wales in 2016
Personal information
Full name James Grant Chester [1]
Date of birth (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35) [2]
Place of birth Warrington, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Salford City
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2007 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011 Manchester United 0 (0)
2009 → Peterborough United (loan) 5 (0)
2009 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Carlisle United (loan) 18 (2)
2011–2015 Hull City 156 (7)
2015–2016 West Bromwich Albion 13 (0)
2016–2020 Aston Villa 119 (12)
2020 → Stoke City (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2022 Stoke City 49 (0)
2022–2023 Derby County 7 (0)
2023–2024 Barrow 38 (2)
2024– Salford City 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2018 Wales 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:20, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

James Grant Chester (born 23 January 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two club Salford City.

Contents

Chester began his career with Manchester United but made only one appearance for the club. He had spells on loan at Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle and Carlisle United before joining Hull City in January 2011 on a permanent contract. He spent three and a half years there before signing for West Bromwich Albion in 2015. After only one year with West Brom, Chester joined Championship club Aston Villa in the summer of 2016. Chester helped Villa gain promotion to the Premier League after winning the 2019 EFL Championship play-off final. He joined Stoke City on loan in January 2020 before making it permanent in August 2020. He would leave Stoke in July 2022 and joined League One Derby County, however left in 2023 after an injury hit spell. In September 2023, he signed a deal with League Two Barrow.

He made his international debut for the Wales in June 2014. Chester played at UEFA Euro 2016 where Wales progressed to the semi-final of a major international tournament for the first time in the team's history.

Club career

Manchester United

Chester was born in Warrington, and attended Birchwood Community High School. [4] [2] He began his career with his local club, Winwick Athletic. [5] At the age of eight, he joined the Manchester United Academy, and signed a trainee contract at the age of 16 in July 2005. At the end of the season, he played in the teams for both the FA Youth Cup and Manchester Senior Cup finals. However, the teams lost both finals, losing to Liverpool on penalties in the former and to Manchester City in the latter. [6]

In July 2007, Chester signed his first professional contract with United. [2] After being named as a substitute for the first team's 1–0 win over Bolton Wanderers on 17 January 2009, [7] Chester was again selected as a substitute for the League Cup semi-final second leg against Derby County. With United 3–0 up at the time, Chester came on as a 67th-minute substitute for Gary Neville. Although Derby pulled two goals back, United ended up winning the match 4–2, meaning that they won the tie 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2009 League Cup final. [8]

On 2 February 2009, Chester joined League One club Peterborough United – managed by Alex Ferguson's son, Darren – on a one-month loan. [9] He made five appearances for the Posh before returning to Manchester United on 2 March. [10] Towards the end of the season, along with Tom Cleverley and Corry Evans, Chester was nominated by reserve team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær for the Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year award. [11]

On 18 September 2009, Chester joined Championship club Plymouth Argyle on a three-month loan along with his Manchester United teammate David Gray. [12] However, in his third appearance for the Pilgrims, Chester suffered cartilage damage that would rule him out of action for 10–12 weeks, beyond the scheduled end of his loan spell. He therefore returned to Manchester United on 13 October 2009. [13]

On 3 August 2010, Chester joined League One club Carlisle United on loan until 3 January 2011, after impressing in a trial match against Hibernian on 1 August. [14] He made his competitive debut on 7 August, starting at centre-back in Carlisle's 2–0 home win over Brentford on the opening day of the league season. [15] Over the course of his loan spell, Chester scored four goals for Carlisle in 23 appearances in all competitions, including the winning goal in Carlisle's 3–2 FA Cup second round win over Tamworth. [16]

Hull City

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Chester playing for Hull City in 2014

On 17 December 2010, Chester expressed an interest in staying at Carlisle beyond the end of his loan contract, [17] but the transfer window brought with it talk of Chester making a transfer to Championship club Hull City, with Hull manager Nigel Pearson going public on 3 January with his interest in the defender. [18] The next day, Hull had a bid believed to be worth around £300,000 accepted by Manchester United, and Chester underwent a medical on 6 January. [19] The transfer was completed on 7 January, with Chester signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. [20] He made his debut in the 2–0 home win against Barnsley on 15 January 2011. [21] Chester scored his first goal for the club in the 2–2 draw against Leeds United at the KC Stadium on 1 February 2011. [22] Chester adjusted well to the Championship, putting in several strong performances as Hull finished the 2010–11 season in 11th position. [23] Chester enjoyed a strong year in his second season at Hull, playing almost every game under managers Nigel Pearson and Nick Barmby in central defence, forming a successful partnership with Jack Hobbs. This partnership was for a long period the basis of the tightest defence in the league as they conceded 44 goals with only champions Reading conceding less. [24] Chester finished the season as runner-up in the club's player of the year awards. [25]

Under new manager Steve Bruce, Chester quickly became accustomed to playing as part of a three-man defence in the team's new system, alongside a combination of Abdoulaye Faye, manager's son Alex Bruce, Paul McShane, and Jack Hobbs. Chester scored his first goal of the season in a 3–2 victory away to Birmingham City on 17 November 2012. [26] Chester played 48 times for Hull in 2012–13 helping the Tigers gain promotion on the final day of the season. [27] On 26 June 2013, Chester signed a new three-year contract with Hull. [28]

Chester made his Premier League debut on 18 August 2013 at Stamford Bridge in a 2–0 away defeat to Chelsea. [29] Five games into his debut season as a first-team player in the Premier League, Chester was ruled out for an initial six-to-eight weeks after pulling his hamstring against Newcastle United on 21 September 2013. [30] After two months out injured, [31] he made his return in Hull's 2–0 defeat away to Arsenal on 4 December. [32] Chester scored his first goal of the 2013–14 season in the fourth minute of Hull City's Boxing Day match against Manchester United; however, he later scored a second-half own goal to give Manchester United a 3–2 victory. [33] On 17 May 2014, he started in the 2014 FA Cup final against Arsenal and scored to put his side 1–0 up, although Hull went on to lose 3–2. [34] Chester played 28 times in 2014–15 as Hull had a difficult campaign and were relegated to the Championship, finishing three points from safety. [35]

West Bromwich Albion

On 29 July 2015, Chester joined Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on a four-year contract for a reported fee of £8 million. [36] [37] Chester made his West Brom debut on 10 August appearing in a 3–0 defeat to Manchester City. [38] On 25 August, Chester started for West Brom in a League Cup match against Port Vale, both sides failed to score and the game went to penalties, Chester scored the decisive penalty enabling West Brom to progress to the next round of the competition. [39] West Brom manager Tony Pulis played Chester in unfamiliar full-back roles instead of centre-back leading to Chester becoming unhappy at the Hawthorns. [40] [41] In August 2016 West Brom accepted a bid for Chester from Aston Villa. [42]

Aston Villa

On 12 August 2016, Chester signed a four-year contract with newly relegated Championship club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, believed to have been more than the £8 million West Brom paid Hull. [43] Chester scored his first goal for Villa, the only goal of the game, against Derby County on 25 February 2017. [44] Chester made 46 appearances in 2016–17 as Villa had a forgettable campaign, finishing 13th. [45] Chester was an ever-present in 2017–18 playing in 50 matches as Villa reached the 2018 EFL Championship play-off final but lost 1–0 to Fulham. [46] [47]

Chester began the 2018–19 campaign as a main stay of the team before he suffered a knee injury in January 2019 ruling him out of the remainder of the season. [48] In his absence Villa again reached the play-off final where this time they were successful, beating Derby County 2–1. [49] Speaking at the end of the season Chester revealed that his knee injury is long standing problem and that he had been having to play through the pain barrier earlier in the season. [50] Chester made his return from injury on 18 December 2019 in a 5–0 EFL Cup win over Liverpool. [51] On 25 June 2020, it was confirmed that Chester had been released by Aston Villa, signing a contract extension to allow him to finish the Championship season with Stoke City before becoming a free agent. [52]

Stoke City

Chester joined Stoke City on 31 January 2020 on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. [53] He made his debut on 8 February 2020 in a 3–1 win against Charlton Athletic. [54] The season was suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restarted in June with Chester extending his loan to cover the remaining matches. [55] He made 16 appearances for Stoke in 2019–20 helping them to avoid relegation from the Championship. [56] Chester signed a one-year contract with Stoke on 10 August 2020. [57] He made 33 appearances in 2020–21 as Stoke finished in 14th position. [58] In 2021–22 Chester was mainly used as back-up by Michael O'Neill, making 22 appearances and he was released by Stoke at the end of the season. [59] [60]

Derby County

On 6 July 2022, Chester joined recently relegated League One club Derby County on a one-year contract. [61] Chester's time at Derby was plagued by continuing injuries. After missing the opening eight games of the season, Chester made his debut in a 2–1 win over Wycombe Wanderers. He appeared in the following five league games before going off injured in a 0–0 draw against Exeter City in October 2022. He returned to fitness but was injured in the warm-up prior to the 4–0 home win over Accrington Stanley in January 2023 before making an appearance. [62] Chester made his first appearance in six months when he started in Derby's 2–0 win over Forest Green Rovers in April 2023, but was substituted through injury after 76-minutes, which would prove to bring his season to an end after just seven appearances, with 35 games missed through injury. [63] Chester was not retained by Derby at the end of the season and became a free agent. [64]

Barrow

On 1 September 2023, Chester joined Barrow of League Two on a deal until January 2024, [65] subsequently extended until summer 2024. On 1 May 2024, the club revealed it had offered Chester another contract. [66]

Salford City

On 17 July 2024, Chester joined fellow League Two side Salford City. [67]

International career

Chester playing for Wales in 2016 AUT vs. WAL 2016-10-06 (126).jpg
Chester playing for Wales in 2016

Born in England, Chester qualifies to play for Wales as his mother was born in Rhyl. [68] He made his debut for Wales on 4 June 2014, starting in a friendly against the Netherlands. [69] [70]

Chester played all six games in Wales's journey to the semi-final of Euro 2016, playing on the right-hand side of the team's central defensive three. [71] [72]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2008–09 [73] Premier League 000010000010
2009–10 [74] Premier League000000000000
2010–11 [75] Premier League00————00
Total000010000010
Peterborough United (loan) 2008–09 [73] League One 50————50
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2009–10 [74] Championship 30————30
Carlisle United (loan) 2010–11 [75] League One1822110—3 [lower-alpha 1] 1244
Hull City 2010–11 [75] Championship211————211
2011–12 [76] Championship4420010——452
2012–13 [77] Championship4412020——481
2013–14 [78] Premier League2415100——292
2014–15 [79] Premier League23200104 [lower-alpha 2] 0—282
Total1567714040—1718
West Bromwich Albion 2015–16 [80] Premier League1304020——190
Aston Villa 2016–17 [45] Championship4531000——463
2017–18 [81] Championship4640010—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0504
2018–19 [82] Championship2850000—00285
2019–20 [83] Premier League001010——20
Total119122020—3012612
Stoke City (loan) 2019–20 [83] Championship1600000——160
Stoke City 2020–21 [58] Championship3200010——330
2021–22 [84] Championship1702030——220
Total6502040——710
Derby County 2022–23 [85] League One700000—0070
Barrow 2023–24 [86] League Two 3822000—10412
Career total42423192140407147226
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs

International

[87]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Wales 201450
201530
2016130
201780
201860
Total350

Honours

Hull City

Aston Villa

Individual

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