Jamie Shackleton

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Jamie Shackleton
Personal information
Full name Jamie Stuart Shackleton [1]
Date of birth (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, right-back, right midfielder, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield United
Number 16
Youth career
2005–2006 Kippax Athletic
2006–2018 Leeds United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2024 Leeds United 79 (2)
2022–2023 → Millwall (loan) 36 (0)
2024– Sheffield United 12 (0)
International career
2019–2020 England U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Jamie Stuart Shackleton (born 8 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Sheffield United. A versatile player, Shackleton can play as a right-back, defensive midfielder, right midfielder or attacking midfielder.

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A graduate of the Leeds United academy, Shackleton was part of the Leeds United team which won the EFL Championship in 2019–20 to gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.

Early life and education

Born in Hemsworth, [3] Shackleton attended Lady Elizabeth Hastings Primary School and later St Wilfrid's Catholic High School in Featherstone. [4] [5]

Club career

Leeds United

After playing youth football with Kippax Athletic, he joined Leeds United's youth academy aged seven and signed his first forms with the club aged nine. [6] He made his U23 debut at the start of the 2016–17 season.[ citation needed ] In October 2016, former academy director Neil Redfearn praised him as one of the most promising talents at the club, stating that: "I think he's a good footballer, he's got great feet. He's not the biggest, but he's very tenacious. He reads the game well." [6] [7] In the summer of 2017, Shackleton signed a two-year professional contract with Leeds United. [8] On 8 May 2018, he was named in Leeds' first team squad by head coach Paul Heckingbottom for their post-season friendlies tour to Myanmar. [9] He made his first start for Leeds' first team in a pre-season friendly 1–1 draw against York City on 20 July 2018, under recently appointed Leeds' head coach Marcelo Bielsa. [10] [11] During the pre-season, Shackleton played in a right-back position, as opposed to the central midfielder role he had typically occupied during his youth career. [6]

Shackleton was given the number 46 shirt for the 2018–19 season, [12] and his first call up to a first-team squad came on 11 August 2018, when he was named on the bench against Derby County; [13] he made his debut in the 4–1 win after coming on as a substitute. [13] [14] On 13 August 2018, two days after his professional debut, Shackleton signed a three-year contract extension with Leeds United. [13] [14] Shackleton made his first start for Leeds the following day in an EFL Cup match against Bolton Wanderers, which Leeds won 2–1, with Shackleton playing as a right-back. [15] He made his full league debut the following week, starting at right back away to Swansea City after replacing captain Liam Cooper who had been injured during warm-up; he assisted Kemar Roofe for Leeds United's first goal in a 2–2 draw. [16] As the season progressed, the majority of Shackleton's appearances would come as a substitute, [6] with 16 of his 19 league appearances during the regular season coming as a substitute, [3] including an appearance as an injury-time substitute against West Bromwich Albion on 1 March 2019 where he managed to assist Ezgjan Alioski for the final goal in a 4–0 win. [17] Leeds finished the regular season in third place after dropping out of the automatic promotion places with three games left after a defeat to 10 man Wigan Athletic on 19 April. [18] [19] As a result of their third-place finish, Leeds qualified for the promotion play-offs with Shackleton coming on as a first-half substitute for the injured Adam Forshaw in the first leg of their semi-final against Derby County; a match which Leeds won 1–0. [6] [20] With Forshaw still injured, Shackleton started the second leg as Leeds lost 4–2 as Derby progressed to the final against Aston Villa. [6] [21] He was one of three players nominated for the club's Young Player Of The Season award for the 2018–19 season alongside Tyler Roberts and Jack Clarke, but lost out on the award with Jack Clarke receiving the award at the club's annual ceremony in April 2019. [22]

Despite being in Marcelo Bielsa's starting XI for much of the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Shackleton became the manager's late-game direct replacement for Pablo Hernández and, to a lesser extent, Mateusz Klich as the season wore on. Named in the starting team against Derby County in the penultimate game of the season on 19 July 2020, Shackleton scored his first league goal for the club at Pride Park in Leeds' 3–1 win, their first game after being confirmed champions of the Championship. [23] Within days he had netted his second goal — against Charlton Athletic (as a substitute for Hernández), which would prove to be Leeds' final goal scored in the 2019–20 campaign. [24] The 2019–20 season saw Leeds promoted to the Premier League after finishing top of the Championship on 93 points, 10 points clear of second-placed West Bromwich Albion. [25] [26]

In August 2020, Shackleton signed a new four-year contract with Leeds. [27] Shackleton made his Premier League debut in the first match of the season against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 4–3 defeat at Anfield to the reigning champions. [28] [29]

Loan to Millwall

On 19 July 2022, Shackleton joined Millwall on a season long loan. [30]

Sheffield United

On 4 July 2024, Shackleton signed for fellow Championship club Sheffield United on a free transfer, after turning down a contract offer from Leeds. [31]

International career

Shackleton received his first call-up to the England U20 squad for the 2019 Toulon Tournament as a replacement for Aston Villa's Easah Suliman [32] and made his debut during the 3–2 defeat to Portugal on 4 June 2019. [33]

Style of play

Shackleton can play as a central midfielder or as a right-back and left-back. [4] [6] Shackleton is known for his pace and high level fitness, with Joe Urquhart of the Yorkshire Evening Post writing that "his feet scarcely seem to touch the turf when he skims across it". [4]

Coaching career

In October 2018, Shackleton revealed he was going to undertake his UEFA B Licence in coaching despite being only 19 years of age. [34]

Career statistics

As of 9 May 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leeds United 2018–19 Championship 19010202 [a] 0240
2019–20 Championship222002000242
2020–21 Premier League 130101000150
2021–22 Premier League140002000160
2023–24 Championship110202000150
Total792409020942
Millwall (loan) 2022–23 Championship360100000370
Sheffield United 2024-25 Championship000000—00
Career total11525090201312
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Championship play-offs

Honours

Leeds United

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