Jayden Danns

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Jayden Danns
Personal information
Full name Jayden Alexander Danns
Date of birth (2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 76
Youth career
0000–2024 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Liverpool 2 (0)
International career
2021 England U16 3 (1)
2023– England U18 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Jayden Alexander Danns (born 16 January 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool.

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Early life and career

Jayden Alexander Danns [1] was born on 16 January 2006 in Liverpool. [2] He joined Liverpool when he was eight years old [3] and attended Rainhill High School, where he won the Year 8 Merseyside Schools Cup in 2019. [4]

Club career

Danns progressed through the Liverpool academy. While playing at U16 level, he suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease. [5] He began playing for the Liverpool U18 side when he was 16 years-old. [6] He began the 2023–24 season in fine form, scoring in every competitive match for the Liverpool under-18s between August and December 2023, totalling nine goals in seven games. He also scored four goals in three games in the 2023–24 U18 Premier League Cup. [7] [8]

Danns made his debut at first-team level in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy, appearing as a second-half substitute against Morecambe in September 2023. [9] On 21 February 2024, he made his Premier League debut as an 89th-minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Luton Town. [10] Four days later, he featured in the 2024 EFL Cup final as Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. [11] He scored his first and second goals for Liverpool on 28 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup in a 3–0 home victory against Southampton. He was given the player of the match award for the first time. [12] On 15 March 2024, Danns signed a new long-term contract with the club. [13]

International career

He was called up to play with the England national under-18 team in October 2023. [14]

Personal life

He is the son of former professional footballer and Guyana international Neil Danns. [15] [16] His grandfather, also called Neil, was a backing singer on the UK's entry in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest as well as a European title-winning skateboarder. [17] [18] He has a younger brother, Kaylen, and a younger sister, Hayla-Essen who represented United Kingdom at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France as a member of Stand Uniqu3.

Career statistics

As of match played 18 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U21 2023–24 [19] —————1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Liverpool 2023–24 [20] Premier League 20121010—52
2024–25 [21] Premier League00000000—00
Total201210100052
Career total201210101062
  1. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Liverpool

England U18s

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