Jojo Wollacott

Jojo Wollacott

Wollacott playing for Ghana in 2022.
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Luke Wollacott [1]
Date of birth	(1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Crawley Town
Youth career
2009–2015	Bristol City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2021	Bristol City	0	(0)
2015	→ Clevedon Town (loan)	1	(0)
2015	→ Weymouth (loan)	4	(0)
2016	→ Bergsøy (loan)	14	(0)
2017	→ Bath City (loan)	0	(0)
2017–2018	→ Woking (loan)	1	(0)
2018	→ Truro City (loan)	2	(0)
2018	→ Truro City (loan)	10	(0)
2018–2019	→ Gloucester City (loan)	14	(0)
2019–2020	→ Forest Green Rovers (loan)	10	(0)
2021	→ Swindon Town (loan)	2	(0)
2021–2022	Swindon Town	38	(0)
2022–2023	Charlton Athletic	16	(0)
2023–2024	Hibernian	6	(0)
2024–	Crawley Town	0	(0)
International career‡
2021–	Ghana	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:31, 16 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Joseph "Jojo" ^[3] Luke Wollacott (born 8 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One side Crawley Town. Born in England, he plays for the Ghana national team. ^{[4] [5]}

Career

Bristol City

Wollacott started his career in the Bristol City youth academy. He had loan spells with non-league clubs Clevedon Town, Weymouth, Bath City, Woking, Truro City and Gloucester City, and Norwegian club Bergsøy. On 7 August 2019 he joined EFL League Two side Forest Green Rovers on loan for the 2019–20 season, facing competition for the first-team spot from Adam Smith and Lewis Thomas. ^{[6] [5]} He made his debut in professional football six days later, saving a penalty as he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with Charlton Athletic in the EFL Cup, before going on to finish on the winning side in the penalty shoot-out. ^{[7] [5]}

Swindon Town

On 12 February 2021, Wollacott joined League One side Swindon Town on a seven-day emergency loan deal. ^[8] In June 2021, Wollacott signed for Swindon Town on a one-year contract. ^[9]

Charlton Athletic

On 23 June 2022, Wollacott joined Charlton Athletic on a three-year contract following the expiry of his contract at Swindon Town. ^[10]

Hibernian

Wollacott moved to Scottish club Hibernian on 23 June 2023 for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. ^{[11] [12]} He made his first appearance for Hibs in a Europa Conference League tie against Andorran side Inter Club d'Escaldes on 3 August, but during that match he suffered a thigh injury that meant he had to be substituted. ^[13]

Crawley Town

On 18 July 2024, Wollacott returned to England, joining newly promoted League One side Crawley Town on a two-year deal. ^[14]

International career

In October 2021, Wollacott received his first call-up to the Ghana national team for 2022 World Cup qualification game against Zimbabwe. ^{[4] [5]} He debuted with them in a 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Zimbabwe on 9 October 2021. ^{[15] [16]} He was part of the Ghanaian team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that was eliminated at the group stage of the competition. ^[17]

Career statistics

As of match played on 15 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bristol City	2013–14 [18]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15 [19]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16 [20]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2016–17 [21]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2017–18 [22]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2018–19 [23]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20 [24]	Championship	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2020–21 [25]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Bristol City total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clevedon Town (loan)	2013–14 [26]	SL Division One South & West	1	0	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
Weymouth (loan)	2014–15 [26]	SL Premier Division	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Bergsøy (loan)	2016 [27]	3. divisjon	13	0	0	0	—		0	0	13	0
Bath City (loan)	2017–18 [26]	National League South	0	0	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
Woking (loan)	2017–18 [2]	National League	1	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	2	0
Truro City (loan)	2017–18 [2]	National League South	2	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	3	0
	2018–19 [2]	National League South	10	0	0	0	—		0	0	10	0
	Truro City total		12	0	0	0	—		1	0	13	0
Gloucester City (loan)	2018–19 [2]	National League South	13	0	0	0	—		0	0	13	0
Forest Green Rovers (loan)	2019–20 [24]	League Two	10	0	2	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	15	0
Swindon Town (loan)	2020–21 [25]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Swindon Town	2021–22 [28]	League Two	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
	Swindon Town total		39	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	41	0
Charlton Athletic	2022–23 [29]	League One	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	20	0
Hibernian	2023–24 [30]	Scottish Premiership	6	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	7	0
Career total			115	0	6	0	5	0	7	0	133	0

1. One appearance in the FA Trophy, one appearance in the Southern League Cup
2. One appearance in the Somerset Premier Cup
3. One appearance in the FA Trophy
4. One appearance in the National League South play-offs
5. One appearance in the EFL Trophy
6. One appearance in the Europa Conference League

International

As of match played on 23 September 2022 ^[31]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ghana	2021	4	0
	2022	7	0
Total		11	0

Honours

Individual

• EFL League Two Team of the Season: 2021–22 ^[32]

References

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