Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordan Kenneth Willis [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 24 August 1994||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back [4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Northampton Town | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Coventry City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2019 | Coventry City | 179 | (4) |
2019–2022 | Sunderland | 50 | (2) |
2023 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | (0) |
2023– | Northampton Town | 22 | (0) |
International career | |||
2012 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22.27, 20 February 2024 (UTC) |
Jordan Kenneth Willis (born 24 August 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL League One side Northampton Town. Previously, he spent 8 years in the English Football League with Coventry City and has also played for Sunderland and Wycombe Wanderers.
Willis was born in Coventry, West Midlands. [5] He made his first-team debut for Coventry City as a substitute on 5 November 2011 in a 4–2 Championship loss to Southampton, coming on to replace James McPake after 64 minutes. [6] At the age of 17 years and 72 days he became the tenth youngest Coventry City player of all-time.[ citation needed ] He made his first start of the following season on 28 August 2012, in a 3–2 win against Birmingham City in the League Cup. [7]
He established himself in the first-team towards the end of the 2013–14 season in the right-back position.[ citation needed ] A change in formation to a three-man defence saw Willis become a first-choice player for Coventry City at the start of the following season.[ citation needed ] On 11 October, Jordan Willis captained the Sky Blues for the first time in their game against Crewe Alexandra.[ citation needed ]
He scored his first goal for Coventry in an EFL Trophy tie against West Ham Under-23s on 30 August 2016. [8] He then scored his first league goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Chesterfield on 1 November 2016. [9]
Willis left Coventry at the end of 2018–19 season after rejecting the offer of a new contract. [10]
Willis signed for League One club Sunderland on 13 July 2019 on a two-year contract. [11] Willis scored his first goal for Sunderland on 17 August 2019, a header from a Grant Leadbitter corner, in a 2–1 home victory against Portsmouth. [12] Sunderland announced on 25 May 2022, that he will be released when his contract runs out on 30 June 2022. [13]
Willis signed for Wycombe on 11 February 2023, until the end of the season. [14]
After over five months without a club, [15] on 7 October 2023 Willis signed for Northampton Town on a short-term contract lasting initially until January 2024. [16] In December he agreed a contract extension with Northampton Town until the end of the season. [17]
In February 2012 he was called up to the England under-18 team by manager Noel Blake. [18] He made his debut on 7 March 2012 in a 3–0 win against Poland in Crewe. [19] He made his England under-19 debut on 5 February 2013, in a 3–1 win against Denmark. [20]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 2011–12 [21] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2012–13 [22] | League One | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2013–14 [23] | League One | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2014–15 [24] | League One | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
2015–16 [25] | League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2016–17 [26] | League One | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 46 | 5 | |
2017–18 [27] | League Two | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 42 | 2 | |
2018–19 [28] | League One | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
Total | 179 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 208 | 8 | ||
Sunderland | 2019–20 [29] | League One | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 40 | 2 |
2020–21 [30] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2021–22 [31] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
Wycombe Wanderers | 2022–23 [32] | League One | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Northampton Town | 2023–24 [33] | League One | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Career total | 260 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 300 | 10 |
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