Jack Hobbs (footballer)

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Personal information
Jack Hobbs
Full name	Jack Hobbs
Date of birth	August 18, 1988 (age 18)
Place of birth	Portsmouth, England
Height	6 ft 3 in
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Liverpool
Youth clubs
	Lincoln City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005 2005–present	Lincoln City Liverpool	1 (0) 0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jack Hobbs (born August 18, 1988 in Portsmouth) is a professional English football player, currently playing for Liverpool.

From Moulton, a small village near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Hobbs played for Spalding Athletic from the age of 10. The former Spalding Grammar School student left Spalding Athletic a few years later when he joined the Lincoln City.

At the age of just 16, Hobbs, a defender, made his league debut in the 2004/2005 season coming off the bench to play just 3 minutes of League 2 football at home for Lincoln City, in the 1-1 draw against Bristol Rovers.

Hobbs moved from Lincoln City to Liverpool for an undisclosed amount of money on 2 August 2005 after spending a trial there. As part of the deal, the five-time European champions went to Sincil Bank on August 16, 2006 for the first time since the 1960/61 season, in the old Second Division.

He made his Liverpool reserves debut at the age of 16 in a mini-derby with Everton and signed a three-year professional contract with the Merseyside club on his seventeenth birthday after initially agreeing to a pre-contract with the club.

The young defender played the 2005-2006 season in the centre of midfield for the reserves having been put there by Paco Herrera. Hobbs has also captained the Reserves Team since David Raven went on loan to Tranmere Rovers, as a reward for his consistent performances in an unfamiliar role this so far this season.

Hobbs also played an important role in helping to win the FA Youth Cup against Manchester City.

During the summer of 2006, Hobbs made his first appearances for the first team in friendly matches against Crewe and Wrexham, before going on tour of Switzerland with the first team.

Hobbs was described by Jamie Carragher as the ``nicest guy in the world ... maybe a little too nice´´