Jack Hobbs (footballer)
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| Jack Hobbs | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jack Hobbs | |
| Date of birth | 18 August 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Peterborough, England | |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre-back, Defensive midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Scunthorpe United (on loan from Liverpool) |
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| Number | 2 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005 2005– 2008– |
Lincoln City Liverpool → Scunthorpe United (loan) |
1 (0) 2 (0) 9 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | England U19 | 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jack Hobbs (born 18 August 1988 in Peterborough) is a professional English football player, currently playing on loan for Scunthorpe United from Liverpool. He plays as a defender (football) or defensive midfielder.
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[edit] Lincoln City
From Moulton, a small village near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Hobbs played for Moulton Harrox from the age of 10. The former Spalding Grammar School student left Moulton Harrox a few years later when he joined Lincoln City. Whilst at Lincoln City he was allowed to play for Spalding Athletic for one season at under 13.
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.
[edit] Liverpool FC
Hobbs moved from Lincoln City to Liverpool for a reported £750,000 on 2 August 2005 after spending a trial there. 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 spent the 2005-2006 season in the centre of midfield for the reserves having been put there by Paco Herrera. Hobbs also captained the reserves team after David Raven went on loan to Tranmere Rovers and played an important role in helping the club 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. He endured a nightmare match against Kaiserslauten that Liverpool lost 3-2 with Hobbs at fault for some of the goals although he did redeem himself a few days later when he was one of only a select few to come out of a 2-0 defeat to Zürich club Grasshopper with any credibility.
On Saturday 28th April 2007, Hobbs was named amongst the substitutes for the first time in Liverpool's Premiership match against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, however he did not make it onto the pitch. Hobbs went on to represent England at under 19 level on 3 occasions at the end of the 2006/07 season. He was expected to start the game against Reading in the Carling Cup on the 25th September 2007, but he started on the bench and came on to make his first-team debut as a late substitute in a 4-2 win. Hobbs later made his first full debut with Liverpool against Cardiff City in the Carling Cup on the 31 October 2007, playing all 90 minutes and gaining praise from pundits and teammates for his composed performance.[1] His first appearance in the Premier League came when he replaced Jamie Carragher after 51 minutes in the 4-0 win against Bolton on 2 December 2007. On the 8 December he made his first League start in place of Sami Hyypia against Reading in which Liverpool lost the game three goals to one. Following that he put in a good display against Chelsea FC, in a League Cup quarter-final tie, a match Liverpool lost 2-0.
He joined Scunthorpe United on a loan deal on 24 January 2008 which will run until the end of the 2007/08 season.[2]
He scored his first goal for Scunthorpe United on 15 February against Stoke City F.C..
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Hobbs, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hobbs, Jack |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1988-8-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
