Jordan Rossiter

Jordan Rossiter

Rossiter captaining Liverpool U19s in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJordan Bernard Rossiter[1]
Date of birth24 March 1997
Place of birthLiverpool, England
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Liverpool
Number46
Youth career
2003–Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2014–Liverpool0(0)
National team‡
2012–2013England U163(1)
2013–2014England U172(1)
2014–England U181(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 September 2014

Jordan Bernard Rossiter (born 24 March 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool, who have described him as an "authoritative central midfield presence" with "an extensive passing repertoire with either foot and an eye for goal".[2]

Liverpool career

Youth

Rossiter joined his local side Liverpool when he was 6 years old[3] and first represented the academy at U6 level.[4] He made his debut for Liverpool U18s on his 15th birthday.[5] Still aged 15 he made his U19 debut side in a NextGen series match against Inter Milan, during the game ex-Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler said Rossiter was a talent comparable to Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.[6] For the 2013–14 season Rossiter, then 16, became a permanent fixture of Liverpool's U21 Premier League side and at the end of the season won Liverpool's Academy Player of the Year award.[7] In September 2014, Rossiter was named as captain of Liverpool under-19s for the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League.[8]

Senior

2013-14

During the 2013–14 season Rossiter trained regularly with the first team squad and was named on the bench for the first time for a Premier League match against Chelsea on 29 December 2013.[9] He also claimed a place on the bench in the New Years Day victory against Hull.[10]

2014-15

On 23 September 2014, Rossiter made his first team debut aged 17 in a League Cup third round match against Middlesbrough, scoring his first goal for the club with a low drive from 30 yards in the 10th minute to become Liverpool's second youngest goalscorer behind Michael Owen.[11][12] On 28 October, Rossiter was an unused substitute in the next round of the League Cup in a match against Swansea which Liverpool won 2-1 thanks to the late header from Dejan Lovren in injury time.[13] He also made the bench in the Reds' 1-0 league victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on January 10.[14] He was an unused substitute in Liverpool's 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the League Cup semi final 1st leg on January 20, 2015.[15] On 2 February 2015, Rossiter suffered an ankle injury in a FA Youth Cup game against Birmingham City that left him on the sidelines for several weeks.[16]

International career

Rossiter has represented England at U16, U17 and U18 level. Rossiter captained England U16 as they won the 2012 Victory Shield.[3][17] In November 2013, Rossiter was described as one of the "fab four" Liverpudlian players who were at the heart of the England U17 squad.[18] Rossiter represented England U17 in the 2014 Algarve Tournament, with England coming second to Germany after a 1–0 loss in the final game.[19]

In September 2014 Rossiter received his first England U18 call-up for a double-header against the Netherlands, and made his U18 debut in a 4–1 victory.[20][21]

Club statistics

As of 23 September 2014.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2014–15[22] Premier League 0000110000 11
Career total 000011000011

Honours

Individual

Liverpool Academy Player of the Year: 2013-14

References

  1. ↑ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2014. (registration required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Jordan Rossiter". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Joe Rimmer. "Jordan Rossiter: All you need to know about the 17-year-old". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Photos: Jordan's rise through LFC's ranks". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Five facts about Liverpool’s Jordan Rossiter". Here Is The City. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "'He's a young Stevie G' - Robbie Fowler hails exciting little-known LFC youngster — Liverpool-Kop.com". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jordan Rossiter on his LFC academy player of the year award". This Is Anfield. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool in 4-0 UEFA Youth League rout of Ludogorets Razgrad with Jerome Sinclair starring — Daily Mail Online". Mail Online. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Aimee Lewis. "BBC Sport — Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool 2 0 Hull". BBC Sport. 1 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Liverpool debutant Jordan Rossiter scores from 30 yards v Middlesbrough!". http://www.101greatgoals.com/''. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Reds through after true penalty drama". http://www.liverpoolfc.com/''. Liverpool FC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool 2 – 1 Swansea". BBC Sport. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool vs Chelsea team news". The Independent. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  16. ↑ http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-youngster-jordan-rossiter-8567297
  17. ↑ "TheFA". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "TheFA". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  19. ↑ "England Under-17 suffer late heartbreak in the Algarve". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Neil Dewsnip names U18 squad". The Football Association. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Armstrong strikes twice as England blow Holland away". http://www.thefa.com/''. The Football Association. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Jordan Rossiter in 2014/2015". Soccerbase (Centurycomm). Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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