Conor Coady

Conor Coady

Personal information
Full name Conor David Coady[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993
Place of birth Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 16
Youth career
2005–2013 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012–2014 Liverpool 1 (0)
2013–2014 → Sheffield United (loan) 39 (5)
2014–2015 Huddersfield Town 45 (3)
2015– Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 (0)
National team‡
2009 England U16 4 (0)
2009–2010 England U17 17 (0)
2010–2011 England U18 2 (0)
2011 England U19 12 (0)
2013 England U20 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 2 February 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:09, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Conor David Coady (born 25 February 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers as a defensive midfielder.

Born in Liverpool, Coady came through the academy system at his local side Liverpool and made two appearances for the senior side before spending a season on loan at Sheffield United and then moving to Huddersfield Town on a permanent transfer in 2014. He has also represented England at youth level, being named in the team of the tournament as England won the 2010 under-17 European Championship and captaining the England under-20 team at the 2013 under-20 World Cup.

Club career

Liverpool

Born in Liverpool, Coady grew up supporting his hometown club of the same name.[2] He is a product of the Liverpool Youth Academy after joining the club in 2005. During the 2010–11 season, Coady was on the fringes of the first team, making the subs bench twice but failed to make a first team appearance.[3][4] Coady played every Reserve League and NextGen Series match during the 2011–12 season, scoring five goals. Despite being named in the senior squad list and being called up to the senior squad occasionally from 2009, he did not make his senior début until 8 November 2012 in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Anzhi Makhachkala.[5] After Andre Wisdom's promotion as a full-time senior squad member, Conor Coady was installed as full-time captain of the Under-21 squad and on 12 May 2013 he made his Premier League début in a 1–3 win against Fulham.[6]

Coady agreed a six-month loan deal with League One side Sheffield United on 22 July 2013,[7] later revealing that he had turned down the chance to go on Liverpool's pre-season tour of Australia and the Far East in order to join up with his new club.[8] Coady made his debut for the Blades in the opening fixture of the following season, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 home victory over Notts County,[9] and made his first start for the club in the following game, a League Cup first round defeat to League Two side Burton Albion.[10] Coady scored his first senior goal in a 1–1 draw at Leyton Orient on 30 November 2013.[11] Having been in and out of the side during the first half of the season, Coady began to cement a regular first-team place over the Christmas period, prompting United to extend his loan spell during the January transfer window,[12] and once more in February to extend his stay until the end of the season.[13] Coady played regularly for the Blades for the remainder of the season and returned to Anfield having played 50 games and scored six goals.[14]

Huddersfield Town

On 6 August 2014, Coady signed for Football League Championship side Huddersfield Town on a three-year deal for a fee, believed to be around £500,000.[15] He made his début as a substitute in the 4–0 defeat by Bournemouth on 9 August.[16] On 1 October, he scored his first goal for the club against Wolverhampton Wanderers where Town won 3–1 at Molineux Stadium.[17] He again found the net, this time in a 2–2 draw against Rotherham United.[18]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Coady (left) defending against Joe Ralls.

On 3 July 2015, Coady signed for Football League Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £2 million.[19]

International career

Coady has represented England at Under-16 right through to Under-20 level.[20] He has been capped 17 times for the England national under-17 football team.[20] He played and captained[21] the England team at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Liechtenstein where he and his England colleagues won the tournament, and became the first England team to win an international tournament in 17 years.[22] He was then part of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Estonia[23] in which England got as far as the semi-finals where they were knocked out by Greece.[24] He was named captain of the England under-20 team by manager Peter Taylor for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[25] He made his debut for the side on 16 June, in a 3–0 win in a warm-up game against Uruguay.[26] On 23 June, he scored in the opening group-stage game against Iraq.[27]

Club statistics

As of 20 April 2015[16]
League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2012–13 Liverpool Premier League 1000001020
2013–14 Sheffield United (loan) League One 395811020506
2014–15 Huddersfield Town Championship 45 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 48 3
Career total 8589130301009

Honours

England under-17

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2014. p. 19. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Conor would be keen on Lane option". The Sheffield Star. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Whyatt, Chris (17 February 2011). "Sparta Prague 0 – 0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Dawkes, Phil (23 April 2011). "Liverpool 9 – 1 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Anzhi Makhachkala 1–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seven starlets who stepped up in 2012-13". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Coady in on loan". Sheffield United F.C. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Coady reveals Rodgers infleunce". Sky Sports News. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sheffield United's David Weir off to winning start against Notts County". The Guardian. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sheffield United 1–2 Burton". BBC Sport. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Cox snatches point for Orient". Sky Sports. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool youngster Conor Coady extends loan spell with Sheffield United". Daily Mirror. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool midfielder extends Sheffield United loan deal". BBC Sport. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Conor Coady in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Conor Coady Joins Huddersfield Town". Huddersfield Town F.C. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Conor Coady". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Huddersfield Town earned a surprise win away at Wolves to stop the hosts going top of the Championship.". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Two goals in the final three minutes earned Rotherham an unlikely draw against Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield at the New York Stadium.". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Conor Coady: Wolves sign Huddersfield Town midfielder". BBC Sport. 3 July 2015.
  20. 1 2 "The FA profile". The FA. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "England U-17s beat Spain to win European Championship". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  22. 1 2 Rice, Jimmy. "Wisdom scores in historic triumph". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  23. ↑ Rice, Jimmy. "LFC duo named in U19s Euro squad". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  24. ↑ Hunter, Steve. "Final joy for Suso as England lose". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  25. ↑ "Captain Coady". The Football Association. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  26. ↑ "England U20s continue World Cup preparations with a 3–0 win over Uruguay". The Football Association. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  27. ↑ "England v Iraq". The Football Association. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  28. ↑ "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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