George Evans (footballer, born 1994)

George Evans
Personal information
Full name George Evans
Date of birth (1994-12-13) 13 December 1994
Place of birth Cheadle, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Reading
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2013 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Manchester City 0 (0)
2013–2014Crewe Alexandra (loan) 23 (1)
2015Scunthorpe United (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2016Walsall (loan) 12 (3)
2016– Reading 2 (0)
National team
2011 England U17 4 (0)
2012 England U19 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:35, 8 March 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

George Evans (born 13 December 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or centre-back for Reading.

Career

Evans joined Manchester City at the age of six.[1] After several seasons in Manchester City's academy, Evans first came to prominence with several appearances on the bench for City during the 2012–13 season, although he was ultimately not given a debut for the senior team. In the following season, Evans began playing for the Elite Development Squad before being loaned to Crewe Alexandra at the end of October.[2] Within a week he was given his first senior cap, being named in the starting line-up for Crewe's home league game against Bradford City,[3] against whom he played a full 90 minutes. Evans' first goal for Crewe Alexandra came on 23 November against local rivals Port Vale.[4]

On 30 January 2015, he joined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season.[5] Evans made 16 appearances during his loan spell, scoring once. On 22 September 2015, Evans made his First Team debut for Manchester City when he came on as a substitute during a 4-1 win against Sunderland in the League Cup.[6] In doing so, he became the second Manchester City player to represent the club at all levels from under-8s right through to the senior team, after Chris Chantler.

On 20 October 2015, Evans joined Football League One club Walsall on a one-month loan deal. He made his Walsall debut on the same day against Barnsley and scored the opening goal in a 0–2 away win.[7] On 24 November 2015, after "playing week in, week out", he extended his loan at Walsall until 9 January 2016[8] and was then extended again until 26 January 2016, the maximum allowed time for an emergency loan deal.[9] On 16 January 2016 he was recalled by parent club Manchester City as an offer had been made for a permanent move away from the club.

On 19 January 2016, Evans joined Championship side Reading on a three-and-a-half-year deal until 2019.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 March 2016.[11]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2013–14 0000100010
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2013–14 231200000251
Manchester City 2014–15 0000000000
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2014–15 161000000161
Manchester City 2015–16 0000100010
Walsall (loan) 2015–16 123410000164
Reading 2015–16 2000000020
Career total 525612000606

References

  1. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/evans-bidding-make-man-city-8448952
  2. "Crewe Alexandra: Man City's George Evans joins on loan". BBC Sport. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. "Crewe 0 – 0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  4. "Crewe 1 – 2 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. "GEORGE EVANS SIGNS ON LOAN". Scunthorpe United. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  6. "Sunderland 1 – 4 Man City". The Guardian. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  7. "Barnsley 0 – 2 Walsall". Walsall FC. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  8. "George Evans: Walsall extend Manchester City midfielder's loan". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. "Manchester City midfielder George Evans extends Walsall loan". BBC Sport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. "Evans signs from Manchester City". Reading F.C. 19 January 2016.
  11. George Evans career statistics at Soccerbase

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