Jack Curtis (footballer, born 1995)

Jack Curtis

Personal information
Full name	Jack John Charles Richard Curtis[1]
Date of birth	11 September 1995[2]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Colchester United
Number	27
Youth career
	Tottenham Hotspur
	Maldon Town
2011–2015	Colchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2014–	Colchester United	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:24, 7 November 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Jack John Charles Richard Curtis (born 11 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays for Colchester United as a midfielder.

Curtis progressed through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur and had a brief stint with Maldon Town prior to joining Colchester United in 2011. After four years with the side, he made his professional debut in the FA Cup in November 2015.

Career

Curtis, who attended Shenfield High School, began his career with Tottenham Hotpsur where he was a member of the Academy. He briefly joined Maldon Town, before he joined Colchester United to continue his development ahead of the 2011–12 season. He signed his first professional contract with Colchester in November 2013.^[4]

Shortly after signing his new contract, Curtis scored in Colchester United's under-18s FA Youth Cup tie against Plymouth Argyle as the sides drew 4–4, before the young U's were dumped out of the competition following a penalty shoot-out.^[5]

In the same season, Curtis helped the under-18 side to the Football League Youth Alliance South East title, while he also featured in the Youth Alliance Cup final held on 29 April 2014 at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium. He played for 85 minutes in the final against Bradford in front of a crowd of 2,714 as his side won 4–2 to complete a league and cup double.^[6]

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Curtis scored in a pre-season 6–4 friendly win against Southend United.^[7] He featured regularly for the under-21 development squad, scoring in Colchester's 4–2 victory over their Crystal Palace counterparts in January 2015.^[8] This season saw Curtis' first involvement with the first-team squad at a competitive level when he was named on the bench by manager Joe Dunne for Colchester's Football League Cup first round fixture with Charlton Athletic on 12 August 2014. However, he was an unused substitute in the 4–0 defeat.^[9] With his contract set to expire at the end of the season, Curtis signed a one-year contract extension alongside Byron Lawrence and Michael O'Donoghue on 8 May 2015.^[10]

During 2015–16 pre-season, Curtis again mixed with the first-team squad for the friendly fixtures. He scored in the U's 3–2 win at Bishop's Stortford on 18 July 2015.^[11] For the under-21 side, Curtis scored during their 3–0 win at the Colchester Community Stadium against Crewe Alexandra on 8 September,^[12] before he scored again in their 4–1 home win against Barnsley on 22 September.^[13] He also scored in Colchester's 8–0 Essex Senior Cup third round win against AFC Hornchurch on 4 November.^[14]

On the back of his good form at under-21 level, Tony Humes had named Curtis amongst his substitutes for Colchester's FA Cup first round tie with Wealdstone on 7 November 2015. With his side 6–2 up, Humes replaced Macauley Bonne with Curtis to hand him his professional debut in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time.^[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 November 2015.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colchester United	2015–16[16]	League One	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
Career total			0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0

Honours

Colchester United U18

• 2013–14 Football League Youth Alliance South East winner^[17]
• 2013–14 Football League Youth Alliance Cup winner^[6]

References

1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
2. Jack Curtis career statistics at Soccerbase
3. "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
4. Cannon, Matt (1 November 2013). "Colchester United Football Club offer former Shenfield student professional contract". Brentwood Gazette (Chelmsford). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
5. Waldron, Jonathan (20 November 2013). "U's youngsters suffer penalty heartache in FA Youth Cup". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
6. Marston, Carl (30 April 2014). "League-Cup double for super Colchester United Under-18s". East Anglian Daily Times (Ipswich). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
7. Waldron, Jonathan (5 August 2014). "Smith scores a hat-trick as U's see off Southend in friendly". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
8. Waldron, Jonathan (13 January 2015). "Sembie-Ferris bags a brace as U's youngsters beat Palace". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
9. "Charlton 4–0 Colchester". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
10. "Trio Sign New Deals". Colchester United FC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
11. Waldron, Jonathan (18 July 2015). "U's fight back to beat Stortford". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
12. Waldron, Jonathan (8 September 2015). "U's under-21s see off Crewe to move to the top of the table". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
13. Waldron, Jonathan (22 September 2015). "Bonne hits a hat-trick as Colchester under-21s win again". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
14. Waldron, Jonathan (4 November 2015). "Bonne hits a hat-trick in U's win over Hornchurch". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
15. "Wealdstone 2–6 Colchester". BBC Sport. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
16. "Games played by Jack Curtis in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
17. "Newsletter 34" (PDF). The Football League. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.