Jerome Sinclair

Jerome Sinclair
Personal information
Full name Jerome Terence Sinclair[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 48
Youth career
2006–2011 West Bromwich Albion
2011– Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012– Liverpool 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 England U16 5 (3)
2012 England U17 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Jerome Terence Sinclair (born 20 September 1996) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool as a striker. He is the youngest ever player to have played for the club, making his senior debut at the age of 16 years and 6 days.[3]

Club career

Liverpool

Academy

Liverpool signed Sinclair as a 14-year-old from the West Bromwich Albion youth academy in the summer of 2011 after becoming a free agent.[4] The Liverpool coaching staff compared him to Raheem Sterling.[5] He spent most of the 2011–12 season with the Under-16s before coach Mike Marsh gave him a run of four games with the Under 18s at the end of the season. He impressed greatly in those games, though he failed to find the back of the net. On 14 July 2012, Sinclair came off the bench to score a hat trick against Exeter City in an Under-18s pre-season friendly. In all, Sinclair netted eight goals in the six Under-18s pre-season friendly games in the run up to the 2012–13 Academy Under 18s season. He went on to score his first competitive goals for the Under-18s on 25 August 2012, hitting a brace in a 3–3 draw with Crystal Palace.

Reserves and first-team debut

His form earned him a call-up into Rodolfo Borrell's NextGen Series side for the away match with defending champions Inter Milan on 19 September 2012. Sinclair started the match and impressed throughout, winning a penalty that Krisztián Adorján converted and going close himself on more than one occasion. His fine form brought him to the attention of first team coach Brendan Rodgers, who called Sinclair up to the first team for the League Cup third round tie away to West Bromwich Albion on 26 September 2012. He came off the bench in the 81st minute in place of Samed Yeşil in the 2–1 win at The Hawthorns to break Jack Robinson's record as Liverpool's youngest ever player, at 16 years and 6 days old.[6] For the remainder of 2012–13 season Sinclair continued to play for Liverpool U18s.

The 2013–14 season saw Sinclair make limited progress with the player injured for large spells of the season.[7]

Up until the beginning of March in the 2014–15 season, Sinclair scored 22 goals for Liverpool youth teams at various levels including 6 goals in 7 UEFA Youth League games as well as impressive finishes against Manchester United U21, against Víctor Valdés in goal, and a solo effort against Chelsea U21.[7][8] His good form was rewarded by inclusion in the first team squad for a Europa League tie against Beşiktaş J.K. in February.[9]

On 16 March 2015, Sinclair was loaned to Championship side Wigan Athletic, where he linked up with academy teammate Sheyi Ojo.[10] The next day, he made his Football League debut in his only Wigan appearance, replacing Marc-Antoine Fortuné for the final eight minutes of a 0–2 loss to Watford at the DW Stadium.[11] On returning to Liverpool, Sinclair made his Premier League debut on 10 May when he came on as a 68th-minute substitute for Rickie Lambert in a 1–1 draw at champions Chelsea.[12]

On 8 January 2016, he started his first match of the season for Liverpool in an FA Cup third round match against Exeter City where he scored his first senior goal for the club in a 2–2 draw.[13] Ten days later he confirmed that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the season, eyeing a move to Spain.[14]

International career

He made his England under-16 debut on 27 October 2011, and scored as England beat Wales 4–0 in the 2011 Victory Shield.[15] He also scored twice in the 2012 Montaigu Tournament, earning England wins against host nation France, and Morocco.[16][17] He is currently in the England-under 17 squad.[18] He scored his first goal for the team on 31 August 2012, opening the scoring in a 4–1 win against Turkey.[19] On 2 October, he was named in the 18-man squad for the 2013 UEFA European U17 Championship qualification matches in Estonia.[20]

Club statistics

As of 31 January 2016.[21]
Club League Cup League Cup Europe Total
ClubSeasonLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2012–13 Premier League 0000100010
2013–14 Premier League 0000000000
2014–15 Premier League 2000000020
2015–16 Premier League 0021000021
Total 2021100051
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2014–15 Championship 1000000010
Total 1000000010
Career total 3021100061

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 3 September 2014. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2015/clubs/player=250056570/index.html
  3. ↑ James Pearce (3 March 2015). "Carragher: Liverpool FC outstanding starlet Sinclair needs loan spell – Liverpool Echo". Liverpool Echo.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool teenager Jerome Sinclair set to become club's youngest ever player aged 16 years and six days.Liverpool went on to win 2–1 he has not played for the first team since his debut against West Brom". The Daily Telegraph (London). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Jerome Sinclair scored twice as Liverpool started their UEFA Youth League journey with a bang... but who is the hotshot already being compared to Raheem Sterling?". Daily Mail (London). 17 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "West Brom 1–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  7. 1 2 Andy Kelly (3 March 2015). "Liverpool FC U21s 2–0 Chelsea U21s: Jerome Sinclair could be next Academy graduate heading to first team and Sergi Canos' form going from strength to strength – five things we learned". Liverpool Echo.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool youngster Jerome Sinclair scored a terrific goal in U21 game against Chelsea [Video] – Football (soccer) highlights, goals, videos & clips – 101 Great Goals". 101greatgoals.com.
  9. ↑ Andy Kelly (3 March 2015). "Liverpool FC U21s boss Michael Beale: 'We won't hold our boys back – we encouraged them to showcase their talents on live TV'". Liverpool Echo.
  10. ↑ "Sinclair Joins Wigan on Youth Loan Deal". Liverpool F.C. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Wigan 0-2 Watford". BBC Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Chelsea 1–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Exeter City 2 - 2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Stone, Simon (18 January 2016). "Jerome Sinclair: Liverpool youngster to leave the club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "England 4–0 Wales" The FA.com. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  16. ↑ "France 0–1 England" The FA.com. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Morocco 0–1 England" The FA.com. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  18. ↑ "Profile: Jerome Sinclair". Football Association. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "England 4–1 Turkey" The FA.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "Peacock's Pick" The FA.com. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  21. ↑ Jerome Sinclair career statistics at Soccerbase

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