Jacob Greaves

English footballer (born 2000)

Jacob Greaves
Greaves playing for Hull City in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jacob John Greaves[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-12) 12 September 2000 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Cottingham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2019 Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2024 Hull City 172 (6)
2019–2020 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 29 (0)
2024– Ipswich Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:38, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Jacob John Greaves (born 12 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Ipswich Town.[3] He is the son of former Hull City and York City defender Mark Greaves.[4]

Career

Cheltenham Town

On 8 August 2019, Greaves signed a three-year contract extension at Hull and joined Cheltenham Town on loan until January 2020.[5] He made his league debut in a 0–0 draw against Morecambe playing the full 90 minutes.[6]

Greaves' loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020.[7]

Hull City

Greaves made his senior debut for Hull City on 8 September 2020, in an EFL Trophy match against Leicester City U21s.[8] On 17 October 2020, he made his league debut in a 3–0 win away to Rochdale.[9] Greaves signed a new three-year contract with the club on 12 November 2020.[10]

On 20 February 2021, Greaves initially scored his first career goal in a 3–3 away draw against Doncaster Rovers, only for the Dubious Goals Committee to award the final touch to Josh Magennis.[11][12] His actual first career goal came on 22 October 2022, during his 101st league appearance for Hull, putting his side 1–0 up away at Rotherham United in their eventual 4–2 victory over the Millers.[13] At the end of the same season, on 2 May 2023, Greaves achieved an impressive feat by winning his third consecutive Young Player of the Year award with Hull.[14][15][16]

Greaves bagged his first scoring brace whilst captaining his boyhood club on his 200th career appearance, heading in a 94th minute winner in the Tigers' 2–1 away victory over Huddersfield Town on 17 February 2024.[17] On 14 March 2024, Greaves was named Hull City's Player of the Month for February.[18] The following month, on 14 April 2024, Greaves was also included in the EFL Championship Team of the Season for the 2023–24 campaign.[19] Finally, a few weeks later, he was named Hull City's Player of the Year on 30 April 2024.[20]

Ipswich Town

Greaves signed for newly-promoted Premier League side Ipswich Town on 12 July 2024.[21]

Career statistics

As of 14 May 2024[22]
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
Cheltenham Town 2019–20 League Two 29 0 2 0 1 0 3[a] 0 35 0
Hull City 2020–21 League One 39 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 41 0
2021–22 Championship 46 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 48 0
2022–23 Championship 44 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 45 4
2023–24 Championship 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 2
Hull City Total 172 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 177 6
Ipswich Town 2024–25 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 201 6 4 0 3 0 4 0 212 6
  1. ^ a b Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Hull City

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Jacob Greaves". Premier League. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ Jacob Greaves at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal and joins Cheltenham on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Morecambe 0–0 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Greaves & Sheaf agree loan extensions". ctfc.com. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Greaves 'immensely proud' after making his debut". Hull City A.F.C. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Rochdale 0–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Greaves signs new three-year contract". Hull City A.F.C. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Doncaster Rovers 3–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  12. ^ "'Kick in the teeth' – Jacob Greaves sees first Hull City goal snatched from his grasp". Hull Daily Mail. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Rotherham United 2–4 Hull City". BBC Sport. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Honeyman's Hat-Trick Of End-Of-Season Awards". Hull City A.F.C. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Lewis-Potter wins hat-trick of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Slater wins duo of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Huddersfield Town 1–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Greaves wins McVitie's Player of the Month for February". Hull City A.F.C. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  19. ^ a b "See who made the EFL Team of the Season line-ups". EFL. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Hull City Awards 2023/24: Round-Up". Hull City A.F.C. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Ipswich sign Hull City defender Greaves". BBC Sport. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Jacob Greaves". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  23. ^ "Hull City 3–1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  • Profile at the Ipswich Town F.C. website
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Ipswich Town F.C. – current squad
Awards
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Hull City A.F.C. – Player of the Year