Jackson Irvine

Jackson Alexander Irvine (born 7 March 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for English League One club Hull City.

Jackson Irvine

Irvine playing for Australia in at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name	Jackson Alexander Irvine[1]
Date of birth	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993[2]
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Free agent
Youth career
1999–2002	Ringwood City JSC
2003–2006	Knox City
2007–2008	Endeavour United
2008	Richmond SC
2008–2010	Melbourne Victory
2010–2012	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Frankston Pines[4]		(1)
2012–2015	Celtic	1	(0)
2013–2014	→ Kilmarnock (loan)	27	(1)
2014–2015	→ Ross County (loan)	28	(2)
2015–2016	Ross County	36	(2)
2016–2017	Burton Albion	44	(11)
2017–2020	Hull City	107	(10)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Scotland U19	3	(1)
2012–2013	Australia U20	12	(0)
2014–2015	Australia U23	8	(0)
2013–	Australia	34	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:59, 7 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Irvine has represented the Scotland national under-19 football team, but has since made his debut for the Australia national team.

Career

Celtic

Irvine was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia,[5] where he attended The Knox School.[6] and where he played for clubs in the Victorian League structure.[7] While growing up, Irvine met Curtis Good when "they were both ten and lived two minutes from each other and grew up together". They also "ran cross countries together, played for Knox City (in Melbourne) as juniors".[8]

He signed with Celtic in December 2010 after a successful trial period.[7] During the 2011–12 season, Irvine played for Celtic in the NextGen Series, a pan-European competition for youth teams,[9] he also captained the under 19-side[10] that won the Scottish Youth Cup and Under-19 League that season.[11] Irvine also won the Youth Cup in 2010–11 and 2012–13.[12][13] He made his Scottish Premier League debut on 1 September 2012, when he came on as a half-time substitute in a 2–2 draw against Hibs.[14][15] Having made his first team debut he also captained the club's new under-20 side.[16]

Kilmarnock (loan)

At the start of the 2013–14 season, Irvine joined Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock on a six-month loan following interest from manager Allan Johnston.[17][18]

Two days after signing for the club, Irvine made his debut, in a 1–1 draw against St Mirren.[19] Irvine then went on to earn regular playing time in the starting eleven. After making six appearances at the club, Irvine scored a "stunning strike from a short Barry Nicholson free-kick" in a 2–0 victory over Ross County on 19 October 2013, giving Johnston his first win for Kilmarnock since arriving at the club as manager.[20] Several weeks later, on 9 November 2013, Irvine was sent-off for receiving a second bookable offence, in a 3–1 loss against St Johnstone.[21] In January 2014, Irvine's loan spell with Kilmarnock was extended until the end of the season.[22]

Ross County

On 1 September 2014, Irvine was sent out on loan again, this time to Ross County.[23] He made his debut on 13 September 2014, in a 2–1 home defeat against Motherwell.[24] On 28 July 2015, Ross County signed Irvine on a two-year permanent deal from Celtic for a development fee.[25]

Burton Albion

On 15 July 2016, Irvine signed for English Championship club Burton Albion for a reported fee of £330,000, with the club saying they had broken their transfer record to sign him.[26] He made his debut for the club on 13 August against Bristol City.[27] Three days later he scored his first goal, helping Burton Albion beat Sheffield Wednesday 3–1.[28] This marked the start of a run of four goals in his first six league games for the club.[29] Irvine was named Burton's Player of the Year for 2016–17 after scoring 10 goals in 43 games and helping the club to avoid relegation.[30]

Hull City

Irvine playing for Hull City in 2018

On 30 August 2017, Irvine signed a three-year deal with Hull City.[31] On 8 September 2017, he made his debut for the club when he came off the bench after 70-minutes to replace Jon Toral in a 5–0 away loss to Derby County.[32] On 9 December 2017, Irvine scored his first goal for the club when he netted Hull's final goal in a 3–2 home win against Brentford.[33]

Irvine was released by Hull City in June 2020.[34][35]

International

Irvine represented Scotland at the under-19 international level, although he said in October 2011 that he was still interested in playing for Australia.[9][36] Irvine was eligible to play for Scotland because his father was born in Aberdeen,[5] although he reiterated his desire to play for his native Australia in September 2012.[37] On 11 October 2012, he made his debut for the Australia under-20 team in a friendly match against Portugal.[38]

In September 2013, Irvine received his first Socceroos call up for two matches.[39] Irvine responded as "a very nice surprise and wasn't really something I was expecting".[40] After being on the bench for one game, Irvine made his debut for his national team after coming on as a substitute for Mile Jedinak in the 83rd minute, in a 3–0 win over Canada on 15 October 2013, which described his debut as "obviously pretty special".[41]

In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[42]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 March 2020.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2012–13[43]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2013–14[44]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15[45]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kilmarnock (loan)	2013–14[44]	Scottish Premiership	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	1
Ross County (loan)	2014–15[45]	Scottish Premiership	28	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	30	2
Ross County	2015–16[46]	Scottish Premiership	36	2	4	0	5	1	0	0	45	3
Burton Albion	2016–17[47]	Championship	42	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	44	10
	2017–18[48]		3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
	Total		45	11	0	0	4	0	0	0	49	11
Hull City	2017–18[48]	Championship	34	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	37	2
	2018–19[49]		38	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	39	6
	2019–20[50]		35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	36	2
	Total		107	10	4	0	1	0	0	0	112	10
Career total			244	26	10	0	12	1	0	0	266	27

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 14 November 2019.[51]

Australia
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	1	0
2014	0	0
2015	1	0
2016	5	0
2017	8	1
2018	10	2
2019	9	2
Total	34	5

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.[52]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 2017	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	23 March 2018	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	1–4	Friendly
3.	30 December 2018	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Oman	5–0	5–0
4.	15 October 2019	National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	3–1	7–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.				4–1

Honours

Ross County

• Scottish League Cup : 2015–16[53]

Individual

• Scottish Premiership Player of the Month: March 2016[54]
• Burton Albion Player of the Year: 2016–17

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 20th May 2017" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
3. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
4. "From Victory To Boca, Borussia and Basel..." FourFourTwo. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
5. Roberts, Chris (6 September 2012). "Jackson Irvine defends decision to play for country of his birth, Australia". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
6. Timeline Photos: Jackson Irvine, The Knox School, Facebook
7. "U20s :: The Players". www.celticfc.net. Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
8. "Twenty-year-old Australians Jackson Irvine and Curtis Good to face each other in Scotland". Fox Sports. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
9. Stamocostas, Con (27 October 2011). "From Victory To Boca, Borussia and Basel..." FourFourTwo (Australia). Retrieved 2 September 2012.
10. "Irvine's Aussie debut may be put on hold". Goal Weekly. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
11. "John Kennedy hails Celtic's double-winning Under-19". Evening Times. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
12. "Celtic U19 2-1 Rangers U19 (aet)". BBC Sport. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
13. "Dunfermline U20 1 - 3 Celtic U20: Kennedy's side champs". The Scotsman. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
14. "Jackson Irvine". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
15. English, Tom (2 September 2012). "Celtic 2–2 Hibernian: Hibees get Celtic's back up". Scotland on Sunday. Johnston Press. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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17. "Kilmarnock manager keen to sign Celtic's Jackson Irvine". BBC Sport. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
18. "Transfer News: Jackson Irvine has moved from Celtic to Kilmarnock on loan". Sky Sports. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
19. "St Mirren 1–1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
20. "Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Ross County". BBC Sport. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
21. "St Johnstone 3 Kilmarnock 1: Stevie May nets two for Saints". Herald Scotland. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
22. "Kilmarnock extend stays for Irvine, Gardyne and Nicholson". BBC Sport. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
23. "Ross County complete deals for Darren Barr and Jackson Irvine". STV Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
24. "Ross County 1–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
25. Thomson, Andrew (13 September 2014). "Ross County sign Daniel Bachmann and Jackson Irvine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
26. "Jackson Irvine: Burton Albion sign Ross County midfielder". BBC Sport. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
27. Wilkinson, Ashley (13 August 2016). "Burton Albion hand debut to Jackson Irvine against Bristol City". Burton Mail.
28. Wilkinson, Ashley (17 August 2016). "Nigel Clough: Burton Albion outstanding, Irvine header the moment of the night v Sheffield Wednesday". Burton Mail.
29. Stoll, Nick (14 September 2016). "Irvine makes it four goals in six games as Burton draw with Fulham". The World Game. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
30. "Irvine named Burton Albion player of the season". The World Game. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
31. "Tigers Sign Jackson Irvine From Burton Albion". Hull City. 30 August 2017.
32. "Derby County 5–0 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
33. "Hull City 3–2 Brentford". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
34. Davidson, John. "Irvine to depart Hull". FTBL. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
35. "Socceroo Jackson Irvine in shock exit just days out from Championship resumption". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
36. "Scotland U19s suffer qualification blow". Scottish Football Association. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
37. "Hoops starlet's heart is with Australia after pledging international future to Socceroos". Daily Record. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
38. "Qantas Young Socceroos fall to Portugal". Football Federation Australia. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
39. "Irvine called up for Australia". Herald Scotland. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
40. "Jackson Irvine excited by surprise Socceroo call up". Goal.com. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
41. "Young Socceroo Jackson Irvine harbours World Cup dream". The Guardian. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
42. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
43. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
44. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
45. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
46. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
47. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
48. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
49. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
50. "Games played by Jackson Irvine in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
51. Jackson Irvine at National-Football-Teams.com
52. "Irvine, Jackson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
53. Wilson, Richard (13 March 2016). "Scottish League Cup Final: Hibernian 1 Ross County 2". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
54. Skinner, Andy (6 April 2016). "Jackson Irvine: Monthly award is good but I'd trade it immediately for top-six finish". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

External links

• Jackson Irvine at Soccerway