Jordan Graham

Jordan Graham (born 5 March 1995) is an English professional footballer currently playing for League One club Gillingham. Graham has represented both England and the Republic of Ireland at youth level. He is a product of the Aston Villa Academy, having spent 12 years there as a junior.

Not to be confused with Jordan Graham (footballer, born 1997).

Jordan Graham

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Graham[1]
Date of birth	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995
Place of birth	Coventry, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Gillingham
Youth career
2002–2013	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Aston Villa	0	(0)
2013	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	2	(0)
2014	→ Bradford City (loan)	1	(0)
2014–2015	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	0	(0)
2015–2020	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	(1)
2015	→ Oxford United (loan)	5	(0)
2017–2018	→ Fulham (loan)	3	(0)
2018–2019	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	4	(0)
2019	→ Oxford United (loan)	16	(1)
2020	→ Gillingham (loan)	7	(0)
2020–	Gillingham	0	(0)
National team
2010	Republic of Ireland U15	2	(2)
2010–2011	England U16	5	(0)
2011–2012	England U17	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Career

Graham is a product of the Aston Villa youth academy and was a member of their NextGen Series winning side in the 2012–13 season.[3] He signed a professional contract with Villa in March 2012.[4]

In November, he joined Ipswich Town on loan, where he made his professional debut on 7 December 2013 in a 2–1 win over Huddersfield Town.[5] Graham also made an appearance in the victory over Doncaster Rovers before he returned to Villa at the end of December 2013.[6]

On 10 January 2014, he joined League One side Bradford City on a one-month loan deal,[7] for whom he made one appearance: against his future club Wolverhampton Wanderers on 1 February 2014.[8]

The winger joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, now returned to the Championship, in November 2014 on loan until the January transfer window.[9] Injury prevented him from making any appearances during this loan period,[10] but he signed a permanent 18-month deal with the club on 5 January 2015 for an undisclosed fee.[11]

After failing to make a first-team appearance for Wolves, he was sent on a month-long loan to League Two side Oxford United in September 2015.[12] Following a successful initial month, his loan was extended by two months,[13] but a few days later he was recalled by Wolves after an injury crisis at his parent club.[14]

Graham scored his first goal in his club career for Wolverhampton Wanderers on 28 December 2015 in the 52nd minute of a Championship game against Charlton Athletic at The Valley.[15] He suffered torn knee ligaments during a game against Cardiff City on 16 January 2016. Despite this, Graham extended his contract with Wolves until the end of the 2017–18 season, with the club having the option of two additional years.[16] The initial prognosis of his injury was that he was expected to be missing from action for between nine and 12 months,[17] but after suffering several setbacks during his recovery, he did not return to first-team football until 15 months later, on 25 April 2017, in a 1–0 defeat against Huddersfield at Molineux.[18]

On 31 August 2017, he joined Championship rivals Fulham on loan until the end of the season.[19] On 15 January 2018, after making just three league appearances, Graham returned to Wolves.[20]

On 28 August 2018, Graham signed for Ipswich Town on a season-long loan.[21] After Paul Lambert replaced Paul Hurst as Ipswich manager, Graham began training with Oxford United, with a view to an official loan in January,[22] which was confirmed in December 2018.[23] He scored his first Oxford goal, and the second League goal of his career, with a well-taken free kick in a surprise away victory over Blackpool on 23 February 2019.[24]

Graham was supposedly loaned out again for the 2019–20 season to Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Plovdiv with fellow Wolves player Sylvain Deslandes on a season-long loan.[25] However it was announced that both Deslandes' and Graham's loan spell did not go through due to an issue with FIFA clearance. Graham would then surprise Wolves fans, as he then made an appearance for Wolves U21 in the EFL Trophy game against Blackpool, which ended in a 1–0 defeat.[26]

On 31 January 2020, Graham signed for League One club Gillingham on a six-month loan.[27] Graham would only make seven league appearances for the club, however, as the league was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently abandoned, meaning that no more games were played and Graham returned to his parent club. On 18 May 2020, Graham left Wolves.[28]

He signed for Gillingham permanently on 12 August 2020.[29]

International career

Graham has played for the England U16 side, being part of the squad that retained the 2010–11 Victory Shield.[30] He has also represented the England U17 side, playing in and winning the 2012 Algarve Tournament.[31] Graham also represented the Republic of Ireland national football team at under-15 level in the 2010 Tri-Nations tournament, scoring twice against Northern Ireland U15s.[32]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2018

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
Aston Villa	2013–14[33]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ipswich Town (loan)	2013–14[33]	Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bradford City (loan)	2013–14[33]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2014–15[34]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16[35]		11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
	2016–17[36]		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2017–18[37]		1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
	Wolves total		14	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	20	1
Oxford United (loan)	2015–16[35]	League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
Fulham (loan)	2017–18[37]	Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Ipswich Town (loan)	2018–19	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Oxford United (loan)	2018–19	League One	8	1	1	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	11	1
Gillingham (loan)	2019–20	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			37	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	44	2

1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy

Honours

Club

Aston Villa U19

• NextGen Series: 2012–13[3]

References

1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2014. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
2. "Jordan Graham - Forward - First Team - Gillingham". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Gillingham. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. Percy, John (1 April 2013). "NextGen Series Final: Chelsea U19 0 Aston Villa U19 2". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
4. "Academy starlet Graham signs professional contract". Aston Villa F.C. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
5. "Ipswich 2–1 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 7 December 2013.
6. "Loanee Returns to Villa". Ipswich Town F.C. 31 December 2013.
7. "Graham comes to city". Bradford City AFC. 10 January 2014.
8. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Bradford City". BBC Sport. 1 February 2014.
9. "Aston Villa: Wolves sign midfielder Jordan Graham on loan". BBC Sport. 27 November 2014.
10. "Jordan Graham completes move". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 5 January 2015.
11. "Jordan Graham completes move". BBC Sport. 5 January 2015.
12. "Oxford United: Winger Jordan Graham set to join on loan". BBC Sport. 28 September 2015.
13. "Jordan Graham: Winger extends Oxford loan by two months". BBC Sport. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
14. "Winger Graham Returns To Wolves". Oxford United F.C. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
15. "Charlton Athletic 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2". BBC Sport. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
16. "Wolves: Jordan Graham and Kortney Hause extend contracts". BBC Sport. 9 February 2016.
17. "Jordan Graham: Wolves winger out for nine months with injury". BBC Sport. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
18. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport. 25 April 2017.
19. "Graham Loaned To Fulham". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 31 August 2017.
20. "Graham Returns To Wolves". Fulham F.C. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
21. "Ipswich Town sign Wolves winger Jordan Graham". EADT. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
22. "Jordan Graham snubbed by ex-Wolves boss Paul Lambert at Ipswich" Shropshire Star 15 November 2018
23. Pritchard, David (25 December 2018). "Jordan Graham to return on loan at Oxford United next week". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
24. Johnson, Jack (25 February 2019). "Oxford United hero Jordan Graham on a high". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
25. "Jordan Graham ends exile with loan move away from Wolves". WolvesBite. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
26. "Jordan Graham back as Wolves under-21s suffer defeat". Express & Star. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
27. "Gills sign Jordan Graham on loan". Gillingham Football Club. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
28. "Wolves trigger Ruddy's contract extension". Wolves. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
29. "Gills sign Jordan Graham". Gillingham. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
30. "Jordan Graham". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
31. "Jordan Graham Squad Profile". www.avfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
32. "Republic U15s Complete Double over North". Football Association of Ireland. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
33. "Games played by Jordan Graham in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
34. "Games played by Jordan Graham in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
35. "Games played by Jordan Graham in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
36. "Games played by Jordan Graham in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
37. "Games played by Jordan Graham in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

External links

• Jordan Graham at Soccerbase
• Jordan Graham at Soccerway