Jordon Forster

Jordon John Forster (born 23 September 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club Dundee. Forster has previously played for Hibernian, Berwick Rangers, East Fife, Plymouth Argyle and Cheltenham Town.

Jordon Forster

Personal information
Full name	Jordon John Forster[1]
Date of birth	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993[2]
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Dundee
Number	5
Youth career
0000 –2010	Celtic
2010–2012	Hibernian
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2017	Hibernian	79	(6)
2012	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	10	(2)
2012–2013	→ East Fife (loan)	12	(0)
2016	→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)	12	(0)
2017–2019	Cheltenham Town	30	(1)
2019–	Dundee	23	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:20, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Forster was in the Celtic youth system, but moved to Hibernian in 2010 after he was advised by Celtic that he would be unlikely to earn a professional contract with them.[3][4] Hibs loaned Forster to Berwick Rangers during the second half of the 2011–12 season.[3] Forster and Hibs agreed a one-year contract in May 2012[3] and he was loaned to East Fife for the first part of the 2012–13 season.[5]

Manager Pat Fenlon said that younger players, including Forster, would feature more in the 2013–14 season.[6] Forster made his debut appearance for Hibs in a 2–1 win against Hearts on 12 May 2013.[7] Fenlon praised the way that Forster had dealt with the physical presence that Hearts had in their attacking line.[8] Forster also played in the 2013 Scottish Cup Final defeat by Celtic, replacing injured captain James McPake.[9] He signed a new one-year contract with Hibs in June 2013.[9] Six months later, Forster signed a contract with Hibs that is due to run until 2016.[10][11]

On 12 January 2016, Forster moved on loan to Football League Two side Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season.[12] After returning from Plymouth, Forster signed a two-year contract with Hibernian in July 2016.[13] He helped them win the 2016–17 Scottish Championship and promotion to the Premiership.

Seeking more regular first team appearances, Forster moved to EFL League Two club Cheltenham Town in July 2017.[14]

In June 2019, Forster signed with Dundee on a two-year deal with an option of a further year.[15] He featured often early on in his first season, but frequent mistakes eventually cost him his place in the team for a while. Upon his return to the first team and forming a back 3 partnership with Christophe Berra and Josh Meekings, Forster quickly became a key player in for Dundee, helping the side to 5 consecutive clean sheets, as well as his first goal for the Dark Blues away to Queen of the South on 22 February 2020.[16] The team's momentum was unfortunately cut short however by the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 March 2020[18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hibernian	2011–12[19]	Scottish Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13[20]		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2013–14[21]	Scottish Premiership	26	4	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	30	4
	2014–15[22]	Scottish Championship	17	1	1	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	21	1
	2015–16[23]		0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	1	0
	2016–17[24][note 1]		16	0	3	1	1	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	23	1
	Total		62	5	7	1	3	0	7	0	79	6
Berwick Rangers (loan)	2011–12[19]	Scottish Third Division	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
East Fife (loan)	2012–13[20]	Scottish Second Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Plymouth Argyle (loan)	2015–16[23]	League Two	12	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	13	0
Cheltenham Town	2017–18[25]	League Two	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	2018–19[26]		26	1	3	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 5]	0	35	1
	Total		30	1	3	0	3	0	5	0	41	1
Dundee	2019–20[27]	Scottish Championship	23	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	27	1
	2020–21[28]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			149	9	10	1	10	0	13	0	182	10

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
3. Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the Europa League
4. Appearance in the League Two play-offs
5. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Hibernian

• Scottish Championship: 2016–17[29]

Notes

1. Soccerbase did not record an appearance made by Forster against Brondby IF on 21 July 2016.

References

1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2017-18" (PDF). English Football League. p. 73. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
2. "Jordon Forster". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
3. "Quintet Agree New Deals". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
4. "Hibernian defender says playing in cup final would be 'dream come true'". STV Sport. STV. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
5. "Young duo loaned to East Fife". hibernianfc.co.uk. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
6. "Hibs will turn to youth stars next term". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
7. Moffat, Colin (12 May 2013). "Hearts 1–2 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
8. "Hibernian: Pat Fenlon still in the dark over Leigh Griffiths". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
9. "Defender Jordon Forster signs new deal with Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
10. Hardie, David (5 December 2013). "Jordon Forster signs a new deal with Hibs". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
11. "New Hibernian deal for defender Jordon Forster". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
12. "FORSTER JOINS PLYMOUTH ON LOAN". Hibernian FC. 12 January 2016.
13. "Forster agrees new deal with Hibernian". SPFL. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
14. "Jordon Forster: Cheltenham Town sign Hibernian defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
15. "Jordon signs". dundeefc.co.uk. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
16. Crawford, Kenny (22 February 2020). "Queen of the South 0–1 Dundee". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
17. "SPFL Resolution Approved By Clubs In All Four Divisions". SPFL.co.uk. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
18. Jordon Forster at Soccerbase
19. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
20. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
21. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
22. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
23. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
24. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
25. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
26. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
27. "Games played by Jordon Forster in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
28. "Games Played by Jordon Forster in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
29. "Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South". BBC. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

External links

• Hibernian F.C. profile