Jack Tucker

Jack Robert Tucker (born 13 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Gillingham, as a defender.

This article is about the English footballer. For the Bermudian politician also known as Jack Tucker, see Henry Tucker (Bermudian politician).

Jack Tucker
Personal information
Full name Jack Robert Tucker[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999
Place of birth Whitstable, Kent, England[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Gillingham
Number 26
Youth career
Whitstable Town
Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Gillingham 29 (0)
2018 → Greenwich Borough (loan)
2018–2019 → Hastings United (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:54, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Tucker joined Gillingham's youth set up as a seven-year old from his hometown club Whitstable Town.[3]

He made his league debut for the club on 8 October 2017 as 45th minute substitute in a 0–1 defeat to Portsmouth.[4] He turned professional with Gillingham in January 2018, at the same time as Henry Woods and Ryan Huckle.[5] Some days later, he joined Greenwich Borough on a work experience loan-deal.[6] He was awarded Gillingham's Young Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season.[7]

On 30 November 2018, Tucker joined Hastings United on loan until January 2019.[8] He then returned to Gillingham at the end of January.[9]

He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season.[10] He scored his first goal for Gillingham in an EFL Trophy tie against Tottenham Hotspur U21s on 12 November 2019.[11]

Having broken into the first team under the management of Steve Evans, Tucker was the subject of a written transfer bid in December 2019 from an unnamed Championship club, which was rejected by Gillingham chairman Paul Scally.[12] The same day Tucker signed a new contract with Gillingham.[13] He was named as the Kent side's young Player of the Season at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season.[14]

International career

Career statistics
As of 8 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2017–18[4] League One 1000001[lower-alpha 1]020
2018–19[15] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2019–20[16] League One 28030003[lower-alpha 1]1341
Career total 290300051371
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. Proud mum thanks Gillingham FC for opportunities as teenage son signs two-year professional contract, kentlive.news, 21 January 2018
  3. Youlton, Clive (21 January 2018). "Mum praises Gillingham for helping son achieve footballing dream". kentlive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. "Games played by Jack Tucker in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. "Three sign professional contracts with Gills". Gillingham F.C. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. Jack Tucker joins Greenwich Borough, gillinghamfootballclub.com, 19 January 2019
  7. "Mark Byrne voted Player of the Year". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. TUCKER A 'U'........FOR NOW!, hastingsunited.com, 30 November 2018
  9. Hastings United sign player from higher level club, hastingsobserver.co.uk, 23 January 2019
  10. "Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  11. "Gillingham vs Tottenham U21s live: Jakubiak and Tucker score before Pochettino comes off bench". football.london. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. "Gillingham reject Tucker bid". Kent Online. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  13. "Tucker: It was a simple decision to make". Kent Online. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  14. "Gillingham defender Connor Ogilvie picks up four awards at the League 1 club's virtual player-of-the-year awards event". Kent Online. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. "Games played by Jack Tucker in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  16. "Games played by Jack Tucker in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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