Jacob Mitchell Bedeau (born 24 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Morecambe. Bedeau is a product of the Leyton Orient and Bury football academies, after impressing at a young age for Bury, debuting at sixteen, he was signed by Aston Villa and spent two years in their academy without making a senior appearance, before signing for Scunthorpe United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacob Mitchell Bedeau[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 22)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Waltham Forest, England | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Morecambe | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 2016–2017 | Bury | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Bury | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Scunthorpe United | 45 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Morecambe (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2022– | Morecambe | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:50, 13 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Bedeau was given his professional debut by caretaker-manager Chris Brass at the age of 16 in a League One tie against Millwall, in which Bury suffered a 3–2 defeat.[3] After appearing on the Bury bench several times, Bedeau was given his next start in a 4–2 defeat against Bristol Rovers.[4] He played a total of seven games for Bury.
On 31 January 2017, Bedeau joined Championship club Aston Villa on a two-and-a-half-year deal for a fee around the margin of £900,000.[5] Bedeau did not make any first team appearances in competitive games for Aston Villa, but was a main stay of the Under-23 squad, with 42 appearances, excluding cup matches. In his first full season with the 23s (2017–18) they won the Premier League Cup and finished runners up in the league.[6] In one of his last appearances, he captained the squad to a 5–1 victory over Manchester United U23s.[7]
On 31 January 2019, Bedeau joined League One side Scunthorpe United.[8] He started sparingly, making his debut in September 2019 in a 1–1 draw against Leicester City U21s, in the Football League Trophy.[9] He started only two more games that calendar year, against Sunderland (in the Football League Trophy);[10] and Walsall (in League Two).[11] However, he became a regular starter by the end of the 2019–20 season and into the 2020–21 season. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw against Crewe Alexandra.[12] He scored again in a 2–0 win against Oldham Athletic.[13] He made a total of 53 appearances for Scunthorpe, 45 of them being in the league. He was one of 17 players released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2020–21 season.[14]
Following his release from Scunthorpe he signed for Burnley on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12-months and was placed into the Under-23 squad.[15]
On 4 January 2022, Bedeau joined EFL League One side Morecambe on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[16] He started Morecambe's next game, which was a FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. Bedeau managed to keep a clean sheet, but came off after 65 minutes.[17] Morecambe eventually lost 3–1.[18] On 9 August 2022, Bedeau made his loan move to Morecambe permanent for an undisclosed fee.[19]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bury | 2016–17[20] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 2016–17[20] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[21] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scunthorpe United | 2018–19[22] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20[23] | League Two | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2020–21[24] | League Two | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 2 | ||
| Burnley | 2021–22[25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morecambe (loan) | 2021–22[25] | League One | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Morecambe | 2022–23[26] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 2 | ||
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