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Jordan Kenneth Willis (born 24 August 1994) is an English professional footballer who last played as a centre back for Sunderland. Previously, he spent 8 years in the English Football League with Coventry City.

Jordan Willis

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Kenneth Willis[1]
Date of birth	(1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth	Coventry, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)	Centre back[4]
Youth career
0000–2011	Coventry City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2019	Coventry City	179	(4)
2019–2022	Sunderland	50	(2)
National team
2012	England U18	1	(0)
2013	England U19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:05, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Coventry City

Willis was born in Coventry, West Midlands.[5] He made his first-team debut for Coventry City as a substitute on 5 November 2011 in a 4–2 Championship loss to Southampton, coming on to replace James McPake after 64 minutes.[6] At the age of 17 years and 72 days he became the tenth youngest Coventry City player of all-time.^{[citation needed]} He made his first start of the following season on 28 August 2012, in a 3–2 win against Birmingham City in the League Cup.[7]

He established himself in the first-team towards the end of the 2013–14 season in the right-back position.^{[citation needed]} A change in formation to a three-man defence saw Willis become a first-choice player for Coventry City at the start of the following season.^{[citation needed]} On 11 October, Jordan Willis captained the Sky Blues for the first time in their game against Crewe Alexandra.^{[citation needed]}

He scored his first goal for Coventry in an EFL Trophy tie against West Ham Under-23s on 30 August 2016.[8] He then scored his first league goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Chesterfield on 1 November 2016.[9]

Willis left Coventry at the end of 2018–19 season after rejecting the offer of a new contract.[10]

Sunderland

Willis signed for League One club Sunderland on 13 July 2019 on a two-year contract.[11] Willis scored his first goal for Sunderland on 17 August 2019, a header from a Grant Leadbitter corner, in a 2–1 home victory against Portsmouth.[12] Sunderland announced on May 25, 2022 that he will be released when his contract runs out on June 30, 2022. [13]

International career

In February 2012 he was called up to the England under-18 team by manager Noel Blake.[14] He made his debut on 7 March 2012 in a 3–0 win against Poland in Crewe.[15] He made his England under-19 debut on 5 February 2013, in a 3–1 win against Denmark.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 March 2020

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
Coventry City	2011–12[17]	Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2012–13[18]	League One	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2013–14[19]	League One	28	0	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	0
	2014–15[20]	League One	34	0	1	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	0
	2015–16[21]	League One	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2016–17[22]	League One	36	3	3	0	2	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	2	46	5
	2017–18[23]	League Two	35	0	4	1	0	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	1	42	2
	2018–19[24]	League One	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	1
	Total		179	4	11	1	5	0	13	3	208	8
Sunderland	2019–20[25]	League One	35	2	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	40	2
Career total			214	6	12	1	7	0	15	3	248	10

Honours

Coventry City

• EFL Trophy: 2016–17[26]
• EFL League Two play-offs: 2018[27]

Sunderland AFC

• EFL Trophy: 2020–21

References

External links

• Profile at the Sunderland A.F.C.website
• Jordan Willis at Soccerbase

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