| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Andrew Jordan Friend[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Barnstaple, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back, centre back[4][5] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol Rovers (Director of Football) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Exeter City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Exeter City | 37 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Millwall (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Southend United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Exeter City (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Doncaster Rovers | 59 | (1) |
| 2012–2020 | Middlesbrough | 266 | (9) |
| 2020–2023 | Birmingham City | 46 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 456 | (13) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
George Andrew Jordan Friend (born 19 October 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently Director of Football at Bristol Rovers.
In the 2012–13 season, Friend won Middlesbrough players' player of the season award. The following season, Friend won it again along with the Player of the Season award. Friend was named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year two years running, in the 2014–15 season, where he helped Middlesbrough reach the play-off final, and the 2015–16 season, where he was part of the Middlesbrough team that won promotion to the Premier League. After leaving Middlesbrough in 2020, he spent three years with Birmingham City.
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