Jak Alnwick

Jak Alnwick
Alnwick in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jak Alnwick[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Hexham, England[3]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Cardiff City
Number 21
Youth career
2005–2008 Sunderland
2008–2011 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Newcastle United 6 (0)
2011–2012Gateshead (loan) 6 (0)
2015Bradford City (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2017 Port Vale 67 (0)
2017–2020 Rangers 6 (0)
2018–2019Scunthorpe United (loan) 41 (0)
2019–2020Blackpool (loan) 22 (0)
2020–2022 St Mirren 67 (0)
2022– Cardiff City 36 (0)
International career
2008–2009 England U17 4 (0)
2010–2011 England U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Jak Alnwick (born 17 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Cardiff City.

He turned professional at Newcastle United in 2008 and went on to represent England at under-17 and under-18 levels. He spent time on loan at Gateshead in the 2011–12 season and played six Premier League games for Newcastle in the 2014–15 season. He joined Bradford City on loan in March 2015 and Port Vale on a free transfer that August. He was sold to Rangers for an undisclosed fee in January 2017, though he spent the 2018–19 season loan at Scunthorpe United after failing to earn a first-team place. He joined Blackpool on loan for the 2019–20 season. He joined St Mirren on a free transfer in June 2020 and spent two years with the club before returning to the English Football League with Cardiff City in May 2022.

  1. ^ "Barclays Premier League: notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). Premier League. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2016/2017". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jak Alnwick profile". Newcastle United F.C. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.