James Vaughan (footballer, born 1988)

James Vaughan
Vaughan with Birmingham City in 2016
Personal information
Full name James Oliver Vaughan[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-14) 14 July 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Youth career
2002–2004 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Everton 47 (7)
2009Derby County (loan) 2 (0)
2010Leicester City (loan) 8 (1)
2010Crystal Palace (loan) 14 (5)
2011Crystal Palace (loan) 16 (4)
2011–2013 Norwich City 5 (0)
2012–2013Huddersfield Town (loan) 33 (14)
2013–2016 Huddersfield Town 53 (17)
2015–2016Birmingham City (loan) 15 (0)
2016 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2016–2017 Bury 37 (24)
2017–2018 Sunderland 23 (2)
2018–2019 Wigan Athletic 38 (5)
2019Portsmouth (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2020 Bradford City 25 (11)
2020Tranmere Rovers (loan) 8 (3)
2020–2021 Tranmere Rovers 29 (18)
Total 363 (111)
International career
2005 England U17 6 (2)
2006–2007 England U19 3 (3)
2007–2011 England U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Oliver Vaughan (born 14 July 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the loans pathway manager at Everton.[4]

Vaughan, who was born in Birmingham, signed his first professional contract with Everton. He played for the club between 2005 and 2011, including loan spells at Derby County, Leicester City and Crystal Palace, before signing for Norwich in May 2011. He then had a loan spell at Huddersfield Town for the majority of the 2012–13 season, before signing permanent terms on 3 July 2013. He spent two and a half seasons with Huddersfield before joining Birmingham City on loan. The move was made permanent at the end of the 2015–16 season, but his stay was brief, as he joined Bury in August 2016. Vaughan played for just a single season at Bury, making 40 appearances and scoring 24 times. He completed a move to Championship club Sunderland in July 2017, playing 27 times before leaving to join Wigan Athletic in January 2018. He spent time on loan at Portsmouth in 2018–19.

He has represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-21 age groups, but later expressed a desire to represent Jamaica at international level. He became the Premier League's youngest-ever goalscorer in 2005, and as of 2023 still holds that record.[5]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Bradford City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "James Vaughan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "James Vaughan: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Proud Vaughan on New Everton Role". evertonfc.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Premier League records". Premier League. Retrieved 14 October 2019. Click "Players" tab.