 Mellis warming-up for Chelsea in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacob Alexander Mellis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2007 | Sheffield United | ||
| 2007–2009 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Southampton (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Barnsley (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Barnsley | 66 | (8) |
| 2014–2015 | Blackpool | 13 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Bury | 58 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Mansfield Town | 84 | (4) |
| 2020 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Gillingham | 8 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Southend United | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | Leatherhead | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 274 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | England U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | England U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | England U19 | 12 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 11 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Jacob Alexander Mellis (born 8 January 1991)[3] is an English former professional footballer.
He transferred from Sheffield United to Chelsea at the age of 16 for a £1 million fee, but made only one substitute appearance before being dismissed for misconduct in March 2012.[4] He spent most of the rest of his career in the English Football League, making 94 Championship appearances for Barnsley and Blackpool and scoring eight goals.
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Mansfield Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 41. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Jason Mellis – Midfielder". Mansfield Town F.C. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
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