 Spearing playing for Liverpool in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jay Francis Spearing[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1988[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Wallasey, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m)[3][4] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Liverpool | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2008 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Liverpool | 30 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Leicester City (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 37 | (2) |
| 2013–2017 | Bolton Wanderers | 125 | (8) |
| 2015 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Blackpool | 105 | (6) |
| 2020–2022 | Tranmere Rovers | 75 | (4) |
| 2022– | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Jay Francis Spearing (born 25 November 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool, where he is also a coach at their academy.
He started his career with Liverpool as a youth-team player in 1997. He remained at Anfield for sixteen years before leaving, in 2013, for Bolton Wanderers. After four years at Bolton, he joined Blackpool, newly promoted to League One, in 2017, initially until the end of the 2017–18 season. He made the move permanent the following summer and remained at the club until 2020, before joining Tranmere Rovers for two years before his semi-retirement and movement in to coaching.
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Jay Spearing". Tranmere Rovers F.C. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Jay Spearing: Overview". Premier league. Retrieved 16 August 2022.