Brandon Cover | |
Full Name: | Brandon Ashley Cover[1] |
Birth Date: | 25 September 2003 |
Birth Place: | Colchester, England[2] |
Height: | 1.87 m[3] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Leicester City |
Clubnumber: | 58 |
Youthyears1: | 2010–2024 |
Youthclubs1: | Leicester City |
Years1: | 2024– |
Clubs1: | Leicester City |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2023 |
Nationalteam1: | Jamaica U23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
Nationalteam2: | Jamaica |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 20:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 08:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC) |
Brandon Ashley Cover (born 25 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.
Cover is a youth product of the Leicester City's youth academy since the age of 7.[2] He was promoted to their U18s in 2020, and to their U21s and development side for the 2022–23 season.[4] On 10 June 2022, he signed a scholarship contract with Leicester City.[5] He signed a professional contract with the club on 2 October 2022.[6] On 27 January 2024, Cover made his debut for Leicester in a 3-0 FA Cup home win against Birmingham City.[7]
Born in England, Cover is of Jamaican descent through his father.[8] He was called up to the Jamaica national team for a set of friendlies in June 2023.[9] He made his senior debut as a substitute with Jamaica in a 2–1 friendly loss to Jordan on 19 June 2023.[10] He was called up to the Jamaica U23s for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.[11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Leicester City U21 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Leicester City | 2023–24 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Jamaica | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 |
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