Jayden Danns Explained
| Jayden Danns |
| Full Name: | Jayden Alexander Danns |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Liverpool |
| Clubnumber: | 76 |
| Youthyears1: | –2024 |
| Youthclubs1: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Liverpool |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Jayden Alexander Danns (born 16 January 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool.
Early life and career
Jayden Alexander Danns[1] was born on 16 January 2006 in Liverpool.[2] He joined Liverpool when he was eight years old[3] and attended Rainhill High School, where he won the Year 8 Merseyside Schools Cup in 2019.[4]
Club career
Danns progressed through the Liverpool academy. While playing at U16 level, he suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease.[5] He began playing for the Liverpool U18 side when he was 16 years-old.[6] He began the 2023–24 season in fine form, scoring in every competitive match for the Liverpool under-18s between August and December 2023, totalling nine goals in seven games. He also scored four goals in three games in the 2023–24 U18 Premier League Cup.[7] [8]
Danns made his debut at first-team level in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy, appearing as a second-half substitute against Morecambe in September 2023.[9] On 21 February 2024, he made his Premier League debut as an 89th-minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Luton Town.[10] Four days later, he featured in the 2024 EFL Cup final as Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium.[11] He scored his first and second goals for Liverpool on 28 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup in a 3–0 home victory against Southampton. He was given the player of the match award for the first time.[12] On 15 March 2024, Danns signed a new long-term contract with the club.[13]
International career
He was called up to play with the England national under-18 team in October 2023.[14]
Personal life
He is the son of former professional footballer and Guyana international Neil Danns.[15] [16] His grandfather, also called Neil, was a backing singer on the UK's entry in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest as well as a European title-winning skateboarder.[17] [18] He has a younger brother, Kaylen, and a younger sister, Hayla-Essen.[19]
Career statistics
Honours
Liverpool
2023–24[22]
England U18s
External links
- Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
Notes and References
- Web site: Latest updated Premier League squad lists for 2023/24 . Premier League . 8 February 2024 . 29 February 2024.
- Web site: Jayden Danns: Profile . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 2 March 2024.
- Web site: Liverpool have sons of four ex-Premier League footballers in Academy squad . Theo . Squires . 9 August 2022 . 27 November 2023 . Liverpool Echo.
- Web site: School year 8 team triumphs in Merseyside Cup Final . St Helens Star . 27 November 2023 . 16 May 2019.
- Web site: Meet the Academy: Get to know the goalscoring and superstitious Jayden Danns . Liverpool F.C. . 14 February 2024 . 15 February 2024.
- Web site: Five Leicester City old boys with sons playing for Premier League clubs . Luke . Pawley . 9 June 2022 . Leicester Mercury.
- Web site: Liverpool has exciting forward who can follow his father's path amid Jürgen Klopp track record . Liverpool F.C. . 27 November 2023 . Ben . Bocsak . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Liverpool Echo . Ian . Doyle . Liverpool have 17-year-old striker who simply cannot stop scoring . 26 November 2023 . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Liverpool Echo . Ian . Doyle . Liverpool U21 player ratings as Bobby Clark and Calum Scanlon send strong message . 21 September 2023 . 27 November 2023.
- Web site: Liverpool beat Luton to move four points clear at top . BBC Sport . 19 February 2024 . 21 February 2024.
- Web site: Liverpool win EFL Cup with Van Dijk extra-time header . BBC Sport . 25 February 2024 . 25 February 2024.
- Web site: Lewis Koumas and Jayden Danns score to put Liverpool into FA Cup quarter-finals – Liverpool FC . February 2024 . Liverpool F.C. . 28 February 2024.
- Web site: Jayden Danns signs new long-term Liverpool contract. www.liverpoolfc.com. 15 March 2024. 15 March 2024.
- Web site: How Liverpool sign young players – and why this summer's recruits are so exciting . Gregg . Evans . 25 October 2023 . 10 October 2023 . The Athletic.
- Web site: Son of a gun Jayden Danns scores twice in Liverpool U18 draw . Tribal Football . 5 November 2023 . Paul . Vegas . 23 April 2023.
- News: Bolton Wanderers star Neil Danns hopes to be playing unhappy families because kids are Liverpool fans . Marc . Iles . The Bolton News . 23 January 2015 . 7 October 2019.
Web site: Neil Danns relishing Wanderers' Liverpool cup clash . Bolton Wanderers F.C. . 22 January 2015 . 7 October 2019.
- Web site: Neil Danns . Dame Kelly Holmes Trust . 7 October 2019.
- News: Bolton Wanderers loan ace Neil Danns is on song . Marc . Iles . The Bolton News . 26 October 2013 . 7 October 2019.
- Web site: Liverpool's Bobby Clark, Jayden Danns and two very proud footballing fathers . The Athletic . 27 February 2024 . 29 February 2024 . James . Pearce . Tom . Burrows.
- Web site: J. Danns: Summary . Soccerway . Perform Group . 2 March 2024.
- Web site: J. Danns: Summary . Soccerway . Perform Group . 2 March 2024.
- News: Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool . Phil . McNulty . BBC Sport . 25 February 2024 . 25 February 2024.
- Web site: Report: England MU18s 2-1 Netherlands. 26 March 2024 . EnglandFootball.com.
