Jack Hobbs (footballer)

Jack Hobbs (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername= Jack Hobbs


fullname = Jack Hobbs
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|8|18|df=y
cityofbirth = Portsmouth
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6|in=3
weight = 13 st 5
currentclub = Leicester City
(on loan from Liverpool)
clubnumber = 46
position = Centre back, Defensive midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2005
2005–
2008
2008–
clubs = Lincoln City
Liverpool
Scunthorpe United (loan)
Leicester City (loan)
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
2 (0)
9 (1)
8 (0)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = England U19
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
pcupdate = 22:24, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 20:12, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Jack Hobbs (born 18 August 1988 in Peterborough) is a professional English football player, currently playing for Leicester City on a season long loan from Liverpool. He plays as a defender or defensive midfielder.

Football career

Lincoln City

From Moulton, a small village near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Hobbs played for Moulton Harrox from the age of 10. The former Spalding Grammar School student left Moulton Harrox a few years later when he joined Lincoln City. Whilst at Lincoln City he was allowed to play for Spalding Athletic for one season at under 13.

Hobbs quickly made an impression in the youth set-up and, at the age of 14, scored his first goal in his fourth appearance for the Lincoln City U19 side in a 1-1 draw with Bradford City U19 on 22 March, 2003. [cite web
url=http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~362025,00.html
title=Youth Team Held By Bantams
publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
date=24 March, 2003
accessdate=2008-09-09
] In March 2004 he was offered and accepted a three-year scholarship with the Imps, commencing at the start of the 2004-2005 season. [cite web
url=http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~498345,00.html
title=Five Youngsters Offered Scholarships
publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
date=10 March, 2004
accessdate=2008-09-09
] His progress continued to be rapid and, at the age of just 16 years and 149 days, Hobbs made his league debut on 15 January, 2005 coming off the bench to play just 3 minutes of League 2 football at home for Lincoln City, in the 1-1 draw against Bristol Rovers, in the process becoming the youngest ever player to play for the Sincil Bank based club in the Football League. [cite web
url=http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~613644,00.html
title=Teenager Hobbs Makes History
publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
date=17 January, 2005
accessdate=2008-09-09
]

Liverpool

Hobbs moved from Lincoln City to Liverpool for a reported £750,000 on 2 August 2005 after spending a trial there. He made his Liverpool reserves debut at the age of 16 in a mini-derby with Everton and signed a three-year professional contract with the Merseyside club on his seventeenth birthday after initially agreeing to a pre-contract with the club. The young defender spent the 2005-2006 season in the centre of midfield for the reserves having been put there by Paco Herrera. Hobbs also captained the reserves team after David Raven went on loan to Tranmere Rovers and played an important role in helping the club to win the FA Youth Cup against Manchester City.

During the summer of 2006, Hobbs made his first appearances for the first team in friendly matches against Crewe and Wrexham, before going on tour of Switzerland with the first team. He endured a nightmare match against Kaiserslauten that Liverpool lost 3-2 with Hobbs at fault for some of the goals although he did redeem himself a few days later when he was one of only a select few to come out of a 2-0 defeat to Zürich club Grasshopper with any credibility.

On Saturday 28th April 2007, Hobbs was named amongst the substitutes for the first time in Liverpool's Premiership match against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, however he did not make it onto the pitch. Hobbs went on to represent England at under 19 level on 3 occasions at the end of the 2006/07 season. He was expected to start the game against Reading in the Carling Cup on the 25 September 2007, but he started on the bench and came on to make his first-team debut as a late substitute in a 4-2 win. Hobbs later made his first full debut with Liverpool against Cardiff City in the Carling Cup on the 31 October 2007, playing all 90 minutes and gaining praise from pundits and teammates for his composed performance. [ [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2007/11/01/sami-hyypia-jack-s-the-lad-for-me-100252-20043959/ Sami Hyypia: Jack's the lad for me! - Liverpool Echo.co.uk ] ] His first appearance in the Premier League came when he replaced Jamie Carragher after 51 minutes in the 4-0 win against Bolton on 2 December 2007. On the 8 December he made his first League start in place of Sami Hyypia against Reading in which Liverpool lost the game three goals to one. Following that he put in a good display against Chelsea FC, in a League Cup quarter-final tie, a match Liverpool lost 2-0.

He joined Scunthorpe on 24 January 2008 on loan until the end of the 2007/08 season. [cite web | date = January 24, 2008 | title= Hobbs seal Scunthorpe switch| url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N158572080124-1701.htm | work = Liverpoolfc.tv] He scored his first goal for Scunthorpe on 15 February against Stoke.

He joined fc|Leicester City, on 25 June 2008, on loan for the 2008/2009 season.cite news| title = Hobbs Wings In| url = http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1351202,00.html| publisher = LCFC.co.uk| date = 2008-07-25| accessdate = 2008-07-25]

External links

*soccerbase|id=40618|name=Jack Hobbs
* [http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hobb02 Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile]
* [http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/hobbs/ Official Liverpool profile]
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=1134 LFChistory.net player profile]

References

Persondata
NAME= Hobbs, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Hobbs, Jack
SHORT DESCRIPTION= footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1988-8-18
PLACE OF BIRTH= Portsmouth, England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=


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