Isaac Hayden

Isaac Scot Hayden (born 22 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United. Hayden has also featured for clubs Arsenal and Hull City in his footballing career.[3]

Isaac Hayden
Hayden with Arsenal in 2013
Personal information
Full name Isaac Scot Hayden[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 14
Youth career
Brentwood Boys FC
2004–2008 Southend United
2008–2013 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Arsenal 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Hull City (loan) 18 (1)
2016– Newcastle United 131 (5)
National team
2010–2011 England U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 England U17 9 (1)
2012 England U18 1 (0)
2013–2014 England U19 5 (0)
2014–2015 England U20 5 (0)
2016 England U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:06, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Hayden was born in Chelmsford and played for Southend United until he was 13 years old,[4][5] when he moved to London to join Arsenal's Academy.[4][5]

Club career

Arsenal

Hayden made his full debut for Arsenal in the third round of the League Cup in September 2013 against West Bromwich Albion. He started the away match playing in midfield and was substituted after 84 minutes for Swede Kristoffer Olsson. Arsenal eventually won the game on penalties at The Hawthorns.[6] On 23 September 2014, Hayden made a second appearance for Arsenal, playing at centre back in another League Cup third-round game, a 1–2 home defeat against Southampton in September 2014.[7]

Loan to Hull City

On 31 July 2015, Hayden joined Hull City on a season-long loan to gain first team experience.[8] Hayden made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2015–16 season in a 2–0 home win to Huddersfield Town.[9] Hayden opened his account when he scored the final goal for Hull in the 6–0 defeat of Charlton Athletic on 16 January 2016.[10]

Newcastle United

On 11 July 2016, it was announced that Hayden had joined Newcastle United on a five-year deal.[11] Hayden scored his first goal for Newcastle in a 4–1 win over Reading on 17 August 2016.[12] Hayden went on to win the 2016–17 Championship with Newcastle in May 2017.[13]

Following promotion Hayden secured a place in the Newcastle team under the management of Rafael Benítez as a defensive midfielder. Following the departure of Benitez in 2019, Steve Bruce continued to play Hayden as a midfielder and at right back. Hayden scored the winning goal in a 2020 mid-season 1–0 win against Chelsea with a last minute header in stoppage time.[14]

International career

Hayden has represented England at the under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels of football.[15][16]

Style of play

Arsène Wenger has described Hayden as a player whose key assets are concentration, intelligence and strength. Equally comfortable at centre-back or in central midfield, whilst having also previously featured at right-back and as a playmaker.[17]

Personal life

Hayden is of Jamaican descent on his father's side.

He is married to Lauren Hayden.[18] Their daughter Adriana was born in 2017.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 4 October 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2013–14 Premier League 0000100010
2014–15 0000100010
Total 0000200020
Hull City (loan) 2015–16 Championship 181204000241
Newcastle United 2016–17 332202000372
2017–18 Premier League 261001000271
2018–19 251300000281
2019–20 29 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 30 1
2020–21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Newcastle Total 11759040001265
Career total 1356110100001566

Honours

Hull City[13]

Newcastle United[13]

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Player Profile Isaac Hayden". Premier League. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014.
  3. "Isaac Hayden". NUFC.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "Newcastle new boy Isaac Hayden heads back to his roots". Echo-News.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. "Hayden grateful to shrimpers". NUFC.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. "West Brom 1–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. "Arsenal 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  8. "Hayden Arrives On Loan". Hull City AFC. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  9. "Hull 2–0 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. "Hull 6–0 Charlton". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  11. "United Complete Hayden Signing". Newcastle United F.C. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  12. "Newcastle 4–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  13. "Newcastle's Isaac Hayden on why he always believed there'd be a Championship title-race 'twist'". Chronicle Live.co.uk.
  14. Park, Louise Taylor at St James' (18 January 2020). "Isaac Hayden breaks Chelsea hearts with late winner for Newcastle". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  15. "All about Isaac Hayden". Chronicle Live.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  16. "Isaac Hayden impresses in England's U21s win". Chronicle Live.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  17. Group, Arsenal Media. "Wenger – Why I have selected Hayden". arsenal.com.
  18. "Isaac Hayden posts emotional message to Newcastle United fans but then deletes it". TheMag.co.uk. “They come and see me quite regularly, but I want to be in a place for my daughter to settle down and have a happy home environment and not be moving around too much. Lauren has done an awful lot for me and given up a lot to have a child, especially in the situation we [were in]. Looking back, I don’t know how she did it. She deserves to be in a position where she’s happy, where’s she’s closer to her family and closer to the hospital.”
  19. Tom Easterby. "Big interview: Isaac Hayden". NUFC. Retrieved 7 April 2019. “When I look back, it was bonkers what I was doing,” he says, thinking of his preparations for a game at Arsenal in December 2017. His daughter, Adriana, had been born six weeks premature and was with her mother Lauren in London’s Portland Hospital, waiting to be brought home.
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