Jack Fitzwater

Jack Joseph Fitzwater (born 23 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Livingston.

Jack Fitzwater
Personal information
Full name Jack Joseph Fitzwater[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Livingston
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2015 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Chesterfield (loan) 1 (0)
2016 → Hednesford Town (loan) 16 (1)
2017–2018 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 14 (2)
2018 → Walsall (loan) 16 (3)
2018–2019 → Walsall (loan) 19 (0)
2019 → Walsall (loan) 2 (0)
2020– Livingston 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:31, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Fitzwater is a product of the West Bromwich Albion academy and was named academy player of the year for the 2014–15 season.[3]

On 11 September 2015, Fitzwater signed on loan for Chesterfield for one month.[4] He made his Football League debut for Chesterfield on 12 September 2015, coming on as a 19th-minute substitute for Gboly Ariyibi against Colchester United at the Proact Stadium.[5] This turned out to be his only appearance for the club and he returned to West Bromwich Albion on 9 October after his loan expired.

On 22 July 2017, Fitzwater signed for League Two club Forest Green Rovers on loan until January 2018.[6]

On 31 January 2018, Fitzwater signed on loan for League One club Walsall.[7]

Upon his return to West Bromwich Albion, Fitzwater signed a new two-year contract in June 2018.[8]

He returned on loan to Walsall for a second spell in 2018,[9] and was recalled by West Bromwich Albion on 3 January 2019.[10] He returned for a third loan spell at Walsall on 31 January 2019.[11][12]

Livingston

After being released by West Brom, Fitzwater joined Scottish Premiership club Livingston on 8 July 2020.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion 2015–16[14] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[15] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18[16] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[17] Championship 000000—00
2019–20[18] Championship 001000—10
Total 0010000010
West Bromwich Albion U23/U21 2016–17[15] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Chesterfield (loan) 2015–16[14] League One 1000000010
Hednesford Town (loan) 2015–16[19] National League North 16100—00161
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2017–18[16] League Two 14210106[lower-alpha 1]0222
Walsall (loan) 2017–18[16] League One 163000000163
2018–19[17] League One 21000204[lower-alpha 1]1271
Total 373002041434
Livingston 2020–21[20] Scottish Premiership 1100052—162
Career total 79620821311028
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists". Premier League. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
  2. "Jack Fitzwater". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Awards Academy & Young Player of the Season 2014/15 Nabi Fitzwater". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. "Chris Herd and Jack Fitzwater: Chesterfield sign duo". BBC Sport. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. "Chesterfield 3-3 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. "Forest Green Rovers sign Harry Pickering and Jack Fitzwater". BBC Sport. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. "DEAL: Walsall sign Jack Fitzwater on loan from West Brom". Express and Star. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  8. "Jack Fitzwater: West Brom defender signs new two-year contract". BBC Sport. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. "Walsall loanee Jack Fitzwater is keen to learn from the best". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  10. Masi, Joseph. "West Brom recall Walsall loanee Jack Fitzwater – but he will return to Saddlers". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  11. "Fitzwater returns on loan for the rest of the season!". www.saddlers.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  12. "Jack Fitzwater & Corey Blackett-Taylor: West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa youngsters join Walsall". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  13. "Double delight as duo put pen to paper". livingstonfc.co.uk. 8 July 2020.
  14. "Games played by Jack Fitzwater in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  15. "Games played by Jack Fitzwater in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  16. "Games played by Jack Fitzwater in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  17. "Games played by Jack Fitzwater in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. "Games played by Jack Fitzwater in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  19. Jack Fitzwater at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  20. "Games played by Jack Fitzwater in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.


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