Joe Hardy (footballer)

Joseph Keith Hardy (born 26 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Liverpool as a forward. He is a product of the Manchester City academy and began his professional career with Brentford.

Joe Hardy
Personal information
Full name Joseph Keith Hardy[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-26) 26 September 1998
Place of birth Wirral, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward, right winger
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Youth career
0000–2012 Tranmere Rovers
2012–2017 Manchester City
2016 → Stoke City (loan)
2017–2020 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Liverpool 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:56, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Manchester City

A forward or right winger, Hardy began his career with Tranmere Rovers and moved to the academy at Premier League club Manchester City at the age of 13.[3] He progressed through the ranks and made his U18 team debut while still an U16 and signed a two-year scholarship deal at the end of the 2014–15 season.[4] Hardy scored 11 goals in 20 U18 appearances during the 2015–16 season and had a spell on loan at the Stoke City academy.[5][6] He showed prolific form during the 2016–17 season,[5] scoring 12 goals in 11 starts, before departing the Etihad Campus in March 2017.[7]

Brentford

On 14 March 2017, Hardy joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract.[7] Over the course of the following ​2 1⁄2 years, he scored 40 goals in 80 appearances and was voted the 2018–19 Brentford B Players' Player of the Year.[8][9] Hardy gave a man of the match performance and scored two goals in Brentford B's 4–0 2019 Middlesex Senior Cup Final victory over Harrow Borough on 16 April 2019.[10] He was frozen out of the B team during the first half of the 2019–20 season and departed the club in January 2020.[8]

Liverpool

After an attempt to sign him during the 2019 summer transfer window had failed,[3] Hardy transferred to the U23 team at Premier League club Liverpool in January 2020.[8] He signed a contract running until the end of the 2019–20 season for an undisclosed fee.[8][11] On 4 February, Hardy made his professional debut as a substitute for Liam Millar after 82 minutes of a 1–0 FA Cup fourth round replay win over Shrewsbury Town.[12] He signed a contract extension in June 2020,[13] but missed the 2020–21 pre-season through injury.[14] After returning to fitness,[15] Hardy was included in Liverpool's 25-man 2020–21 Premier League squad as a home grown player.[16] After making five appearances and scoring one goal for the U23 and EFL Trophy squads,[17] he suffered an ankle ligament injury during a Premier League 2 match versus Southampton U23 on 21 November 2020.[18]

Personal life

Hardy attended St Winefride's Catholic Primary School in Neston and St. Anselm's College in Birkenhead.[3][19]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2019–20[12] Premier League 0010—0 0 —10
Liverpool U21 2020–21[20] — — — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Total 00100000 1 020
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Brentford B

Individual

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Brentford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. "Brentford B – Forward – Joe Hardy". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. Scragg, Steven (3 February 2020). "Liverpool starlet Joe Hardy talks the academy, Klopp's chances and his path to Anfield". These Football Times. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "Manchester City U18s Joe Hardy profile". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. "EDS Stats – Manchester City, Man City". Bluemoon-MCFC. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  6. "Joe Hardy – MCFC Players – Manchester City, Man City History". Bluemoon-MCFC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. "Brentford sign Manchester City forward Joe Hardy". Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. "Brentford B forward Joe Hardy departs for Liverpool". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  9. "Maupay takes the honours at Player of the Year Dinner". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  10. "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  11. Doyle, Ian (16 June 2020). "Liverpool striker puts pen to paper on new Anfield contract". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  12. "Games played by Joe Hardy in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  13. "Joe Hardy signs new contract with Liverpool FC". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  14. "Paul Glatzel and Joe Hardy fitness update". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. "Match report: Liverpool U23s suffer narrow loss at Brighton". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  16. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  17. Joe Hardy at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  18. "Paul Glatzel and Joe Hardy injury update". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  19. "Joe Hardy recently signed for Liverpool". www.st-anselms.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  20. "Games played by Joe Hardy in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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