Jordan Willis (footballer)

Jordan Kenneth Willis (born 24 August 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for League One club Sunderland. He has played in the English Football League with Coventry City.

Jordan Willis
Personal information
Full name Jordan Kenneth Willis[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994[2]
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2011 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 Coventry City 179 (4)
2019– Sunderland 42 (2)
National team
2012 England U18 1 (0)
2013 England U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:05, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Coventry City

Willis was born in Coventry, West Midlands.[5] He made his first-team debut for Coventry City as a substitute on 5 November 2011 in a 4–2 Championship loss to Southampton, coming on to replace James McPake after 64 minutes.[6] At the age of 17 years and 72 days he became the tenth youngest Coventry City player of all-time. He made his first start of the following season on 28 August 2012, in a 3–2 win against Birmingham City in the League Cup.[7]

He established himself in the first-team towards the end of the 2013–14 season in the right-back position. A change in formation to a three-man defence saw Willis become a first-choice player for Coventry City at the start of the following season. On 11 October, Jordan Willis captained the Sky Blues for the first time in their game against Crewe Alexandra.

He scored his first goal for Coventry in an EFL Trophy tie against West Ham Under-23s on 30 August 2016.[8] He then scored his first league goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Chesterfield on 1 November 2016.[9]

Willis left Coventry at the end of 2018–19 season after rejecting the offer of a new contract.[10]

Sunderland

Willis signed for League One club Sunderland on 13 July 2019 on a two-year contract.[11] Willis scored his first goal for Sunderland on 17 August 2019, a header from a Grant Leadbitter corner, in a 2–1 home victory against Portsmouth.[12]

International career

In February 2012 he was called up to the England under-18 team by manager Noel Blake.[13] He made his debut on 7 March 2012 in a 3–0 win against Poland in Crewe.[14] He made his England under-19 debut on 5 February 2013, in a 3–1 win against Denmark.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coventry City 2011–12[16] Championship300000—30
2012–13[17] League One1010100030
2013–14[18] League One28010101[lower-alpha 1]0310
2014–15[19] League One34010104[lower-alpha 1]0400
2015–16[20] League One4000000040
2016–17[21] League One36330205[lower-alpha 2]2465
2017–18[22] League Two35041003[lower-alpha 3]1422
2018–19[23] League One381100000391
Total 1794111501332088
Sunderland 2019–20[24] League One 35210202[lower-alpha 2]0402
Career total 21461217015324810
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  3. One appearance in EFL Trophy, two appearances and one goal in League Two play-offs

Honours

Coventry City

References
  1. "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Jordan Willis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. "Jordan Willis". Coventry City F.C. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018.
  4. Donnelly, Mark (22 February 2020). "Sunderland receive response from dubious goals committee after controversial Jordan Willis header at Oxford United". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. "Jordan Willis". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. "Coventry City 2–4 Southampton". Coventry City F.C. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011.
  7. "Coventry 3–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  8. "REPORT: Coventry City 4–2 West Ham United PL2 – Turnbull at the double as City maintain unbeaten home record". Coventry City F.C. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. "Coventry City 2–0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  10. "Coventry City star's departure confirmed as dressing room dynamic changes". CoventryLive. Reach. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  11. "Jordan Willis: Sunderland sign defender after Coventry City exit". BBC Sport. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  12. "Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth". 17 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  13. "Jordan Willis". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  14. "England 3–0 Poland". The Football Association. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  15. "England 3–1 Denmark". The Football Association. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  16. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  17. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  18. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  19. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  20. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  21. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  22. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  23. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  24. "Games played by Jordan Willis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  25. Scott, Ged (2 April 2017). "Coventry City 2–1 Oxford United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  26. Law, James (28 May 2018). "Coventry City 3–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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