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Jack Roles
Personal information
Full name Jack Roles[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Enfield, London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stevenage
(on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Youth career
2015–2019 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Cambridge United (loan) 23 (5)
2020 → Burton Albion (loan) 2 (0)
2021– → Stevenage (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2018 Cyprus U19 2 (1)
2019 Cyprus U21 1 (1)
2019– Cyprus 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Jack Roles (born 26 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Stevenage, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, as a midfielder. Born in England, he represents Cyprus at international level.

Career

Roles was born in Enfield, London and attended Enfield Grammar School where he played for the school football team winning a number of trophies. Tottenham signed Roles to the academy in 2015.[3] In June 2019 Roles had his contract with Tottenham extended until 2021.[4]

Roles first appeared for Tottenham's senior team in the 2018/19 preseason, appearing off of the bench in a friendly against Juventus.[5]

In August 2019 Roles went out on loan to Cambridge United, who played in League Two.[6] He was put straight into the squad for his Football League debut against Scunthorpe United, with Cambridge winning 3–2.[7] His first senior goal came the following month against Mansfield Town, Cambridge's first in a 4–0 win.[8]

Roles was named the league's player of the month for October 2019, and his 30-yard strike against Macclesfield Town was nominated for goal of the month too.[9]

In September 2020 Roles went out on loan to Burton Albion of EFL League One.[10]

On 1 February 2021, Roles joined League Two club Stevenage on loan.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Cambridge United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 13. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ Jack Roles at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Jack Roles profile". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Jack Roles sends message after Tottenham debut, fans respond". HITC. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Jack Roles: Cambridge United sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Cambridge United 3 - 2 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Mansfield Town 0 - 4 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur loanee Jack Roles nominated for League Two goal of the month". Cambridgeshire Live. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Burton Albion: Tottenham's Jack Roles & Aston Villa's Indiana Vassilev join". BBC Sport. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  11. ^ Branowsky, Dan (1 February 2021). "Jack Roles joins from Spurs". www.stevenagefc.com. Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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