George Evans (footballer, born 1994)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Evans[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 December 1994||
Place of birth | Cheadle, England | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back, right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wrexham | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2013 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2015 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Walsall (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2016–2018 | Reading | 59 | (3) |
2018–2021 | Derby County | 34 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Millwall | 43 | (2) |
2023– | Wrexham | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2011 | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
2012 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC) |
George Evans (born 13 December 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or right-back for EFL League One club Wrexham.
Career
Evans was born in Cheadle, Greater Manchester[2] and joined Manchester City at the age of six.[3] After several seasons in Manchester City's academy, Evans first came to prominence with several appearances on the bench for City during the 2012–13 season, although he was ultimately not given a debut for the senior team. In the following season, Evans began playing for the Elite Development Squad before being loaned to Crewe Alexandra at the end of October.[4] Within a week he was given his first senior cap, being named in the starting line-up for Crewe's home league game against Bradford City,[5] against whom he played a full 90 minutes. Evans' first goal for Crewe Alexandra came on 23 November against local rivals Port Vale.[6]
On 30 January 2015, he joined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season.[7] Evans made 16 appearances during his loan spell, scoring once. On 22 September 2015, Evans made his First Team debut for Manchester City when he came on as a substitute during a 4–1 win against Sunderland in the League Cup.[8] In doing so, he became the second Manchester City player to represent the club at all levels from under-8s right through to the senior team, after Chris Chantler.
On 20 October 2015, Evans joined League One club Walsall on a one-month loan deal. He made his Walsall debut on the same day against Barnsley and scored the opening goal in a 0–2 away win.[9] On 24 November 2015, after "playing week in, week out", he extended his loan at Walsall until 9 January 2016[10] and was then extended again until 26 January 2016, the maximum allowed time for an emergency loan deal.[11] On 16 January 2016 he was recalled by parent club Manchester City as an offer had been made for a permanent move away from the club.
On 19 January 2016, Evans joined Championship club Reading on a three-and-a-half-year deal until 2019.[12] Evans scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Derby County on 1 October 2016.[13]
On 31 July 2018, Evans joined Championship club Derby County for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £1m, on a 3-year deal[14] He signed a contract extension in August 2020 to take him through until the summer of 2022.[15]
On 1 February 2021, Evans joined Championship club Millwall for an undisclosed fee.[16] He scored his first goal for Millwall, a late equaliser, in a 1-1 draw against Luton Town on 23 February 2021.[17]
In September 2023 Evans joined EFL League Two club Wrexham on a two year contract.[18]
Career statistics
- As of match played 8 March 2022[19]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 2013–14[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2014–15[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16[22] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 2013–14[20] | League One | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
Scunthorpe United (loan) | 2014–15[21] | League One | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Walsall (loan) | 2015–16[22] | League One | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
Reading | 2015–16[22] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
2016–17[23] | Championship | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
2017–18[24] | Championship | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 4 | ||
Derby County | 2018–19[25] | Championship | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
2019–20[26] | Championship | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2020–21[27] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | |||
Millwall | 2020–21[27] | Championship | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |
2021–22[28] | Championship | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
Total | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
Career total | 186 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 12 |
References
- ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ a b "George Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Evans bidding to make Man City history". 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Crewe Alexandra: Man City's George Evans joins on loan". BBC Sport. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Crewe 0 – 0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Crewe 1 – 2 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "GEORGE EVANS SIGNS ON LOAN". Scunthorpe United. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Sunderland 1 – 4 Man City". The Guardian. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Barnsley 0 – 2 Walsall". Walsall FC. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "George Evans: Walsall extend Manchester City midfielder's loan". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Manchester City midfielder George Evans extends Walsall loan". BBC Sport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Evans signs from Manchester City". Reading F.C. 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Reading 1–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Evans signs for Derby". Derby County. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Derby County man handed new contract". Derby Telegraph. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Millwall announce George Evans signing". Millwall F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Luton 1-1 Millwall". BBC Sport. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Evans joins Wrexham
- ^ George Evans at Soccerbase
- ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b c "Games played by George Evans in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
External links
- George Evans at Soccerbase
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Cheadle, Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
- Footballers from Greater Manchester
- English men's footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Wrexham A.F.C. players
- English Football League players