Jack Tucker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack Robert Tucker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Whitstable, Kent, England[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gillingham | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Whitstable Town | |||
| Gillingham | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Gillingham | 29 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Greenwich Borough (loan) | ||
| 2018–2019 | → Hastings United (loan) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:54, 8 March 2020 (UTC) | |||
Jack Robert Tucker (born 13 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Gillingham, as a defender.
Career
Tucker joined Gillingham's youth set up as a seven-year old from his hometown club Whitstable Town.[3]
He made his league debut for the club on 8 October 2017 as 45th minute substitute in a 0–1 defeat to Portsmouth.[4] He turned professional with Gillingham in January 2018, at the same time as Henry Woods and Ryan Huckle.[5] Some days later, he joined Greenwich Borough on a work experience loan-deal.[6] He was awarded Gillingham's Young Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season.[7]
On 30 November 2018, Tucker joined Hastings United on loan until January 2019.[8] He then returned to Gillingham at the end of January.[9]
He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season.[10] He scored his first goal for Gillingham in an EFL Trophy tie against Tottenham Hotspur U21s on 12 November 2019.[11]
Having broken into the first team under the management of Steve Evans, Tucker was the subject of a written transfer bid in December 2019 from an unnamed Championship club, which was rejected by Gillingham chairman Paul Scally.[12] The same day Tucker signed a new contract with Gillingham.[13]
Career statistics
- As of 8 March 2020
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gillingham | 2017–18[4] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018–19[14] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[15] | League One | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy.
References
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Proud mum thanks Gillingham FC for opportunities as teenage son signs two-year professional contract, kentlive.news, 21 January 2018
- ^ Youlton, Clive (21 January 2018). "Mum praises Gillingham for helping son achieve footballing dream". kentlive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Games played by Jack Tucker in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Three sign professional contracts with Gills". Gillingham F.C. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ Jack Tucker joins Greenwich Borough, gillinghamfootballclub.com, 19 January 2019
- ^ "Mark Byrne voted Player of the Year". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ TUCKER A ‘U’........FOR NOW!, hastingsunited.com, 30 November 2018
- ^ Hastings United sign player from higher level club, hastingsobserver.co.uk, 23 January 2019
- ^ "Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Gillingham vs Tottenham U21s live: Jakubiak and Tucker score before Pochettino comes off bench". football.london. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Gillingham reject Tucker bid". Kent Online. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tucker: It was a simple decision to make". Kent Online. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Games played by Jack Tucker in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Jack Tucker in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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