Joe Hardy (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Keith Hardy[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Wirral, England | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward, right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
Number | 53 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
2012–2017 | Manchester City | ||
2017–2020 | Brentford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:56, 15 July 2020 (UTC) |
Joseph Keith Hardy (born 26 September 1998) is an English professional football forward who plays for Liverpool. He is a product of the Manchester City academy and began his professional career with Brentford.
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 showed prolific form during 2016–17,[5] scoring 12 goals in 11 starts, before departing the Etihad Campus in March 2017.[6]
Brentford
On 14 March 2017, Hardy joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9] He was frozen out of the B team during the first half of the 2019–20 season and departed the club in January 2020.[7]
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.[7] He signed a contract running until the end of the 2019–20 season for an undisclosed fee.[7][10] 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.[11] He signed a contract extension in June 2020.[12]
Personal life
Hardy attended St Winefride's Catholic Primary School in Neston and St. Anselm's College in Birkenhead.[3][13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 11 July 2020
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2019–20[11] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Brentford B
- Middlesex Senior Cup: 2018–19[9]
Individual
- Brentford B Players' Player of the Year: 2018–19[8]
References
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Brentford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Brentford FC – Brentford B – Forward – Joe Hardy". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Manchester City U18s Joe Hardy profile". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "EDS Stats – Manchester City, Man City – Bluemoon-MCFC". bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Brentford sign Manchester City forward Joe Hardy". Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Brentford B forward Joe Hardy departs for Liverpool". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Maupay takes the honours at Player of the Year Dinner". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Doyle, Ian (16 June 2020). "Liverpool striker puts pen to paper on new Anfield contract". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Games played by Joe Hardy in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Joe Hardy signs new contract with Liverpool FC". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Joe Hardy recently signed for Liverpool". www.st-anselms.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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