 Livermore withTottenham Hotspur in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Cyril Leonard Livermore | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Tottenham Hotspur | 36 | (0) |
| 2008 | →Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | →Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Derby County (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2010 | →Peterborough United (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | →Ipswich Town (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | →Leeds United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | →Hull City (loan) | 36 | (3) |
| 2014–2017 | Hull City | 90 | (6) |
| 2017–2023 | West Bromwich Albion | 206 | (8) |
| 2023–2024 | Watford | 30 | (3) |
| Total | 445 | (22) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2017 | England | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jake Cyril Leonard Livermore (born 14 November 1989) is an English former professionalfootballer who played as adefensive midfielder.
Livermore began his career atTottenham Hotspur, spending most of his tenure out on loan at clubs in all three divisions of theEnglish Football League. In 2013, he moved toHull City, initially on a temporary basis, becoming permanent at the end of the season. After making 144 appearances for the club in all competitions, he joinedWest Bromwich Albion in January 2017. He later joinedWatford in July 2023, and left the club at the end of the sameseason.
Livermore earned his first cap for theEngland national team in August 2012 in afriendly win againstItaly.
Jake Cyril Leonard Livermore[3] was born on 14 November 1989[4] inEnfield, Greater London,[5] and attendedEnfield Grammar School.[6]
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Livermore's career started inArsenal F.C's Academy after leaving and joiningTottenham Hotspur's academy in 2006, making 39 appearances for the under-18 team and scoring nine goals.[7] He made another 13 appearances for the reserves.[7] On 29 February 2008, he joined Milton Keynes Dons on a month-long loan deal.[8] He made his professional debut the following day in a 1–0 win overChester City atStadium MK, playing the last 14 minutes in place ofJordan Hadfield.[9] Livermore played five matches for theLeague Two club, all as a substitute.[10]
On 11 July 2008, he was loaned for six months toLeague One clubCrewe Alexandra.[11] However, in afriendly withConference Premier teamWrexham, he fractured hisfibula and subsequently returned to Tottenham to receive treatment which kept him sidelined for a protracted spell.[12] Livermore signed a new two-year deal with Tottenham on 24 July 2009.[13]
He joinedChampionship clubDerby County on an initial one-month loan on 10 August 2009.[14] He scored his first league goal againstNottingham Forest in a 3–2 away defeat on 29 August.[15] In January 2010, he joined another club in the division,Peterborough United, until the end of the2009–10 season.[16] He scored his first goal for Peterborough in a 2–1 defeat atSheffield Wednesday on 23 January.[17] On 2 March, he was recalled from his loan due to a spate of injuries to the Tottenham squad.[18] Livermore made his competitive debut for Tottenham in a 2–1 win againstStoke City at theBritannia Stadium on 20 March, coming on in added time forNiko Kranjčar.[19]
On 23 September 2010, he was loaned out to Championship clubIpswich Town until January.[20] On 24 March 2011, he was loaned out toLeeds United of the same division ahead of their final eight league matches and battle for promotion to the Premier League.[21] On 2 April, Livermore made his debut for Leeds as a second-half substitute against Nottingham Forest where he had a hand in Leeds' fourth goal scored byMax Gradel.[22] He was given a start against Reading, however he was substituted at half time after picking up a yellow card and lucky not to receive another for a tackle in the first half.[23]
Livermore stayed with Tottenham for the2011–12 season, scoring his first senior goal for Spurs on 18 August 2011 in the 5–0UEFA Europa League qualifying win away againstHeart of Midlothian,[24] and ultimately made 38 appearances across all competitions.[25]
Livermore moved toHull City at the beginning of 2013–14 on a season-long loan, along with teammateTom Huddlestone.[26] He made his debut on the first day of the season when he came off the bench forDanny Graham in the 59th minute of a 2–0 loss away atChelsea.[27] On 1 December, he scored his first Premier League and Hull goal, opening a 3–1 home win overLiverpool with a shot deflecting offMartin Škrtel, Hull's first ever victory over the Merseyside opponents.[28]
Hull reached the2014 FA Cup final, and Livermore started the match againstArsenal, which resulted in a 3–2 defeat atWembley Stadium after extra time.[29] In the close season, he joined Hull permanently for an undisclosed fee,[30] one which was reported to have broken the club transfer record.[31]
Following a 2–0 win againstCrystal Palace in April 2015, Livermore was selected for a random drugs test.[32] He tested positive forcocaine and, on 15 May 2015, was suspended by boththe FA and Hull City for the remainder of the season.[33][34][35] In August, Hull managerSteve Bruce revealed that Livermore had taken the substance to cope with the grief caused by the death of his newborn child shortly after the FA Cup final.[36] In September 2015, a disciplinary hearing decided that the Football Association provisional ban would not be extended,[37] as a result, his suspension by Hull City was also lifted.[38]
At the start of the2016–17 season, newly promoted Hull had only one fully fit recognised centre-back inCurtis Davies, so Livermore was selected to play as a centre-back alongside Davies.[39]
Livermore joined Hull's fellow Premier League clubWest Bromwich Albion on a four-and-a-half-year deal on 20 January 2017 for a fee reported to be £10 million.[40] He made his debut the following day in a 2–0 win againstSunderland atThe Hawthorns, coming off the bench in place ofJames Morrison for the last 20 minutes of the match.[41]
On 2 January 2018, Livermore had an altercation with aWest Ham United fan at theLondon Stadium; he reported that the fan had taunted him about his son who died in infancy in 2014.[42] The FA did not punish Livermore for the incident but warned him that such reactions could endanger himself and other fans.[43] The West Ham fan was given an indefinite ban from the stadium.[44]
In his 50th game for the Baggies on 21 April 2018, Livermore scored his first goal for the club as they came from behind to draw 2–2 with Liverpool.[45] Two weeks later, he scored the only goal of a home win over his former team Tottenham, saving his team from immediate relegation.[46]
On 23 May 2023 West Bromwich Albion announced that Jake Livermore would be leaving the club and was named on the club's release list. As part of the announcement, the club paid tribute to the many years of service Jake had given to the club.[47]
On 21 July 2023, Livermore signed a one-year contract with Championship clubWatford, where he had been training since leaving West Brom.[48] On 23 May 2024, the club announced he would be leaving in the summer when his contract expired.[49]
Livermore made his first senior appearance forEngland in a 2–1 friendly win againstItaly on 15 August 2012 at theStade de Suisse inBern, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute forFrank Lampard.[50]
After nearly five years away from international football, Livermore was recalled to the England squad in March 2017 by managerGareth Southgate for a friendly match againstGermany and a2018 World Cup qualifier againstLithuania.[51] He subsequently made his first start for England in a 1–0 away defeat to Germany on 22 March.[52] Livermore was again called up by Southgate in May 2017 for a World Cup qualifier against Scotland, and a friendly against France.[53]
On 16 May 2018, he was one of five players named on standby for the 23-manEngland national team squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup.[54]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2007–08[10] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09[55] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[56] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[57] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[25] | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2012–13[58] | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2007–08[10] | League Two | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Derby County (loan) | 2009–10[56] | Championship | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Peterborough United (loan) | 2009–10[56] | Championship | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2010–11[57] | Championship | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Leeds United (loan) | 2010–11[57] | Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Hull City (loan) | 2013–14[59] | Premier League | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | |
| Hull City | 2014–15[60] | Premier League | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2015–16[61] | Championship | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 39 | 4 | |
| 2016–17[62] | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 126 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 144 | 9 | ||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2016–17[62] | Premier League | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[63] | Premier League | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19[64] | Championship | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2019–20[65] | Championship | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 45 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21[66] | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[67] | Championship | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[68] | Championship | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 206 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 9 | ||
| Watford | 2023–24[69] | Championship | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |
| Career total | 446 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 497 | 24 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
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