Appearances:
1 |
Starts:
1 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
0.00 |
Assists:
0 |
Goal Involvements:
0 |
Player #956
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/october/Villa-Academy-pair-make-loan-moves/
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/october/Villa-Academy-pair-make-loan-moves/
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Position:
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🏴
Right Back
2020-21
2020-21
1
0 |
0 |
Jake Walker
Jake Walker
Seasons Quick-View
2021 | 🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #956 |
Season
2020-21 |
Age
19 |
Division
PL |
Squad #
#46 |
Appearances
1 |
Starts
1 |
Subs
0 |
Unused
0 |
Goals
0 |
Assists
0 |
Bookings
0 |
Red Cards
0 |
Games / Goals
0.00 |
Goal
Involvements
0 |
Injury
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
Appearances
Conceded
per Game
Clean Sheets
Clean Sheet %
2020-21 |
1 |
Jake Walker
Birth Date
3 November 2000
Birth Place
Birmingham
Birth Country
England
🏴
🏴
Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
2017-21 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams
2017-18 Aston Villa Under 18s
Championship
2018-21 Aston Villa Under 23s
Championship, Premier League
Transfer In
Aged
17
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
1 July 2018
Under
Steve Bruce 🏴
Transfer Notes
July 2018: Aged 17, Promoted from u18s to the u23s
January 2020: Aged 19, Loaned to Banbury for the remainder of the 2020-21 season
October 2020: Aged 19, Loaned to Alvechurch for the remainder of 2020
July 2021: Aged 20, Released from the Villa Youth set up
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
n/a
Under
n/a
Loans Out
2020 Banbury United, 22 Jan 2020 to 31 May 2020
Southern League
2020-21 Alvechurch FC, 1 Oct 2020 to 1 Jan 2021
Southern League
Transfer Out
Aged
To
For
On
Under
20
Unattached
Released
31 May 2021
Dean Smith 🏴
Subsequent Clubs
2021-23 Newtown AFC
Welsh Premier League, 🕒 16 | 16 (0) | ⚽ 3 |
2023- Without Club
Jake Walker
Villa Career
2021 | Youth | 🏴 |
Premier League,
🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #956 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
1
0
Goals
0
Played Under
Mark Delaney 🏴 2021
First Squad
8 January 2021
Manager
Mark Delaney 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
2020-21
8 January 2021
Liverpool (h), FA Cup
20
Mark Delaney 🏴
Appearances
Goals
1
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
2020-21
8 January 2021
Liverpool (h), FA Cup
20
Mark Delaney 🏴
(Final Squad)
8 January 2021
Manager
Mark Delaney 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(5 ft 10 in) 1.79 m
Foot
Right
International Record
National Team
England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Jake Walker
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/october/Villa-Academy-pair-make-loan-moves/
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/october/Villa-Academy-pair-make-loan-moves/
Player #955 for Aston Villa, Jake Walker played as a right back for the club in the 2020-21 season.
Jake was born on 3 November 2000 and signed professional forms with Villa in July 2018 aged 17.
Walker was promoted to the Villa Under 23 squad for the 2018-19 season under Mark Delaney and spent spells out on loan with Banbury in the 2019-20 season and local side Alvechurch in 2020-21 however he was recalled by Delaney who promoted Walker to the first team squad before giving him his first team debut in the 2020-21 season aged 20 in the 1-4 FA Cup defeat to Liverpool on Friday, 8 January 2021. That would prove to be Walker’s only first team appearance for the club.
That appearance came as part of the youngest ever team to ever take the field for Villa in a professional game - aged 18.8 years on average - after the first team squad was forced into isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic which had seen a raft of players and staff testing positive for the virus in the week preceding the game.
Walker was one of 16 debutants in the game - the most in a single game in Villa’s history and was also part of the starting XI made up of 11 debutants, the first time this had happened since Villa’s first professional fixture - also in the FA Cup - on Saturday, 13 December 1879 against Stafford Road. Walker made his debut appearance under caretaker manager Mark Delaney after Villa boss Dean Smith was required to join the first team in isolation.
Walker, like first team regular Matty Cash, was a player described as a proper old-school full-back with a bright future ahead however it was announced in April 2021 that he would be released by the club at the end of the 2020-21 season. Walker’s release followed a ‘technical board meeting’ on March 16 2021 between Academy Manager Mark Harrison, Dean Smith, Mark Delaney, Chief Executive Christian Purslow and Sporting Director Johan Lange against a back drop of a significant scale-up in the club’s academy operations with a view to developing a continuing flow of first team talent over the coming decade. Walker proved a casualty of that drive but could look back on Friday, 8 January 2021 - a day that saw him become the 960th player to represent the Villa first team over 132 seasons.