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Revision as of 17:16, 8 February 2015

George Swan is a central defender currently playing for the Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-21 team.

George Swan
Full Name George Swan
Date of Birth 12 September 1994
Age 29 years
Place of Birth Wakefield
Position Central Defence
Nationality English
Current club Wolverhampton Wanderers
Previous club/s Manchester City, Leeds United

Contents

Youth career

Swan joined Wolves in September 2014, a few days before his twentieth birthday. He is the son of Peter Swan, who played for Leeds United, Hull City and Port Vale, also mainly as a central defender but sometimes as a forward. Wolves were rumoured to be trying to sign Peter Swan in the early nineties, now they have signed his son.

George Swan had moved from Leeds United to Manchester City at fourteen. City are said to have rated him highly but a string of bad injuries and intrusive surgeries (including a cruciate knee ligament operation, a lateral knee ligament operation, a broken leg and an impingement in his hip) wrecked his career there before it had started. During the 2013-14 season he was loaned out twice, then he was released by City in the Summer of 2014 and had a trial back at Leeds. Wolves' new U21 coach Scott Sellars had previously worked at City and recommended signing Swan, and so he was offered a short contract to make his case for something more permanent. He was an ever-present at the U21 level up to the Christmas break, starting every game apart from the U21 Premier League Cup match against Villa where he came on as a sub, but he then picked up a minor injury and missed games early in 2015. He has yet to play first-team football for any of his clubs.

International

Career statistics

No data pre 2014-15. Wolves give no squad information for U18 apart from the FA Youth Cup. Correct up to 8 February 2015.

Club Season Senior Under-21 Lge Under-21 PLC B'ham Senior Cup Under-18 Lge FA Youth Cup
Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals Starts Subs Goals
Wolves 2014-15 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 - - - - - -

Career honours

Contract

Swan's initial contract was reported as expiring in January 2015, but this seems to have been an error. It is now being reported as expiring at the end of the 2014-15 season.

Source

http://www.expressandstar.com