Jordan Rossiter

Jordan Rossiter is a midfielder currently playing in Liverpool’s Under-21s and first team.

Jordan Rossiter
Full Name	Jordan Bernard Rossiter
Date of Birth	24 March 1997
Age	27 years
Place of Birth	Liverpool, England
Position	Midfielder
Nationality	English
Current club	Liverpool
Previous club/s	–

Youth career

Early career

Jordan joined Liverpool's academy at age six after being spotted playing for his school team. He made his U18-debut on his 15th birthday and came on as a late sub for Liverpool's U19s in a NextGen Series match against Inter Milan only ten months later.

2013-2015

While the boyhood Evertonian was a regular for Liverpool's Under-21s during the 2013-14 season, the 2014-15 season saw him miss a substantial number of games due to injuries as well as regular involvement with the first team. In September 2014, the former Liverpool U16 skipper was named Liverpool's U19 captain for their UEFA Youth League campaign. Having been named as a substitute for the first team twice during the 2013-14 season and made appearances in several pre-season friendlies over the following summer, Jordan made his competitive first-team debut in a League Cup fixture against Middlesbrough on 23 September 2014 and became Liverpool's second-youngest ever goalscorer as he netted the opening goal after ten minutes. He continued to be involved with the first-team squad on a regular basis during the 2014-15 campaign until a ruptured ankle ligament ended his season in late January.

2015-16 season

On 11 July, 2015, it was announced that Jordan would join Liverpool's first team on their pre-season tour of Thailand, Australia and Malaysia. On 22 August 2015, Brendan Rodgers confirmed that he was now considered part of the first-team dressing room and there were no plans to send him out on loan. Two days later, Jordan made his Premier League debut coming on as a 76th minute substitute to replace Lucas Leiva in a 0-0 draw at the Emirates. On September 17, Jordan made his European debut, playing 80 minutes in a 1-1 draw at Bordeaux in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League before coming off for Cameron Brannagan with cramp. He kept his place in the starting line-up for the next Europa League match at home to Sion two weeks later and played the full 90 minutes. On 16 October, it became known that Jordan had contracted a hamstring injury while away with England. The incident attracted a certain amount of media attention after newly-appointed Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp accused the England set-up of overplaying him and treating young players "like horses".

International

Jordan has represented England at U16, U17, U18 and U19 level. He captained the England U16s team that won the Victory Shield in 2012.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Under-18			Under-19			Under-21			First Team				Total
		Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals	Assists	Starts	Subs	Goals	Assists
Liverpool	2013-14	TBC	TBC	1	0	0	0	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	17	2	4	0
Liverpool	2014-15	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	13	1	2	0
Liverpool	2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
Career total		3	0	1	6	0	0	23	3	4	3	2	1	0	35	5	6	0

(updated 13 December 2015)

Career honours

Liverpool Academy Players' Academy Player of the Year: 2014

Contract

Jordan signed his first professional contract on his 17th birthday in March 2014.