George Swan
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 |
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Youth career
George 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 after the father in the early nineties; now they're trying the son.
Swan had moved from Leeds United to Manchester City at fourteen. City rated him highly but a string of bad injuries (a cruciate knee ligament operation, a lateral knee ligament operation, a broken leg and an impingement in his hip) wrecked his career before it got 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 recommended Wolves sign him and so he was offered a short contract to make his case for something more permanent. He is an ever-present so far this season, starting every game apart from the U21 PLC match v Villa, where he came on as a sub. 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 20 December 2014.
Club | Season | Senior | Under-21 Lge | Under-21 PLC | B'ham Senior Cup | Under-18 Lge | FA Youth Cup | ||||||||||||
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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 expires in January.