Jordan Holmes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jordan Thomas Holmes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013-2015 | Bournemouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Bournemouth | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Weymouth (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2015– | Australia U-20 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Jordan Thomas Holmes (born 8 May 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Bournemouth. Holmes has represented Australia at national level for the U19's and U20's in the Asian Championship and U20's World Cup qualifiers. In May 2015 Holmes is selected to play against Brazil for Australia's U20's at Win Stadium Wollongong. Although Australia are defeated 1-0, Holmes produces a man of the match performance pulling out a string of outstanding saves from Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) and Andrea Perieria (Manchester United) https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/young-socceroos-beaten-brazil-0. Holmes is currently part of the U23 Australian Olyroos although is yet to be capped.
Early life
Born in Sydney, Holmes attended Aquinas College in Menai. In 2012-13 he played for Rockdale City Suns and Sydney United 58 in the New South Wales Youth Premier League. He was also selected and played for the New South Wales Institute of Sport and attended the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) He represented Cronulla Sutherland, Sydney and New South Wales in Baseball as a pitcher and batsman and specialist shortstop. In 2013, Holmes moved to England to join Bournemouth .
Playing career
AFC Bournemouth
Holmes joined Bournemouth's Academy full-time in the summer of 2013, he started 16 times for the Under-18s in the 2013/14 season and impressively produced a string of saves throughout the season. Holmes signed his first 2 1/2 year professional contract within 9 months of commencing his 2 year Academy contract. He was promoted to the U21 development team at the age of 16. In July 2014, he was chosen as the reserve keeper for Bournemouth’s first team friendlies against Southampton and Swansea City.
In 2015–16, he made a number of league appearances for the Under-21s, as a result of many impressive performances in July 2015 he was selected as the back-up goalkeeper for the Bournemouth versus Nantes game. In October 2015 Holmes traveled with the first team for the League Cup match against Liverpool and in November 2015 again traveled with the first team to be part of the Premier League game with Southampton. In November 2015, Holmes went on loan to Weymouth as the first team 'keeper. However in December 2015 he was recalled from the loan spell for the Premier League game with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge due to injuries to Artur Boruc and Adam Federici - he remained with Bournemouth for the remainder of the 2015-16 season. In May 2016, Holmes makes the bench away to Manchester United at Old Trafford as the back-up to Adam Federici.
In 2016-17, Holmes continued to be part of the first team squad on match days. In August 2016 Holmes is on the bench for English Football League match Morcombe V AFC Bournemouth and in September 2016 plays in a friendly against AC Milan. Holmes captains Bournemouth's U21's on a number of occasions in the first half of the 2016 season appearing 14 time before going on loan to Eastbourne Borough in the National League South in January 2017.
In 2017-18, Holmes continues to be part of the first team squad and plays 18 times for AFC Bournemouth's U21's team captaining the side on several occasions. Holmes re-signs with AFC Bournemouth in May 2018
References
- ↑ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.