Jordan Cousins

Jordan Paul Cousins (born 6 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Stoke City.

Jordan Cousins
Personal information
Full name Jordan Paul Cousins[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 24
Youth career
2006–2012 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Charlton Athletic 125 (7)
2016–2019 Queens Park Rangers 61 (1)
2019– Stoke City 13 (0)
National team
2008–2010 England U16 11 (1)
2009–2011 England U17 22 (0)
2011 England U18 1 (0)
2014 England U20 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:54, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Cousins began his career with Charlton Athletic, breaking into the first team in 2013–14 after progressing thorough their academy. He became a regular with the Addicks until the side suffered relegation in 2015–16 and he left for Queens Park Rangers. He spent three seasons at Loftus Road making 70 appearances before joining Stoke City in June 2019.

Club career

Charlton Athletic

Cousins began his career with the Charlton Athletic Academy joining the under-13s and he signed professional terms in March 2011.[3] He won the League One Apprentice of the Year award in 2012.[4] He made his Charlton Athletic debut on 6 August 2013 in a 4–0 win against Oxford United in the League Cup.[5] On 17 August 2013, he scored on his league debut in a 2–2 draw against Barnsley.[6] Cousins described his first league goal as a "a dream come true".[7] On 4 October 2013, Cousins signed a new three-year contract at the club, keeping him at The Valley until 2016.[8] Cousins impressed manager Chris Powell enough to establish himself in the first team at The Valley and his bright start to life in Championship football saw him win the Football League Young Player of the Month award for October 2013.[9][10][11] Cousins played 47 times in 2013–14 as Charlton finished in 18th position.[12] He made the same amount of appearances in 2014–15 as the Addicks finished in 12th.[13] On 31 July 2015, Cousins signed a new four-year contract.[14] Cousins played 42 times in 2015–16 as Charlton had a poor campaign and were relegated to League One.[15][16] Following Charlton's relegation they received a bid for Cousins from Queens Park Rangers.[17]

Queens Park Rangers

On 13 July 2016, Cousins joined Queens Park Rangers on a three-year deal.[18][19] His first season with QPR, in 2016–17 was disrupted by injuries with Cousins undergoing surgery on a quad muscle injury in April 2016.[20] His missed the start of the 2017–18 season after picking up another hamstring injury.[21] He returned to the first team in October 2017 and went on to make 16 appearances as QPR finished in 16th position.[22] He was sent-off for the first time in his career in a 2–0 EFL Cup defeat at Blackpool on 25 September 2018.[23] Cousins scored his only goal for QPR in a 4–3 defeat against Birmingham City on 9 February 2019.[24] His 2018–18 season was ended after he was stretchered off in a 2–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 19 April 2019.[25] Cousins was released by QPR at the end of the season.[26]

Stoke City

On 25 June 2019, Cousins joined Stoke City.[27][28] He had previously worked with manager Nathan Jones at the Charlton Athletic Academy.[29]

International career

Cousins has been capped by England at Under 16, Under-17 and Under-18 level, he appeared for the Under-17's at both the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In May 2014 he was called up to the Under-20 squad for the first time.

Personal life

Cousins is the cousin of former Arsenal full back Kerrea Gilbert.

Career statistics
As of match played 27 June 2020[30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Charlton Athletic 2013–14[12] Championship 4224010—472
2014–15[13] Championship 4431020—473
2015–16[16] Championship 3921020—422
Total 12576050—1367
Queens Park Rangers 2016–17[31] Championship 1801020—210
2017–18[22] Championship 1501000—160
2018–19[32] Championship 2812030—331
Total 6114050—701
Stoke City 2019–20[33] Championship 1301030—170
Career total 2008100130002238

References
  1. "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Charlton Athletic FC Player Profiles: Jordan Cousins". Charlton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "Academy U18 profiles". Charlton Athletic. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. "Rickie Lambert named Football League Player of the Year". BBC. BBC Sport. 11 March 2012.
  5. "Charlton 4-0 Oxford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. "Barnsley 2-2 Charlton" BBC Sport. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. "Jordan Cousins: Charlton Athletic defender delighted with first goal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. "Cousins signs new three-year contract". Charlton Athletic Official Website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  9. "Jordan Cousins: Charlton boss Chris Powell hails teenager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. Stevens, Rob. "Jordan Cousins: Charlton Athletic midfielder's rapid rise". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. "League award an honour - Cousins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  12. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  13. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  14. "Jordan Cousins signs new four-year deal". Charlton Athletic Official Website. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  15. "Bolton 0–0 Charlton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  16. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. "Queens Park Rangers bid for Jordan Cousins". HITC. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  18. "QPR have completed the signing of highly-rated midfielder Jordan Cousins from Charlton Athletic".
  19. "Jordan Cousins: QPR sign Charlton Athletic midfielder on three-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  20. "Jordan Cousins hopes to move on from injury-hit first season at Queens Park Rangers". Brent & Kilburn Times. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  21. "QPR assessing Cousins' latest injury". West London Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  22. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  23. "Blackpool 2–0 QPR". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  24. "QPR 3–4 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  25. "Cousins stretchered off as QPR lose again". West London Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  26. "QPR release Alex Baptiste, Jake Bidwell, Jordan Cousins, Joel Lynch and Pawel Wszolek". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  27. "Stoke City: Liam Lindsay, Adam Davies, Jordan Cousins, Nick Powell & Lee Gregory join Potters". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  28. "Davies, Powell, Gregory, Cousins and Lindsay arrive…". Stoke City. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  29. "Stoke City boss outlines specific role for new boy Jordan Cousins". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  30. Jordan Cousins at Soccerbase
  31. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  32. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  33. "Games played by Jordan Cousins in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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