Ryan Kent

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Ryan Kent
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Ryan Kent with Liverpool U21 at Goodison Park on 30 April 2015
Personal information
Full name Ryan Kent[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Oldham, England
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Position(s) Winger, Second Striker[3]
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 40
Youth career
2003–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Liverpool 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Coventry City (loan) 17 (1)
International career‡
2013 England U18 2 (2)
2015– England U20 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:39 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Ryan Kent (born 11 November 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liverpool and England under-20.

Club career

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Ryan Kent after a friendly match Liverpool U18s at Kirkby Academy

Oldham-born Kent joined Liverpool at the age of seven and progressed through the Liverpool academy to become a regular member of the U21 squad.[4] After an impressive end to the 2014–15 campaign for the reserves his performances were rewarded with a new 4 and 1/2 year contract in March 2015.[3] This was followed by a call-up to the first-team squad for their 2015 pre-season tour with the player being named in Liverpool's 30-man squad for their tour of Thailand, Australia and Malaysia.[5] On 17 July 2015 Ryan Kent made his first-team debut when he came off the bench in the 2-1 win over Australian A-League side Brisbane Roar and was handed a first-team squad number for the Reds.

Liverpool received a number of offers to take Kent on loan after the player impressed in preseason.[6] Kent eventually joining Coventry City in September 2015 on a youth loan deal for four months until 16 January 2016.[7] Where he wore the no.40 shirt. Kent made his professional debut while on youth loan at Coventry City as a substitute on 12 September 2015 in a 1–0 League One loss to Scunthorpe United.[8] On 3 November, Kent played and scored in a 4-3 win over Barnsley. The next day it was announced that he would return to Liverpool during the upcoming international break to be assessed by new Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp.[9]

On 5 January 2016 he was recalled by Liverpool and was named in the first-team to make his competitive debut for them, starting the FA Cup third round match away to Exeter City. The match ended 2–2 with Kent being withdrawn from the action after 57 minutes.[10]

International career

On 27 August 2015, Kent was called up to the England U20 squad for a double header against the Czech Republic.[11]

Career statistics

Club

Stats according to Soccerbase

As of 8 January 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Clubs Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other[A] Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 2015–16 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Coventry City (loan) 2015–16 League One 17 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 17 1
Total 17 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 17 1
Career totals 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including substitutes) in the Football League Trophy.

References

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External links

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