Jacob Greaves
Personal information
Full name Jacob John Greaves[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-12) 12 September 2000
Place of birth Cottingham, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 4
Youth career
2008–2019 Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Hull City 155 (4)
2019–2020 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:47, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Jacob John Greaves (born 12 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Hull City.[3] He is the son of former Hull City and York City defender Mark Greaves.[4]

Career

On 8 August 2019, Greaves signed a 3-year contract extension and joined Cheltenham Town on loan until January 2020.[5] He made his league debut in a 0–0 draw against Morecambe playing the full 90 minutes.[6]

Greaves' loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020.[7]

Greaves made his first senior team appearance for Hull City in the EFL Trophy match on 8 September 2020 against Leicester City U21.[8] On 17 October 2020, Greaves made his league debut in a 0–3 win away to Rochdale.[9]

On 12 November 2020, Greaves signed a new three-year contract with the club.[10]

On 20 February 2021 Greaves thought he had scored his first goal for Hull City in a 3–3 away draw against Doncaster Rovers only for the Dubious Goals Committee to award the final touch to Josh Magennis.[11][12]

Greaves scored his first career goal on 22 October 2022 on his 101st league appearance for Hull putting his side 1–0 up away at Rotherham United.[13] At the end of the same season, on 2 May 2023, Greaves achieved an impressive feat by winning his third consecutive Young Player of the Year award with Hull.[14][15][16]

Career statistics

As of 12 January 2024.[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cheltenham Town 2019–20 League Two 29 0 2 0 1 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 35 0
Hull City 2020–21 League One 39 0 1 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 41 0
2021–22 Championship 46 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 48 0
2022–23 Championship 44 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 45 4
2023–24 Championship 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Career total 18444030401954
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Hull City

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jacob Greaves". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Jacob Greaves at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal and joins Cheltenham on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Morecambe 0–0 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Greaves & Sheaf agree loan extensions". ctfc.com. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Greaves 'immensely proud' after making his debut". Hull City A.F.C. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Rochdale 0–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Greaves signs new three-year contract". Hull City A.F.C. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers 3–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "'Kick in the teeth' - Jacob Greaves sees first Hull City goal snatched from his grasp". Hull Daily Mail. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rotherham United 2–4 Hull City". BBC Sport. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Honeyman's Hat-Trick Of End-Of-Season Awards". Hull City A.F.C. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Lewis-Potter wins hat-trick of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Slater wins duo of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Jacob Greaves". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Hull City 3–1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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