Jacob Bedeau

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Jacob Bedeau
Personal information
Full name Jacob Mitchell Bedeau[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 22)[2]
Place of birth Waltham Forest, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Morecambe
(on loan from Burnley)
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2016 Leyton Orient
2016–2017 Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Bury 7 (0)
2017–2019 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2019–2021 Scunthorpe United 45 (2)
2021– Burnley 0 (0)
2022– → Morecambe (loan) 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:55, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Jacob Mitchell Bedeau (born 24 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Morecambe, on loan from Burnley. Bedeau is a product of the Leyton Orient and Bury football academies, after impressing at a young age for Bury, debuting at sixteen, he was signed by Aston Villa and spent two years in their academy without making a senior appearance, before signing for Scunthorpe United.

Club career[]

Bury[]

Bedeau was given his professional debut by caretaker-manager Chris Brass at the age of 16 in a League One tie against Millwall, in which Bury suffered a 3–2 defeat.[3] After appearing on the Bury bench several times, Bedeau was given his next start in a 4–2 defeat against Bristol Rovers.[4] He played a total of seven games for Bury.

Aston Villa[]

On 31 January 2017, Bedeau joined Championship club Aston Villa on a two-and-a-half-year deal for a fee around the margin of £900,000.[5] Bedeau did not make any first team appearances in competitive games for Aston Villa, but was a main stay of the Under-23 squad, with 42 appearances, excluding cup matches. In his first full season with the 23s (2017–18) they won the Premier League Cup and finished runners up in the league.[6] In one of his last appearances, he captained the squad to a 5–1 victory over Manchester United U23s.[7]

Scunthorpe United[]

On 31 January 2019, Bedeau joined League One side Scunthorpe United.[8] He started sparingly, making his debut in September 2019 in a 1–1 draw against Leicester City U21s, in the Football League Trophy.[9] He started only two more games that calendar year, against Sunderland (in the Football League Trophy);[10] and Walsall (in League Two).[11] However, he became a regular starter by the end of the 2019–20 season and into the 2020–21 season. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw against Crewe Alexandra.[12] He scored again in a 2–0 win against Oldham Athletic.[13] He made a total of 53 appearances for Scunthorpe, 45 of them being in the league. He was one of 17 players released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2020–21 season.[14]

Burnley[]

Following his release from Scunthorpe he signed for Burnley on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12-months and was placed into the Under-23 squad.[15]

Morecambe (loan)[]

On 4 January 2022, Bedeau joined EFL League One side Morecambe on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[16] He started Morecambe's next game, which was a FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. Bedeau managed to keep a clean sheet, but came off after 65 minutes.[17] Morecambe eventually lost 3–1.[18]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 12 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bury 2016–17[19] League One 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Aston Villa 2016–17[19] Championship 0 0 — — — 0 0
2017–18[20] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[21] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scunthorpe United 2018–19[21] League One 0 0 — — — 0 0
2019–20[22] League Two 11 1 0 0 0 0 4[a] 0 15 1
2020–21[23] League Two 34 1 1 0 1 0 2[b] 0 38 1
Total 45 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 53 2
Burnley 2021–22[24] Premier League 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Morecambe (loan) 2021–22[24] League One 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
Career total 60 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 69 2
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Jacob Bedeau". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Bury vs. Millwall". Soccerway. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Bristol Rovers vs. Bury". Soccerway. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Jacob Bedeau: Aston Villa sign teenage Bury defender". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Aston Villa Under-23s 2017-18". Youth Hawk. Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "THE VERDICT: ASTON VILLA U23S 5-1 MANCHESTER UNITED U23S". AVFC. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. ^ "TRANSFER NEWS: JACOB BEDEAU JOINS SCUNTHORPE UNITED". AVFC. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Scun 1 - 1 LEI". ESPN. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Best, Ceara (12 November 2019). "Report: Iron 3-0 Sunderland". Scunthorpe-United. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Scunthorpe United 0-2 Walsall". BBC. 26 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Bedeau reflects on first professional goal". Scunthorpe-United. 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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