Jay Rich-Baghuelou

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Jay Rich-Baghuelou
Personal information
Full name Jay Noah Rich-Baghuelou
Date of birth (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 22)
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 70
Youth career
Gold Coast City
2018 Fulham
2020– Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Dulwich Hamlet 8 (0)
2019–2020 Welling United 21 (0)
2020- Crystal Palace 0 (0)
National team
2021– Australia U-23 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jay Noah Rich-Baghuelou (born 22 October 1999) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crystal Palace.[1]

Career[]

He played for Gold Coast City in the National Premier Leagues Queensland before moving to Britain whilst still a teenager. Initially, he played as a striker but was converted into central defence whilst appearing for Dulwich Hamlet. He also turned out for Welling United before earning a trial and subsequent contract at Crystal Palace, after being scouted by Palace’s Shaun Derry.[2] Whilst at Crystal Palace he has captained their U-23 team.[3][4]

International career[]

In July 2021 Rich-Baghuelou was called up to the Australia national under-23 soccer team competing at the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[5][6][7] Prior to that announcement he had started all three games the Olyroos played as Olympic warm up whilst in Spain in June 2021.[8] He made his Olympic debut on 28 July, 2021 against Egypt.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jay Rich-Baghuelou". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ Dave Lewis. "Aussie giant Jay has sky-high hopes at Crystal Palace". The World Game. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ Joey Lynch (15 July 2021). "Crystal Palace's Jay Rich-Baghuelou impresses ahead of Tokyo Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Jay Rich-Baghuelou was never meant to sign for Crystal Palace's Under-23s - News".
  5. ^ Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group C (Spain, Argentina, Egypt, Australia)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ Dominic Bossi (11 May 2021). "Olyroos hoping to unearth hidden gems for Tokyo". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo Finalised".
  9. ^ "Football RICH-BAGHUELOU Jay - Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
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