Jordan Holmes

Jordan Holmes

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Thomas Holmes[1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Brisbane Roar
Number	12
Youth career
	Rockdale City[2]
	Sydney United[2]
2013–2015	Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	Bournemouth	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Weymouth (loan)	4	(0)
2017	→ Eastbourne Borough (loan)	17	(0)
2019	→ St Mirren (loan)	0	(0)
2019–2021	Ebbsfleet United	35	(0)
2021–	Brisbane Roar	0	(0)
National team‡
2015–2017	Australia U-20	7	(0)
2019–2021	Australia U-23	5	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Australia AFC U-23 Asian Cup 2020 Thailand U-23 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 August 2021

Jordan Thomas Holmes (born 8 May 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brisbane Roar. Holmes has represented Australia at national level for the U20's, U23's and Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics .

Early life[]

Born in Sydney, Holmes attended Aquinas College in Menai. In 2012–13 he played for Rockdale City Suns and Sydney United 58 in the New South Wales Youth Premier League. He was also selected and played for the New South Wales Institute of Sport and attended the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) He represented Cronulla Sutherland, Sydney and New South Wales in Baseball as a pitcher and batsman and specialist shortstop. In 2013, Holmes moved to England to join Bournemouth.

Club career[]

Bournemouth[]

Holmes joined Bournemouth's academy full-time in the summer of 2013.^{[citation needed]} He started 16 times for the Under-18s in the 2013–14 season and produced an impressive string of saves throughout the season; he was promoted to the U21 development team at the age of 16.^{[citation needed]} Holmes signed his first professional contract (keeping him at the club until 2016) within nine months of commencing his 2-year academy contract.^{[citation needed]} In July 2014, he was chosen as the reserve keeper for Bournemouth's first team friendlies against Southampton and Swansea City.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015–16, he made a number of league appearances for the Under-21s, as a result of many impressive performances in July 2015 he was selected as the back-up goalkeeper for the Bournemouth versus Nantes game.^{[citation needed]} In October 2015, Holmes traveled with the first team for the League Cup match against Liverpool^{[citation needed]} and in November 2015 again traveled with the first team to be part of the Premier League game with Southampton.^{[citation needed]} In November 2015, Holmes went on loan to Weymouth as the first team 'keeper.^{[citation needed]} However, in December 2015 he was recalled from his loan spell for the Premier League game with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge due to injuries to Artur Boruc and Adam Federici^{[citation needed]} – he remained with Bournemouth for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.^{[citation needed]} In May 2016, Holmes made the bench away to Manchester United at Old Trafford as the back-up to Federici.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016–17, Holmes continued to be part of the first team squad on match days.^{[citation needed]} In August 2016, Holmes was on the bench for an EFL match vs Morecambe^{[citation needed]} and in September 2016, he played in a friendly against AC Milan.^{[citation needed]} Holmes captained Bournemouth's U23s on a number of occasions in the first half of the season, appearing 14 times, before going on loan to Eastbourne Borough in the National League South in January 2017.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017–18, Holmes continued to be part of the first team squad, playing 18 times for the U23s.^{[citation needed]} Holmes signed a one-year contract extension in May 2018.^{[citation needed]} In January 2019, Holmes joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren on loan until the end of the season.^[3] He was released by Bournemouth at the end of the season.^[4]

Ebbsfleet United[]

Holmes joined Ebbsfleet United in August 2019, making his debut in a 2–2 against Notts County.^[5] A week later, Holmes saved a second half penalty against Aldershot Town.^{[citation needed]} He saved another penalty in a match against Wrexham, although it could not prevent a 1–0 loss.^{[citation needed]}

Brisbane Roar[]

In August 2021, it was announced that Holmes would be leaving Ebbsfleet for an opportunity in his home country of Australia with A-League team Brisbane Roar.^[5]

International career[]

Holmes has represented Australia at national level for the U19s and U20s in the Asian Championship and U20's World Cup qualifiers. In May 2015 Holmes was selected to play against Brazil for Australia's U20s at Win Stadium Wollongong. Although Australia were defeated 1–0, Holmes produced a man of the match performance pulling out a string of outstanding saves from Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) and Andrea Pereira (Manchester United).^[6] Holmes is currently vice captain of the U23 Australian Olyroos.^[7]

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