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Isaac Price

{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer (born 2003)}}

{{Distinguish|Henry Isaac Price}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Isaac Price

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| fullname = Isaac Jude Price{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2163099|title=Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists|website=premierleague.com|date=4 June 2021|accessdate=4 March 2022}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|9|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pontefract, England

| height =

| currentclub = West Bromwich Albion

| clubnumber = 21

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2010–2022

| youthclubs1 = Everton

| years1 = 2022–2023

| clubs1 = Everton

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2023–2025

| clubs2 = Standard Liège

| caps2 = 59

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2025–

| clubs3 = West Bromwich Albion

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2018

| nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland U16

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019

| nationalteam2 = Northern Ireland U17

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2021

| nationalteam3 = Northern Ireland U19

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2022

| nationalteam4 = Northern Ireland U21

| nationalcaps4 = 3

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2023–

| nationalteam5 = Northern Ireland

| nationalcaps5 = 22

| nationalgoals5 = 9

| club-update = 21 May 2025 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 23:46, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

}}

Isaac Jude Price (born 26 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion and the Northern Ireland national team.

Early and personal life

Price was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire and raised in Normanton, Yorkshire. His paternal grandmother was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and he also has ancestry from the Republic of Ireland and Germany.{{cite news |last1=Beacom |first1=Steven |title=Irish FA fearing a tug of war over Everton teen Isaac Price as other nations eye up Northern Ireland underage star |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/irish-fa-fearing-a-tug-of-war-over-everton-teen-isaac-price-as-other-nations-eye-up-northern-ireland-underage-star/42214767.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=13 December 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Beacom |first1=Steven |title=Choosing Northern Ireland over England was the right decision for me, declares teenage midfield ace |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/choosing-northern-ireland-over-england-was-the-right-decision-for-me-declares-teenage-midfield-ace/a1752209216.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=8 September 2023}}

Club career

=Everton=

Price joined the Everton academy at the age of 7.{{cite web|url=https://www.evertonfc.com/players/70216/isaac-price|title=Player Profiles Everton Football Club|publisher=Everton F.C.|accessdate=4 March 2022}} In September 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club, for three years.{{cite web|url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/1846468/price-pens-first-everton-pro-deal|title=England youth international Welch pens first Everton pro deal|publisher=Everton F.C.|date=21 September 2020|accessdate=4 March 2022}} On 3 March 2022, he made his professional debut as an 89th-minute substitute in the 2–0 FA Cup victory over Boreham Wood.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60594513|title=Everton 2-0 Boreham Wood|work=BBC Sport |date=3 March 2022|accessdate=4 March 2022}} On 22 May, he made his Premier League debut as a 78th-minute replacement for Tom Davies in a 5–1 loss to Arsenal on the final day of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61453544|title=Arsenal 5-1 Everton|publisher=BBC|date=23 May 2022|accessdate=24 May 2022}}

=Standard Liege=

On 10 June 2023, Price signed a four-year deal for Standard Liège of the Belgian Pro League.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65863235|title=Isaac Price: Teenage Northern Ireland midfielder joins Standard Liege from Everton|publisher=BBC|date=10 June 2023|accessdate=12 June 2023}} He scored his first club goal on 8 October, a last-minute winner in a 2–1 home victory against Club Brugge KV.{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Andy |title=Isaac Price: 'Different but great' - NI youngster who left Everton for Belgium |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67080788 |access-date=4 May 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 October 2023}}

=West Bromwich Albion=

On 22 January 2025, Price returned to England, signing for Championship club West Bromwich Albion on a four-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. {{cite web|url=https://www.wba.co.uk/news/albion-complete-isaac-price-signing|title=Albion complete Isaac Price signing|website=www.wba.co.uk|date=22 January 2025|accessdate=23 January 2025}}

International career

Price was eligible to play internationally for Germany or the Republic of Ireland, and was tracked by England before opting for Northern Ireland.

On 7 March 2023, he received his first call-up to the Northern Irish senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against San Marino and Finland.{{Cite web |date=7 March 2023 |title=Michael O'Neill names Northern Ireland squad for opening Euro qualifiers |url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/2023/march/michael-oneill-names-northern-ireland-squad-for-opening-euro-qualifiers |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=IFA |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64870615|title=Euro 2024 qualifiers: Leicester's Evans included in NI squad with Lafferty omitted|publisher=BBC|date=7 March 2023|accessdate=7 March 2023}} On 23 March, he made his senior international debut as a substitute in the 2–0 win over San Marino.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65060319|title=San Marino 0-2 Northern Ireland: 'No ceiling point' for young players - Michael O'Neill|publisher=BBC|date=23 March 2023|accessdate=24 March 2023}} On 7 September 2023, Price scored his first goal for Northern Ireland, an equaliser in the 4–2 defeat away to Slovenia in a Euro 2024 qualifier.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Ian |title=Northern Ireland's Euro 2024 hopes suffer huge blow with Slovenia defeat |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/northern-ireland-jonny-evans-slovenia-defeat-craig-cathcart-b2407540.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The Independent |date=7 September 2023}}

On 15 October 2024, Price scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over Bulgaria in the UEFA Nations League.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/football/northern-ireland/hat-trick-hero-isaac-price-shines-as-five-star-northern-ireland-run-riot-in-uefa-nations-league-victory-over-bulgaria-4825597#|title=Hat-trick hero Isaac Price shines as five-star Northern Ireland run riot in UEFA Nations League victory over Bulgaria|website=Newsletter|date=15 October 2024|accessdate=15 October 2024}} In doing so, he became the first Northern Irish player to score at least two goals in a match at Windsor Park since Kyle Lafferty in 2016. It was also only the fourth time the nation has ever scored five goals in a match.

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 15 March 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup}}

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Everton

|2021–22{{soccerbase season|138973|2021|access-date=16 February 2025}}

|Premier League

|1

01000colspan="2"|—20
2022–23{{soccerbase season|138973|2022|access-date=16 February 2025}}

|Premier League

|1

00000colspan="2"|—10
colspan="2"|Total

!2

010000030
rowspan="3"|Standard Liège

|2023–24{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/isaac-price/641166/ |title=Profile: I. Price |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=16 February 2025}}

|Belgian Pro League

|37

120colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—391
2024–25

|Belgian Pro League

|22

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—240
colspan="2"|Total

!59

1400000631
West Bromwich Albion

|2024–25{{soccerbase season|138973|2024|access-date=16 February 2025}}

|Championship

|9

10000colspan="2"|—91
colspan="3"|Career total

!70

2500000752

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=International=

As of 10 June 2025

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team||Year||Apps||Goals
rowspan="3" |Northern Ireland

|2023

92
202494
202543
colspan="2" |Total||22||9

:Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Price goal.

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|+ List of international goals scored by Isaac Price

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Cap

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col"|Source

align="center" | 17 September 2023Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Sloveniaalign="center" | 5{{fb|SVN}}align="center" | 1–1align="center" | 2–4rowspan=2|UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifierstyle="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66667125 |title=Slovenia 4–2 Northern Ireland: Hosts all but end NI's Euro 2024 hopes |website=BBC |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 September 2023 |access-date=16 February 2025}}
align="center" | 220 November 2023Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandalign="center" | 9{{fb|DEN}}align="center" | 1–0align="center" | 2–0style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67400097 |title=Euro 2024 qualifiers: Northern Ireland stun Denmark to end poor campaign on a high |website=BBC |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 November 2023 |access-date=16 February 2025}}
style="text-align: center;"|3rowspan="3"|15 October 2024rowspan="3"|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandrowspan="3" style="text-align: center;"|16rowspan="3"|{{fb|Bulgaria}}style="text-align: center;"|1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;"|5–0rowspan="4"|2024–25 UEFA Nations League Crowspan="3" style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c7v6gg1d8rqo|title=NI hat-trick 'best night of my life' - Price|website=BBC|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 October 2024|accessdate=16 October 2024}}
style="text-align: center;"|4style="text-align: center;"|2–0
style="text-align: center;"|5style="text-align: center;"|4–0
align="center" | 618 November 2024Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourgalign="center" | 18{{fb|LUX}}align="center" | 1–0align="center" | 2–2style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cn9xzynjwxvt |title=Nations League: Northern Ireland earn promotion after Luxembourg draw |website=BBC |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 November 2024 |access-date=16 February 2025}}
align="center" | 721 March 2025Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandalign="center" | 19{{fb|SUI}}align="center" | 1–0align="center" | 1–1rowspan=3|Friendlystyle="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c2ljwgpxz2wt |title=Price on target as Northern Ireland draw with Switzerland |website=BBC |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 March 2025 |access-date=22 March 2025}}
align="center" | 825 March 2025Nationalarenan, Solna, Swedenalign="center" | 20{{fb|SWE}}align="center" | 1–5align="center" | 1–5style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/clyremk47gpt |title=Sweden 5–1 Northern Ireland: Alexander Isak stars in thumping win |website=BBC |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 March 2025 |access-date=26 March 2025}}
align="center" | 910 June 2025Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandalign="center" | 22{{fb|ISL}}align="center" | 1–0align="center" | 1–0style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/732254/iceland-northern-ireland |title=Northern Ireland 1–0 Iceland |website=ESPN |date=10 June 2025 |access-date=13 June 2025}}

References

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External links

  • {{soccerway|isaac-price/641166}}
  • {{worldfootball.net|isaac-price}}
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Category:2003 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Pontefract

Category:Footballers from Wakefield

Category:Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland

Category:21st-century sportsmen from Northern Ireland

Category:Northern Ireland men's youth international footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:English people of Northern Ireland descent

Category:English people of German descent

Category:People from Northern Ireland of German descent

Category:Northern Ireland men's under-21 international footballers

Category:Northern Ireland men's international footballers

Category:Everton F.C. players

Category:Standard Liège players

Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players

Category:Premier League players

Category:Belgian Pro League players

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium

Category:Expatriate men's association footballers from Northern Ireland

Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Belgium