Jacob Greaves

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jacob Greaves

| upright =

| image = Jacob Greaves (cropped).jpg

| caption = Greaves playing for Ipswich Town in 2024

| full_name = Jacob John Greaves{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Hull City |publisher=English Football League |page=33 |accessdate=15 October 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|9|12|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Jacob Greaves |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49254/Jacob-Greaves/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=31 July 2024 }}

| birth_place = Cottingham, England

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|order=flip}}

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = Ipswich Town

| clubnumber = 24

| youthyears1 = 2008–2019

| youthclubs1 = Hull City

| years1 = 2019–2024

| clubs1 = Hull City

| caps1 = 172

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2019–2020

| clubs2 = → Cheltenham Town (loan)

| caps2 = 29

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2024–

| clubs3 = Ipswich Town

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 1

| club-update = 21:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

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Jacob John Greaves (born 12 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for {{English football updater|IpswichT}} club Ipswich Town.{{soccerway|jacob-greaves/530004}}

He is the son of former Hull City and York City defender Mark Greaves.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54918494|title=Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal|date=12 November 2020|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 November 2020}}

Career

=Cheltenham Town=

On 8 August 2019, Greaves signed a three-year contract extension at Hull and joined Cheltenham Town on loan until January 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49284532|title=Jacob Greaves: Hull City defender signs new deal and joins Cheltenham on loan|date=8 August 2019|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 August 2019}} He made his league debut in a 0–0 draw against Morecambe playing the full 90 minutes.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49302494|title=Morecambe 0–0 Cheltenham Town|date=17 August 2019|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=17 August 2019}}

Greaves' loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2020/january/greaves--sheaf-agree-loan-extensions/|title=Greaves & Sheaf agree loan extensions |date=8 January 2020 |website=ctfc.com |accessdate=8 January 2020}}

=Hull City=

Greaves made his senior debut for Hull City on 8 September 2020, in an EFL Trophy match against Leicester City U21s.{{cite news|url=https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2020/september/greaves-immensely-proud-after-making-his-debut/|title=Greaves 'immensely proud' after making his debut|date=10 September 2020|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|accessdate=10 September 2020}}

On 17 October 2020, he made his league debut in a 3–0 win away to Rochdale.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54489031 | title = Rochdale 0–3 Hull City | date = 17 October 2020 | work = BBC Sport | publisher = BBC | accessdate = 17 October 2020}} Greaves signed a new three-year contract with the club on 12 November 2020.{{cite news | url = https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2020/november/greaves-signs-new-three-year-contract/ | title = Greaves signs new three-year contract | date = 12 November 2020 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | accessdate=12 November 2020

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On 20 February 2021, Greaves initially scored his first career goal in a 3–3 away draw against Doncaster Rovers, only for the Dubious Goals Committee to award the final touch to Josh Magennis.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56050729 | title = Doncaster Rovers 3–3 Hull City | date = 20 February 2021 | work = BBC Sport | publisher = BBC | accessdate = 20 February 2021}}{{cite news | url = https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/efl-dubious-goals-committee-hull-5032929 | title = 'Kick in the teeth' – Jacob Greaves sees first Hull City goal snatched from his grasp | date = 22 February 2021 | work = Hull Daily Mail | accessdate = 2 March 2021}} His actual first career goal came on 22 October 2022, during his 101st league appearance for Hull, putting his side 1–0 up away at Rotherham United in their eventual 4–2 victory over the Millers.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63266867 | title = Rotherham United 2–4 Hull City | date = 22 October 2022 | work = BBC Sport | accessdate = 22 October 2022}} 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.{{cite news | url = https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2021/may/honeymans-hat-trick-of-end-of-season-awards/ | title = Honeyman's Hat-Trick Of End-Of-Season Awards | date = 12 May 2021 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | accessdate = 6 May 2023}}{{cite news | url = https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2022/may/hull-city-awards-recap-2022/ | title = Lewis-Potter wins hat-trick of awards | date = 3 May 2022 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | accessdate = 6 May 2023}}{{cite news | url = https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2023/may/slater-wins-duo-of-awards/ | title = Slater wins duo of awards | date = 2 May 2023 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | accessdate = 6 May 2023}}

Whilst captaining his boyhood club on his 200th career appearance, Greaves bagged his first brace, completed by heading in a 94th minute winner in the Tigers' 2–1 away victory over Huddersfield Town on 17 February 2024.{{cite news |date=17 February 2024 |title=Huddersfield Town 1–2 Hull City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68259669 |accessdate=1 May 2024 |website=BBC Sport}} On 14 March, Greaves was named Hull City's Player of the Month for February.{{cite web |date=14 March 2024 |title=Greaves wins McVitie's Player of the Month for February |url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2024/march/14/greaves-wins-mcvities-player-of-the-month-for-february/ |accessdate=25 March 2024 |publisher=Hull City A.F.C.}} The following month, on 14 April, Greaves was also included in the EFL Championship Team of the Season for the 2023–24 campaign.{{cite news | url = https://www.efl.com/news/2024/april/14/see-who-made-the-efl-team-of-the-season/ | title = See who made the EFL Team of the Season line-ups | date = 14 April 2024 | publisher = EFL | accessdate = 1 May 2024}} Finally, a few weeks later, he was named Hull City's Player of the Year on 30 April.{{cite news | url = https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2024/may/01/greaves-wins-hat-trick-of-awards/ | title = Hull City Awards 2023/24: Round-Up | date = 1 May 2024 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | accessdate = 1 May 2024}}

=Ipswich Town=

On 12 July 2024, Greaves signed for newly promoted Premier League side Ipswich Town.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1vdx411vdzo | website = BBC Sport| date = 12 July 2024 | access-date = 12 July 2024 | title = Ipswich sign Hull City defender Greaves}} Just over a month later, he made his debut on the opening day of the 2024–25 season, a 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool.{{citenews|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cgq29y7wjq9t|title=Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool|work=BBC Sport|date=17 August 2024|accessdate=21 April 2025}}{{cite news | url = https://www.thisisanfield.com/2024/08/confirmed-liverpool-lineup-vs-ipswich-robertson-starts-in-opener/ | website = This Is Anfield| date = 17 August 2024 | access-date = 17 August 2024 | title = Confirmed Liverpool lineup vs. Ipswich: Robertson starts in opener}} In the reverse fixture, on 25 January 2025, Greaves scored a stoppage time consolation in the 4–1 loss at Anfield, coincidentally his first goal for the Tractor Boys.{{citenews|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cx2qy4qln81t|title=Liverpool 4-1 Ipswich Town|work=BBC Sport|date=25 January 2025|accessdate=21 April 2025}}{{citenews|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4g9em9dv5eo|title=Liverpool 4-1 Ipswich - strong finish encouraging|work=BBC Sport|date=25 January 2025|accessdate=21 April 2025}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 10 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=Jacob Greaves|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=123112|website=Soccerbase|accessdate=7 August 2021}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cheltenham Town (Loan) \|2019–20 \|League Two \|29	0	2	0	1	0	3{{efn\|name=EFT\|Appearance in the EFL Trophy}}	0	35	0
rowspan="5" \| Hull City \|2020–21 \|League One \|39	0	1	0	0	0	1{{efn\|name=EFT\|Appearance in the EFL Trophy}}	0	41	0
2021–22 \|Championship \|46	0	1	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	48	0
2022–23 \|Championship \|44	4	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	45	4
2023–24 \|Championship \|43	2	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	43	2
colspan="2" \|Hull City Total !172	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	177	6
Ipswich Town \|2024–25 \|Premier League \|23	1	1	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	24	1
colspan="3" \|Career total !224	7	5	0	3	0	4	0	236	7

Honours

Hull City

EFL League One: 2020–21{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56869267 | title = Hull City 3–1 Wigan Athletic | date = 1 May 2021 | work = BBC Sport | publisher = BBC | accessdate = 1 May 2021}}

Individual

Hull City Player of the Year: 2023–24
Hull City Young Player of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
EFL Championship Team of the Season: 2023–24
The Athletic Championship Team of the Season: 2023–24{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5476993/2024/05/21/athletic-end-of-season-awards-2023-24-men/ |title=The Athletic's end-of-season awards, 2023–24: Men's football |website=The Athletic |date=21 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |language=en |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240521163513/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5476993/2024/05/21/athletic-end-of-season-awards-2023-24-men/ |archive-date=21 May 2024 |url-status=live}}