Jared Bird
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jared Bird
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|01|01|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Jared Bird|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/jared-bird-254321/|work=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |accessdate=16 January 2018}}
| birth_place = Nottingham, England
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|order=flip}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Ilkeston Town
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs1 = Derby County
| years1 = 2016–2020
| clubs1 = Barnsley
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = → Yeovil Town (loan)
| caps2 = 11
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021–
| clubs3 = Ilkeston Town
| caps3 = 27
| goals3 = 1
| club-update = 20:31, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
}}
Jared Bird (born 1 January 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Northern Premier League side Ilkeston Town as a midfielder.
Career
= Youth career =
In June 2016, Bird was released by Derby County at the end of his two-year scholarship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/jared-bird-254321/|title=Jared Bird|website=11v11.com|access-date=2017-08-19}}
= Barnsley =
Bird signed his first professional deal in July 2016, and spent the majority of the 2016–17 season as captain of the Under-23s. He was named in the first team squad on a single occasion but didn't make an appearance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/teams/u23-team/midfielder/jared-bird/|title=U23 Team - Midfielder - Jared Bird|website=www.barnsleyfc.co.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-08-19}}
In June 2017, Bird signed a contract extension. On 15 August 2017, Bird made his debut in a 2–1 win over Nottingham Forest. He replaced George Moncur for a 24-minute cameo appearance from the bench.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40858338|title=Barnsley 2-1 Nottingham Forest|date=2017-08-15|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2017-08-19|language=en-GB}}
Bird was released by Barnsley at the end of the 2019–20 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/barnsley-fc-confirm-exit-out-contract-quartet-2893821 |title=Barnsley FC confirm exit of out-of-contract quartet |last=Wobschall |first=Leon |work=Yorkshire Post |date=24 June 2020 |accessdate=21 August 2020 }}
== Yeovil Town loan ==
On 4 January 2018, Bird joined League Two side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42571046 |title=Jared Bird: Yeovil Town sign Barnsley midfielder on loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 January 2018 |accessdate=4 January 2018 }}
=Non-league=
In October 2021, following his release from Barnsley, he signed for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Ilkeston Town.{{cite web |url=https://www.thenpl.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-october-23rd-67946|title=Saturday's Transfer List - October 23rd|publisher=Northern Premier League |date=23 October 2021 |accessdate=2 February 2022|first=James|last=Goodwin}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 29 January 2022.}}
| 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"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Barnsley
|2017–18{{soccerbase season|97478|2017|accessdate=5 May 2018}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|97478|2018|accessdate=5 September 2018}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|97478|2019|accessdate=5 September 2019}}
|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan=3|Total
!3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Yeovil Town (loan)
|20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Ilkeston Town
|NPL Division One Midlands |23 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT|Appearances in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| colspan=3|Career total
!46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
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References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:Ilkeston Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Northern Premier League players