Liam Gibbs
{{Short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Liam Gibbs
| image =
| full_name = Liam Geoffrey Gibbs{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/201920/squad-numbering-report-season-2019-20-07.02.20.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Ipswich Town |publisher=English Football League |page=43 |date=7 February 2020 |access-date=28 May 2020}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bury St Edmunds, England
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |title=Liam Gibbs |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/player/liam-gibbs |publisher=Norwich City F.C. |access-date=24 August 2022}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Norwich City
| clubnumber = 8
| youthclubs1 = Ipswich Town
| youthyears1 = 2011–2019
| clubs1 = Ipswich Town
| years1 = 2019–2021
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| clubs2 = Norwich City
| years2 = 2021–
| caps2 = 63
| goals2 = 1
| club-update = 08:59, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
}}
Liam Geoffrey Gibbs (born 16 December 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|NorwichC}} club Norwich City.
Career
=Ipswich Town=
Gibbs joined the Ipswich Town academy in 2011, progressing through the club's youth system and captaining the club's youth sides at under-15 and under-16 levels. He signed a scholarship in 2018.{{Cite web | url = https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/sport/gibbs-signs-scholarship-with-ipswich-9066925/ | work = Bury Free Press | date = 12 April 2019 | access-date = 16 November 2019 | title = Gibbs signs scholarship with Ipswich}} He made his first-team debut for the club on 12 November 2019, appearing as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss to Colchester United in an EFL Trophy group stage match.{{Cite web | url = https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united-v-ipswich-town-player-ratings-1-6372618 | work = East Anglian Daily Times | date = 12 November 2019 | access-date = 16 November 2019 | title = Ratings: How the Ipswich Town players performed in their 1-0 EFL Trophy defeat at Colchester United | first = Andy | last= Warren}} On 16 December, Gibbs signed his first professional contract with the club, signing an 18-month deal.{{Cite web | url = https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2019/december/gibbs-pens-pro-deal/ | work = Ipswich Town | date = 16 December 2019 | access-date = 16 December 2019 | title = Gibbs Pens Pro Deal}}
=Norwich City=
On 23 July 2021, Gibbs joined East Anglian rivals Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2021/july/norwich-city-sign-liam-gibbs-from-ipswich-town/|title=Norwich City sign Liam Gibbs from Ipswich Town|publisher=Norwich City F.C.|date=23 July 2021|accessdate=23 July 2021}}
In April 2023, Gibbs scored his first senior goal for Norwich in an away EFL Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers.
In July 2023, Gibbs signed a new five-year deal with Norwich to run through to 2028. He also was given the number 8 shirt, previously worn by Isaac Hayden.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 9 April 2024}}
| 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"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Ipswich Town
|2019–20{{soccerbase season|126469|2019|accessdate=16 November 2019}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|126469|2020|accessdate=16 November 2019}}
|League One |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Norwich City
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|126469|2021|access-date=12 May 2022}} |Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|126469|2022|access-date=20 July 2022}}
|34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|126469|2023|access-date=4 July 2023}}
|Championship |22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 64 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!57 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 1 |
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References
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External links
- {{soccerbase|126469|name=Liam Gibbs}}
{{Norwich City F.C. squad}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Bury St Edmunds
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:English Football League players
Category:Ipswich Town F.C. players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
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