George Evans (footballer, born 1994)

George Evans
Personal information
Full name George Evans[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-13) 13 December 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Cheadle, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Wrexham
Number 12
Youth career
2003–2013 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Manchester City 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 23 (1)
2015 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2016 → Walsall (loan) 12 (3)
2016–2018 Reading 59 (3)
2018–2021 Derby County 34 (0)
2021–2023 Millwall 55 (2)
2023– Wrexham 27 (0)
International career
2011 England U17 4 (0)
2012 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

George Evans (born 13 December 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or right-back for EFL League One club Wrexham.

Career

Manchester City

Evans was born in Cheadle, Greater Manchester[2] and joined Manchester City at the age of six.[3] After several seasons in Manchester City's academy, Evans first came to prominence with several appearances on the bench for City during the 2012–13 season, although he was ultimately not given a debut for the senior team. In the following season, Evans began playing for the Elite Development Squad before being loaned to Crewe Alexandra at the end of October.[4] Within a week he was given his first senior cap, being named in the starting line-up for Crewe's home league game against Bradford City,[5] against whom he played a full 90 minutes. Evans' first goal for Crewe Alexandra came on 23 November against local rivals Port Vale.[6]

On 30 January 2015, he joined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season.[7] Evans made 16 appearances during his loan spell, scoring once. On 22 September 2015, Evans made his First Team debut for Manchester City when he came on as a substitute during a 4–1 win against Sunderland in the League Cup.[8] In doing so, he became the second Manchester City player to represent the club at all levels from under-8s right through to the senior team, after Chris Chantler.

On 20 October 2015, Evans joined League One club Walsall on a one-month loan deal. He made his Walsall debut on the same day against Barnsley and scored the opening goal in a 0–2 away win.[9] On 24 November 2015, after "playing week in, week out", he extended his loan at Walsall until 9 January 2016[10] and was then extended again until 26 January 2016, the maximum allowed time for an emergency loan deal.[11] On 16 January 2016 he was recalled by parent club Manchester City as an offer had been made for a permanent move away from the club.

Reading

On 19 January 2016, Evans joined Championship club Reading on a three-and-a-half-year deal until 2019.[12] Evans scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Derby County on 1 October 2016.[13]

Derby County

On 31 July 2018, Evans joined Championship club Derby County for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £1m, on a 3-year deal[14] He signed a contract extension in August 2020 to take him through until the summer of 2022.[15]

Milwall

On 1 February 2021, Evans joined Championship club Millwall for an undisclosed fee.[16] He scored his first goal for Millwall, a late equaliser, in a 1-1 draw against Luton Town on 23 February 2021.[17]

Wrexham

In September 2023 Evans joined EFL League Two club Wrexham on a two-year contract.[18] On July 1, 2024, following Wrexham's promotion to EFL League One, Evans signed a two-year extension to stay with the club.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2013–14[21] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15[22] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2013–14[21] League One 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2014–15[22] League One 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
Walsall (loan) 2015–16[23] League One 12 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 16 4
Reading 2015–16[23] Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
2016–17[24] Championship 35 2 1 0 4 0 3[a] 0 43 2
2017–18[25] Championship 18 1 1 0 3 1 — 22 2
Total 59 3 2 1 7 1 0 0 71 4
Derby County 2018–19[26] Championship 11 0 2 0 1 0 — 14 0
2019–20[27] Championship 17 0 1 0 2 0 — 20 0
2020–21[28] Championship 6 0 0 0 2 0 — 8 0
Total 34 0 3 0 5 0 — 42 0
Millwall 2020–21[28] Championship 19 1 0 0 0 0 — 19 1
2021–22[29] Championship 23 1 0 0 2 0 — 25 1
2022–23[30] Championship 11 0 1 0 1 0 — 13 0
2023–24[31] Championship 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 55 2 1 0 4 0 — 60 2
Wrexham 2023–24[31] League Two 27 0 4 0 0 0 1[b] 0 32 0
Career total 226 10 16 1 17 1 4 0 263 12
  1. ^ Appearances in Championship Play-Offs
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honors

Wrexham

References

  1. ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "George Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Evans bidding to make Man City history". 15 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Crewe Alexandra: Man City's George Evans joins on loan". BBC Sport. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Crewe 0 – 0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Crewe 1 – 2 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ^ "GEORGE EVANS SIGNS ON LOAN". Scunthorpe United. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Sunderland 1 – 4 Man City". The Guardian. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Barnsley 0 – 2 Walsall". Walsall FC. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  10. ^ "George Evans: Walsall extend Manchester City midfielder's loan". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Manchester City midfielder George Evans extends Walsall loan". BBC Sport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Evans signs from Manchester City". Reading F.C. 19 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Reading 1–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Evans signs for Derby". Derby County. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Derby County man handed new contract". Derby Telegraph. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Millwall announce George Evans signing". Millwall F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Luton 1-1 Millwall". BBC Sport. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Wrexham sign Millwall midfielder George Evans and Arsenal keeper Arthur Okonkwo". BBC Sport. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Midfielder Evans signs new Wrexham deal". BBC Sport. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  20. ^ George Evans at Soccerbase
  21. ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  22. ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  23. ^ a b c "Games played by George Evans in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  24. ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  27. ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  29. ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  30. ^ "Games played by George Evans in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  31. ^ a b "Games played by George Evans in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  32. ^ https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2024/april/end-of-season-gallery--relive-the-red-dragons-memorable-season/ [bare URL]