| Jayden Danns | |
| Full Name: | Jayden Alexander Danns |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Liverpool |
| Clubnumber: | 76 |
| Youthyears1: | –2024 |
| Youthclubs1: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Liverpool |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Jayden Alexander Danns (born 16 January 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool.
Jayden Alexander Danns[1] was born on 16 January 2006 in Liverpool.[2] He joined Liverpool when he was eight years old[3] and attended Rainhill High School, where he won the Year 8 Merseyside Schools Cup in 2019.[4]
Danns progressed through the Liverpool academy. While playing at U16 level, he suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease.[5] He began playing for the Liverpool U18 side when he was 16 years-old.[6] He began the 2023–24 season in fine form, scoring in every competitive match for the Liverpool under-18s between August and December 2023, totalling nine goals in seven games. He also scored four goals in three games in the 2023–24 U18 Premier League Cup.[7] [8]
Danns made his debut at first-team level in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy, appearing as a second-half substitute against Morecambe in September 2023.[9] On 21 February 2024, he made his Premier League debut as an 89th-minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Luton Town.[10] Four days later, he featured in the 2024 EFL Cup final as Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium.[11] He scored his first and second goals for Liverpool on 28 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup in a 3–0 home victory against Southampton. He was given the player of the match award for the first time.[12] On 15 March 2024, Danns signed a new long-term contract with the club.[13]
He was called up to play with the England national under-18 team in October 2023.[14]
He is the son of former professional footballer and Guyana international Neil Danns.[15] [16] His grandfather, also called Neil, was a backing singer on the UK's entry in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest as well as a European title-winning skateboarder.[17] [18] He has a younger brother, Kaylen, and a younger sister, Hayla-Essen who represented United Kingdom at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France as a member of Stand Uniqu3.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Liverpool U21 | 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Liverpool | 2023–24[19] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
Liverpool
England U18s