Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brandon Ashley Cover [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Colchester, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
Number | 58 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2022 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | Jamaica U23 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Jamaica | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC) |
Brandon Ashley Cover (born 25 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Leicester City. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.
Cover is a youth product of the Leicester City's youth academy since the age of 7. [2] He was promoted to their U18s in 2020, and to their U21s and development side for the 2022–23 season. [4] On 10 June 2022, he signed a scholarship contract with Leicester City. [5] He signed a professional contract with the club on 2 October 2022. [6] On 27 January 2024, Cover made his debut for Leicester in a 3-0 FA Cup home win against Birmingham City. [7]
Born in England, Cover is of Jamaican descent through his father. [8] He was called up to the Jamaica national team for a set of friendlies in June 2023. [9] He made his senior debut as a substitute with Jamaica in a 2–1 friendly loss to Jordan on 19 June 2023. [10] He was called up to the Jamaica U23s for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City | 2023–24 [12] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Leicester City U21 | 2022–23 [13] | — | — | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2023–24 [14] | — | — | — | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Brandon Ashley Cover [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Colchester, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
Number | 58 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2022 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | Jamaica U23 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Jamaica | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC) |
Brandon Ashley Cover (born 25 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Leicester City. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.
Cover is a youth product of the Leicester City's youth academy since the age of 7. [2] He was promoted to their U18s in 2020, and to their U21s and development side for the 2022–23 season. [4] On 10 June 2022, he signed a scholarship contract with Leicester City. [5] He signed a professional contract with the club on 2 October 2022. [6] On 27 January 2024, Cover made his debut for Leicester in a 3-0 FA Cup home win against Birmingham City. [7]
Born in England, Cover is of Jamaican descent through his father. [8] He was called up to the Jamaica national team for a set of friendlies in June 2023. [9] He made his senior debut as a substitute with Jamaica in a 2–1 friendly loss to Jordan on 19 June 2023. [10] He was called up to the Jamaica U23s for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City | 2023–24 [12] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Leicester City U21 | 2022–23 [13] | — | — | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2023–24 [14] | — | — | — | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |