Personal information | |||
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Full name | Finley Jude William Back[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 2002 | ||
Position(s) |
Right-back Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Carlisle United (on loan from Nottingham Forest) | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011– | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Nottingham Forest | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2023– | → Carlisle United (loan) | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:01, 17 January 2024 (UTC) |
Finley Jude William Back (born 25 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back or defensive midfielder for Carlisle United on loan from Nottingham Forest.
Back joined the Nottingham Forest academy at the age of eight-years old.[2] He went on to earn a professional contract with the club on 4 October 2019 after impressing with the club's under-18's.[3] Back extended his deal with Forest on 13 July 2021.[4] Back made his professional debut for Forest on 11 August 2021, starting in an EFL Cup fixture against Bradford City.[5] His league debut followed on 18 August 2021 against Blackburn Rovers.[6]
On 14 July 2022, Back joined EFL League Two club Carlisle United on a season-long loan deal, which was cut short due to a hamstring injury that required surgery. On 24 July 2023, Back signed for Carlisle United on another season long loan for the newly promoted EFL League One team. [7]
Fin is the son of Neil Back MBE, who is a former international rugby union player for England and the British & Irish Lions who also played for Nottingham RFC and Leicester Tigers.[8][2]
Fin was educated at Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire.[9]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nottingham Forest | 2021–22[10] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
Carlisle United (loan) | 2022–23[11] | League Two | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
2023–24[12] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Career totals | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Nottingham Forest