Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jake Edward Turner[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Wilmslow, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gillingham | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bolton Wanderers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Frickley Athletic (loan) | ||
2018–2019 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2019 | → Darlington (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Morecambe (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Colchester United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2022– | Gillingham | 35 | (0) |
International career | |||
England U18 | |||
England U19 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC) |
Jake Edward Turner (born 25 February 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League Two club Gillingham.
Turner was born in Wilmslow,[2] and grew up with older sister Millie, who is also a footballer.[3]
Turner began his career as an outfield player, and was suggested by Rene Meulensteen — who was a personal friend with the Turner family — to try being a goalkeeper due to his size. He spent the next few weeks training as a goalkeeper with Meulensteen and when first playing the position in a Sunday league football match he was spotted by Bolton Wanderers scouts who were impressed with what they saw which lead to Bolton signing him for their academy.[4]
He moved on loan to Stalybridge Celtic in December 2017,[5] but was recalled without making a first-team appearance.[6] He then moved on loan to Frickley Athletic in March 2018.[7] He returned on loan to Stalybridge in August 2018,[8] making 11 league and 1 cup appearances.[6] He moved on loan to Darlington in March 2019.[9]
He signed for Newcastle United in July 2019,[10] saying he was persuaded to do so by former Bolton teammate Sammy Ameobi, who had begun his career at Newcastle.[11] In August 2020 he moved on a season-long loan to Morecambe.[12][13] He was recalled by Newcastle in January 2021.[14][15]
On 7 August 2021, he joined League Two club Colchester United on loan until January 2022.[16][17] He made his club debut on 7 September in Colchester's 1–0 EFL Trophy defeat to Gillingham.[18] He became first-choice goalkeeper after an injury to Shamal George, and was praised by local media for his performances.[19][20] The loan ended in January 2022.[21]
On 30 June 2022, Turner signed for League Two side Gillingham.[22][23]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newcastle United U21 | 2019–20[24] | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Morecambe (loan) | 2020–21[25] | League Two | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Colchester United (loan) | 2021–22[26] | League Two | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Gillingham | 2022–23[27] | League Two | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Career total | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
He made his debut for England U18 in November 2016,[6] and also played at under-19 level.[12]