Jay Rich-Baghuelou
Personal information
Full name Jay Noah Rich-Baghuelou[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia[2]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 3
Youth career
Gold Coast City
2018 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Dulwich Hamlet 8 (0)
2019–2020 Welling United 21 (0)
2020–2022 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2022– Accrington Stanley 31 (2)
International career
2021–2022 Australia U23 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2024

Jay Noah Rich-Baghuelou (born 22 October 1999) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Accrington Stanley.[3]

Club career

He played for Gold Coast City in the National Premier Leagues Queensland before moving to Britain whilst still a teenager. Initially, he played as a striker but was converted into central defence whilst appearing for Dulwich Hamlet. He also turned out for Welling United before earning a trial and subsequent contract at Crystal Palace, after being scouted by Palace’s Shaun Derry.[4] Whilst at Crystal Palace he has captained their under-23 team.[5][6]

On 14 January 2022, Rich-Baghuelou joined League One side Accrington Stanley for an undisclosed fee.[7] In September 2023, he signed a new improved two-year deal with the club.[8]

International career

In July 2021 Rich-Baghuelou was called up to the Australia national under-23 soccer team competing at the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[9][10][11] Prior to that announcement he had started all three games the Olyroos played as Olympic warm up whilst in Spain in June 2021.[12]

Rich-Baghuelou made his Olympic debut on 28 July 2021 against Egypt.[13] He was part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Olyroos squad. The team beat Argentina in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention.[14]

References

  1. ^ "EFL – Squad List 2021/22: Accrington Stanley – In Squad Players" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ "SIGNING: Jay's a Red". Accrington Stanley F.C. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Jay Rich-Baghuelou". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ Dave Lewis. "Aussie giant Jay has sky-high hopes at Crystal Palace". The World Game. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ Joey Lynch (15 July 2021). "Crystal Palace's Jay Rich-Baghuelou impresses ahead of Tokyo Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Jay Rich-Baghuelou was never meant to sign for Crystal Palace's Under-23s - News".
  7. ^ "Jay Rich-Baghuelou: Accrington Stanley sign Crystal Palace defender". BBC. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ "NEW CONTRACT: Jay signs an improved two-year deal". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  9. ^ Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group C (Spain, Argentina, Egypt, Australia)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  11. ^ Dominic Bossi (11 May 2021). "Olyroos hoping to unearth hidden gems for Tokyo". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo Finalised".
  13. ^ "Football RICH-BAGHUELOU Jay - Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
  14. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

External links


Accrington Stanley F.C. – current squad
Australia men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics
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