Jordan Spence

Jordan Spence is an English football player, and captain of the England Under-17s (U17) and Under-18s (U18) youth teams. He has also represented England at under 19 level.

Biography
Jordan attended Chigwell School from the age of 7 until he left at the end of the 2006 summer term aged 16 to pursue a career in football.

Club career
In April 2006 he signed a contract as a full time youth team academy player with West Ham United F.C. for Season 2006-07. He currently plays for the West Ham U18s, and has already played for the West Ham Reserve Team.
In July 2007, he became a full time professional player.

International career
Spence captained the England U16s to the Victory Shield in November 2005,, then led England U17 to the Final of the Nordic Tournament, playing in the Faroe Islands in August 2006 and scoring in his second match. England finished at the top of their 4-team group, but lost the Final to Denmark in Tórshavn.

In September 2006 he played for England against Portugal in the FA Friendly International Tournament.

In 2007, he was named in U17s coach John Peacock's squad for the Elite qualifying round of the Under-17 European Championships against Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Azerbaijan.

In 2007, Jordan captained England in the U17 World Youth Championships. his was the first time the country had reached the World Finals, at this age group. It was at this very tournament, where Jordan himself made history. Against Brazil in injury time he scored a late winner, which put England through to the last 16, this was the first time England had beaten Brazil at a FIFA tournament.
[http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/newsid=580235.html#skipper+spence+history+maker]
On 20 November 2007 Spence captained the England U18 team in a 2-0 victory over Ghana. He made his first appearance for the England U19 team in their 3-1 victory over Belgium on 17 October 2007

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu