George Evans
Personal information
Full name George Evans[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-13) 13 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Cheadle, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Wrexham
Number 12
Youth career
2003–2013 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Manchester City 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 23 (1)
2015 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2016 → Walsall (loan) 12 (3)
2016–2018 Reading 59 (3)
2018–2021 Derby County 34 (0)
2021–2023 Millwall 43 (2)
2023– Wrexham 17 (0)
International career
2011 England U17 4 (0)
2012 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

George Evans (born 13 December 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or right-back for EFL League Two club Wrexham.

Career

Evans was born in Cheadle, Greater Manchester[2] and joined Manchester City at the age of six.[3] After several seasons in Manchester City's academy, Evans first came to prominence with several appearances on the bench for City during the 2012–13 season, although he was ultimately not given a debut for the senior team. In the following season, Evans began playing for the Elite Development Squad before being loaned to Crewe Alexandra at the end of October.[4] Within a week he was given his first senior cap, being named in the starting line-up for Crewe's home league game against Bradford City,[5] against whom he played a full 90 minutes. Evans' first goal for Crewe Alexandra came on 23 November against local rivals Port Vale.[6]

On 30 January 2015, he joined Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season.[7] Evans made 16 appearances during his loan spell, scoring once. On 22 September 2015, Evans made his First Team debut for Manchester City when he came on as a substitute during a 4–1 win against Sunderland in the League Cup.[8] In doing so, he became the second Manchester City player to represent the club at all levels from under-8s right through to the senior team, after Chris Chantler.

On 20 October 2015, Evans joined League One club Walsall on a one-month loan deal. He made his Walsall debut on the same day against Barnsley and scored the opening goal in a 0–2 away win.[9] On 24 November 2015, after "playing week in, week out", he extended his loan at Walsall until 9 January 2016[10] and was then extended again until 26 January 2016, the maximum allowed time for an emergency loan deal.[11] On 16 January 2016 he was recalled by parent club Manchester City as an offer had been made for a permanent move away from the club.

On 19 January 2016, Evans joined Championship club Reading on a three-and-a-half-year deal until 2019.[12] Evans scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Derby County on 1 October 2016.[13]

On 31 July 2018, Evans joined Championship club Derby County for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £1m, on a 3-year deal[14] He signed a contract extension in August 2020 to take him through until the summer of 2022.[15]

On 1 February 2021, Evans joined Championship club Millwall for an undisclosed fee.[16] He scored his first goal for Millwall, a late equaliser, in a 1-1 draw against Luton Town on 23 February 2021.[17]

In September 2023 Evans joined EFL League Two club Wrexham on a two year contract.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 March 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2013–14[20] Premier League 000000—00
2014–15[21] Premier League 0000000000
2015–16[22] Premier League 000010—10
Total 0000100010
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2013–14[20] League One 231200000251
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2014–15[21] League One 161000000161
Walsall (loan) 2015–16[22] League One 123410000164
Reading 2015–16[22] Championship 600000—60
2016–17[23] Championship 352104030432
2017–18[24] Championship 1811031—222
Total 593117130714
Derby County 2018–19[25] Championship 1102010—140
2019–20[26] Championship 1701020—200
2020–21[27] Championship 600020—80
Total 3403050—420
Millwall 2020–21[27] Championship 1910000—191
2021–22[28] Championship 2310020—251
Total 4220020—442
Career total 186101111513021512

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 "George Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Evans bidding to make Man City history". 15 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra: Man City's George Evans joins on loan". BBC Sport. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crewe 0 – 0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Crewe 1 – 2 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "GEORGE EVANS SIGNS ON LOAN". Scunthorpe United. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sunderland 1 – 4 Man City". The Guardian. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Barnsley 0 – 2 Walsall". Walsall FC. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "George Evans: Walsall extend Manchester City midfielder's loan". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Manchester City midfielder George Evans extends Walsall loan". BBC Sport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Evans signs from Manchester City". Reading F.C. 19 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Reading 1–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Evans signs for Derby". Derby County. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Derby County man handed new contract". Derby Telegraph. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Millwall announce George Evans signing". Millwall F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "Luton 1-1 Millwall". BBC Sport. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ↑ Evans joins Wrexham
  19. ↑ George Evans at Soccerbase
  20. 1 2 "Games played by George Evans in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by George Evans in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  22. 1 2 3 "Games played by George Evans in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  23. ↑ "Games played by George Evans in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  24. ↑ "Games played by George Evans in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. ↑ "Games played by George Evans in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. ↑ "Games played by George Evans in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by George Evans in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. ↑ "Games played by George Evans in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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