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Brandon Cover
Personal information
Full name Brandon Ashley Cover[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Colchester, England[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 58
Youth career
2010–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Leicester City 0 (0)
International career‡
2023 Jamaica U23 3 (0)
2023– Jamaica 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Brandon Ashley Cover (born 25 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Leicester City. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.

Club career[edit]

Cover is a youth product of the Leicester City's youth academy since the age of 7.[2] He was promoted to their U18s in 2020, and to their U21s and development side for the 2022–23 season.[4] On 10 June 2022, he signed a scholarship contract with Leicester City.[5] He signed a professional contract with the club on 2 October 2022.[6] On 27 January 2024, Cover made his debut for Leicester in a 3-0 FA Cup home win against Birmingham City.[7]

International career[edit]

Born in England, Cover is of Jamaican descent through his father.[8] He was called up to the Jamaica national team for a set of friendlies in June 2023.[9] He made his senior debut as a substitute with Jamaica in a 2–1 friendly loss to Jordan on 19 June 2023.[10] He was called up to the Jamaica U23s for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 27 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City 2023–24[12] Championship 0 0 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Leicester City U21 2022–23[13] — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
2023–24[14] — — — — 3[a] 0 3 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". www.premierleague.com.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with Brandon Cover | Leicester City F.C." – via www.youtube.com.
  3. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Brandon Cover (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. ^ "Brandon Cover". www.lcfc.com.
  5. ^ Blackwell, Jordan (10 June 2022). "Seven Leicester City prospects offered new contracts". LeicestershireLive.
  6. ^ "New Deals For Leicester City Academy Stars". www.lcfc.com.
  7. ^ "FA Cup: Leicester City 3-0 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Leicester player in international debut also seeing former teammate now at Everton as Icelander makes special blend". 8 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Roberts Among Overseas Based Players In Reggae Boyz CAC Games Squad". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ^ Pawley, Luke (26 June 2023). "Leicester City notebook as Cover makes debut and more Thai prospects jet in". LeicestershireLive.
  11. ^ Bailey, Robert (3 July 2023). "U-22 Boyz eliminated from CAC Games". Jamaica Observer.
  12. ^ "Games played by Brandon Cover in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Games played by Brandon Cover in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Games played by Brandon Cover in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

External links[edit]

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