Henderson Jordan was born on June 17, 1990. Over his 25 full years, he has already managed to gain fame, recognition from fans and some awards. Plus, he earned good statistics. And no wonder - this midfielder is really a worthy athlete, who today is the captain of one of the best English clubs. His biography is very curious, so it’s worth briefly telling about the most interesting facts.
Young years
Henderson Jordan was born in Tyne and Wear, in a city called Sunderland. Professional football started relatively late for him: at the age of 16. Then he began to train with the youth team of FC Sunderland. And before that, he studied the art of controlling the ball on his own.
The first professional contract was signed two years later. To be more precise, then June 1, 2008. Naturally, it was a contract with Sunderland. Four months later (November 1), Henderson Jordan played his debut match. Naturally, he entered the field not from the very beginning, but instead. Unfortunately, then the “black cats" lost the meeting. And the match, by the way, was a serious one. Sunderland played against London Chelsea. The score was 0: 5.
The first game in the starting lineup took place at Jordan soon - it was a match against Blackburn Rovers FC (League Cup).
Coventry City
Henderson Jordan went to this club in 2009. And it was not at all that he did not suit the head coach of his club. Not at all, just the player was leased to the Coventry City team for a month, where he successfully made his debut in the match against Derby County. True, they gave him away in January, and in February they had already announced that the player had to be returned. But this, of course, did not happen immediately, but in April, on the eighth day. Prior to this, on February 28, the player still managed to score his first goal. It happened in a match against FC Norwich City.
True, the athlete returned to Sunderland not because the time had come. The occasion was more sad. He received a serious injury - a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone.
And again, Sunderland
Henderson Jordan, whose biography is very interesting and rich, quickly recovered from his injury. And immediately he became a player of the basic structure. In total, he entered the field 33 times and even scored one goal. But this is only in the first season! And in the second he already showed even more worthy results. He played 37 matches. Given the fact that there were 38 in all! And it is significant that when in the second half of the season the team began a “streak of failures” (which mainly consisted in the fact that the players began to receive numerous fractures and injuries), he did something fantastic: in 10 minutes he scored twice, hitting Wigan’s goal "! Thus, the club finally got a victory with a score of 4: 2. And she interrupted a series of nine games played without a single victory.
And then rumors began to circulate that perhaps the player would be taken away by Liverpool. In 2011, on June 9, the transaction took place. The rumor was confirmed. 16 million pounds - that's what the cost was given to a promising player. But it was worth it. After all, now Henderson Jordan is a football player who not only owns the ball perfectly, but is also the captain of Liverpool. By the way, he scored his first goal for a new team quickly. That same summer, August 27, in a match against FC Bolton.
National Team and Achievements
We must pay tribute, Jordan is not only a good club player, but also a great football player, defending the colors of the national team of England. In total, he played 47 matches for the teams of his country (youth, adults). The debut took place in 2009. Then England played against the Czech Republic. And he scored his first goal against Romanian rivals. Since 2010, Jordan Henderson has been playing in the England national team. The first game was friendly against Finland. Then Jordan was declared as a player of the starting lineup, and that day he played perfectly in center field with his future teammate - Stephen Gerrard. And in 2012, he completely went to perform at Euro 2012 (he was called in to replace Frank Lampard, who was seriously injured).
This young but very promising footballer already has some achievements behind him. He is the owner of the Football League Cup (in the 2011/12 season), as well as the best young player in the England national team under 21 years old. Plus, he was recognized as the best young footballer of Liverpool and Sunderland (in the latter case twice).