32 Facts About Jordan Hugill

Jordan Thomas Hugill was born on 4 June 1992 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Rotherham United.

Jordan Hugill was signed by Port Vale in June 2013, and made his debut for the club four months later following a productive loan spell at Gateshead.

Jordan Hugill signed with Preston North End in June 2014.

Jordan Hugill was loaned out to Tranmere Rovers in February 2015 and then Hartlepool United the following month.

Jordan Hugill was signed by Premier League side West Ham United in January 2018 for an undisclosed fee.

Jordan Hugill began his career with Northern League club Seaham Red Star at the age of 16, and was due to go on trial at Sunderland before he was struck down with an ankle injury in September 2009.

Jordan Hugill later moved on to Consett, but left his contract in August 2010 to spend two years at the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Spain.

Jordan Hugill signed with Whitby Town in December 2011 and scored in his debut game against Nantwich Town, only to damage his anterior cruciate ligament later in the match and spend the next ten months out injured.

Jordan Hugill joined Marske United in October 2012 initially on loan so as to regain match fitness.

Jordan Hugill signed with League One club Port Vale in June 2013.

Jordan Hugill was loaned out to Gateshead of the Conference Premier on 20 September 2013.

Jordan Hugill finished his loan spell with five goals in four starts and three substitute appearances.

Jordan Hugill performed well on his debut, justifying his manager's surprise decision to play him alongside fellow Glenn Hoddle Academy graduate Ben Williamson in place of established strikers Tom Pope and Lee Hughes.

Jordan Hugill is a big old boy, not used to a professional pre-season, but is one of those lads who never gives up.

Jordan Hugill continued to turn out for the first team, but admitted that he needed to work on his fitness to play a full 90 minutes of professional football.

Jordan Hugill signed a two-year contract with League One club Preston North End in June 2014, who paid Port Vale an undisclosed fee; manager Simon Grayson stated that "he's young, he's raring to go, hungry, he's a strong, powerful player, and he's got many attributes that will help us along the way this season and complement the squad well".

Jordan Hugill returned to fitness in February 2015, at which point he joined his former Vale manager Micky Adams at League Two side Tranmere Rovers for a one-month loan spell.

Jordan Hugill scored four goals in eight games for the club, including the winning goal against Exeter City at Victoria Park that secured Hartlepool's place in the English Football League.

Jordan Hugill was an unused substitute at Wembley in the play-off final as Preston won promotion into the Championship.

Jordan Hugill signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract in October 2015.

Jordan Hugill handed in a transfer request on 29 August 2017.

On 8 August 2018, Jordan Hugill returned to the Championship on a season-long loan to Middlesbrough.

Jordan Hugill signed a three-year contract and was given the club's number nine shirt.

However Jordan Hugill failed to displace Teemu Pukki and Josh Sargent in the starting eleven and was sidelined under first Dean Smith and then David Wagner.

Jordan Hugill later said that he felt head coach Valerien Ismael did not really want him at the club, which caused his confidence to drop.

Jordan Hugill was recalled to Norwich City on 29 January 2022 as West Brom completed the signings of both Daryl Dike from Orlando City and free agent Andy Carroll.

Jordan Hugill had an enjoyable spell with Steve Morison's "Bluebirds", helping the team to avoid relegation, in contrast to his time at West Brom where he was frozen out of the first-team and forced to train alone.

On 25 January 2023, Jordan Hugill joined fellow Championship club Rotherham United on a three-and-a-half year deal after being signed for an undisclosed fee.

Jordan Hugill failed to find the net in his first six games for the "Millers", but was praised by manager Matt Taylor for his all round contribution to the team.

Jordan Hugill did though challenge Hugill to work on becoming a bigger threat in set-pieces.

Jordan Hugill is a target man forward, has great strength and is able to out-muscle opposition defenders.

Former Port Vale teammate Tom Pope stated that Jordan Hugill had an excellent attitude and "was desperate to learn and improve".