Jake Willis Hackett (born 10 January 2000) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Marske United Marske United Football Club is a football club based in Marske-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mount Pleasant. History The club was established in 1956 by members of Marske Cricket Club.

Career

Hackett joined

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

at the age of 8. He made his senior debut on 13 November 2018, in the

EFL Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...

. In October 2019, Hackett joined

Whitby Town Whitby Town Football Club is an English football club based in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Northern Premier League, the seventh tier of English football. Founded in 1880, Whitby are one of the oldest clubs from the Nor ...

on a one-month loan. On 15 November 2019, the deal was extended until 4 January 2020. He then returned to Sunderland, before re-joining Whitby on loan in early March 2020. Hackett signed permanently for

on 14 August 2021. On 2 December 2022, Hackett signed for Hebburn Town on a 28-day loan deal. On 25 June 2023, Hackett departed Whitby Town before joining

the following day.

References

2000 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sunderland A.F.C. players Whitby Town F.C. players Hebburn Town F.C. players Marske United F.C. players Northern Premier League players Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub