Jack William Stacey (born 6 April 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a defender or a

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for club AFC Bournemouth.

Career

Reading

Born in Bracknell, Berkshire, Stacey began his career with the

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as an eight-year-old in 2004, before signing his first professional contract with the club on 10 December 2013 until the end of 2015–16. He made his professional debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Jake Taylor in a 1–0 victory at home to

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on 16 August 2014 and finished 2014–15 with six appearances. Stacey signed a new contract with Reading on 19 October 2015 to keep him at the club until the summer of 2019. On 23 November 2015, Stacey joined

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club Barnet on a short-term

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until 26 December. He debuted a day later in a 4–2 defeat away to

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and completed the loan spell with only two appearances. On 24 March 2016, Stacey joined League Two club Carlisle United on loan until the end of 2015–16. He made his debut a day later in a 0–0 draw away to

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and scored his first goal in the following match, a 3–2 victory at home to

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. His second goal for Carlisle came on 19 April against

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, when he scored a consolation goal in the 61st minute to make the score 2–1 and completed the loan spell with nine appearances and two goals. On 31 August 2016, Stacey joined League Two club

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on loan until 23 January 2017. He debuted three days later in a 3–2 victory away to

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. His loan was extended until the end of 2016–17 on 23 January 2017, having made 19 appearances for Exeter up to that point in the season. He played in both legs of the play-off semi-final victory over his former loan club Carlisle United, scoring a stoppage time winner in the second leg to make the score 6–5 on aggregate. The goal was voted Exeter's Goal of the Decade at the end of 2019. Stacey started in the 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final at

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on 28 May 2017, in which Exeter lost 2–1 to Blackpool. He completed the loan spell with 38 appearances and one goal.

Luton Town

On 26 June 2017, Stacey signed a two-year contract with League Two club Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. His contract was extended by a further year at the end of the 2017–18 season after a promotion clause was triggered as a result of Luton's

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AFC Bournemouth

Stacey signed for

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club AFC Bournemouth on 8 July 2019 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first goal for Bournemouth in a 3–2 win against

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on 12 September 2020.

Career statistics

Honours

AFC Bournemouth *

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runner-up: 2021–22 Reading *

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: 2013–14 Luton Town * EFL League Two runner-up: 2017–18 * EFL League One: 2018–19 Individual * Luton Town Young Player of the Season: 2017–18 * Luton Town Player of the Season: 2018–19

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stacey, Jack 1996 births Living people People from Bracknell Footballers from Berkshire English footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Premier League players English Football League players Reading F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players