Jacob John Greaves (born 12 September 2000) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...

. He is the son of former

and

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

defender Mark Greaves.

Career

On 8 August 2019, Greaves signed a 3-year contract extension and joined

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league sy ...

on loan until January 2020. He made his league debut in a 0–0 draw against Morecambe playing the full 90 minutes. Greaves' loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020. Greaves made his first senior team appearance for Hull City in the EFL Trophy match on 8 September 2020 against Leicester City U21. On 17 October 2020, Greaves made his league debut in a 0–3 win away to

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. On 12 November 2020, Greaves signed a new three-year contract with the club. On 20 February 2021 Greaves thought he had scored his first goal for Hull City in a 3–3 away draw against

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only for the

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to award the final touch to

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. Greaves scored his first career goal on 22 October 2022 on his 101st league appearance for Hull putting his side 1–0 up away at

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. At the end of the same season, on 2 May 2023, Greaves achieved an impressive feat by winning his third consecutive Young Player of the Year award with Hull.

Career statistics

Honours

Hull City * EFL League One:

2020–21 EFL League One The 2020–21 EFL League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of Football League One under its current title and the 29th season under its current league division format. Team changes The follow ...

Individual *

Young Player of the Year: 2020–21 *

Young Player of the Year: 2021–22 *

Young Player of the Year: 2022–23

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greaves, Jacob 2000 births Living people English footballers Men's association football central defenders Hull City A.F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English Football League players People from Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire