Liam Jonathan Jordan (born 30 July 1998) is a South African professional

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who plays for Swedish

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side IF Brommapojkarna and the South Africa national team.

Club career

Jordan made his professional debut on 17 March 2015 against University of Pretoria in the

2015–16 Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedb ...

. In January 2018, he joined

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

on loan from

Sporting B Sporting Clube de Portugal B is the reserve team of Portuguese football club Sporting CP, a team based in Lisbon. Reserve teams in Portugal play in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. However, they cann ...

. The move was made permanent in the summer of 2018. On transfer deadline day, 1 February 2021, Jordan moved to fellow league club

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 1st Division, having been promoted after winning the Danish 2nd Division in the 2019-2020 season. The club has finished the last two seasons in the top 4 of th ...

on a deal for the rest of the season. On 7 March 2023, Jordan joined newly promoted Swedish

side IF Brommapojkarna.

International career

After representing his country at under-17 and under-20 level, Jordan made his senior international debut for

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on 2 July 2017 against

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in the

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Personal life

He is the son of

Keryn Jordan Keryn David Jordan (1 November 1975 – 21 October 2013) was a South African footballer who primarily played as a striker during a fifteen-year career. Club career Early career He started his career in his native South Africa at Pretoria ...

, a former South African footballer. Jordan was born during his father's time at Durban-based

Manning Rangers Manning Rangers is a now defunct South African Association Football, football club based in Durban. The side is best remembered as the Champions of the Inaugural season of South Africa's Premier Soccer League. History The club was founded in 192 ...

and emigrated to New Zealand in 2004.

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* * Living people 1998 births South African men's soccer players South African expatriate men's soccer players White South African people Soccer players from Durban Men's association football forwards South African people of British descent South Africa men's international soccer players South Africa men's youth international soccer players South Africa men's under-20 international soccer players Auckland City FC players Bidvest Wits F.C. players Sporting CP B players HB Køge players FC Helsingør players IF Brommapojkarna players Danish 1st Division players South African expatriate sportspeople in Portugal South African expatriate sportspeople in Denmark South African expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden {{SouthAfrica-footy-forward-stub