Jordan Roberts (footballer, Born 1994)

Jordan Stephen Roberts (born 5 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for club Stevenage.

After spending one year on an academy scholarship at Peterborough United, Roberts joined Aldershot Town's youth system in the summer of 2011. He signed his first professional contract and made his first-team debut for Aldershot in League Two in February 2012. Roberts was loaned out three times during the 2012–13 season in order to gain first-team experience, at non-League clubs Havant & Waterlooville, Tamworth and Bishop's Stortford respectively. Roberts returned to Aldershot and played regularly for two seasons in the Conference Premier, scoring 13 times in 100 appearances during his time at the club. Roberts trialled with Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2015, ultimately spending the 2015–16 season there. He moved back to England when he signed for League Two club Crawley Town in June 2016.

Roberts spent two seasons at Crawley, playing 62 times and scoring 11 goals, before moving up two divisions to sign for Championship club Ipswich Town in June 2018. He found first-team opportunities limited during his two years at Ipswich, during which he also spent time on loan at Lincoln City and Gillingham. Following his release from Ipswich, Roberts signed for Heart of Midlothian of the Scottish Championship in August 2020. Having spent two spells on loan at Scottish Premiership club Motherwell, Roberts joined the club on a permanent basis in January 2022. He signed for League Two club Stevenage in June 2022 and helped the club earn promotion into League One during the 2022–23 season.

Club career

Aldershot Town

Roberts started his career in the youth team of Peterborough United as a first-year scholar. He was released by Peterborough in the summer of 2011 and joined League Two club Aldershot Town to complete the second year of his academy scholarship. Roberts signed his first professional contract with Aldershot on 21 February 2012, a two-and-a-half-year agreement. He made his Football League debut on 25 February 2012, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Guy Madjo in a 4–1 victory against Barnet. Roberts made four appearances during the end of the 2011–12 season, receiving the first red card of his career for two bookable offences in a 2–2 draw with Rotherham United on 28 April 2012.

Loan spells

Having made four further appearances for Aldershot at the start of the 2012–13 season, Roberts joined Conference South club Havant & Waterlooville on a one-month loan on 1 October 2012. He debuted for Havant & Waterlooville in a 2–2 draw with AFC Hornchurch on 6 October 2012, replacing Steve Ramsey in the 70th-minute of the match. Roberts made three appearances during the loan spell before returning to Aldershot upon the conclusion of the one-month agreement. He was loaned out for a second time on 10 January 2013, joining Tamworth of the Conference Premier until 9 February 2013. He made one appearance during his time there, playing the first 73 minutes in a 2–1 defeat against Gainsborough Trinity in the FA Trophy.

A third loan deal of the 2012–13 season followed when Roberts joined Conference South club Bishop's Stortford for the remainder of the season. Roberts made his Bishop's Stortford debut in a 1–1 draw against Hinckley United on 16 February 2013, replacing Alli Abdullahi with 30 minutes remaining. He scored his first goal in senior football in a 2–2 draw against Corby Town on 27 February 2013. Roberts made five appearances during his time at Bishop's Stortford, scoring once, before being recalled by Aldershot in March 2013. Roberts made two late substitute appearances at the end of a season in which Aldershot were relegated back to the Conference Premier.

Return to Aldershot

The 2013–14 season served as Roberts' breakthrough season in terms of regular first-team football. He scored his first goal for Aldershot in a 2–0 victory against Wrexham on 21 September 2013 and ended the season having scored seven times in 45 appearances. Roberts remained at Aldershot for the 2014–15 season, scoring six goals in 44 appearances as Aldershot finished in 18th position in the Conference Premier standings. He scored on his 100th appearance for Aldershot, his final game for the club, in a 3–1 away defeat to Grimsby Town on 25 April 2015.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Roberts went on trial with Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle ahead of the 2015–16 season and scored in three successive pre-season friendlies, signing a contract with the club on 7 July 2015. He made his Inverness Caledonian Thistle debut in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Astra Giurgiu on 16 July 2015, in which he played the last nine minutes in a 1–0 defeat. Roberts suffered a groin injury before the start of the domestic season, ultimately ruling him out until January 2016. He scored his first goal for Inverness in a 2–1 away victory against Motherwell on 6 February 2016; his "magnificent long-range strike" in the 90th-minute of the match meant that Inverness progressed to the quarter final stage of the Scottish Cup

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