Jake Steven Cain (born 2 September 2001) is an English professional

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who most recently played as a midfielder for club

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

. He signed his first professional contract with

Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in ...

in September 2019 and made his senior Liverpool debut on 4 February 2020 in the

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fourth-round replay against

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

which they won 1–0. He joined Swindon in January 2023, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.

Career

Liverpool

Cain made his first-team debut on 4 February 2020, in the

fourth round replay against

. On 29 September 2020, Cain scored his first senior goal in a 3–2

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defeat to

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, scoring an impressive thirty-yard free kick.

Newport County (loan)

On 31 August 2021, Cain joined League Two side Newport County on loan for the 2021–22 season. He made his debut for Newport the same day in the starting line-up for the 2–0 win against Plymouth Argyle in the EFL Trophy. He made his

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debut for Newport on 14 September 2021 in starting line-up for the 1-0 League Two defeat against Northampton Town.

Swindon Town

He joined Swindon on 16 January 2023 signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Wiltshire club. He made his first league start for Swindon on 4 February 2023 against Newport County, that also marked the first league match in charge of Swindon for new manager

Jody Morris Jody Steven Morris (born 22 December 1978) is an English professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of EFL League Two club Swindon Town. As a midfielder, Morris played for Chelsea, Leeds United, Rotherh ...

. Cain scored his first league goal on 8 May 2023, in a 2–1 win against

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1896 as Crawley Foo ...

. He was released by Swindon at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Liverpool *

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: 2018–19

References

External links

Profile
at the Swindon Town F.C. website
Profile
at the Liverpool F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cain, Jake 2001 births Living people Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers Footballers from Wigan Liverpool F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen