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Jake Cyril Leonard Livermore (born 14 November 1989) is an English professional
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who last played as a
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for
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club
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. Livermore began his career at
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...
, spending most of his tenure out on loan at clubs in all three divisions of the
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. In 2013, he moved to
Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...
, initially on a temporary basis, becoming permanent at the end of the season. After making 144 appearances for the club in all competitions, he joined
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...
in January 2017. Livermore earned his first cap for the
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in August 2012 in a friendly win against
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.


Early life

Jake Cyril Leonard Livermore was born on 14 November 1989 in Enfield, Greater London, and attended
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.


Club career


Tottenham Hotspur

Livermore's career started in Arsenal F.C's Academy after leaving and joining Tottenham Hotspur's academy in 2006, making 39 appearances for the under-18 team and scoring nine goals. He made another 13 appearances for the reserves. On 29 February 2008, he joined Milton Keynes Dons on a month-long loan deal. He made his professional debut the following day in a 1–0 win over Chester City at Stadium MK, playing the last 14 minutes in place of
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. Livermore played five matches for the League Two club, all as a substitute. On 11 July 2008, he was loaned for six months to
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club
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...
. However, in a friendly with
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team
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, he fractured his
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and subsequently returned to Tottenham to receive treatment which kept him sidelined for a protracted spell. Livermore signed a new two-year deal with Tottenham on 24 July 2009. He joined
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club
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on an initial one-month loan on 10 August 2009. He scored his first league goal against
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in a 3–2 away defeat on 29 August. In January 2010, he joined another club in the division,
Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...
, until the end of the 2009–10 season. He scored his first goal for Peterborough in a 2–1 defeat at
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on 23 January. On 2 March, he was recalled from his loan due to a spate of injuries to the Tottenham squad. Livermore made his competitive debut for Tottenham in a 2–1 win against
Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...
at the
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on 20 March, coming on in added time for
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. On 23 September 2010, he was loaned out to Championship club
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until January. On 24 March 2011, he was loaned out to
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of the same division ahead of their final eight league matches and battle for promotion to the Premier League. On 2 April, Livermore made his debut for Leeds as a second-half substitute against Nottingham Forest where he had a hand in Leeds' fourth goal scored by
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. He was given a start against Reading, however he was substituted at half time after picking up a yellow card and lucky not to receive another for a tackle in the first half. Livermore stayed with Tottenham for the 2011–12 season, scoring his first senior goal for Spurs on 18 August 2011 in the 5–0
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qualifying win away against Heart of Midlothian, and ultimately made 38 appearances across all competitions.


Hull City

Livermore moved to
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at the beginning of 2013–14 on a season-long loan, along with teammate
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. He made his debut on the first day of the season when he came off the bench for
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in the 59th minute of a 2–0 loss away at Chelsea. On 1 December, he scored his first Premier League and Hull goal, opening a 3–1 home win over
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with a shot deflecting off
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, Hull's first ever victory over the Merseyside opponents. Hull reached the
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, and Livermore started the match against
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, which resulted in a 3–2 defeat at
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after extra time. In the close season, he joined Hull permanently for an undisclosed fee, one which was reported to have broken the club transfer record. Following a 2–0 win against
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in April 2015, Livermore was selected for a random drugs test. He tested positive for
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and, on 15 May 2015, was suspended by both
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and Hull City for the remainder of the season. In August, Hull manager
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revealed that Livermore had taken the substance to cope with the grief caused by the death of his newborn child shortly after the FA Cup final. In September 2015, a disciplinary hearing decided that the Football Association provisional ban would not be extended, as a result, his suspension by Hull City was also lifted. At the start of the 2016–17 season, newly promoted Hull had only one fully fit recognised centre-back in
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, so Livermore was selected to play as a centre-back alongside Davies.


West Bromwich Albion

Livermore joined Hull's fellow Premier League club
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on a four-and-a-half-year deal on 20 January 2017 for a fee reported to be £10 million. He made his debut the following day in a 2–0 win against
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at
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, coming off the bench in place of James Morrison for the last 20 minutes of the match. On 2 January 2018, Livermore had an altercation with a
West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
fan at the
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; he reported that the fan had taunted him about his son who died in infancy in 2014. The FA did not punish Livermore for the incident but warned him that such reactions could endanger himself and other fans. The West Ham fan was given an indefinite ban from the stadium. In his 50th game for the Baggies on 21 April 2018, Livermore scored his first goal for the club as they came from behind to draw 2–2 with Liverpool. Two weeks later, he scored the only goal of a home win over his former team Tottenham, saving his team from immediate relegation. On 23 May 2023 West Bromwich Albion announced that Jake Livermore would be leaving the club and was named on the club's release list. As part of the announcement, the club paid tribute to the many years of service Jake had given to the club.


Watford

On 21 July 2023, Livermore signed a one-year contract with Championship club
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, where he had been training since leaving West Brom. On 23 May 2024, the club announced he would be leaving in the summer when his contract expired.


International career

Livermore made his first senior appearance for
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in a 2–1 friendly win against
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on 15 August 2012 at the
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in
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, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute for
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. After nearly five years away from international football, Livermore was recalled to the England squad in March 2017 by manager
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for a friendly match against
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and a 2018 World Cup qualifier against
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. He subsequently made his first start for England in a 1–0 away defeat to Germany on 22 March. Livermore was again called up by Southgate in May 2017 for a World Cup qualifier against Scotland, and a friendly against France. On 16 May 2018, he was one of five players named on standby for the 23-man
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squad for the
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.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Hull City *
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:
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*
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runner-up: 2013–14 West Bromwich Albion *
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second-place promotion: 2019–20


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Profile
at the Watford F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Livermore, Jake 1989 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Enfield People from Enfield, London English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Watford F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players England men's international footballers Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people Doping cases in association football English sportspeople in doping cases People educated at Enfield Grammar School 21st-century English sportsmen