Jed Fernley Wallace (born 26 March 1994) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Beginning in non-League football, Wallace broke into

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's first team in 2013, going on to become a regular player for them and being named in the League Two

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as well as winning the Portsmouth Player of the Season award in 2014–15 before moving to

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

. After struggling to break into the first-team, he moved to

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after two loan spells with the club. He spent five seasons with Millwall permanently before joining West Bromwich Albion in 2022.

Career

Youth and non-League football

Born in

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, Wallace was educated at Frogmore Community College. He began his career playing for youth club Darby Green (now known as Darby Green & Potley F.C.) and Carshalton Athletic's youth team, before signing with Farnborough. At Farnborough, he appeared on the bench on 29 January 2011, in a match against Havant & Waterlooville. However, he did not enter the field. In August 2011, he signed for

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, following his manager at Farnborough, Steve King. Wallace played in three friendly matches for Lewes, before then signing a two-year professional contract (with an option of a further year) with

Portsmouth

Wallace progressed through Portsmouth's reserve and academy. On 20 March 2012, Wallace returned to Farnborough on a one-month

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deal, making his debut the following day in a match against Dover Athletic in the first of six appearances for the club. Having returned to Portsmouth in April 2012, he appeared on the bench for the first time, in a loss at

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. The start of the 2012–13 season saw Wallace make his senior Portsmouth debut as he started a League Cup 3–0 defeat against

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on 14 August 2012. After no further first team appearances over the following weeks, he was loaned to

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side

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for a month in October 2012 to gain playing time. After scoring on his debut, in a 3–1 win over Wingate & Finchley, he netted his first a hat-trick in a 5–0 win against

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a few weeks later. His loan ended in mid-November but was then renewed several times over the following weeks. On Christmas Eve 2012, Wallace was recalled from loan and named as a substitute against

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. He made his league debut on 1 January 2013, coming on as a substitute in a 5–0 defeat at

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. He scored his first goal for the club in the first match he started for them, a 3–1 home defeat against

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on 26 January. He finished the season with six goals, but could not prevent Pompey dropping into League Two, upon which the club exercised the one-year contract extension in Wallace's deal. After beginning the 2013–14 season in the first team, Wallace found himself often dropped to the bench after the arrival of Richie Barker as manager. Wallace turned down two offers of a new contract from Portsmouth, and in November 2013 his teammate

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revealed that clubs were submitting bids for him. In January 2014, Wallace turned down another offer from Pompey, but the club rejected a reported £250,000 bid from

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. Having returned to being a regular starting player after the dismissal of Barker and appointment of former academy manager Andy Awford as manager, Wallace re-entered contract talks at the end of the season. In June 2014, Wallace signed a new three-year deal. Despite this new contract, Wallace continued to be linked to moves, with speculation that

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were interested in him, but no official bid was ultimately entered. He ended the 2014–15 season as the club's top goalscorer with 17 goals, also winning him the club's Player of the Season Award. He was also included in the League Two

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 21 May 2015, Wallace signed a three-year deal with Championship club

for an undisclosed fee. On 8 January 2016, Wallace joined

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club

on a month-long-loan, making his debut for the Lions the following day, against

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. Wallace's first assist for the Lions came on 17 January 2016, in a League One tie against

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. The assist came only 14 minutes into the game, with a sublime cross that found the head of Lee Gregory who finished first time, placing it past The Valiants' goalkeeper

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. He scored his first goal for Millwall in a 3–0 win over

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on 5 March 2016. Upon his return to Wolves he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1

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win against

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on 23 August 2016. On 19 January 2017 Wallace was again loaned to Millwall from Wolverhampton Wanderers, this time until the end of the season with a view to a permanent move when the loan period expires. He played in the 2017 EFL League One play-off final as Millwall beat

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to earn promotion to the Championship.

Millwall

On 26 June 2017,

announced the permanent signing of Wallace on a 3-year deal for an undisclosed fee following 2 loan spells at the club.

West Bromwich Albion

On 23 June 2022,

announced the permanent signing of Wallace on a 4-year deal on a free transfer after his contract ran out at his previous club. He made his debut on 30 July 2022 in a 1–1 away draw at

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, providing an assist for fellow debutant John Swift, and scored his first two goals for the club in a 2–2 away draw at

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on 27 August. He started in all 46

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games for West Brom in his first season with the club. On 5 August 2023, prior to his second season at the club, he was named as the new captain of the team.

International career

On 13 March 2013, Wallace was named on the standby list for the England U19 game vs

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, on 21 March 2013. He was called up again on 2 May, for the 2013 UEFA U19 Championship qualification rounds, against Belgium and Scotland. On 24 May, Wallace was an unused substitute in a match against Georgia U19s. Five days later, he made international debut, starting in a 3–0 victory against Scotland U19s.Webster And Wallace Start For England
; Portsmouth FC, 29 May 2013

Career statistics

Honours

Millwall *

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Individual *

Player of the Season: 2014–15 *

: 2014–15 League Two

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Jed 1994 births Living people Footballers from Reading, Berkshire English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Farnborough F.C. players Lewes F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Millwall F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players English Football League players England men's youth international footballers 21st-century English sportsmen