Jordan Lyden

Jordan David Lyden (born 30 January 1996) is an Australian professional soccer player who last played as a defensive midfielder for Leyton Orient.

Jordan Lyden
Personal information
Full name Jordan David Lyden[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-30) 30 January 1996
Place of birth Perth, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
ECU Joondalup
2012–15 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Aston Villa 4 (0)
2018–2019 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2022 Swindon Town 45 (1)
2023 Leyton Orient 5 (0)
International career‡
2014 Australia U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2019

Born in Perth, Lyden played youth soccer for ECU Joondalup before moving to England to play for Aston Villa in 2012, making his professional debut for the side in 2016.

He has represented Australia at under-20 level.

Career

Club

Born in Perth, Australia, Lyden moved to England at the age of 16 and joined the academy of Aston Villa.[2] In December 2015, Lyden got called up to the senior side, who were struggling in the Premier League at the bottom of the table.[3] He made his professional senior debut for the side on 9 January 2016 in the FA Cup against Wycombe Wanderers. He came on as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 1–1 draw.[4] He was handed his first start, playing at right-back, in the replay ten days later which resulted in a 2–0 win for Villa.[5] Lyden made his Premier League debut for the side on 14 February 2016 against Liverpool, coming on as a substitute for Leandro Bacuna after 66 minutes with the team five goals down, with the game finishing 6–0.[6] Lyden made his league starting debut for Aston Villa in his third Premier League appearance on 10 April against Bournemouth.[7]

Lyden's Aston Villa career was beset by a number of injuries, and found it difficult to stake a claim to a first team space. On 31 August 2018, after making only four first team appearances in his six years at the club, Lyden went on loan to Oldham Athletic.[8] On 17 November 2018, Lyden scored his first goal in league football in a 3–1 victory for Oldham over Cambridge United. The long range effort earned plaudits from fans across the Football League.[9] He returned to Aston Villa on 1 January 2019, after playing 14 times for Oldham, and scoring 1 goal. He hoped that his performances on loan would be enough to secure him a new contract.[10]

However, Lyden's poor luck with injuries continued; and on 11 January 2019, just 10 days after returning to Aston Villa from his loan spell, Lyden suffered a muscle injury in training – which would take three months to recover from.[11]

On 17 March 2019, Lyden made a post on his personal Instagram announcing that he had left Aston Villa.[12]

On 26 July 2019, Lyden joined Swindon Town on a one-year deal following a successful trial.[13]

On 20 January 2023, Lyden signed for League Two leaders Leyton Orient on a short-term deal until the end of the season.[14]

International

In late 2013, Lyden was called up to the Australia under-20 side to travel to Malaysia for 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[15] He made his debut for the Young Socceroos in a win over Hong Kong, coming on for Stefan Mauk in the second half.[16]

Career statistics
As of 26 July 2019[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2015–16[18] Premier League 4020000060
2016–17 Championship 0000000000
2017–18 0000200020
Oldham Athletic (Loan) 2018–19 League Two 10 1 2 0 0 0 2a 0 14 1
Swindon Town 2019–20 League Two 211201000241
2020–21 League One 140001000150
2021–22 League Two 100100031141
Career total 592704051753

a: Two appearances in the Football League Trophy

Honours

Aston Villa U23s

Swindon Town

Leyton Orient

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Swindon Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 70. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. "Jordan Lyden on senior call-up - and who helped him the most". Aston Villa Football Club. 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. Wollasten, Steve (17 December 2015). "Jordan Lyden inclusion is a message to rest of youngsters says Remi Garde". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. "Wycombe Wanderers vs. Aston Villa". Soccerway.
  5. "Aston Villa 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport.
  6. "Aston Villa 0–6 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 14 February 2016.
  7. Aston Villa 1 AFC Bournemouth 2 BBC match report, 10 April 2016
  8. "Jordan Lyden: Aston Villa midfielder joins Oldham Athletic on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  9. "Oldham Athletic 3-1 Cambridge United: John Lyden thunderbolt in Latics win". Sky Sports. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  10. Smedley, Simon (1 November 2018). "Lyden has no regrets". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  11. https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-sunday-times-9029/20190210/283699775760930
  12. Potter, Jacob (18 March 2019). "ASTON VILLA PLAYER CONFIRMS VILLA PARK DEPARTURE". Football League World. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  13. "JORDAN LYDEN SIGNS FOR SWINDON". Swindon Town F.C. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  14. "JORDAN LYDEN SIGNS SHORT-TERM CONTRACT WITH THE O'S". www.leytonorient.com. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  15. "Okon names Young Socceroos squad". FourFourTwo. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  16. "Australia 7–0 Hong Kong". Asian Football Confederation. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  17. Jordan Lyden at Soccerway
  18. "Games played by Jordan Lyden in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  19. "Match report: Aston Villa U23s win Premier League Cup!". Aston Villa Football Club. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  20. "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.


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