Jacob Bedeau

Jacob Mitchell Bedeau (born 24 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two side Notts County. Born in England, he represents the Grenada national team.

Jacob Bedeau

Personal information
Full name	Jacob Mitchell Bedeau[1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth	Waltham Forest, England
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Notts County
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2016	Leyton Orient
2016–2017	Bury
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Bury	7	(0)
2017–2019	Aston Villa	0	(0)
2019–2021	Scunthorpe United	45	(2)
2021–2022	Burnley	0	(0)
2022	→ Morecambe (loan)	22	(0)
2022–2024	Morecambe	68	(2)
2024–	Notts County	0	(0)
International career‡
2023–	Grenada	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:50, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Bury

Bedeau is a product of the Leyton Orient and Bury football academies, after impressing at a young age for Bury, debuting at sixteen. Bedeau was given his professional debut by caretaker-manager Chris Brass at the age of 16 in a League One tie against Millwall, in which Bury suffered a 3–2 defeat.^[3] After appearing on the Bury bench several times, Bedeau was given his next start in a 4–2 defeat against Bristol Rovers.^[4] He played a total of seven games for Bury.

Aston Villa

On 31 January 2017, Bedeau joined Championship club Aston Villa on a two-and-a-half-year deal for a fee around the margin of £900,000.^[5] Bedeau did not make any first team appearances in competitive games for Aston Villa, but was a main stay of the Under-23 squad, with 42 appearances, excluding cup matches. In his first full season with the 23s (2017–18) they won the Premier League Cup and finished runners up in the league.^[6] In one of his last appearances, he captained the squad to a 5–1 victory over Manchester United U23s.^[7]

Scunthorpe United

On 31 January 2019, Bedeau joined League One side Scunthorpe United.^[8] He started sparingly, making his debut in September 2019 in a 1–1 draw against Leicester City U21s, in the Football League Trophy.^[9] He started only two more games that calendar year, against Sunderland (in the Football League Trophy);^[10] and Walsall (in League Two).^[11] However, he became a regular starter by the end of the 2019–20 season and into the 2020–21 season. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw against Crewe Alexandra.^[12] He scored again in a 2–0 win against Oldham Athletic.^[13] He made a total of 53 appearances for Scunthorpe, 45 of them being in the league. He was one of 17 players released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[14]

Burnley

Following his release from Scunthorpe he signed for Burnley on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12-months and was placed into the Under-23 squad.^[15]

Morecambe

On 4 January 2022, Bedeau joined EFL League One side Morecambe on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.^[16] He started Morecambe's next game, which was a FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. Bedeau managed to keep a clean sheet, but came off after 65 minutes.^[17] Morecambe eventually lost 3–1.^[18] On 9 August 2022, Bedeau made his loan move to Morecambe permanent for an undisclosed fee.^[19]

Notts County

On 11 June 2024, Bedeau joined EFL League Two side Notts County on a three-year deal.^[20]

International career

Born in England, Bedeau is of Grenadian descent. He was called up to the Grenada national team for a set of 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League matches in September 2023.^[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 January 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bury	2016–17[22]	League One	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Aston Villa	2016–17[22]	Championship	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2017–18[23]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19[24]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scunthorpe United	2018–19[24]	League One	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2019–20[25]	League Two	11	1	0	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	1
	2020–21[26]	League Two	34	1	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	38	1
	Total		45	2	1	0	1	0	6	0	53	2
Burnley	2021–22[27]	Premier League	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
Morecambe (loan)	2021–22[27]	League One	22	0	1	0	—		—		23	0
Morecambe	2022–23[28]	League One	23	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	29	0
Career total			97	2	3	0	3	0	9	0	112	2

1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
2. "Jacob Bedeau". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
3. "Bury vs. Millwall". Soccerway. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
4. "Bristol Rovers vs. Bury". Soccerway. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
5. "Jacob Bedeau: Aston Villa sign teenage Bury defender". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
6. "Aston Villa Under-23s 2017-18". Youth Hawk. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
7. "THE VERDICT: ASTON VILLA U23S 5-1 MANCHESTER UNITED U23S". AVFC. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
8. "TRANSFER NEWS: JACOB BEDEAU JOINS SCUNTHORPE UNITED". AVFC. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
9. "Scun 1 - 1 LEI". ESPN. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
10. Best, Ceara (12 November 2019). "Report: Iron 3-0 Sunderland". Scunthorpe-United. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
11. "Scunthorpe United 0-2 Walsall". BBC. 26 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
12. "Bedeau reflects on first professional goal". Scunthorpe-United. 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
13. "🥅⚽ Goal: Jacob Bedeau v Oldham Athletic (A)". One Football. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
14. Green, Trevor (13 May 2021). "Scunthorpe United release 17 players including several key men". Grimsby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
15. "SECOND NEW ARRIVAL AS JACOB JOINS". Burnley F.C. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
16. "Jacob Bedeau: Morecambe sign Burnley defender on loan to end of the season". BBC Sport. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
17. De Cosemo, Harry (9 January 2022). "Tottenham 3-1 Morecambe". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
18. "Tottenham 3-1 Morecambe: Spurs avoid FA Cup third round scare as Tanguy Ndombele booed by crowd". Sky Sports. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
19. "Morecambe sign Burnley's Bedeau on permanent deal". BBC Sport. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
20. "Signing: Jacob Bedeau". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 11 June 2024.
21. "Four Shrimps get International Recognition". www.morecambefc.com.
22. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
23. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
24. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
25. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
26. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
27. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
28. "Games played by Jacob Bedeau in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

External links

• Jacob Bedeau at Soccerbase