Jamie Gittens
English footballer (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamie Jermaine Bynoe-Gittens (born 8 August 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
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| Full name | Jamie Jermaine Bynoe-Gittens[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 August 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Reading, England[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Caversham Trents | |||||||||||||||||
| Reading | |||||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Borussia Dortmund | 72 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | England U15 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | England U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | England U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | England U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | England U21 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 5 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
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Early career
Born in Reading, Berkshire, Gittens started his career with local side Caversham Trents at the age of five, and stayed until he was seven.[4] Shortly after, he joined Reading, and also spent some time with Chelsea.[4] At under-9 level, he chose to remain with Reading, and stayed there until under-14 level, when he chose to sign with Manchester City.[5][6]
Borussia Dortmund
After two years in Manchester, Gittens moved to Germany in 2020 to sign for Borussia Dortmund.[7] His career in Dortmund was hampered by not only the COVID-19 pandemic, but a torn ligament injury that kept him out for a number of months.[8] However, the 2021–22 season was a much better one for Gittens; notable performances in the UEFA Youth League, where he scored six goals in four games, including two against Manchester United, earned him a call-up to Marco Rose's first team squad.[9][10][11]
Gittens made his Bundesliga debut in a 6–1 win over VfL Wolfsburg on 16 April 2022.[12] On 12 August 2022, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–1 away win against SC Freiburg.[13] On 16 August, he signed a new contract until June 2025.[14] On 15 February 2023, he made his Champions League debut, coming off the bench in the 79th minute in a 1–0 win over Chelsea in the round of 16 first leg.[15]
On 28 November 2023, Gittens scored his first Champions League goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 away win over Milan, securing qualification to the knockout phase.[16] Dortmund went on to reach the 2024 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley, in which Gittens appeared as a late substitute replacing his countryman Jadon Sancho in the 87th minute.[17] After struggling with injuries in his first two seasons, the 2023–24 season was Gittens' first at Dortmund where he remained injury free, making 25 appearances in the Bundesliga.[18]
In August 2024, Dortmund announced that he would play under the surname "Gittens", rather than "Bynoe-Gittens" as he had previously used. Gittens explained that his father had suggested it as it is shorter, although both parts of the name come from his father.[18] On the opening day of the 2024–25 Bundesliga, Gittens scored twice as a substitute to give Dortmund a 2–0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, in new coach Nuri Şahin's first league game.[19] In the opening game of Dortmund's 2024–25 Champions League campaign, Gittens again came off the bench to score twice and was named man of the match in a 3–0 win away to Club Brugge.[20][21]
International career
Gittens has represented England at numerous youth levels.[2] He is of Barbadian descent and is a dual citizen.[22][23]
On 17 June 2022, Gittens was included in the England U19 squad for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[24] He made his U19 debut as an 80th minute substitute during England's opening game of the tournament, a 2–0 victory over Austria in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[25] He made his first start at this age level in their next group game against Serbia and received praise for his performance in the semi-final against Italy.[26] Gittens started in the final as England won the tournament with a 3–1 extra time victory over Israel on 1 July 2022.[27][28]
On 11 September 2023, Gittens made his England U21 debut as a substitute during a 3–0 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win away to Luxembourg.[29]
Career statistics
- As of match played 15 April 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14[a] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12 | |
| Career total | 72 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 17 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
England U19
References
External links
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