Jake Hirst (born 5 May 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for FSV Frankfurt, as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Bad Nauheim, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
| TSG Wieseck | |||
| TSG Ober-Wöllstadt | |||
| FSV Frankfurt | |||
| TSG Ober-Wöllstadt | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | TSV Bad Nauheim | ||
| 2018–2019 | Kickers Offenbach | 29 | (9) |
| 2019–2020 | FC Gießen | 17 | (5) |
| 2020– | FSV Frankfurt | 61 | (19) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:51, 26 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Early and personal life
editHirst was born in Bad Nauheim, Germany,[1] to English parents from Yorkshire.[2] His parents were tennis coaches, and as a youth Hirst worked as a coach at their tennis academy.[2] Hirst did not know any German until beginning kindergarten.[2] He is fluent in English and German, speaking both with a Yorkshire accent.[2] He considers himself English.[2]
Career
editHirst began his career with Eintracht Frankfurt, but was released by the club at the age of 15 due to problems with his knees.[2] He then played for TSG Wieseck, TSG Ober-Wöllstadt (twice), FSV Frankfurt, TSV Bad Nauheim and Kickers Offenbach.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In August 2019 he signed for FC Gießen.[7] In July 2020 he returned to FSV Frankfurt.[8][9][10][11] During his time at Frankfurt he lived in Bad Nauheim and commuted to Frankfurt.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jake Hirst at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sean Cole (21 December 2018). "Jake Hirst: Top scoring Englishman in Germany". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Profile" (in German). FUPA. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Jake Hirst: Vier Ligen übersprungen". www.fussball.de.
- ^ Osthessen, Torgranate. "Jake Hirst: "Meine Ambitionen liegen eher im Tennis"". Torgranate Osthessen.
- ^ KG, VRM Mittelhessen GmbH & Co (28 February 2021). "Ex-Gießener Jake Hirst bestraft kurze Schläfrigkeit". www.mittelhessen.de.
- ^ Germany, hessenschau de, Frankfurt (30 August 2019). "Regionalliga: Jake Hirst wechselt von Offenbach nach Gießen". hessenschau.de.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ KG, Gießener Anzeiger Verlags GmbH & Co (25 July 2020). "Jake Hirst wechselt zum FSV Frankfurt - Usinger Anzeiger". www.usinger-anzeiger.de.
- ^ "Stürmer Jake Hirst heuert beim FSV Frankfurt an". HIT RADIO FFH.
- ^ KG, VRM Mittelhessen GmbH & Co (25 July 2020). "Jake Hirst wechselt zum FSV Frankfurt". www.giessener-anzeiger.de.
- ^ "Jake Hirst verlässt FC Gießen - und wechselt zu einem Ligakonkurrenten". giessener-allgemeine.de. 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Hirst: "Ich komme näher"". wetterauer-zeitung.de. 1 March 2021.
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