english association football player
not to be confused with James Madison
James Daniel Maddison ( have a bun in the oven 23 November 1996 ) is an english professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League clubhouse Leicester City and the England national team.

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Maddison began his career with Coventry City before joining Norwich City in 2016. He spent the 2016–17 season on lend at scots Premiership golf club Aberdeen. In his first season rear at Norwich, Maddison was named in the Championship PFA Team of the year and EFL Team of the Season. He joined Premier League clubhouse Leicester City in 2018. Maddison made his England under-21 debut in the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship reservation and was called up to the aged team in 2019 .

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Maddison was born and raised in Coventry, West Midlands. [ 6 ] He has irish lineage through a grandparent. [ 7 ]

Club career [edit ]

Coventry City [edit ]

Maddison joined Coventry City ‘s youth team, and was included in the first-team team in the 2013–14 season, [ 8 ] though did not make an appearance. He made his debut in August 2014, coming on as a stand-in in a 2–1 League Cup get the better of to Cardiff City. [ 9 ] Maddison made his league debut, again as a alternate, in a 3–1 base loss against Bristol City and his first league start in the following game, against Oldham Athletic. He scored his first league goal in the game, with a free-kick in the first-half, as the Sky Blues lost the game 4–1. [ citation needed ] In November 2014, Maddison signed his first gear professional contract, lasting three and a half years, [ 10 ] but missed much of the respite of the 2014–15 season after being sent off during a Boxing Day defeat to Doncaster Rovers and then picking up a back injury. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

Norwich City [edit ]

Maddison signed for Premier League club Norwich City on 1 February 2016 on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed tip, but was immediately loaned back to Coventry City for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. [ 13 ] On 31 August 2016, Maddison was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen for the first gear character of the 2016–17 season. [ 14 ] He made his debut as a ersatz against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, then started and scored in the next catch in a 3–1 winnings against Dundee. [ 15 ] He followed this with a last-minute winner against Rangers on 25 September 2016. [ 16 ] After returning from his loanword spell at Aberdeen, Maddison made his long-awaited league introduction for Norwich on 17 April 2017, coming on as a stand-in in the moment half and score in a 3–1 acquire against Preston North End at Deepdale. Maddison signed a new four-year condense in June 2017. [ 17 ] With the arrival of newly passenger car Daniel Farke, Maddison was given regular starts in the team during the 2017–18 season and was named Norwich City ‘s Player of the Season at the goal of the crusade, [ 18 ] american samoa well as receiving a nomination for the EFL Championship Young Player of the Season award. [ 19 ]

Leicester City [edit ]

Maddison signed for Premier League golf club Leicester City on 20 June 2018, on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee thought to be around £20 million. [ 20 ] He scored his first finish in the Premier League on 18 August in a 2–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. [ 21 ] He subsequently followed up his impressive start for the baseball club with back-to-back Premier League goals, from set-pieces, against AFC Bournemouth and Huddersfield Town, respectively. [ 22 ] On 29 July 2020, it was reported that he agreed a new four-year consider with Leicester City. [ 23 ]

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On 27 September 2020, Maddison scored a curler outside the box in a 5–2 succeed against Manchester City in the league which was former voted as Premier League Goal of the Month. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] On 11 April 2021, Maddison was one of three players dropped from Leicester ‘s police squad for the game against West Ham United after breaching COVID-19 protocols. [ 26 ]

International career [edit ]

Maddison was included in an England under-21 squad in March 2016, [ 27 ] but was unable to play due to injury. [ 28 ] He received his beginning call-up to the England under-21 team in November 2017, [ 27 ] and made his debut against Ukraine in a 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship modifier. [ 29 ] He received his first gear call-up to the aged team in October 2018 for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain. [ 30 ] On 27 May 2019, Maddison was included in England ‘s 23-man squad for the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship [ 31 ] and scored his first gear goal for his area during a 3–3 draw with Croatia at the San Marino Stadium on 24 June 2019. [ 32 ] Maddison withdrew from the elder police squad in October 2019 due to illness. [ 33 ] He was late seen visiting a casino, although his impart was defended by clubhouse coach Brendan Rodgers. [ 34 ] Maddison received his first ceiling for England on 14 November 2019 when he came on for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 56th minute of a 7–0 win over Montenegro in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. [ 35 ]

personal life [edit ]

Maddison and his partner, Kennedy Alexa, welcomed their son Leo in July 2021. [ 36 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 1 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2019[46]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2019
1
0

Total
1
0

Honours [edit ]

Leicester City
Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Leicester City F.C. website
  • Profile at the Football Association website