Jarrad Branthwaite


Jarrad Paul Branthwaite is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Everton.

Club career

Carlisle United

Branthwaite was born on 27 June 2002 in Carlisle. He made his first senior team bench appearance on 16 March 2019 in a 1–1 draw away to Forest Green Rovers. He appeared on the bench for seven more consecutive League Two matches that season.
Branthwaite started the 2019–20 season with 13 consecutive bench appearances in League Two matches, as well as making the bench in Carlisle United's 3–0 win over Barnsley F.C. and 2–1 loss to Rochdale in the first and second rounds of the 2019–20 EFL Cup. On 19 October 2019, Branthwaite finally made his English Football League debut and started in a 2–0 League Two loss away to Plymouth Argyle, playing the full match and receiving a yellow card in the 40th minute. He scored his first professional goal for Carlisle when he scored in an EFL Trophy tie against Morecambe on 12 November 2019.

Everton

On 13 January 2020, having enjoyed a breakthrough campaign at Carlisle, Branthwaite signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Everton, keeping him at the club until the end of June 2022.
He made his debut for the club on 12 July 2020, coming on as a subtitute for Leighton Baines in a 3–0 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He made his home debut against Aston Villa on 16 July 2020, coming on as a substitute for the second straight game, this time for the injured Mason Holgate in the 16th minute.
Branthwaite started his first game for Everton F.C on 20th July against Sheffield United, in which he was named man of the match in a 1–0 win for Everton. He remained on the starting teamsheet for Everton's final game of the season, a 1–3 loss at home against AFC Bournemouth.

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