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Facts about Jack Grealish and his best performances

Jack Grealish has grown from a youngster to a professional footballer who is one of the best English talents as well as the Aston Villa captain right now. Here are some facts about Jack Grealish and his best performances.

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Last updated: 25.12.2020
Facts about Jack Grealish and his best performances

Jack Grealish is an English International who was born on September 10, 1995 in Birmingham, England. His primary position is the Attacking Midfield and he has also played in various roles, the Left Wing and even sometimes as a Right Winger. He currently plies his trade at Aston Villa and has been with the team since 2012, only going out on loan in 2013/14. He is a right footed player who stands at 1.80m. As for his stats, his total count stands at 42 goals and 53 assists out of 279 matches in his club career.


Grealish, a lifelong fanboy, joined Aston Villa at the age of six, after starting his career at Highgate United Youth. Grealish was also named as an unused substitute in a 4–2 home Premier League defeat against Chelsea on 31 March 2012. He also won the Next Gen series with Villa after beating Sporting CP.


On 13 September 2013, Grealish joined League One club Notts County on a small youth loan until 13 January 2014. On 7 December, he got a chance and scored his first career goal, beating three defenders to score the final goal in a 3–1 win over Gillingham at Meadow Lane, and followed this a week later by opening a 4–0 victory at Colchester United. Grealish extended his loan with Notts County on 17 January 2014 until the end of the season. He ended his loan with five goals and seven assists in 38 appearances.

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In the last few years, Jack Grealish has grown from a youngster to a professional footballer who is one of the best English talents as well as the Aston Villa captain right now. He is also eligible to represent either England or the Republic of Ireland internationally, due to his genealogy. Grealish was capped by the Republic of Ireland up to under-21 level before confirming his decision to play for England in April 2016. He played for the England under-21s for the first time in May 2016, winning the 2016 Toulon Tournament. He has started for the first team a total of 5 times till now.


Some facts about Grealish:

1) Jack Grealish has 3 siblings, Kevan (the brother), Holly and Kiera.

2) Jack Grealish was born into a football-loving family. Jack's parents were Aston Villa diehard fans even before he was born.

3)  Jack's great-great-grandfather, Billy Garraty, was a professional footballer, who even made one appearance for England and won the 1905 FA Cup Final with Aston Villa.


Some wonderful performances by Grealish:

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