Vaughan with Birmingham City in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Oliver Vaughan | ||
Date of birth | 14 July 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bury | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2004 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2011 | Everton | 47 | (7) |
2009 | → Derby County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2010 | → Leicester City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2010 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 14 | (5) |
2011 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 16 | (4) |
2011–2013 | Norwich City | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 33 | (14) |
2013–2016 | Huddersfield Town | 53 | (17) |
2015–2016 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2016 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
2016– | Bury | 37 | (24) |
National team | |||
2004–2005 | England U17 | 6 | (2) |
2006–2007 | England U19 | 3 | (3) |
2007–2011 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC). |
James Oliver Vaughan (born 14 July 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Bury. He has represented England at U17, U19 and under 21 level, but has since expressed a desire to represent Jamaica at international level. He is the Premier League's youngest goalscorer.
Vaughan, who was born in Birmingham, signed as a professional footballer with Everton. He played for the club between 2005 and 2011, including loan spells at Derby County, Leicester City and Crystal Palace, before signing for Norwich in May 2011. He then had a loan spell at Huddersfield Town for the majority of the 2012–13 season, before signing permanent terms on 3 July 2013. He spent two-and-a-half seasons with Huddersfield before joining Birmingham City on loan. The move was made permanent at the end of the 2015–16 season, but his stay was brief, as he joined Bury in August 2016.
Born in Birmingham, Vaughan went to Hill West primary school and The Arthur Terry School in Four Oaks. He and was spotted by Everton's talent scouts at nine years of age while playing in his primary school's football team and joined the club's academy. He attended Chesterfield High School in Liverpool while at the academy. His father, property developer Dorrington Vaughan, played rugby union for Preston Grasshoppers.