Jamie Shackleton
Jamie Stuart Shackleton (born 8 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Sheffield United. A versatile player, Shackleton can play as a right-back, defensive midfielder, right midfielder or attacking midfielder. A graduate of the Leeds United academy, Shackleton was part of the Leeds United team which won the EFL Championship in 2019–20 to gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.
 Shackleton with Sheffield United in 2024. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jamie Stuart Shackleton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sheffield United | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Kippax Athletic | ||
| 2006–2018 | Leeds United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2024 | Leeds United | 79 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → Millwall (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| 2024– | Sheffield United | 15 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019–2020 | England U20 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Jamie Stuart Shackleton (born 8 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Sheffield United. A versatile player, Shackleton can play as a right-back, defensive midfielder, right midfielder or attacking midfielder.
A graduate of the Leeds United academy, Shackleton was part of the Leeds United team which won the EFL Championship in 2019–20 to gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Hemsworth,[3] Shackleton attended Lady Elizabeth Hastings Primary School and later St Wilfrid's Catholic High School in Featherstone.[4][5]
Club career
[edit]Leeds United
[edit]After playing youth football with Kippax Athletic, he joined Leeds United's youth academy aged seven and signed his first forms with the club aged nine.[6] He made his U23 debut at the start of the 2016–17 season.[citation needed] In October 2016, former academy director Neil Redfearn praised him as one of the most promising talents at the club, stating that: "I think he's a good footballer, he's got great feet. He's not the biggest, but he's very tenacious. He reads the game well."[6][7] In the summer of 2017, Shackleton signed a two-year professional contract with Leeds United.[8] On 8 May 2018, he was named in Leeds' first team squad by head coach Paul Heckingbottom for their post-season friendlies tour to Myanmar.[9] He made his first start for Leeds' first team in a pre-season friendly 1–1 draw against York City on 20 July 2018, under recently appointed Leeds' head coach Marcelo Bielsa.[10][11] During the pre-season, Shackleton played in a right-back position, as opposed to the central midfielder role he had typically occupied during his youth career.[6]
Shackleton was given the number 46 shirt for the 2018–19 season,[12] and his first call up to a first-team squad came on 11 August 2018, when he was named on the bench against Derby County;[13] he made his debut in the 4–1 win after coming on as a substitute.[13][14] On 13 August 2018, two days after his professional debut, Shackleton signed a three-year contract extension with Leeds United.[13][14] Shackleton made his first start for Leeds the following day in an EFL Cup match against Bolton Wanderers, which Leeds won 2–1, with Shackleton playing as a right-back.[15] He made his full league debut the following week, starting at right back away to Swansea City after replacing captain Liam Cooper who had been injured during warm-up; he assisted Kemar Roofe for Leeds United's first goal in a 2–2 draw.[16] As the season progressed, the majority of Shackleton's appearances would come as a substitute,[6] with 16 of his 19 league appearances during the regular season coming as a substitute,[3] including an appearance as an injury-time substitute against West Bromwich Albion on 1 March 2019 where he managed to assist Ezgjan Alioski for the final goal in a 4–0 win.[17] Leeds finished the regular season in third place after dropping out of the automatic promotion places with three games left after a defeat to 10 man Wigan Athletic on 19 April.[18][19] As a result of their third-place finish, Leeds qualified for the promotion play-offs with Shackleton coming on as a first-half substitute for the injured Adam Forshaw in the first leg of their semi-final against Derby County; a match which Leeds won 1–0.[6][20] With Forshaw still injured, Shackleton started the second leg as Leeds lost 4–2 as Derby progressed to the final against Aston Villa.[6][21] He was one of three players nominated for the club's Young Player Of The Season award for the 2018–19 season alongside Tyler Roberts and Jack Clarke, but lost out on the award with Jack Clarke receiving the award at the club's annual ceremony in April 2019.[22]
Despite being in Marcelo Bielsa's starting XI for much of the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Shackleton became the manager's late-game direct replacement for Pablo Hernández and, to a lesser extent, Mateusz Klich as the season wore on. Named in the starting team against Derby County in the penultimate game of the season on 19 July 2020, Shackleton scored his first league goal for the club at Pride Park in Leeds' 3–1 win, their first game after being confirmed champions of the Championship.[23] Within days he had netted his second goal — against Charlton Athletic (as a substitute for Hernández), which would prove to be Leeds' final goal scored in the 2019–20 campaign.[24] The 2019–20 season saw Leeds promoted to the Premier League after finishing top of the Championship on 93 points, 10 points clear of second-placed West Bromwich Albion.[25][26]
In August 2020, Shackleton signed a new four-year contract with Leeds.[27] Shackleton made his Premier League debut in the first match of the season against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 4–3 defeat at Anfield to the reigning champions.[28][29]
Loan to Millwall
[edit]On 19 July 2022, Shackleton joined Millwall on a season long loan from Leeds.[30]
Sheffield United
[edit]On 4 July 2024, Shackleton signed for newly relegated Championship club Sheffield United on a free transfer, after turning down a contract offer from Leeds.[31]
International career
[edit]Shackleton received his first call-up to the England U20 squad for the 2019 Toulon Tournament as a replacement for Aston Villa's Easah Suliman[32] and made his debut during the 3–2 defeat to Portugal on 4 June 2019.[33]
Style of play
[edit]Shackleton can play as a central midfielder or as a right-back and left-back.[4][6] Shackleton is known for his pace and high level fitness, with Joe Urquhart of the Yorkshire Evening Post writing that "his feet scarcely seem to touch the turf when he skims across it".[4]
Coaching career
[edit]In October 2018, Shackleton revealed he was going to undertake his UEFA B Licence in coaching despite being only 19 years of age.[34]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 22 October 2025[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leeds United | 2018–19 | Championship | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 2 | ||
| Millwall (loan) | 2022–23 | Championship | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Sheffield United | 2024-25 | Championship | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2025-26 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 129 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Championship play-offs
Honours
[edit]Leeds United
References
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- ^ a b "Jamie Shackleton". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Jamie Shackleton at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Smyth, Graham (9 October 2019). "Jamie Shackleton: Leeds United's Jesus bug is a speedster, a worker and a 'down to earth boy'". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Urquhart, Joe (1 August 2020). "How Kalvin Phillips and Jamie Shackleton are inspiring a generation of Leeds United supporters". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mewis, Joe (4 June 2019). "The story of Jamie Shackleton's breakthrough season - and what to expect next". LeedsLive. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Nightingale, Tom (8 October 2016). "Former Leeds United manager Neil Redfearn tips Jamie Shackleton as club's next big thing". HITC. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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- ^ a b "Jamie Shackleton rewarded for Leeds United debut with new contract". Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ Mewis, Joe (15 August 2018). "How United's six debutants fared against Bolton in League Cup win". LeedsLive. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "FULL TIME: Swansea City 2 Leeds United 2: Hernandez back to haunt Swans as Whites go top". Yorkshire Evening Post. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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- ^ Laurence, Martin (24 July 2020). "The winners and losers in the Championship this season". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Jamie Shackleton signs new Leeds deal to 2024". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (12 September 2020). "Salah hat-trick sinks Leeds in thriller". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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- ^ "Jamie Shackleton signs season-long loan at Millwall". Millwall FC. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Jamie Shackleton: Sheffield United sign former Leeds defender". BBC Sport. 4 July 2024. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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External links
[edit]- Jamie Shackleton at Soccerbase
