Brandon Cover
Personal information
Full name Brandon Ashley Cover[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-25) 25 September 2003
Place of birth Colchester, England[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 58
Youth career
2010– Leicester City
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 Jamaica U23 3 (0)
2023– Jamaica 1 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Brandon Ashley Cover (born 25 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the English club Leicester City. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.

Club career

Cover is a youth product of the Leicester City's youth academy since the age of 7.[2] He was promoted to their U18s in 2020, and to their U21s and development side for the 2022–23 season.[4] On 10 June 2022, he signed a scholarship contract with Leicester City.[5] He signed a professional contract with the club on 2 October 2022.[6]

International career

Born in England, Cover is of Jamaican descent through his father.[7] He was called up to the Jamaica national team for a set of friendlies in June 2023.[8] He made his senior debut as a substitute with Jamaica in a 2–1 friendly loss to Jordan on 19 June 2023.[9] He was called up to the Jamaica U23s for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". www.premierleague.com.
  2. 1 2 "Interview with Brandon Cover | Leicester City F.C." – via www.youtube.com.
  3. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Brandon Cover (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. ↑ "Brandon Cover". www.lcfc.com.
  5. ↑ Blackwell, Jordan (10 June 2022). "Seven Leicester City prospects offered new contracts". LeicestershireLive.
  6. ↑ "New Deals For Leicester City Academy Stars". www.lcfc.com.
  7. ↑ "Leicester player in international debut also seeing former teammate now at Everton as Icelander makes special blend". 8 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Roberts Among Overseas Based Players In Reggae Boyz CAC Games Squad". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Pawley, Luke (26 June 2023). "Leicester City notebook as Cover makes debut and more Thai prospects jet in". LeicestershireLive.
  10. ↑ Bailey, Robert (3 July 2023). "U-22 Boyz eliminated from CAC Games". Jamaica Observer.


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