Players - Jordon Ibe

Jordon Ibe
Birthdate: 8 December 1995
Birthplace: Bermondsey, England
Other clubs: Wycombe Wanderers, Birmingham City (loan, 2014), Derby County (loan, 2014-15), Bournemouth (2016-20), Derby County (2020-21), Adanaspor (2022), Ebbsfleet (2023-)
Signed from: Wycombe Wanderers
Signed for LFC: 20.12.2011
Liverpool debut: 19.05.2013
Last appearance: 15.05.2016
Debut goal: 05.11.2015
Last goal: 15.05.2016
Contract expiry: 14.07.2016
Win ratio: 48.28% W:28 D:15 L:15
Games/assists ratio: 9.67
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 5 / 0
League games / goals / assists: 41 / 1 / 3
Total games / goals / assists: 58 / 4 / 6

Player Profile

Born in South London, Ibe was released by Charlton Athletic at the age of twelve and joined Wycombe Wanderers in 2007, making his first team debut aged just 15 years and 244 days against Colchester in a League Cup tie in August 2011. Two months later he scored his first and only goal for the club against Sheffield Wednesday,later showing video footage of it to friends during GCSE lessons in school. He had made just seven league appearances when Liverpool swooped in December, signing him for an undisclosed fee two weeks after his sixteenth birthday.

After making good progress with the under 18 and 21 squads, he was handed a first team debut on the last day of the season, setting up Philippe Coutinho for the only goal of the game. The following season he started the League Cup 2nd round tie against Notts County but he had to be patient for his next league chance. After nine games in which he was an unused substitute, he finally got on for the last fifteen minutes against Arsenal in February, when Liverpool were already 5-1 up. Ibe was then loaned to Championship side Birmingham City for the rest of the season, having a hand in a stoppage time goal in the last game which ensured the club avoided relegation.

Ibe was loaned to Derby County for 2014/15 to continue his development, but he made such an impact there that Brendan Rodgers exercised the option to recall him to Anfield in January. He had scored five goals in twenty appearances for Derby and it may not have been a coincidence that when he left they were second in the table but by the end of the season failed to make the play-offs. After two unused substitute appearances, Rodgers surprised everyone by handing Ibe a role at right wing back for the derby against Everton at Goodison Park. A dull game was briefly livened by a shot from Ibe that struck the bar and he remained a regular in the side for the rest of the month until injury struck. In April he was recovered and back in contention, starting four more games before the end of the season. In contrast to the Raheem Sterling contract situation, Ibe's new deal was resolved smoothly and he signed a new deal that was negotiated by his parents four days the season ended.

Ibe did not make as much progress as would have been hoped in the 2015/16 season. He failed to capitalise on the opportunity provided by Sterling's departure and often went missing in games. 21 of his 41 appearances came from the bench and he did get some crucial goals, the winner at Stoke in the League Cup semi-final first leg and a winning goal in Kazan in the Europa League. However, when Bournemouth tabled a £15 million bid in July 2016 Ibe was given permission to speak with them and he left for the Dorset coast on 14 July. Liverpool negotiated both buy-back and sell-on clauses in the deal for Ibe. He was a regular for the first three months of the season but lacked consistency, leading to his appearances being more sporadic. In 2017/18, Ibe scored twice in 32 league appearances. However, he was either a substitute or substituted in 23 of these, completing ninety minutes just nine times. 2018/19 was another stop start season with nine starts in the league and a further ten substitute appearances.

In 2019/20 that turned out to be his final campaign at the Vitality Stadium, Ibe played just four matches in all competitions and failed to score a single goal. He was in the news for the wrong reasons too when in January 2020 when he was banned from driving for sixteen months and fined £7,500 after being convicted for careless driving and failing to stop after an accident when he crashed his Bentley into a coffee shop. Ibe was released by Bournemouth at the end of the season and joined Derby County on a two-year deal in September 2020. After just one brief substitute appearance all season his contract was terminated by mutual consent in the summer of 2021. He then suffered a setback when he broke a leg whilst training and spoke about his battle with depression. In January 2022 he agreed to join Turkish second tier side Adanaspor agreeing a three and a half year deal. However for the remainder of that season he made just two matchday squads in which he was an unused substitute. His contract terminated, he failed to find a club in the first transfer window of 2022/23. After a year out of the game he joined Ebbsfleet of the National League in October 2023.

Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 41 3 6 8 0 58
2012-2013 1 0 0 0 0 1
2013-2014 1 0 1 0 0 2
2014-2015 12 0 0 2 0 14
2015-2016 27 3 5 6 0 41
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
5 311 West Ham United
4 208 Stoke City
3 237 Bournemouth
3 158 WBA
3 131 Arsenal
3 113 Southampton
3 94 Tottenham
2 180 Bordeaux
2 170 Swansea City
2 166 Besiktas
2 152 Crystal Palace
2 132 Newcastle United
2 107 Watford
2 99 Everton
2 86 QPR
2 52 Sunderland
2 40 Manchester United
2 34 Chelsea
2 25 Manchester City
1 120 Notts County
1 90 Sion
1 90 Rubin
1 78 Exeter City
1 65 Hull City
1 58 Norwich City
1 44 Villarreal
1 35 Carlisle United
1 10 Augsburg
1 5 Aston Villa
Total Started/substitutions
31 Started
23 On the bench
27 Substitute
19 Substituted
Total Venue
29 Away
29 Home
Total Competition
41 Premier League
8 Europa League
6 League Cup
3 FA Cup
Total W D L Win % Manager
33 15 9 9 45.5% Jürgen Klopp
25 13 6 6 52% Brendan Rodgers
Goals per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 1 0 2 1 0 4
2012-2013 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013-2014 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014-2015 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015-2016 1 0 2 1 0 4
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Total Opponent
1 Stoke City
1 Southampton
1 WBA
1 Rubin
Total Started/substitutions
2 Started
2 Substitute
Total Competition
2 League Cup
1 Premier League
1 Europa League
Total Goal minute period
1 16-30 minutes
1 31-45 minutes
1 46-60 minutes
1 61-75 minutes
Total Goal origin
4 Open play
Assists per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 3 1 2 0 0 6
2012-2013 1 0 0 0 0 1
2013-2014 0 0 1 0 0 1
2014-2015 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015-2016 2 1 1 0 0 4
A more detailed look at the player's assists
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 19.05.2013 QPR Anfield League
50 18.02.2016 Augsburg WWK Arena Europe
Milestone Goals
# Minute Date Against Stadium Competition
1 52 05.11.2015 Rubin Kazan Arena Europe
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Article published on Liverpoolfc.com on 27th August 2013.

Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Wycombe 2011-2012 League One 7 1 11 1
Birmingham City 2013-2014 Championship 11 1 11 1
Derby 2014-2015 Championship 20 5 24 5
Bournemouth 2016-2017 Premier League 25 0 26 0
Bournemouth 2017-2018 Premier League 32 2 38 2
Bournemouth 2018-2019 Premier League 19 1 24 3
Bournemouth 2019-2020 Premier League 2 0 4 0
Derby 2020-2021 Championship 1 0 1 0
Total 117 10 139 12