Isaac Hayden

Isaac Scott Hayden (born 22 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United.

Isaac Hayden
Hayden with Arsenal in 2013
Personal information
Full name Isaac Scott Hayden[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
 Standard Liège
(on loan from Newcastle United)
Number 11
Youth career
Brentwood Boys FC
2004–2008 Southend United
2008–2013 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Arsenal 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Hull City (loan) 18 (1)
2016– Newcastle United 151 (6)
2022–2023 → Norwich City (loan) 14 (0)
2023– → Standard Liège (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2010–2011 England U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 England U17 9 (1)
2012 England U18 1 (0)
2013–2014 England U19 5 (0)
2014–2015 England U20 5 (0)
2016 England U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:32, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Hayden is a product of Arsenal's youth academy. A versatile player, he can also play as a centre-back or full-back.

Early life

Hayden was born in Chelmsford, Essex and played for Southend United until he was 13 years old,[3][4] when he moved to London to join Arsenal's Academy.[3][4]

Club career

Arsenal

Hayden made his full debut for Arsenal in the third round of the League Cup in September 2013 against West Bromwich Albion. He started the away match playing in midfield and was substituted after 84 minutes for Kristoffer Olsson. Arsenal eventually won the game on penalties at The Hawthorns.[5] On 23 September 2014, Hayden made a second appearance for Arsenal, playing at centre back in another League Cup third-round game, a 1–2 home defeat against Southampton in September 2014.[6]

Hull City (loan)

On 31 July 2015, Hayden joined Hull City on a season-long loan to gain first team experience.[7] Hayden made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2015–16 season in a 2–0 home win to Huddersfield Town.[8] Hayden opened his account when he scored the final goal for Hull in the 6–0 defeat of Charlton Athletic on 16 January 2016.[9]

Newcastle United
Hayden playing for Newcastle United in 2021

On 11 July 2016, Hayden signed for Newcastle United on a five-year contract.[10] Hayden scored his first goal for Newcastle in a 4–1 win over Reading on 17 August 2016.[11] Hayden went on to win the 2016–17 Championship with Newcastle in May 2017.[12]

Following promotion Hayden secured a place in the Newcastle team under the management of Rafael Benítez as a defensive midfielder. Following the departure of Benitez in 2019, Steve Bruce continued to play Hayden as a midfielder and at right back. Hayden scored the winning goal in a 2020 mid-season 1–0 win against Chelsea with a header in stoppage time.[13]

After suffering a long-term injury in December 2021, Hayden was not named in the Newcastle United 25-man Premier League squad for the second half of the 2021–22 season.[14][15]

On 14 March 2022, Hayden was fined £19,000 by The Football Association after complaining on Twitter about referee David Coote's performance following Newcastle's 1–0 defeat at Chelsea.[16]

Norwich City (loan)

On 7 June 2022, Hayden joined Championship club Norwich City on a season-long loan.[17] On 26 May 2023, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said Hayden had no future at the club and would be moved on.[18]

Standard Liège (loan)

On 5 September 2023, Hayden joined Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège on a season-long loan deal.[19][20]

International career

Hayden was born in England to an English mother and Jamaican father, and is eligible to represent both national teams.[21] Hayden has represented England at the under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels of football.[22][23]

Hayden declared his ambition to play for England at senior level in September 2019,[24] but changed track in March 2021, when he personally contacted the Jamaican Football Federation to express his interest in playing for the Jamaica team.[25] This came at a time when the Jamaican Football Federation announced its intention to target call-ups for up a number of English players with Jamaican heritage, in order to improve the national team's chances of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.[25]

Style of play

Arsène Wenger has described Hayden as a player whose key assets are concentration, intelligence and strength. Equally comfortable at centre-back or in central midfield, whilst having also previously featured at right-back and as a playmaker.[26]

Personal life

Hayden is married to Lauren Hayden.[27] Their daughter Adriana was born in 2017.[28]

Career statistics
As of match played 29 April 2023[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2013–14 Premier League 00001010
2014–15 Premier League 00001010
Total 00002020
Hull City (loan) 2015–16 Championship 1812040241
Newcastle United 2016–17 Championship 3323020382
2017–18 Premier League 2612010291
2018–19 Premier League 2513000281
2019–20 Premier League 2915010351
2020–21 Premier League 2401021271
2021–22 Premier League 1410000141
2022–23 Premier League 00000000
Total 1516140611717
Norwich City (loan) 2022–23 Championship 1400000140
Standard Liège (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 18371601212118

Honours

Newcastle United

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Player Profile Isaac Hayden". Premier League. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014.
  3. "Newcastle new boy Isaac Hayden heads back to his roots". Echo-News.co.uk. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "Hayden grateful to shrimpers". NUFC.co.uk. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. "West Brom 1–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. "Arsenal 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. "Hayden Arrives On Loan". Hull City AFC. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  8. "Hull 2–0 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  9. "Hull 6–0 Charlton". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  10. "United Complete Hayden Signing". Newcastle United F.C. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  11. "Newcastle 4–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. "Newcastle's Isaac Hayden on why he always believed there'd be a Championship title-race 'twist'". Chronicle Live.co.uk. 12 May 2017.
  13. Park, Louise Taylor at St James' (18 January 2020). "Isaac Hayden breaks Chelsea hearts with late winner for Newcastle". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  14. Starforth, Miles (30 December 2021). "Newcastle United rocked by new injury blow as Isaac Hayden undergoes surgery". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  15. "United name 25-man squad for second half of the season". www.nufc.co.uk. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  16. "Newcastle star Isaac Hayden facing FA sanction after incredible referee rant". Teamtalk.com. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  17. Southwell, Connor (7 June 2022). "Isaac Hayden signs for Norwich City". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  18. Stokes, Aaron (26 May 2023). "Howe confirms Hayden and Hendrick plans as duo return to Newcastle". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  19. "Hayden joins Standard Liège on loan". www.nufc.co.uk. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  20. "Isaac Hayden rejoint les Rouches" [Isaac Hayden joins the Rouches] (in French). Standard de Liège. 5 September 2023.
  21. Waugh, Chris (11 July 2016). "Isaac Hayden profile: All you need to know about Newcastle's latest signing". mirror.
  22. "All about Isaac Hayden". Chronicle Live.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  23. "Isaac Hayden impresses in England's U21s win". Chronicle Live.co.uk. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  24. "Isaac Hayden admits ambition to play for England but knows the obstacles in his way".
  25. "Newcastle United midfielder Isaac Hayden has expressed his desire to play for Jamaica".
  26. Group, Arsenal Media (13 July 2013). "Wenger – Why I have selected Hayden". arsenal.com.
  27. "Isaac Hayden posts emotional message to Newcastle United fans but then deletes it". TheMag.co.uk. 13 May 2019. "They come and see me quite regularly, but I want to be in a place for my daughter to settle down and have a happy home environment and not be moving around too much. Lauren has done an awful lot for me and given up a lot to have a child, especially in the situation we [were in]. Looking back, I don't know how she did it. She deserves to be in a position where she's happy, where's she's closer to her family and closer to the hospital."
  28. Tom Easterby (7 April 2019). "Big interview: Isaac Hayden". NUFC. Retrieved 7 April 2019. "When I look back, it was bonkers what I was doing," he says, thinking of his preparations for a game at Arsenal in December 2017. His daughter, Adriana, had been born six weeks premature and was with her mother Lauren in London's Portland Hospital, waiting to be brought home.
  29. Isaac Hayden at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  30. Anderson, John, ed. (2017). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2017–2018. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 254–255. ISBN 978-1-4722-3397-4.
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