16 - CONOR COADY (Wolves MIDFIELDER)

16 - CONOR COADY
MIDFIELDER
Nationality: English
DOB: 25/02/1993
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Weight: 11st 11lbs (75 kg)

Conor Coady put pen to paper on a three-year contract – with a further year’s option in Wolves’ favour – after joining the club from Huddersfield Town in the summer of 2015. 

Coady, who came through the ranks at Liverpool, had enjoyed an impressive 2014/15 season with the Terriers, making 48 appearances, scoring 3 goals. 

One of those, his first for the club, was a spectacular long-range strike which came in the 3-1 win at Molineux in October, 2014. 

Coady will be less pleased to recall the own goal notched when the two clubs met again and Wolves won 4-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium 4 months later. 

The affable midfielder also came up against Wolves the previous season during a loan spell with Sheffield United during which he made 50 appearances and scored 6 goals. 

Coady joined Liverpool’s Academy as a 12-year-old coming through to become captain of the club’s Under-21s and twice appearing on the bench in the Barclays Premier League as a teenager during the 2010/11 season. 

He eventually made his senior Liverpool debut in November 2012 in a Europa League game at Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala, with his Premier League debut, and second and final senior appearance for the Reds, soon following in a 3-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage in May 2013. 

Coady has enjoyed plenty of international recognition through the England junior ranks. 

Capped all the way through from Under-16 to Under-20 level, one particular highlight came in the Under-17 European Championships in 2010, where Coady captained an England squad including Benik Afobe to victory, defeating Spain in the final.