Conor Coady

He scored the only goal on 13 March in a win at Everton that constituted Wolves's 1,000th win in top-flight football (over 67 seasons dating back to 1888) and also sealed their first league double over that opponent since 1972–73.

On 8 August 2022, Coady signed for Premier League club Everton on a season-long loan with an option to buy.

Conor David Coady (born 25 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Leicester City and the England national team.

Coady is a product of the Liverpool Youth Academy after joining the club in 2005.

Coady represented England at youth level, being named in the team of the tournament as England won the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and captaining the England under-20 team at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

During the 2010–11 season, Coady was on the fringes of the first team, making the substitutes' bench twice but failed to make a first-team appearance.

Coady played every Reserve League and NextGen Series match during the 2011–12 season, scoring five goals.

Despite being named in the senior squad list and being called up to the senior squad occasionally from 2009, he did not make his senior debut until 8 November 2012 in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Anzhi Makhachkala.

After Andre Wisdom's promotion as a full-time senior squad member, Conor Coady was installed as full-time captain of the Under-21 squad and on 12 May 2013 he made his Premier League debut in a 3–1 win at Fulham.

Coady agreed a six-month loan with League One club Sheffield United on 22 July 2013, later stating that he had turned down the chance to go on Liverpool's pre-season tour of Australia and the Far East in order to join up with his new club.

Coady made his debut for the Blades in the opening fixture of the following season, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 home victory over Notts County, and made his first start for the club in the following game, a League Cup first round defeat to League Two club Burton Albion.

Coady scored his first senior goal in a 1–1 draw at Leyton Orient on 30 November 2013.

Having been in and out of the team during the first half of the season, Coady began to cement a regular first-team place over the Christmas period, prompting United to extend his loan spell during the January transfer window, and once more in February to extend his stay until the end of the season.

Coady played regularly for the Blades for the remainder of the season, including playing on the losing side in the 5-3 loss to Hull City in the FA Cup semi-final and returned to Anfield having played 50 games and scored six goals.

Coady came through the academy system at Liverpool and made two appearances for the first team before spending a season on loan at Sheffield United and then moving to Huddersfield Town on a permanent transfer in 2014.

On 6 August 2014, Coady signed for Championship club Huddersfield Town on a three-year contract for a fee believed to be around £500,000.

He made his debut as a substitute in the 4–0 defeat by AFC Bournemouth on 9 August.

On 1 October, he scored his first goal for the club against Wolverhampton Wanderers where Town won 3–1 at Molineux Stadium.

He again found the net, this time in a 2–2 draw against Rotherham United.

On 3 July 2015, Coady signed for Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £2 million.

His first home goal in the league was the following 15 January, on his 298th appearance for the club, in a 3–1 victory over Southampton.

On 5 February 2022, he made his 300th competitive appearance for Wolves against Norwich City at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

He scored his first goal for Wolves in a 2–1 EFL Cup first round win against Crawley Town on 9 August 2016.

A year later he signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers for £2 million and played over 300 games for the club, winning the Championship in the 2017–18 season.

In 2022–23, he was sent on loan to Everton, before joining Leicester City in 2023.

Under new head coach Nuno Espírito Santo, Coady moved to the centre of a three-man defence for Wolves from the 2017–18 season onward, where he spent much of the season as club captain, and was full-time captain with the club's return to the Premier League from the 2018–19 season.

In September 2017 he signed a new four-year contract.

On 21 April 2018, during his 120th league appearance for Wolves, he scored a 66th-minute penalty in a 4–0 win against Bolton Wanderers to record his first league goal for the club, as Wolves sealed the Championship title.

He was an ever-present player for Wolves in both the 2018–19 and 2019–20 Premier League seasons as they achieved consecutive seventh-place finishes.

On 15 February 2019, Coady signed a new contract lasting to June 2023.

He also played every minute of Wolves' Europa League campaign in 2019–20 as they reached the quarter-finals.

At the end of the competition, he was named in UEFA's Squad of the Season.

He made his debut for the senior team in 2020 and was part of the squad that came runners-up at UEFA Euro 2020.

Coady was born in St Helens, Merseyside, and grew up in nearby Haydock.

He is of Irish descent through a grandparent.

He attended Bleak Hill Primary School, Windle and Rainford High Technology College.

He grew up supporting Liverpool

On 30 September 2020, three weeks after Coady won his first full England cap, he signed a new five-year deal with the club, keeping him at Wolves until 2025.

In late November, he missed the game against Southampton as he had been in contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19; this broke an 84-game streak of playing every minute (7,560 in total), third-best for outfield players in the history of the Premier League.

Coady scored his first-ever Premier League goal, a header, in a 4–1 away defeat to Manchester City on 2 March 2021.