{{short description|English association football player (born 2005)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Jaden Mears |fullname = Jaden Jamil Mears<ref>{{cite web |title=CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf |website=English Football League |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> |birth_place = England |height = |image = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|5|1|df=y}} |position = Right-back |currentclub = Stoke City |clubnumber = 57 |youthyears1 = 2012–2018 |youthclubs1 = Everton |youthyears2 = 2018–2025 |youthclubs2 = Stoke City |years1 = 2025– |clubs1 = Stoke City |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |club-update = 21:48, 12 August 2025 (UTC) }} '''Jaden Jamil Mears''' (born 1 May 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{English football updater|StokeCty}} club Stoke City.
==Club career== Mears began his career with Stoke City progressing through the club's academy from under-12 level, making his professional debut on 12 August 2025 in a EFL Cup victory against Walsall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke 0–0 Walsall |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c05e7v151pyt |website=BBC Sport |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> In November 2025, Mears signed a new contract with Stoke until the summer of 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaden Mears pens new Potters’ contract |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/november/18/jaden-mears-pens-new-potters--contract/ |website=Stoke City |access-date=18 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke City confirm new contract for defender |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-contract-jaden-mears-10651160 |website=Stoke Sentinel |access-date=18 November 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== His father, Tyrone Mears, is a former professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Four full debuts as Stoke City take on Walsall in Carabao Cup |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-walsall-team-news-10420314 |website=Stoke Sentinel |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 26 August 2025}}
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==References== {{reflist}} {{Stoke City F.C. squad}}
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