{{Short description|English footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jaden Philogene | image = Jaden Philogene.jpg | upright = | caption = Philogene with Ipswich Town in 2025 | full_name = Jaden Richard Philogene-Bidace | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|2|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Hammersmith, Greater London, England | height = {{convert|1.81|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/64519/Jaden-Philogene/overview |title=Jaden Philogene: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> | position = Winger<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/players/jadenphilogene-bidace |title=Jaden Philogene |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> | currentclub = Ipswich Town | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = 2018–2021 | youthclubs1 = Aston Villa | years1 = 2021–2023 | clubs1 = Aston Villa | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = → Stoke City (loan) | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2022–2023 | clubs3 = → Cardiff City (loan) | caps3 = 37 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Hull City | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = Aston Villa | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Ipswich Town | caps6 = 46 | goals6 = 14 | nationalyears1 = 2021 | nationalteam1 = England U20<!-- per http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU20pg2.html --> | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2023–2025 | nationalteam2 = England U21<!-- per http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg5.html --> | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | club-update = 03:09, 3 May 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 21:43, 24 March 2025 (UTC) }} '''Jaden Richard Philogene-Bidace''' (born 8 February 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for {{English football updater|IpswichT}} club Ipswich Town. He is a graduate of the Aston Villa Academy and has represented England at youth level.
==Early life== Jaden Richard Philogene-Bidace<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/4243590 |title=2024/25 Updated Premier League squad lists |publisher=Premier League |date=7 February 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref> was born on 8 February 2002 in Hammersmith, Greater London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/jaden-philogene-bidace-266446/ |title=Jaden Philogene |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> He attended Uxbridge High School, where he was regularly named best footballer.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Dicken|first=Alex|date=7 March 2020|title=Everything you need to know about Jaden Philogene-Bidace|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jaden-philogene-bidace-aston-villa-15753936|access-date=19 May 2021|website=BirminghamLive}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Aston Villa=== ====Early career==== Philogene was signed by the Aston Villa academy from the Pro:Direct Academy in London in January 2018. He spent time on trial at a number of clubs in the English Football League, reportedly including Brentford, before settling at Villa.<ref name=":0"/>
After impressing for the Under-23 squad, and reportedly attracting the interest of Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ireland|first=Shane|date=2 March 2021|title=Aston Villa reach contract agreement with Jaden Philogene-Bidace|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jaden-philogene-bidace-aston-villa-19951676|access-date=19 May 2021|website=BirminghamLive}}</ref> Philogene signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa.<ref>{{cite web|last=Evans|first=Gregg|title=Aston Villa youngster Jaden Philogene-Bidace signs contract until 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4223331/2021/02/23/aston-villa-youngster-jaden-philogene-bidace-signs-contract-until-2024/|access-date=19 May 2021|website=The Athletic |date=3 March 2021 }}</ref>
On 19 May 2021, Philogene was given his first-team debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 away victory for Aston Villa against Tottenham Hotspur.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tottenham 1–2 Aston Villa: Sloppy Spurs beaten on fans' return to leave European hopes under threat|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/tottenham-hotspur-vs-aston-villa/report/429205|access-date=19 May 2021|website=Sky Sports}}</ref>
====Loans==== On 21 January 2022, Philogene joined Championship club Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2022/january/21/philogene-bidace-makes-it-four/|title=Philogene-Bidace makes it four|publisher=Stoke City F.C. |date=21 January 2022|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> The following day, Philogene made his Championship debut as a late substitute in a 3–2 home defeat to Fulham.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fulham win five-goal thriller at Stoke|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60005547|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref> Philogene played 11 times for Stoke, scoring once in a 3–0 win against Swansea City on 8 February 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60210014|title=Stoke 3–0 Swansea|work=BBC Sport |date=8 February 2022 |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref>
On 26 July 2022, Philogene joined Championship club Cardiff City on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaden Philogene joins the Bluebirds on loan |url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/jaden-philogene-joins-bluebirds-loan |publisher=Cardiff City F.C. |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Glen |date=28 July 2022 |title=Philogene has everything in his locker to set Championship alight at Cardiff |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villas-jaden-philogene-everything-24597046 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=WalesOnline }}</ref> He made his debut for Cardiff on 6 August 2022, as a late substitute in a league defeat to Reading.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 August 2022 |title=Reading come from behind to beat Cardiff |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62356961 |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref> Philogene scored his first goal for Cardiff on 13 August, the deciding goal in a 1–0 victory over Aston Villa's bitter rivals Birmingham City.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=13 August 2022 |title=On-loan Jaden Philogene scores the winner as dominant Cardiff take narrow win |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/news/on-loan-jaden-philogene-scores-the-winner-as-dominant-cardiff-take-narrow-win-1660397899000 |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=FourFourTwo }}</ref>
===Hull City=== On 1 September 2023, Philogene signed for Championship club Hull City for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=1 September 2023 |title=Jaden Philogene completes move to Hull City |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/01/jaden-philogene-departs/ |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> He made his debut on 15 September in a 1–1 home draw with Coventry City.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66748130 | title = Hull City 1–1 Coventry City | date = 15 September 2023 | work = BBC Sport | access-date = 15 September 2023}}</ref> In November 2023, Philogene was named Hull City's Player of the Month for October.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=Philogene wins McVitie's October Player of the Month! |url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2023/november/14/philogene-wins-mcvitie-s-october-player-of-the-month-/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Hull City A.F.C.}}</ref>
On 13 February 2024, Philogene scored the equalising goal in Hull City's 2–1 win at Rotherham United, which was later nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Barry |date=16 February 2024 |title=Gary Lineker and Micah Richards discuss Jaden Philogene's Puskas award contender |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gary-lineker-micah-richards-discuss-9106071 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Hull Live }}</ref> In the goal, Philogene nutmegged the opposition defender before putting the ball in the back of the net with a Rabona.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vurley |first=Callum |date=13 February 2024 |title=Hull City star given credit for 'goal of the century' as EFL overturn decision |url=https://talksport.com/football/1748755/jaden-philogene-rabona-goal-hull-city/ |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=talkSPORT }}</ref> While initially recorded as an own goal due to a slight deflection before the ball crossed into the net,<ref>{{cite web |date=14 February 2024 |title=VIDEO: Jaden Philogene scores one of the best goals EVER – but outrageous nutmeg & rabona lob for Hull City will never be credited to him for cruel reason {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/lists/video-jaden-philogene-scores-best-goals-ever-rabona-lob-hull-city-cruel-reason/blt7c004f7d92edcc7f |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=www.goal.com }}</ref> the English Football League eventually credited Philogene with the goal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaden Philogene goal: Hull player scores after nutmeg and Rabona |url=https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/13071141/nutmeg-rabona-is-there-anything-jaden-hulls-philogene-cant-do |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=SkySports }}</ref>
=== Return to Aston Villa === On 19 July 2024, Philogene rejoined Aston Villa on a five-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=19 July 2024 |title=Aston Villa announce Jaden Philogene signing |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/july/19/villa-confirm-philogene-signing/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Aston Villa Football Club}}</ref> Hull City had agreed an £18 million transfer fee with Ipswich Town earlier in the summer which prompted Aston Villa to enact a clause in the original transfer agreement with Hull City that allowed them to match the fee. However, because of a 30% sell-on clause that was also in place, the fee that Aston Villa paid Hull City was closer to £13 million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Townley |first=John |date=19 July 2024 |title=Aston Villa complete Jaden Philogene transfer |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/breaking-aston-villa-announce-18m-29518759 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Birmingham Live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=19 July 2024 |title=Aston Villa sign Jaden Philogene from Hull City |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce586ek0nmyo |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=BBC Sport }}</ref> On 17 August, he made his debut for the club, as a substitute, in a 2–1 win against West Ham United in the league.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 August 2024 |title=Aston Villa got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start with a hard-fought victory against West Ham United |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/august/17/west-ham-united---aston-villa/ |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
On 2 October 2024, Philogene made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–0 victory over Bayern Munich.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.astonvillanews.co.uk/2024/10/04/jaden-philogene-wows-in-surprise-aston-villa-start-against-bayern-munich/ |title=Jaden Philogene wows in surprise Aston Villa start against Bayern Munich |publisher=Aston Villa News |date=4 October 2024 }}</ref> Later that month, on 19 October, he received his first red card in a 3–1 victory away at Fulham, after receiving a second yellow card in the final minutes of injury time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fulham vs Aston Villa: Premier League |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cp39rg9vpg5t |access-date=19 October 2024 |website=BBC Sport }}</ref>
=== Ipswich Town === On 15 January 2025, Philogene signed for fellow Premier League club Ipswich Town for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £20 million, plus add-ons.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 January 2025 |title=Town confirm second January signing as Jaden Philogene joins from Aston Villa |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/24845119.ipswich-town-confirm-permanent-deal-aston-villas-jaden-philogene/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=East Anglian Daily Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=15 January 2025 |title=TOWN SIGN JADEN PHILOGENE |url=https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2025/january/15/Ipswich-Town-complete-Jaden-Philogene-signing/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=Ipswich Town FC }}</ref> On 26 February, he netted his first goals for the club in a 3–2 away defeat against Manchester United.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cr42lr7nn4gt |title=Manchester United 3–2 Ipswich Town |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 February 2025 }}</ref> Later that year, on 12 September, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory over Sheffield United.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/12/ipswich-sheffield-united-championship-match-report |title=Philogene fires hat-trick in Ipswich's rout of rock-bottom Sheffield United |work=The Guardian |date=12 September 2025 }}</ref>
==International career== Born in England, Philogene is of Dominican descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voetbalnieuws.nl/nieuws/1185082/wie-is-jaden-philogene.html|title=Wie is Jaden Philogene, het vermeende Engelse transfertarget van Ajax?|website=VoetbalNieuws.nl|date=6 March 2024 |accessdate=23 July 2024}}</ref> In November 2020, Philogene was part of a training camp for the England national under-19 team, and played as a substitute in an unofficial match against Derby County U23s, in which he scored a hat-trick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU19pg3.html |title=Match Results Under 19: 2020–2030 |website=England Football Online |date=25 March 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref>
Philogene made his debut for the England under-20s on 6 September 2021 in a 6–1 victory over Romania at St George's Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six at SGP for MU20s|url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2021/Sep/06/20210609-england-mu20s-romania-match-report |publisher=The Football Association |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
On 12 October 2023, Philogene made his first appearance for the England under-21s, scoring twice against Serbia in a 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theguardian.com/football/2023/oct/12/england-serbia-euro-under-21-qualifying-group-f-match-report|title=England Under-21s hammer Serbia 9–1 as Jaden Philogene doubles up on debut |work=The Guardian |date=13 October 2023}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 2 May 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Aston Villa U21 |2019–20<ref>{{soccerbase season|125084|2019|access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| colspan="2" |—||1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}||0||1||0 |- |2020–21<ref name="sb2021"/> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| colspan="2" |—||1{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||1||0 |- |2021–22<ref name="sb2122"/> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||2||2||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—!! colspan="2" |—!!4!!2!!4!!2 |- |rowspan="4"|Aston Villa |2020–21<ref name="sb2021">{{soccerbase season|125084|2020|access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |Premier League |1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2021–22<ref name="sb2122">{{soccerbase season|125084|2021|access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |Premier League |1||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- |2023–24<ref name="sb2324"/> |Premier League |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !3!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!6!!0 |- |Stoke City (loan) |2021–22<ref name="sb2122"/> |Championship |11||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||1 |- |Cardiff City (loan) |2022–23<ref>{{soccerbase season|125084|2022|access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> |Championship |37||4||1||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||5 |- |Hull City |2023–24<ref name="sb2324">{{Soccerbase season|125084|2023|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> |Championship |32||12||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||12 |- |Aston Villa |2024–25<ref name="sb2425">{{Soccerbase season|125084|2024|access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref> |Premier League |11||0||0||0||1||0||3{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Ipswich Town |2024–25<ref name="sb2425"/> |Premier League |10||2||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||3 |- |2025–26<ref name="sb2526">{{Soccerbase season|125084|2025|access-date=2 May 2026}}</ref> |Championship |36||12||1||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !46!!14!!2!!2!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!48!!16 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !140!!31!!4!!3!!4!!0!!3!!0!!4!!2!!155!!36 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours==
'''Ipswich Town''' *EFL Championship runner-up: 2025–26<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2026/may/02/town-are-premier-league/|title=Town Are Premier League|publisher=Ipswich Town F.C.|date=2 May 2026|accessdate=19 May 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://www.avfc.co.uk/players/jadenphilogene-bidace/ Jaden Philogene] at Aston Villa * {{Premier League player}} * {{UEFA player}}
{{Ipswich Town F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Philogene, Jaden}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hammersmith Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Aston Villa F.C. players Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:Cardiff City F.C. players Category:Hull City A.F.C. players Category:Ipswich Town F.C. players Category:Premier League players Category:English Football League players Category:England men's youth international footballers Category:England men's under-21 international footballers Category:English people of Dominica descent Category:21st-century English sportsmen