{{short description|Italy international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = Jake Maizen | fullname = Jake Steven Maizen | image = Jake Maizen.jpg | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Australia | height = {{convert|189|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|96|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | position = {{rlp|CE|FB|WG}} | club1 = {{nowrap|Sunshine Coast Falcons}} | year1start = 2021 | year1end = 22 | appearances1 = 20 | tries1 = 9 | goals1 = 0 | fieldgoals1 = 0 | points1 = 16 | club2 = {{nowrap|Halifax Panthers}} | year2start = 2022 | year2end = 23 | appearances2 = 21 | tries2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | fieldgoals2 = 0 | points2 = 32 | club3 = {{nowrap|Whitehaven R.L.F.C.}} | year3start = 2024 | year3end = | appearances3 = 4 | tries3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | fieldgoals3 = 0 | points3 = 12 | club4 = {{nowrap|Widnes Vikings}} | year4start = 2025 | year4end = | appearances4 = 9 | tries4 = 5 | goals4 = 0 | fieldgoals4 = 0 | points4 = 0 | teamA = {{rlnt|Italy}} | yearAstart = 2022 | yearAend = present | appearancesA = 3 | triesA = 4 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 16 | new = yes | source = <ref>[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jake-maizen/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> | updated = 9 May 2025 }}
'''Jake Maizen''' (born 4 January 1997) is an Italy international rugby league footballer who last played as a {{rlp|ce}} or {{rlp|wg}}er for the Widnes Vikings in the RFL Championship.
==Background== Maizen is of Italian descent.<ref>[https://www.zerotackle.com/players/jake-maizen/ Zero Tackle profile]</ref>
==Playing career== ===Club career=== Maizen previously played for the Central Queensland Capras in the Queensland Cup.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He played in six games, and scored four tries for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the 2022 Queensland Cup.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
===Whitehaven R.L.F.C.=== On 8 November 2023 it was reported that he had signed for Whitehaven R.L.F.C. in the RFL Championship on a one-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|website=Love Rugby League|date=8 Nov 2023|title=Italy World Cup ace makes Championship switch for 2024: 'I'm grateful for the opportunity'|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/italy-world-cup-ace-jake-maizen-makes-championship-whitehaven-switch-for-2024}}</ref>
===Widnes Vikings=== On 9 May 2025 it was reported that he had signed for Widnes Vikings in the RFL Championship on a 18-month deal.<ref>{{cite web|website=Love Rugby League|date=9 May 2025|author=Aaron Bower|title=Widnes Vikings land deal for World Cup star in significant coup|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/widnes-vikings-land-deal-for-world-cup-star-in-significant-coup}}</ref> In July 2025 Maizen was issued with a backdated three-month ban for an anti-doping rule violation relating to a positive test for cocaine in July 2024.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/widnes-vikings-star-given-backdated-uk-anti-doping-ban-for-cocaine-use |title=Widnes Vikings star given backdated UK Anti-Doping ban for cocaine use |work=Love Rugby League |date=2 July 2025 |first=Aaron |last=Bower}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63963/ukad-statement-%7C-jake-maizen |title=UKAD Statement - Jake Maizen |date=2 July 2025 |publisher=Rugby Football League}}</ref>
===International career=== In 2022, Maizen was named in the Italy squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.<ref>[https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rugby-league-world-cup-2021-squad-lists/ Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021]</ref> Maizen made his debut for Italy in the opening match of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup against Scotland scoring a hat-trick in Italy's 28–4 victory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-league/53503466|title=Relive Scotland's World Cup loss to Italy|work=BBC Sport |date=15 October 2022 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.qrl.com.au/players/qrl-premiership/sunshine-coast-falcons/jake-maizen/ Sunshine Coast Falcons profile] *[https://www.nrl.com/players/rugby-league-world-cup/italy/jake-maizen/ Italy profile]
{{Widnes Vikings squad}} {{Italy 2021 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maizen, Jake}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen Category:Australian people of Italian descent Category:Sportspeople of Italian descent Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Category:Central Queensland Capras players Category:Halifax Panthers players Category:Italy national rugby league team players Category:Italian expatriate rugby union players in England Category:Rugby league centres Category:Rugby league wingers Category:Sunshine Coast Falcons players Category:Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players Category:Widnes Vikings players Category:Doping cases in rugby league Category:Australian sportspeople in doping cases {{Italy-rugbyleague-bio-stub}}