Jack Stevens (footballer, born 1997)

Jack Alexander Stevens (born 2 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Cambridge United.

Stevens spent time in the youth teams at Chelsea, Barnet and Reading before turning professional at Oxford United in April 2016.

[9] He played seventeen games before being recalled on 11 November to provide cover at United whilst Benjamin Büchel was on international duty.

[10] On 24 August 2017, Stevens returned to Oxford City on loan after manager Pep Clotet brought in Scott Shearer to act as backup to Simon Eastwood.

[11][12] He played nineteen league and three FA Cup games, before being recalled from his loan on 9 January due after Eastwood picked up an injury.

[15] In March 2018, Stevens signed a new contract with Oxford United to keep him at the club until the summer of 2019; caretaker manager Derek Fazackerley described him as "very much as one for the future".

[27] The same day, he was loaned to League One rivals Port Vale until the end of the 2022–23 season, as United manager Karl Robinson looked to play new signing Edward McGinty.