Jake Brian Bidwell (born 21 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL Championship club Coventry City.

[7] Bidwell received his maiden call up to the first team for a dead rubber Europa League group stage game at home to BATE Borisov on 17 December 2009 and played the full 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat.

[15] He made his debut with a start in a Football League Trophy Southern Area semi-final shootout defeat to Barnet on 6 December.

[21] The suspension meant he missed Brentford's 2–2 draw with Premier League neighbours Chelsea in the fourth round of the season's FA Cup.

[26] He returned to action in a 2–1 Football League Trophy second round defeat to Peterborough United on 8 October and was the first-choice left back through to the end of the season.

[25] Bidwell hit a patch of form in January 2014, assisting goals for Will Grigg, Clayton Donaldson and Jonathan Douglas in successive wins over Port Vale, Walsall and Gillingham and won the Football League Young Player of the Month award for his efforts.

[12][25] Bidwell began the 2014–15 season as an ever-present and on his sixth appearance was named captain of the side for the first time,[34] for a 1–0 League Cup second round West London derby defeat to Fulham.

[35] A hand in two of Brentford's goals in a 3–2 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 September earned him a place in the Football League Team of the Week.

[35] Upon his return to the team three weeks later, Bidwell celebrated his 150th Brentford appearance when he came on for Jota with half an hour remaining of an eventual 1–0 defeat to Birmingham City.

[39] On 15 December, Bidwell finally broke his scoring duck on his 186th Brentford appearance, heading in during the second half of a 3–2 defeat to Cardiff City.

[14] On 1 July 2016, Bidwell joined Championship club Queens Park Rangers on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

He made a half-time substitute appearance for Everton teammate Luke Garbutt in a 2–1 friendly win over Czech Republic on 28 February 2012.

[58] Bidwell was called up for England's 2012 European U19 Championship elite qualification games and played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win over Switzerland on 30 May 2012.