Jay Rich-Baghuelou

Jay Noah Rich-Baghuelou (born 22 October 1999) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crystal Palace.[1]

Jay Rich-Baghuelou
Personal information
Full name Jay Noah Rich-Baghuelou
Date of birth (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 70
Youth career
Gold Coast City
2018 Fulham
2020– Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Dulwich Hamlet 8 (0)
2019–2020 Welling United 21 (0)
2020- Crystal Palace 0 (0)
National team
2021– Australia U-23 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He played for Gold Coast City in the National Premier Leagues Queensland before moving to Britain whilst still a teenager. Initially, he played as a striker but was converted into central defence whilst appearing for Dulwich Hamlet. He also turned out for Welling United before earning a trial and subsequent contract at Crystal Palace, after being scouted by Palace’s Shaun Derry.[2] Whilst at Crystal Palace he has captained their U-23 team.[3][4]

International career

In July 2021 Rich-Baghuelou was called up to the Australia national under-23 soccer team competing at the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[5][6][7] Prior to that announcement he had started all three games the Olyroos played as Olympic warm up whilst in Spain in June 2021.[8] He made his Olympic debut on 28 July, 2021 against Egypt.[9]

References
  1. "Jay Rich-Baghuelou". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. Dave Lewis. "Aussie giant Jay has sky-high hopes at Crystal Palace". The World Game. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. Joey Lynch (15 July 2021). "Crystal Palace's Jay Rich-Baghuelou impresses ahead of Tokyo Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. "Jay Rich-Baghuelou was never meant to sign for Crystal Palace's Under-23s - News".
  5. Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group C (Spain, Argentina, Egypt, Australia)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. Dominic Bossi (11 May 2021). "Olyroos hoping to unearth hidden gems for Tokyo". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo Finalised".
  9. "Football RICH-BAGHUELOU Jay - Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
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