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Philogene with Ipswich Town in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaden Richard Philogene-Bidace | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, Greater London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2018–2021 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Aston Villa | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Stoke City (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 37 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Hull City | 32 | (12) |
| 2024–2025 | Aston Villa | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Ipswich Town | 10 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | England U21 | 9 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:15, 6 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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 EFL Championship club Ipswich Town. He is a graduate of the Aston Villa Academy and has represented England at youth level. He is currently a member of the under-21 squad.
Jaden Richard Philogene-Bidace[3] was born on 8 February 2002 in Hammersmith, Greater London.[4] He attended Uxbridge High School, where he was regularly named best footballer.[5]
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.[5]
After impressing for the Under-23 squad, and reportedly attracting the interest of Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund,[6] Philogene signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa.[7]
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.[8]
On 21 January 2022, Philogene joined Championship club Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[9] The following day, Philogene made his Championship debut as a late substitute in a 3–2 home defeat to Fulham.[10] Philogene played 11 times for Stoke, scoring once in a 3–0 win against Swansea City on 8 February 2022.[11]
On 26 July 2022, Philogene joined Championship club Cardiff City on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[12][13] He made his debut for Cardiff on 6 August 2022, as a late substitute in a league defeat to Reading.[14] 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.[15]
On 1 September 2023, Philogene signed for Championship club Hull City for an undisclosed fee.[16] He made his debut on 15 September in a 1–1 home draw with Coventry City.[17] In November 2023, Philogene was named Hull City's Player of the Month for October.[18]
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.[19] In the goal, Philogene nutmegged the opposition defender before putting the ball in the back of the net with a Rabona.[20] While initially recorded as an own goal due to a slight deflection before the ball crossed into the net,[21] the English Football League eventually credited Philogene with the goal.[22]
On 19 July 2024, Philogene rejoined Aston Villa on a five-year contract.[23] 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.[24][25] 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.[26]
On 19 October 2024, Philogene 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.[27]
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.[28][29]
Born in England, Philogene is of Dominican descent.[30] 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.[31]
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.[32]
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.[33]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa U21 | 2019–20[34] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21[35] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021–22[36] | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Aston Villa | 2020–21[35] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[36] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24[37] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Stoke City (loan) | 2021–22[36] | Championship | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Cardiff City (loan) | 2022–23[38] | Championship | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 5 | ||
| Hull City | 2023–24[37] | Championship | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 12 | |||
| Aston Villa | 2024–25[39] | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| Ipswich Town | 2024–25[39] | Premier League | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 104 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 118 | 23 | ||