Max Bird
 Bird in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Max Andrew Bird[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Burton upon Trent, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Derby County | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2017 | Derby County | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Derby County | 129 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 11 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Max Andrew Bird (born 18 September 2000) is an English footballer who can play either as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County. He made his first-team debut in September 2017, aged 16.
Career
Having progressed through the Derby County Academy, Bird made his debut for the first team against Barnsley in the EFL Cup on 12 September 2017. Aged 16 at the time, he became Derby's eighth-youngest player. Shortly afterwards, he signed a new contract running until 2020.[2]
Bird's first league appearance for Derby County came in the closing seconds of a 2–1 win over Swansea City on 1 December 2018, replacing Mason Mount.[3] He made his first start on 2 March 2019 in a 4–0 away defeat to Aston Villa, playing the full 90 minutes of the game.[4]
On 17 September 2020, Bird signed a new deal with Derby to take him through to the end of the 2023–24 season.[5] He scored his first goal for Derby in a 2-1 win against Stoke City on 18 September 2021.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 11 March 2023
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Derby County | 2017–18[7] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[8] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[9] | Championship | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[10] | Championship | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[11] | Championship | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23[12] | League One | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 34 | 2 | |
| Career total | 129 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 146 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ a b "Max Bird: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Jordan-Probert, Jools (23 January 2018). "Max Bird - Derby County player profile and stats". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Derby County 2-1 Swansea City". British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Aston Villa 4-0 Derby County". British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "BIRD AND SIBLEY SIGN NEW LONG-TERM CONTRACTS WITH DERBY COUNTY". Derby County F.C. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Derby 2-1 Stoke". BBC. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Max Bird in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Max Bird in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Max Bird in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Max Bird in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Max Bird in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Max Bird in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2022.