Adam Forshaw

Midfield - Central Midfield at Blackburn Rovers

Age34

CitizenshipEngland

Height1.75 m

Footright

BornOctober 8, 1991

at Blackburn Rovers 499 days · joined 2025-01-11

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Market value €250k

Rating · 24/25 4.8 Average

Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

clubs played for

09/10

debut season

0.05

goals / match

Middlesbrough FC

top club · 103 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#1909

goals rank

#2421

assists rank

season goals

season assists

Among 2,799 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€5.00m

peak value · 2018

€5.10m

top transfer fee · 17/18

best season · 13/14

6 · 31.6%

pens / of goals

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Shares 1991-10-08 · 6 players total

417Appearances

19Goals

27Assists

42Yellow cards

0Red cards

73Full matches (90′)

Full name	Adam Forshaw
Name in home country	Adam John Forshaw
Date of birth	1991-10-08 (34 yrs)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Citizenship	England
Position	Midfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	175.00 m
Current club	Blackburn Rovers
Joined	2025-01-11
Contract expires	2026-06-30
Agent	Wasserman

Jan 2025

Transfer: Plymouth → Blackburn

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

24/25 — Plymouth Argyle, Blackburn Rovers

34 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2024

Transfer: Norwich → Plymouth

23/24 · Transfer

Aug 2023

Transfer: Leeds → Norwich

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2023

23/24 — Plymouth Argyle, Norwich City, Norwich City U21

24 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2022

22/23 — Leeds United, Leeds United U21

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Apr 2022

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jul 2021

21/22 — Leeds United, Leeds United U23

28 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2020

20/21 — Leeds United U23

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Sep 2019

Injury: unknown

71 games missed

Jul 2019

19/20 — Leeds United

8 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 — Leeds United

32 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2018

Transfer: Middlesbrough → Leeds

17/18 · Transfer · €5.10m

Jul 2017

17/18 — Leeds United, Middlesbrough FC

26 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2016

16/17 — Middlesbrough FC

35 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — Middlesbrough FC

34 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2015

Transfer: Wigan → Middlesbrough

14/15 · Transfer · €2.67m

Sep 2014

Transfer: Brentford → Wigan

14/15 · Transfer · €3.80m

Jul 2014

14/15 — Middlesbrough FC, Wigan Athletic

37 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Apr 2014

Injury: unknown

9 games missed

Jul 2013

13/14 — Brentford FC

40 matches · 8 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2012

12/13 — Brentford FC

53 matches · 3 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Everton U21 → Brentford

12/13 · Transfer

Mar 2012

Transfer: Brentford → Everton Res.

11/12 · Return from loan

Feb 2012

Transfer: Everton Res. → Brentford

11/12 · Loan

Jul 2011

11/12 — Everton FC, Brentford FC, Everton FC Reserves

20 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 — Everton FC, Everton FC Reserves

13 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Everton FC, Everton FC Reserves

18 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2009

Transfer: Everton U18 → Everton Res.

09/10 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €5.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2053 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.16/90

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A1 total · 0.16/90

Yellow cards4 total · 0.64/90

Minutes played by club

Blackburn Rovers 8.5%

Plymouth Argyle 0.0%

Norwich City 0.0%

Norwich City U21 0.0%

Leeds United 0.0%

Leeds United U21 0.0%

Leeds United U23 0.0%

Middlesbrough FC 7.8%

Wigan Athletic 17.1%

Brentford FC 21.8%

Everton FC 0.0%

Everton FC Reserves 44.9%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Blackburn Rovers	1	24/25	24/25	17	1	0	559
Plymouth Argyle	2	23/24	24/25	30	0	2	0
Norwich City	1	23/24	23/24	9	0	0	0
Norwich City U21	1	23/24	23/24	2	0	1	0
Leeds United	5	17/18	22/23	91	0	3	0
Leeds United U21	1	22/23	22/23	1	0	0	0
Leeds United U23	2	20/21	21/22	3	0	1	0
Middlesbrough FC	4	14/15	17/18	103	2	3	514
Wigan Athletic	1	14/15	14/15	17	1	1	1,131
Brentford FC	3	11/12	13/14	100	11	12	1,440
Everton FC	3	09/10	11/12	2	0	0	0
Everton FC Reserves	3	09/10	11/12	42	4	4	2,967

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
24/25	Championship	Plymouth Argyle	16	0	0	2	0
24/25	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	16	1	0	2	559
24/25	EFL Cup	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0
24/25	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0
23/24	Championship	Plymouth Argyle	13	0	2	3	0
23/24	Championship	Norwich City	6	0	0	0	0
23/24	EFL Cup	Norwich City	2	0	0	1	0
23/24	FA Cup	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0
23/24	Premier League 2	Norwich City U21	2	0	1	0	0
22/23	EFL Cup	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0
22/23	Premier League	Leeds United	12	0	0	0	0
22/23	Premier League 2	Leeds United U21	1	0	0	0	0
21/22	EFL Cup	Leeds United	3	0	0	0	0
21/22	FA Cup	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0
21/22	Premier League	Leeds United	22	0	1	5	0
21/22	Premier League 2	Leeds United U23	2	0	1	0	0
20/21	Premier League 2	Leeds United U23	1	0	0	0	0
19/20	Championship	Leeds United	7	0	1	3	0
19/20	EFL Cup	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0
18/19	Championship	Leeds United	30	0	0	3	0
18/19	Championship Play-Offs	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0
18/19	FA Cup	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0
17/18	Championship	Leeds United	12	0	1	2	0
17/18	Championship	Middlesbrough FC	11	0	0	1	0
17/18	EFL Cup	Middlesbrough FC	3	0	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Middlesbrough FC	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	EFL Cup	Middlesbrough FC	1	0	0	0	0
16/17	FA Cup	Middlesbrough FC	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Premier League	Middlesbrough FC	34	0	1	4	0
15/16	Championship	Middlesbrough FC	29	2	2	0	514
15/16	FA Cup	Middlesbrough FC	1	0	0	1	0
15/16	League Cup	Middlesbrough FC	4	0	0	0	0
14/15	Championship	Middlesbrough FC	18	0	0	2	0
14/15	Championship	Wigan Athletic	16	1	1	2	1,131
14/15	Championship Play-Offs	Middlesbrough FC	2	0	0	1	0
14/15	FA Cup	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
13/14	FA Cup	Brentford FC	1	0	0	0	0
13/14	League One	Brentford FC	39	8	4	4	391
12/13	FA Cup	Brentford FC	6	0	1	0	0
12/13	League Cup	Brentford FC	1	0	0	0	0
12/13	League One	Brentford FC	43	3	5	4	1,049
12/13	League One Play-Offs	Brentford FC	3	0	1	0	0
11/12	FA Cup	Everton FC	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	League One	Brentford FC	7	0	1	0	0
11/12	Premier League	Everton FC	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Reserve League	Everton FC Reserves	13	1	3	0	1,068
10/11	Premier League	Everton FC	1	0	0	0	0
10/11	Reserve League	Everton FC Reserves	12	2	0	0	459
09/10	Europa League	Everton FC	1	0	0	0	0
09/10	FA Cup	Everton FC	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Premier League	Everton FC	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Reserve League North	Everton FC Reserves	17	1	1	2	1,440

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
09/10	2009-07-01	Everton U18	Everton Res.	Transfer	0	—
11/12	2012-02-01	Everton Res.	Brentford	Loan	0	—
11/12	2012-03-01	Brentford	Everton Res.	Return from loan	0	—
12/13	2012-07-01	Everton U21	Brentford	Transfer	0	—
14/15	2014-09-01	Brentford	Wigan	Transfer	2000000	€3.80m
14/15	2015-01-28	Wigan	Middlesbrough	Transfer	2000000	€2.67m
17/18	2018-01-18	Middlesbrough	Leeds	Transfer	3000000	€5.10m
23/24	2023-08-26	Leeds	Norwich	Transfer	1200000	—
23/24	2024-01-19	Norwich	Plymouth	Transfer	600000	—
24/25	2025-01-11	Plymouth	Blackburn	Transfer	300000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
13/14	Ankle injury	2014-04-22	2014-09-01	133	9
19/20	Hip injury	2019-09-30	2021-04-12	561	71
21/22	Broken kneecap	2022-04-22	2022-06-30	70	6

Current€250k

Peak€5.00m

Low€75k

Δ since start+€175k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.25m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.25m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Jake Bidwell	2	0
Ben Gibson	1	0
Tony Craig	2	0
Adam Clayton	2	0
Jack Harrison	1	1
Shay Logan	2	0
Mateusz Klich	2	0
Simon Moore	1	0
Marcello Trotta	2	5
Kalvin Phillips	2	0
Luke Ayling	1	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
13/14	League One	Brentford FC	8	39
12/13	League One	Brentford FC	3	43
10/11	Reserve League	Everton FC Reserves	2	12

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
12/13	League One	Brentford FC	5	43
13/14	League One	Brentford FC	4	39
11/12	Reserve League	Everton FC Reserves	3	13

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
11/12	2012-03-01	Brentford	Everton Res.	Return from loan	—	—
11/12	2012-02-01	Everton Res.	Brentford	Loan	—	—

Last 50 matches for Blackburn Rovers The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2024-08-27	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Blackpool FC	Available
2024-08-13	`CGB`	Stockport County	1–6	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2024-02-27	`GB1`	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Newcastle United	Available
2023-11-01	`CGB`	Chelsea FC	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2023-09-27	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	5–2	Cardiff City	Available
2023-08-30	`CGB`	Harrogate Town	0–8	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2023-08-08	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	4–3	Walsall FC	Available
2023-03-19	`GB1`	Sheffield United	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2023-02-28	`GB1`	Leicester City	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2022-12-21	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	1–4	Nottingham Forest	Available
2022-11-09	`CGB`	West Ham United	9–10	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2022-08-23	`CGB`	Bradford City	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2022-08-10	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Hartlepool United	Available
2021-08-10	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Morecambe FC	Available
2020-09-15	`CGB`	Newcastle United	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-08-29	`CGB`	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-06-30	`GB2`	Barnsley FC	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-06-27	`GB2`	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-06-20	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Bristol City	INJURED Hip injury
2020-03-08	`GB2`	Derby County	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-29	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Swansea City	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-26	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Stoke City	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-22	`GB2`	Brentford FC	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-15	`GB2`	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-11	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Hull City	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-08	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Fulham FC	INJURED Hip injury
2020-02-01	`GB2`	Middlesbrough FC	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-01-28	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-01-18	`GB2`	Sheffield Wednesday	0–5	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2020-01-11	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Preston North End	INJURED Hip injury
2020-01-01	`GB2`	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-12-29	`GB2`	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-12-26	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Birmingham City	INJURED Hip injury
2019-12-23	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Wigan Athletic	INJURED Hip injury
2019-12-14	`GB2`	Bristol City	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-12-11	`GB2`	Swansea City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-12-07	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Derby County	INJURED Hip injury
2019-11-30	`GB2`	Stoke City	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-11-27	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Brentford FC	INJURED Hip injury
2019-11-23	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Barnsley FC	INJURED Hip injury
2019-11-09	`GB2`	Leeds United	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-11-02	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	INJURED Hip injury
2019-10-26	`GB2`	Preston North End	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-10-22	`GB2`	Birmingham City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-10-19	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Huddersfield Town	INJURED Hip injury
2019-10-05	`GB2`	Queens Park Rangers	4–2	Blackburn Rovers	INJURED Hip injury
2019-10-01	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	INJURED Hip injury
2019-09-28	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Luton Town	Available
2019-09-21	`GB2`	Reading FC	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Available
2019-09-14	`GB2`	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Millwall FC	Available

Teams faced most often by Adam Forshaw's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bolton Wanderers	38	15	9	14	50	49	+1	39%
Birmingham City	36	10	12	14	46	48	-2	28%
Charlton Athletic	32	13	7	12	41	35	+6	41%
Huddersfield Town	32	13	10	9	53	38	+15	41%
Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	5	12	49	37	+12	47%
Blackpool FC	31	12	9	10	46	45	+1	39%
Leeds United	31	13	9	9	35	24	+11	42%
Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	6	13	42	42	0	39%
Fulham FC	30	10	9	11	48	43	+5	33%
Nottingham Forest	30	11	11	8	41	33	+8	37%
Ipswich Town	30	12	10	8	45	39	+6	40%
Brighton & Hove Albion	30	9	9	12	25	32	-7	30%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
09/10	Senior debut season
09/10	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
24/25	34	559	4	1	0.81
23/24	24	0	4	0	0
21/22	28	0	5	0	0
19/20	8	0	3	0	0
18/19	32	0	3	0	0
17/18	26	0	3	0	0
16/17	35	0	4	0	0
15/16	34	514	1	0	0.18
14/15	37	1,131	5	0	0.4
13/14	40	391	4	1	1.15
12/13	53	1,049	4	1	0.43
09/10	18	1,440	2	0	0.13