Michael Jacobs (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa)

**Michael Edward Jacobs** (an haife shi a ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamba shekara ta 1991) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na kasar Ingila wanda ke taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasan hagu na ƙungiyar EFL League One ta ƙungiyar Northampton Town .

Ya fara aikinsa a garin Northampton, inda ya fara bugawa a shekarar 2009 kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta Player of the Season a shekarar 2011 da 2012. Ya koma kungiyar Championship ta Derby County a watan Yunin 2012 don kuɗin kusan adadin£ 400,000, kafin ya sanya hannu ga kungiyar Wolverhampton Wanderers a watan Janairun 2014 bayan nasarar samun bashi. Watanni goma sha takwas bayan haka, bayan ya kasance wani ɓangare na ci gaban kungiyar Wolves daga gasar League One, ya koma Wigan Athletic. Ya shafe shekaru biyar tare da Wigan inda ya lashe lambar yabo ta League One sau biyu, a cikin 2016 da 2018 bi da bi, kuma ya samu wasanni 188 da kwallaye 32.

## Ayyuka

### Birnin Northampton
An haife shi a Rothwell, Northamptonshire, Jacobs ya zo ne ta hanyar matasa a garin Northampton, kuma ya fara bugawa a ranar 6 ga Oktoba 2009 a nasarar 2-1 a gida a kan Bournemouth a gasar cin Kofin Kwallon Kafa.  Ya fito ne a zagaye na gaba na gasar, lokacin da Northampton ta rasa 3-1 a Milton Keynes Dons .  A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2010, an ba da rancensa na wata daya - a cikin wani yunkuri da aka tsara a matsayin "kwarewar aiki" - ga kungiyar Nuneaton Town da ba ta League ba don samun kwarewar kungiyar farko ta yau da kullun. A wannan lokacin ya bayyana sau hudu.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Bayan ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kwararru tare da kulob din, Jacobs ya bayyana a matsayin mai maye gurbin a wasan farko na Northampton na kakar 2010-11; asarar 3-0 a Torquay .  Kwanaki uku bayan haka ya zira kwallaye na farko yayin da ya zira kwallan a gasar cin Kofin League 2-0 a kan kungiyar League One Brighton &amp;amp; Hove Albion .  Ya zama na yau da kullun ga Northampton kuma ya zira kwallaye na biyu a ranar 22 ga watan Satumba a wasan 2-2 da aka yi da kungiyar Premier League ta ƙungiyar Liverpool a Anfield a zagaye na gaba na Kofin League. Bayan wasan ya tafi harbi, Jacobs ya zira kwallaye yayin da Northampton ta lashe harbi 4-2. Ya ƙare kakar wasa tare da kwallaye takwas kuma an ba shi suna dan wasan shekara na kulob din. Ya kasance na yau da kullun a cikin tawagar kulon din Northampton a lokacin kakar 2011-12, inda ya zira kwallaye bakwai.

### Gundumar Derby
Bayan ya buga wasanni 100 a duka, kwangilar Jacobs tare da Northampton ta ƙare a ƙarshen kakar 2011-12 wanda ya haifar da hasashe mai tsawo cewa zai koma kungiyar Championship ta Derby County. A ranar 26 ga Yuni, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru uku tare da Derby. Kamar yadda yake a kasa da shekara 24, Northampton na da damar samun diyya, ko dai kungiyoyin biyu sun amince da shi ko kuma kotun ta kafa shi. Derby da kungiyar Northampton sun amince da kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba a gare shi, wanda aka yi imanin ya kai kusan £ 400,000  kuma yarjejeniyar ta wuce a hukumance a ranar 1 ga Yulin 2012. 

Jacobs ya fara buga wasan farko na Derby a zagaye na farko na gasar cin Kofin League da kungiyar Scunthorpe a ranar 14 ga watan Agusta 2012. Wasan ya ƙare 5-5 bayan karin lokaci, tare da Jacobs ya taimaka wa dukkan burin biyar na Derby amma ya ba da hukuncin da ya haifar da burin Scunthorpe na biyar. Ya kuma zira kwallaye a wasan amma Derby ya rasa 7-6 kuma an kawar da su. Bayan wasanni takwas a jere, Jacobs ya fara wasan farko na gasar zakarun Turai a ranar 23 ga Oktoba, a cikin nasarar 2-1 a Ipswich Town. Ya kuma fara wasan da ya biyo baya, wanda aka ci 3-0 ga kungiyar Peterborough United a ranar 27 ga Oktoba. Wasanni uku na gaba duk sun kasance a matsayin mai maye gurbin marigayi kuma bai zama mai farawa na yau da kullun ba har zuwa ƙarshen Nuwamba, lokacin da ya fara wasanni takwas a jere. Ayyukan da ya yi a nasarar 3-2 a kan kungiyar Birmingham City a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, inda ya kirkiro kwallaye biyu, ya sami yabo daga manajansa Nigel Clough, duk da haka an kuma tunatar da shi kada ya yi watsi da ayyukansa na karewa. Ya zira kwallaye na farko na Derby a cikin asarar gida 2-1 ga Hull City a ranar 21 ga Disamba.

### Wolverhampton Wanderers

A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba 2013, an ba da rancen Jacobs ga kungiyar League One Wolverhampton Wanderers a cikin yarjejeniyar da za ta gudana har zuwa 4 ga Janairu 2014.  Wani mai maye gurbin Wolves na farko ba tare da amfani da shi ba bayan isowarsa, ya fara kulob dinsa a watan Nuwamba 2013 a wasan da ba a ci kwallo ba tare da kungiyar Brentford  kuma ya zira kwallaye na farko na Wolves a ranar 26 ga Disamba a cikin nasarar 2-0 a kan Crewe Alexandra a ranar Boxing 2013. 

Bayan wannan rance, an amince da yarjejeniyar dindindin a ranar 8 ga Janairun 2014 don Jacobs ya sanya hannu ga Wolverhampton Wanderers don kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba, a kan kwangilar shekaru 2 + 1⁄2 (tare da zaɓi na ƙarin shekara).  A ƙarshen kakar tawagar ta sami ci gaba a matsayin zakarun League One tare da jimlar maki don rukuni (103), tare da Jacobs ya ba da gudummawa ga kwallaye takwas daga tsakiyar filin. 

### Wigan Athletic
A ranar 27 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 2015, Jacobs ya koma sabuwar kungiyar Wigan Athletic, inda ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekaru uku don kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba.

A ranar 16 ga Oktoba 2017, Jacobs ya sanya hannu kan karin kwangilar shekaru biyu tare da Wigan wanda zai ci gaba da kasancewa a kulob din har zuwa lokacin rani na 2020. Bayan sanya alkalami a kan sabon yarjejeniyar, Jacobs ya ce: "Na buga wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun kwallon kafa a nan kuma ina farin ciki da nan gaba".

### Portsmouth
A ranar 14 ga Satumba 2020, kungiyar EFL League One ta Portsmouth ta sanya hannu kan Jacobs, kan yarjejeniyar shekaru biyu. A kakar 2020-21, an sanya Jacobs lambar tawagar 24 . 

### Chesterfield
A ranar 4 ga watan Agustan 2023, kungiyar Chesterfield ta National League ta sanya hannu kan Jacobs,  inda ta sake haɗuwa da tsohon kocin Wigan Paul Cook da abokin aikinsa Will Grigg. The Spireites ne suka saki Jacobs a ƙarshen kakar 2024/25, bayan ya buga wasanni 70 a cikin yanayi 2 ga kulob din.

### Birnin Northampton
A ranar 16 ga Yuni 2025, Jacobs ya amince da komawa garin Northampton kan yarjejeniyar shekara guda.

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