A player from our history

Jon Otsemobor

Gérard Houllier gave the right-back his debut when Southampton visited Anfield for a League Cup third round match at the start of November 2002. However, the promising defender had to wait another year for his League debut having featured for Hull in the Third Division in the closing months of the 2002/03 season. In October 2003 he was shot in the buttocks by a small calibre pistol in downtown Liverpool and his car was torched a couple of weeks later near his home. Thankfully he recovered to make five first-team appearances in December 2003...

Born:
23 March 1983
Place of Birth:
Speke, Liverpool, England
Other Clubs:
Hull City (loan 2003), Bolton Wanderers (loan 2004), Crewe Alexandra (loan 2004-05), Rotherham United (2005-06), Crewe Alexandra (2 / 2006), Norwich City (2007-10), Southampton (2010), Sheffield Wednesday (2010-12), Milton Keynes Dons (2012-14), Tranmere Rovers (loan 2013)
Signed from:
Local
Joined Liverpool:
Joined 1997 - Professional 23.03.2000
Debut:
06 Nov 2002
Last appearance:
28 Dec 2003
Contract Expiry:
01.07.2005
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
4 / 0 / 0
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
6 / 0 / 0
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 4 0 2 0 0 6
2002-2003 0 0 1 0 0 1
2003-2004 4 0 1 0 0 5
2004-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002-2003 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003-2004 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0

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FA Cup 4th round

Anfield | Saturday 14 Feb 2026

Liverpool   Brighton & Hove Albion
3 - 0
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Jimmy Payne in 1950

"I have a confession to make. My ambition as a schoolboy was that one day I might be good enough to play for Everton! Please don’t hold it against me. I was very young at the time. Seriously it would have been nearly as big an honour to play for Everton as for Liverpool, but I’m glad now that the fates decreed that I should land at Anfield. Liverpool is a grand club, and our players are the finest lot of chaps you could meet anywhere.

Nothing so far has given me greater thrill that when I first appeared in the senior side early last season, and to have been a member of the team which went nineteen games without defeat this campaign is an honour I shall remember all my days."

Latest match & records

Last match Brighton & Hove Albion – Saturday, 14 February 2026
Recent player events
Mohamed Salah scored against Brighton & Hove Albion – 14 February 2026
Jarell Quansah scored an own goal against Chelsea – 04 May 2025
Dominik Szoboszlai was sent off against Manchester City – 08 February 2026
Mohamed Salah scored a penalty against Brighton & Hove Albion – 14 February 2026
Dominik Szoboszlai missed a penalty against Burnley – 17 January 2026
Results
Home
Won against Brighton & Hove Albion14 February 2026
Drew with Burnley17 January 2026
Lost to Manchester City08 February 2026
Away
Won against Sunderland11 February 2026
Drew with Arsenal08 January 2026
Lost to Bournemouth24 January 2026
Recent form WLLWW

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10,659 goals scored in 6,063 competitive matches
1.8 per game
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220 own goals 566 penalties scored 484 different goalscorers
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