Jarrad Branthwaite

Jarrad Paul Branthwaite (born 27 June 2002) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Everton.

Club career
Branthwaite was born on 27 June 2002 in Carlisle. He made his first senior team bench appearance on 16 March 2019 in a 1–1 draw away to Forest Green Rovers. He appeared on the bench for seven more consecutive League Two matches that season.

Branthwaite started the 2019–20 season with 13 consecutive bench appearances in League Two matches, as well as making the bench in Carlisle United's 3–0 win over Barnsley F.C. and 2–1 loss to Rochdale A.F.C. in the first and second rounds of the 2019–20 EFL Cup. On 19 October 2019, Branthwaite finally made his English Football League debut and started in a 2–0 League Two loss away to Plymouth Argyle, playing the full match and receiving a yellow card in the 40th minute. He scored his first professional goal for Carlisle when he scored in an EFL Trophy tie against Morecambe on 12 November 2019.

On 13th January 2020, having enjoyed a breakthrough campaign at Carlisle, Branthwaite signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Everton, keeping him at the club until the end of June 2022.