Jacob Murphy, born on 24 February 1995 (age 31), is an English right winger whose career has come to be tied most firmly to Newcastle United. He has made 223 league appearances for the club across nine seasons, scoring 22 league goals, and wears squad number 23.
Before Newcastle became the main thread, Murphy’s development included a productive loan spell at Coventry City. The 2015-16 season remains his best league return, with nine goals in 40 appearances, the kind of campaign that did more for a young winger than a dozen polite squad cameos elsewhere.
At Newcastle, he has become a long-serving Premier League player rather than a passing option. His role has usually been practical: width, running power and enough end product to stay relevant across changing squads and seasons. His current market value is around £13.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
In 2026-27, he has made eight appearances for Newcastle in all competitions, including five in the Premier League, one in the FA Cup and two in the League Cup. It is a career shaped by an early useful loan and then by a long Newcastle spell, where he has remained a steady, established wide player.
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