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{{short description|English footballer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], England
| height = 5ft 10in<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=John |url=http://archive.org/details/skysportsfootbal0000unse_e7t6 |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017 |publisher=Headline |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4722-3394-3 |location=London |pages=475}}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder]]
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| years5 = 2020–2021 |clubs5 = [[FK Pohronie|Pohronie]] |caps5 = 36 |goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2021–2022 |clubs6 = [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]] |caps6 = 14 |goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023–2024 |clubs7 = [[FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce|ViOn Zlaté Moravce]] |caps7 = 12 |goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 78 | totalgoals = 7
| nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = [[England national under-16 football team|England U16]] |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2012 |nationalteam2 = [[England national under-18 football team|England U18]] |nationalcaps2 = 2 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2012 |nationalteam3 = [[England national under-19 football team|England U19]] |nationalcaps3 = 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0
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'''James Michael Weir''' (born 4 August 1995) is an English former professional [[association football|footballer
Born in Preston, Lancashire, he began his career as a youth player with [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] and then joined the [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] academy. He only made one appearance for Manchester United before leaving for [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] in 2016, but also failed to break into the first team there, and spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]. After returning, his appearances for Hull were sporadic, and he left for [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] in 2019. After less than six months with Bolton, he was released and soon after signed for Slovak club [[FK Pohronie]]. He played there for 18 months before moving to Hungary to play for [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]], before being released a year later. ==Club career==
===Manchester United===
Born in [[Preston, Lancashire]], Weir began his career with local club [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] before joining the [[Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy|Manchester United academy]] in 2008.<ref name="Weir1">{{cite news|title=What happened to the starlet Manchester United pinched from Preston in 2008?|url=https://www.deepdaledigest.com/analysis/what-happened-to-the-starlet-manchester-united-pinched-from-preston-in-2008/|publisher=Deepdate Digest|date=19 March 2020|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Weir3"/><ref name="Weir2">{{cite news|title=1022 James Weir|url=http://www.oncloudseven.com/1022-james-weir/|publisher=On Cloud Seven|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref> While progressing at the club's academy, he represented England at [[England national under-16 football team|U16]] and [[England national under-18 football team|U18]] level.<ref name="Weir2"/> At one point, Weir was captain of Manchester United's Academy and later the under-21 side.<ref name="Weir2"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Manchester United U21 captain James Weir opens up on influential form|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-news-james-weir-11148689|
Weir made his [[UEFA Youth League]] debut for Manchester United U19 against [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]], where he started and played for 69 minutes, as they won 4–3.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manchester United 4–3 Bayer Leverkusen|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/match/2012901--man-united-vs-leverkusen/matchinfo/?iv=true|publisher=UEFA Official Website|date=17 September 2013|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref> During the tournament, Weir played two matches in the right–back position for the side.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Manchester United|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/match/2012905--shakhtar-donetsk-vs-man-united/|publisher=UEFA Official Website|date=2 October 2013|accessdate=31 March 2020}}<br />{{cite news|title=United youngsters suffer Sociedad defeat|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-under-19-0-real-6234953|
In the [[2015–16 Manchester United F.C. season|2015–16 season]], Weir spent months training with the first team players.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manchester United: Four absent from training as Reds gear up for Wolfsburg clash|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-united-four-absent-training-10156868|
===Hull City===
Instead, on 31 August 2016, Weir signed a three-year contract with [[Premier League]] club [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/2941589/hull-city-sign-james-weir-from-manchester-united|title=Hull City sign James Weir from Manchester United|newspaper=ESPN FC|date=31 August 2016|accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> He made his debut on 21 September 2016 in the third round of the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] in a 2–1 away win against [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37357876|title=Stoke City 1–2 Hull City|date=21 September 2016|
====Loan to Wigan Athletic====
On 31 January 2017, Weir joined [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Weir & Alex Bruce Join Wigan Athletic On Loan|url=http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/2016-17/james-weir-alex-bruce-join-wigan-athletic-on-loan-3547790.aspx|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|date=31 January 2017|accessdate=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131201228/http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/2016-17/james-weir-alex-bruce-join-wigan-athletic-on-loan-3547790.aspx|archive-date=31 January 2017|url-status=dead}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/james-weir-signs-for-wigan-athletic-3547390.aspx|title=
====Return to Hull====
He made his league debut for Hull City on the opening day of the [[2017–18 Premier League|2017–18 season]], 5 August 2017, away at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], in a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aston Villa 1–1 Hull City|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40760772|
The 2018–19 season saw Weir continuing to recover from his knee injury, but was further sidelined with the same injury he sustained last season.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Weir ruled out for six more months after suffering injury setback|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/james-weir-ruled-out-six-1715439|
===Bolton Wanderers===
On 3 August 2019, Weir signed a one-year contract for a newly relegated [[EFL League One]] side [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Bolton Wanderers: James Weir & Josh Earl sign, Harry Brockbank agrees new deal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49221150|
Following this, he began to receive a handful of first-team appearances for the side, playing in midfield.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bolton could face Tranmere with just TWO senior players|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/17840660.bolton-face-tranmere-just-two-senior-players/|
===Pohronie===
On 7 March 2020, Weir signed for [[Slovak Super Liga|Fortuna Liga]] team [[FK Pohronie|Pohronie]]. It was Weir's first career stop outside England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fkpohronie.sk/nova-posila-z-anglicka/?f=|title=Nová posila z Anglicka|publisher=FK Pohronie|language=
Weir made his [[Slovak Super Liga|Fortuna Liga]] debut on 13 June at [[Štadión pod Dubňom|pod Dubňom]], in the starting line-up against [[AS Trenčín]]. Pohronie lost 4–0 in this league restart and the first match of the shortened Relegation Group. Weir was replaced by [[Cedric Badolo]] early in the second-half, after just 54 minutes.<ref>{{
He scored his first goal in the subsequent [[ViOn Aréna|away]] game against [[ŠKF Sereď|iClinic Sereď]] on 21 June. Pohronie took an early lead thanks to Weir's header, following a cross from [[Ján Hatok]], and were two up 15 minutes in, after another goal by [[Petr Pavlík (footballer, born 1987)|Pavlík]]. Despite the promising lead Sereď came back and equalised the score in the second half with two goals by [[Filip Pankarićan]] and [[Martin Mečiar]].<ref>{{
Overall, Weir recorded five appearances for Pohronie in the [[2019–20 Slovak First Football League|2019–20 season]], scoring a single goal.
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===MTK Budapest===
On 25 May 2021, Weir joined [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I|Hungarian top-flight]] side [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/goleros-vedekezo-kozeppalyas-az-elso-igazolasunk|title=
===ViOn Zlaté Moravce===
In July 2023, after a year out with injury, Weir returned to [[Slovakia]] to join [[FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce|ViOn Zlaté Moravce]] on a one-year deal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fcvion.sk/clanek.asp?id=-8203-Byvaly-hrac-United-podpisal-zmluvu-s-ViOnom-353#|title=Byvaly hrac United podpisal zmluvu s ViOnom|publisher=[[FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce]]|date=27 July 2023|accessdate=27 July 2023|language=sk}}</ref> however he was released with half-dozen other players in the winter, as ViOn was placed last in the table.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cieľ je záchrana. V Zlatých Moravciach nastal značný pohyb v kádri |url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-fc-vion-zlate-moravce-zimna-priprava-nike-liga-2023-2024/ |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=sportnet.sme.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
===Retirement===
On 6 February 2024, Weir announced his retirement from the game on his [[Instagram]] page.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-Bolton and Man Utd midfielder James Weir retires aged 28 |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/24102931.ex-bolton-man-utd-midfielder-james-weir-retires-aged-28/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=[[Bolton News]]}}</ref> He then became a [[travel agent]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/25/james-weir-my-manchester-united-debut-was-an-out-of-body-experience-i-wouldnt-change-that-for-anything James Weir: 'My Manchester United debut was an out-of-body experience. I wouldn't change that for anything']</ref>
==Career statistics==
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|[[2015–16 Manchester United F.C. season|2015–16]]<ref name="JW15">{{soccerbase season|89729|2015|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
|[[Premier League]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||1||0
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|-▼
▲|rowspan="4"|[[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]
|[[2016–17 Hull City A.F.C. season|2016–17]]<ref name="JW16">{{soccerbase season|89729|2016|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
|
|0||0||0||0||3||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||3||0
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|[[2017–18 Hull City A.F.C. season|2017–18]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|89729|2017|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref>
|3||0||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||4||0
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|[[2018–19 Hull City A.F.C. season|2018–19]]<ref>{{soccerbase season|89729|2017|accessdate=2 August 2018}}</ref>
|Championship
|0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0
|-
!colspan=
!3!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!7!!0
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|[[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] (loan)
|[[2016–17 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|2016–17]]<ref name="JW16" />
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|4||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||4||0
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|8||0||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||3{{Efn|name=FLT|Appearance(s) in the [[EFL Trophy]].}}||0||12||0
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|rowspan=
|[[2019–20 Slovak First Football League|2019–20]]<ref name="SW1">{{cite news|title=England
|5||1||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||5||1
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|[[2020–21 Slovak First Football League|2020–21]]<ref name="SW1"/><ref>Soccerway did not record appearances made by Weir against [[OFK Dunajská Lužná]] on [https://www.sofascore.com/fk-pohronie-ofk-dunajska-luzna/AVFsGjG 8 September 2020] and [[FK Rača]] on [https://www.sofascore.com/fk-pohronie-fk-raca-bratislava/eRosGjG 16 September], both in the [[Slovak Cup]].</ref>
|Fortuna Liga
|31||6||3||1||
|-
!colspan=2|
!36!!7!!3!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!39!!8
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|[[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]]
|[[2021–22 MTK Budapest FC season|2021–22]]<ref name="SW1"/><ref>Soccerway did not record appearances made by Weir against [[Sényő FC|Sényő]] on [https://adatbank.mlsz.hu/match/56/0/23707/3/1633309.html 18 September 2021] and [[Kisvárda FC|Kisvárda]] on [https://adatbank.mlsz.hu/match/56/0/23707/4/1633342.html 27 October], both in the [[Magyar Kupa]].</ref><ref>[http://ada1bank.mlsz.hu/player?itemId=1219238
|[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]
|14||0||2||0||
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|[[FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce|ViOn Zlaté Moravce]]
|[[2023–24 Slovak First Football League|2023–24]]<ref name="SW1"/><ref>Soccerway recorded Weir as having scored against [[OFK Metacolor Ludanice]] on [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/06/slovakia/cup/ludanice/fc-zlate-moravce/4161093/ 6 September 2023] and [[OFK Tovarníky]] on [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/27/slovakia/cup/tovarniky/fc-zlate-moravce/4236747/ 27 September], both in the [[Slovak Cup]], but don't show the game's line ups. This causes it to show him having played two games with two goals, when it had they shown the line-ups it would display as four games with two goals.</ref>
|Fortuna Liga
|12||0||4||2||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||16||2
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