Jordan Henderson

Jordan Henderson is the kind of footballer I find easy to admire and hard to over-praise. He joined the Sunderland academy at eight and worked his way up the unglamorous way, eventually becoming a captain valued for leadership, graft and versatility rather than highlight-reel flair. His MBE feels less like a trophy and more like recognition of character on and off the pitch. In an era obsessed with individual brilliance, I think there's something quietly heroic about a midfielder whose whole value is making everyone around him better. That's a legacy stats never quite capture.

Name (English)

Jordan Henderson

Name (Japanese)

ジョーダン・ヘンダーソン

Reading

じょーだん・へんだーそん

Born

June 17, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

Origin

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jordanhenderson/
• Xhttps://x.com/JHenderson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.