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Liam Jordan

South African footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ28840025
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Liam Jonathan Jordan (born 30 July 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for the Ettan Fotboll club Piteå and the South Africa national team.

Club career

Jordan made his professional debut on 17 March 2015 against University of Pretoria in the 2015–16 Nedbank Cup.

In January 2018, he joined HB Køge on loan from Sporting B. The move was made permanent in the summer of 2018. On transfer deadline day, 1 February 2021, Jordan moved to fellow league club FC Helsingør on a deal for the rest of the season.

On 7 March 2023, Jordan joined newly promoted Swedish Allsvenskan side IF Brommapojkarna.

On 12 July 2025, IF Brommapojkarna announced that the contract with Jordan had been terminated due to injuries.

International career

After representing his country at under-17 and under-20 level, Jordan made his senior international debut for South Africa on 2 July 2017 against Tanzania in the 2017 COSAFA Cup.

Personal life

He is the son of Keryn Jordan, a former South African soccer player. Jordan was born during his father's time at Durban-based Manning Rangers and emigrated to New Zealand in 2004.

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The public source identifies “Liam Jordan” as south African footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Liam, Jordan and South.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2015, 2018, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1998-07-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Liam, Jordan and South providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28840025. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998, 2015, 2018 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from Liam Jordan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.