John

Buckley

CM Al Kholood #6

Central Midfield – Midfielder

John Buckley

Al Kholood Pro League

Top 9% of central midfielders in the world
#156 central midfielder aged 26–29
Top 30% in the Pro League

Date of birth / Age: 13 Oct 1999 (27)
Citizenship: England
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.73 m / 63 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

central midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#424

central midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#156

among central midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

71%

of Pro League central midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−0.1

goals below expected · better than 52% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

2 Expected

2.1

46 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

4.3

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 6
Starting eleven: 6
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 0
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 573

Starting eleven100%

6 of 6 appearances

Minutes played573

96 per appearance

Goal involvement1

0 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

195 matches · since 2018/19

RBLWRWCFAMDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	66	2	5
Defensive Midfield	54	2	3
Attacking Midfield	38	3	3
Centre-Forward	15	1	1
Other · RW, LW, RB	22	0	1

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Pro League	Al Kholood	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	483
2026/27	King's Cup	Al Kholood	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2025/26	Pro League	Al Kholood	31	31	2	4	6	0	0	2,701
2025/26	King's Cup	Al Kholood	4	4	1	–	3	–	0	384
2025/26	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	17
2024/25	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	0	0	4	0	0	851
2024/25	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2024/25	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2023/24	Championship	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	0	–	0	–	0	461
2023/24	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	11	5	0	–	2	–	0	492
2023/24	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	3	–	0	–	0	180
2023/24	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	63
2022/23	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	21	17	0	1	5	0	1	1,473
2022/23	Premier League 2	Blackburn Rovers U21	3	3	1	–	0	–	0	257
2022/23	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	156
2022/23	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	203
2022/23	Premier League International Cup	Blackburn Rovers U21	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2021/22	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	42	39	3	5	13	0	0	3,153
2021/22	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	46
2021/22	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	70
2020/21	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	28	7	1	1	1	0	0	987
2020/21	Premier League 2	Blackburn Rovers U23	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	18
2020/21	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019/20	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	20	5	2	0	3	0	1	601
2019/20	Premier League 2	Blackburn Rovers U23	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2019/20	Carabao Cup	Blackburn Rovers	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2019/20	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	12
2019/20	Premier League International Cup	Blackburn Rovers U23	1	1	2	–	0	–	0	90
2018/19	Premier League 2	Blackburn Rovers U23	21	20	1	–	8	–	0	1,825
2018/19	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	47
2017/18	U18 Premier League	Blackburn Rovers U18	11	11	1	–	3	–	0	976
2017/18	Premier League 2 Division Two	Blackburn Rovers U23	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	101
2016/17	U18 Premier League	Blackburn Rovers U18	18	13	1	–	2	–	0	1,220

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			282	194	18	12^*	56	0^*	2	17,857

By competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	160	6	7
Pro League	36	2	5
U18 Premier League	29	2	–
Premier League 2	27	2	–
Carabao Cup	13	3	–
FA Cup	8	0	–
King's Cup	5	1	–
Premier League 2 Division Two	2	0	–
Premier League International Cup	2	2	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2025 Aug 2025 · Transfer Blackburn Rovers Al Kholood Transfer
Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Back from Loan Sheffield Wednesday Blackburn Rovers Back from Loan
Sept 2023 Sept 2023 · Loan Blackburn Rovers Sheffield Wednesday Loan Loan
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Transfer Blackburn Rovers FC Under 21 Blackburn Rovers Transfer
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer Blackburn Rovers FC Under 18 A Blackburn Rovers FC Under 21 Transfer
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Free Transfer – Blackburn Rovers FC Under 18 A Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Al Kholood 2025–2027 41 3
Blackburn Rovers 2018–2026 168 9
Sheffield Wednesday 2023 13 0
Blackburn Rovers U21 2022 4 1
Blackburn Rovers U23 2017–2021 27 3
Blackburn Rovers U18 2016–2018 29 2

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