Jonathan Douglas

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Jonathan Douglas
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Douglas
Date of birth	November 22, 1981
Place of birth	Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Height	6'0"
Position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Leeds United
Number	4
Youth clubs
pre-1997	Monaghan United
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-2001 2001-2006 2003 2003 2005 2005-06 2006-	Monaghan United Blackburn Rovers → Chesterfield (loan) → Blackpool (loan) → Gillingham (loan) → Leeds United (loan) Leeds United	?? (?) 16 (1) 7 (1) 16 (3) 10 (0) 40 (5) 13 (0)
National team**
2004-present	Republic of Ireland	5 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2006.

Jonathan Douglas (born November 22, 1981 in Monaghan, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish football player who currently plays for Leeds United. Douglas made his debut in the Football League of Ireland for Monaghan United aged 16.

He first joined Blackburn after having been a triallist at Celtic F.C. and made his debut against West Ham United F.C. in the Worthington Cup on October 31, 2000. A cruciate ligament injury in 2001 hampered his progress, and he was out for a significant length of time, managing to make it back in early-2002.

In March 2003, he was loaned to Chesterfield F.C. for six weeks, where he played seven matches, and once again to Blackpool F.C. for three months, where he made a significant impact, playing in 16 league games and scoring 3 goals.

However, with Blackburn struggling in the league, he found himself returning to action on a regular basis, and shone for the team. His first Blackburn goal, at a very useful time for the team, came in a 4-3 victory over Fulham F.C. He has since earned international caps, the first against Poland on April 28, 2004.

On August 19, 2005, he joined Leeds United on a season long loan. He impressed in the early half of the season making over 40 appearances for the club and scoring 5 goals in the process. These performances impressed former manager Kevin Blackwell enough to make the move permanent. On August 31, 2006 Jonathan moved to Leeds United for an undisclosed fee and signed a 3 year deal with the club. Douglas' performances this season has been good enough to impress new manager Dennis Wise and keep him in the Leeds starting lineup.

Having already featured in a number of friendlies Jonathan made his competitive debut for the Republic of Ireland in the European Championship Qualifier against the Czech Republic [11th October 2006), starting in centre-midfield alongside Lee Carsley. He also came on as a substitute in Ireland's next qualifier against San Marino.

[edit] External links

• United Swoop For Douglas
• Rovers' Douglas signs for Leeds
• Jonathan Douglas career stats at Soccerbase

Leeds United A.F.C. - Current Squad
2 Kelly | 3 Crainey | 4 Douglas | 5 Ehiogu | 7 Westlake | 9 Healy | 10 Horsfield | 11 Lewis | 15 Richardson | 16 Einarsson | 17 Carole | 18 Nicholls | 19 Heath | 20 Foxe | 21 Derry | 22 Moore | 23 Stack | 24 Rui Marques | 25 Cresswell | 26 Kilgallon | 27 Kandol | 28 Blake | 31 Warner | 32 Beckford | 33 Howson | 34 Bayly | 35 Madden | 36 Lund | 42 Rose | -- Hird | -- Rothery | Manager: Wise