Jason de Vos

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jason deVos
Personal information
Full name	Jason de Vos
Date of birth	January 2, 1974 (age 33)
Place of birth	Ontario, Canada
Height	6ft 4in / 1.93 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1996 1996-1998 1998 - 2001 2001 - 2004 2004 - present	Montreal Impact Darlington Dundee United Wigan Athletic Ipswich Town	55 (3) 54 (6) 108 (3) 98 (21) 122 (8)
National team2
1997-2004	Canada	49 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 10, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jason de Vos (surname often spelt De Vos; born January 2, 1974 in London, Ontario) is a professional football player who plays for Ipswich Town in the Football League Championship in England and formerly on the Canadian national soccer team.

The 6'4, 205 lbs. central defender began his professional career in 1990 as a 15 year-old high schooler with hometown club the London Lasers of the former Canadian Soccer League. When the club folded he joined the Kitchener Kicks, also of the CSL. When the latter club also folded he rejoined the re-established Lasers in 1992, the last year of operations for the CSL.

Known for his ability in the air, deVos spent the next five seasons with the Montreal Impact of the then American Professional Soccer League, the last two on loan to English Third Division club Darlington. In 1998 deVos first signed a contract with the Darlington before moving to Dundee United of the Scottish Premier League in October on a £400,000 transfer. He spent three seasons with The Terrors, captaining the side in 2000-01. He was then signed by Wigan Athletic of the then English Second Division for £500,000 in 2001. DeVos captained the side to its promotion to the First Division in 2002-03. Following an injury-plagued 2003-4, which saw Wigan just miss out on a FA Premier League play-off place, deVos left on a Bosman transfer and joined Ipswich Town FC. Since joining Ipswich, he has held down a regular place in the centre of defence, often playing through many injuries, often captaining the team in Jim Magilton's absence. In June 2006, Jim Magilton was appointed manager of Ipswich Town and made deVos the new captain [1].

For Canada, deVos has appeared in 49 full internationals, scoring 4 goals. He debuted on 19 August, 1997 in a 1-0 home loss friendly to Iran. He captained the Canadian team from 1999 until his retirement from international football in 2004. DeVos was named a tournament all-star for both the 2000 and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, in which Canada first and third respectively. He scored the winning goal in the final of the 2000 Gold Cup, a match Canada won 2-0 over Colombia.

DeVos and wife Rachael have a daughter, Ella (4), and a son, Jake (1).

He made a return from a metatarsel injury on 20th February, losing 1 - 0 at home to Wolves.

[edit] External links

• Jason de Vos career stats at Soccerbase
• Sporting-Heroes.net with a picture, profile and career British footballing statistics of deVos
• CanadaSoccer.com with a national team profile of deVos

	Canada squad - 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions
1 Forrest | 2 Fenwick | 3 Aristodemo | 4 Menezes | 5 deVos | 6 {{{p6}}} | 7 Stalteri | 8 {{{p8}}} | 9 Corazzin | 10 Xausa | 11 Brennan | 12 Clarke | 13 Watson | 14 {{{p14}}} | 15 Hastings | 16 Kusch | 17 Peschisolido | 18 Thomas | 21 Nash | 22 Onstad | Coach: Osieck

Ipswich Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Supple | 2 Wilnis | 3 Richards | 4 de Vos | 5 Bruce | 6 Naylor | 7 Garvan | 8 Legwinski | 11 Williams | 12 Peters | 14 Lee | 15 Sito Castro | 16 Casement | 18 Haynes | 19 Walters | 20 Wright | 21 O'Callaghan | 23 Harding | 24 Clarke | 25 Rhodes | 26 Barron | 27 Jeffers | 29 Magilton | 30 Moore | 31 Synnott | 33 Roberts | 34 Price | 36 Trotter | 37 Plummer | Manager: Magilton