Jason Bowen (footballer)

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Personal information
Jason Bowen
Full name	Jason Peter Bowen
Date of birth	24 August 1972 (1972-08-24) (age 35)
Place of birth	Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Newport County
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1995 1995–1997 1997 1997–1999 1999–2004 2004–	Swansea City Birmingham City → Southampton (loan) Reading Cardiff City Newport County	124 (26) 048 0(7) 003 0(0) 015 0(1) 134 (34) 111 (37)
National team
1994–1996	Wales	002 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jason Peter Bowen (born 24 August 1972 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh former international footballer. Bowen was capped twice by Wales in a career which started at Swansea City.

[edit] Playing career

Born and raised in Merthyr, Bowen made his league debut for Swansea City in the 1990–91 season under manager Terry Yorath. In his five seasons at The Vetch he played 124 league games, scoring 26 goals, mostly under the management of Frank Burrows and captaincy of John Cornforth. Whilst at Swansea, he progressed from the Welsh schools and youth set-ups through to the full international squad, earning his first full cap from Mike Smith in a 2–1 win in Estonia in 1994.

In July 1995, he then moved to Birmingham City where he remained for a further three years. He won his second Welsh cap in a 7–1 defeat in Holland in 1996. He had a spell on loan at Southampton in September 1997 under manager Dave Jones, and made 3 appearances in the Premiership. It seemed that the move would permanent but the clubs were unable to agree a fee^[1], so Bowen returned to Birmingham.

He then moved to Reading in December 1997 before returning to Wales in January 1999 where he spent five years with Cardiff City, suffering one relegation but offsetting that with three promotions as Cardiff took off following the arrival of Sam Hammam.

In July 2004 he joined Newport County, making his debut on 14 August 2004 at Havant & Waterlooville.

[edit] References

^ Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology, p.487. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.

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v • d • e Newport County A.F.C. – current squad

— J Bowen • — J Clarke • — P Cochlin • — N Davies • — A Evans • — R Evans • — L Fowler • — C Griffin • — I Hillier • — A Harris • — C Hughes • — S James • — S Jenkins • — K Leek • — M Prosser • — J Simpson • — M Smith • — G Thompson • Manager: D Holdsworth