Jonathan Walters

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Jon Walters
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Ronald Walters
Date of birth September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 24)
Place of birth    Birkenhead, England
Height 6ft 0in (1.83m)
Playing position Striker or Right wing
Club information
Current club Ipswich Town
Number 19
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–01
2001–04
2003
2003
2003–04
2004–05
2005
2005–06
2006–07
2007–		 Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
→ Hull City (loan)
→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)
→ Barnsley (loan)
Hull City
→ Scunthorpe United (loan)
Wrexham
Chester City
Ipswich Town		 00 0(0)
04 0(0)
11 0(5)
00 0(0)
08 0(0)
37 0(2)
03 0(0)
38 0(5)
26 0(9)
45 (16)   
National team2

2007		 Republic of Ireland U-21
Republic of Ireland B		 01 0(2)
01 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:53, 16 February 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of November 20 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jonathan Ronald "Jon" Walters (born 20 September 1983 in Birkenhead) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a striker and on the right wing for Ipswich Town F.C.

Jonathan started his career at Blackburn Rovers scoring plenty of goals for their youth team before moving to Bolton Wanderers. He played a few first team games before signing for Hull City, then Wrexham and in 2006 signed for Chester City. He agreed terms with Ipswich on a deal worth £150,000 plus add-ons in mid-January 2007, having impressed in FA Cup ties between the clubs earlier in the month.[1]

[edit] Ipswich Town

On 3 March, 2007, Walters scored his first goal for Ipswich in their 2–1 over Queens Park Rangers at Portman Road.[2] Walters has played for the Republic of Ireland U21's thus making him an Irish international, even though he is still eligible to play for his homeland - England. He scored his first ever senior hat-trick[3] in the 6–0 win over Bristol City in November 2007 at Portman Road,[4] in the same week he received a call up to the Republic of Ireland B squad.[5]

On 12 January, 2008, he extended his contract with Ipswich until 2011.[6]

Jon went under the knife for surgery on a niggling knee problem on 19 March 2008 and was expected to come back in time for the Play Offs, should Town make it, but returned to action against Norwich City on 13 April in half the expected time. In the awards night for the 2007/2008 season, Jon was rewarded for his hard work and honoured with the Boxholder's & Corporate Sponsor's Player of The Year and Player's Player of The Year awards. [7]


[edit] References

  1. ^ New boy Jon looking up. Ipswich Town Football Club (2007-01-26). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  2. ^ Ipswich Town 2-1 QPR. Ipswich Town Football Club (2007-03-03). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  3. ^ Jon celebrates in style. Ipswich Town Football Club (2007-11-10). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  4. ^ Town 6-0 Bristol City. Ipswich Town Football Club (2007-11-10). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  5. ^ Jon gets B call. Ipswich Town Football Club (2007-11-08). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  6. ^ Jon signs new deal. Ipswich Town Football Club (2008-01-12). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  7. ^ Jon Honoured. Ipswich Town Football Club (2008-04-23). Retrieved on 2008-04-23.

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