Jonny Dixon
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| Jonny Dixon | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Dixon | |
| Date of birth | January 16, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Murcia, Spain | |
| Height | 5ft 9ins | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| Number | 21 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2007 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006 2007-2008 2008- |
Wycombe Wanderers → Crawley Town (loan) → Aldershot Town (loan) → Aldershot Town (loan) Aldershot Town Brighton & Hove Albion |
73 (7) 4 (0) 10 (7) 10 (4) 39 (15) 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jonathan Dixon (born January 16, 1984 in Murcia, Spain) is a professional footballer currently playing for English League One side Brighton & Hove Albion. He plays as a striker.
[edit] Career
Dixon began his career as a trainee with Wycombe Wanderers, turning professional in August 2001. Following regular Reserve Team appearances during 2001/02, Dixon was given a squad number by Lawrie Sanchez at the beginning of season 2002-03 and made his debut, as a late substitute for Stuart Roberts against Northampton Town on August 13, 2002. Despite suffering a knee injury, he still managed to score 5 goals in 7 starts for the Blues, earning himself a contract through to 2005.
Due to a lack of opportunities to feature in the first team at Wycombe during the 2003-04 season, he joined Dr Martens Premier League Champions Crawley Town on loan in December 2003.[1]
A similar story during the 2004-05 season saw Dixon go on loan to Aldershot Town in November 2004, [2] where he scored 9 goals in 12 appearances. Due to the success of this loan period, Dixon returned to Wycombe and signed a one year contract extension in June 2005 before rejoining the Shots on loan until the end of season in January 2006.[3] It was thought that in June 2006 Dixon would sign permanently for Aldershot but following the arrival of Paul Lambert as manager he signed a further one year contract with Wycombe. He was used mainly as a substitute by Lambert and played his final game for Wycombe in the 1-1 draw with League Champions Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final on January 10, 2007, replacing Tommy Mooney as a late substitute.
On January 11, 2007, the day after the Chelsea game, he signed for Aldershot for a fee of £6,000.[4] In all competitions, Dixon made 24 appearances (3 as a substitute) in the remainder of the 2006-07 season scoring 8 goals and in the 2007-08 season Dixon made 26 appearances (4 as a substitute), scoring 11 goals.
On January 30, 2008, he was signed by Brighton & Hove Albion for a fee of £55,000.[5] He was almost immediately "ruled out for four to six weeks by physio Malcolm Stuart after turning his ankle" during a training accident.[6] Jonny made his Brighton debut coming on as a late substitute during the 1-1 draw against Leyton Orient at the Withdean on the 1st March 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ Three in at Crawley
- ^ Shots secure loan deal for Dixon
- ^ Aldershot bring in Dixon on loan
- ^ Dixon returns to Shots
- ^ "Dixon completes move to Brighton & Hove Albion".
- ^ Out for 4 to 6 weeks after joining Brighton: The Argus website. Retrieved on February 7, 2008.
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