| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward James Upson | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Bury St Edmunds, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Yeovil Town | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ipswich Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2010 | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Stevenage Borough (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Barnet (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2010– | Yeovil Town | 45 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2005–2006 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | England U19 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:30, 29 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Edward "Ed" James Upson (born 21 November 1989)[1] is an English footballer who plays for Yeovil Town.
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He scored the winning goal for Ipswich against Southampton in the FA Youth Cup in 2005 when he was 15,[1] and signed a professional contract at the age of 17.[1] In 2008 he was loaned to Stevenage Borough, where he made one substitute appearance on 2 September against Kettering Town. He made his Ipswich debut as a substitute in a Football League Cup match at Shrewsbury Town on 11 August 2009. After being scouted on many occasions by Barnet manager Ian Hendon, Upson joined the Bees on loan from 12 March 2010 for one month,[2] and made his debut coming on as a second half sub for Albert Jarrett in the 1–1 home draw with Burton Albion. Upson was released by Ipswich at the end of the 2009–10 season.[3]
He joined Yeovil Town on a two-year contract at the start of the 2010–11 season.[4] He scored his first goal for Yeovil in the FA Cup match with Hartlepool United in 2010. On 13 August 2011, he scored first league goal in a from outside of the area in a 3–1 win over Oldham Athletic, and went one better with a strike from 30 yards to seal a 1–0 against Wycombe Wanderers on 14 September 2011. He also scored twice in the FA Cup, with goals in the 3–0 win over Hereford United, and the 2–2 draw with Fleetwood Town.
Upson came on as a substitute for the England U19s game against Belarus in September 2007.[5]
| Season | Club | League | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2007–08 | Ipswich Town | Football League Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stevenage Borough | Conference National | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Ipswich Town | Football League Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Barnet | Football League Two | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2010–11 | Yeovil Town | Football League One | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Career totals | 55 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 7 | ||
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