| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Harrow, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2002–2003 | Cambridge United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2006 | Cambridge United | 84 | (10) |
| 2005 | → Aldershot Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | Rushden & Diamonds | 11 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Grays Athletic | 10 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Braintree Town (loan) | ||
| 2007 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | ||
| 2007–2009 | King's Lynn[1][2] | 34 | (7) |
| 2009– | Corby Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:52, 14 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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John Turner (born 12 February 1986) is an English footballer, born in Harrow, who played in the Football League as a forward for Cambridge United and Rushden & Diamonds.[3] He currently plays for Corby Town.
Turner joined Cambridge United's youth scheme as a 16-year-old, after leaving Aston Villa's youth academy.[4] Still only 17, he made a dream debut on 12 April 2003 in the League Two match against Exeter City: entering the game as a 76th-minute substitute, he scored the winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.[5][6] He scored a hat-trick in November 2004 in League Two against Rushden & Diamonds to give Cambridge United a 3–1 victory.[7] In late 2005 he spent a month on loan at Aldershot in an attempt to recover his goalscoring form,[8] and joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in January 2006.[5] Despite being knocked unconscious during his first appearance, three days later he signed a permanent contract until the end of the 2005–06 season, at which point he was offered another deal but preferred to join Grays Athletic.[9] Grays loaned him out to Conference South sides Braintree and Bishop's Stortford[10] before releasing him at the end of the 2006–07 season when he joined King's Lynn.[11] In January 2009, he left the club by mutual consent[12] and signed for Corby Town, with whom he won promotion to the Conference North in 2009.[9]