| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Dixon | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Murcia, Spain | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2007 | Wycombe Wanderers | 73 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Aldershot Town (loan) | 10 | (7) |
| 2006 | → Aldershot Town (loan) | 10 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Aldershot Town | 39 | (15) |
| 2008–2009 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Eastleigh (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Eastleigh (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03 July 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jonathan Dixon (born 16 January 1984 in Murcia, Spain) is a former professional footballer. He played as a striker.
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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 13 August 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 10 January 2007, replacing Tommy Mooney as a late substitute.
On 11 January 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 30 January 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] Dixon made his Brighton debut coming on as a late substitute during the 1–1 draw against Leyton Orient at the Withdean on the 1 March 2008.
After struggling to force his way into the Brighton first-team during the start of the 2008–09 season, Dixon joined Grays Athletic on an initial one-month loan deal on 23 September 2008.[7]
On 9 January 2009, Dixon joined Conference South side Eastleigh on loan, initially for one-month.[8]
Dixon returned to Brighton after the conclusion of his initial loan spell at the Silverlake Stadium and was named as a substitute during the Football League Trophy Southern Final penalty-shoot out defeat to Luton Town.[9] Dixon then re-joined Conference South side Eastleigh on loan, initially for a month the following day.[10]
On 3 July 2009, Dixon had his contract at Brighton terminated by mutual consent.[11] He retired from football later in July, to concentrate on working his music management business.[12]
Dixon has previously dated Australian model, actress and ARIA nominated singer Holly Valance.[13]