Eoin Jess

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Eoin Jess
Personal information
Full nameEoin Jess
Date of birth (1970-12-13) 13 December 1970
Place of birthPortsoy, Scotland
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1986–1987Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1996Aberdeen201(50)
1996–1997Coventry City39(1)
1997–2001Aberdeen113(30)
2000–2001Bradford City (loan)17(3)
2001–2002Bradford City45(14)
2002–2005Nottingham Forest86(7)
2005–2007Northampton Town64(2)
Total565(107)
National team
1992–1999Scotland18(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Eoin Jess (born 13 December 1970 in Portsoy) is a former Scottish football player. He was capped 18 times by Scotland, scoring two goals.

His career started at Aberdeen, helping the Dons to finish second in the Scottish Premier League in the 1993–94 season. Whilst at the top of his game for Aberdeen, he was connected with moves to the likes of Parma, at the time flying high in the Italian Serie A. In 1996, he earned a move to Coventry City but this lasted just over a year, during which he scored just once against QPR[1] in 39 Premier League games and scored an own goal in a game against Manchester United. He did however score twice in Coventry's run in the 1996/97 FA Cup in games against Woking[2] and Blackburn Rovers.[3] He then returned to Aberdeen for a second spell.

He returned to the Premier League with Bradford City in 2000 but despite finishing the season as top scorer, financial problems meant he was released in 2002 following the collapse of ITV Digital. He joined Nottingham Forest in August 2002 and in his first season steered Forest into the play-offs. However they were relegated in 2005 and Jess moved on as a free agent. In July 2005 he signed for Northampton Town, and was released from his contract there on 11 April 2007.[4] He later rejoined Nottingham Forest as a coach for the youth team a job he left in May 2012.

In April 2009, at the age of 38, Jess suffered a mild stroke.[5]

References

  1. "QPR play the fall guys in Strachan's antics roadshow". The Independent. 15 April 1996. Retrieved 11 April 2012. 
  2. "Woking wound Premier pride". The Independent. 27 January 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2012. 
  3. "Ogrizovic's glory". The Independent. 16 February 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2012. 
  4. Veteran Jess leaves Northampton
  5. Marris, Sharon (2009-04-09). "Former Scotland footballer Jess tells how he suffered a stroke – aged 38". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 

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