Jonathan Grounds
 Grounds playing for Oldham Athletic in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Martin Grounds | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1988[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Thornaby-on-Tees, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Oldham Athletic | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Middlesbrough | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2012 | Middlesbrough | 33 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Norwich City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Norwich City (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | → Hibernian (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2012– | Oldham Athletic | 72 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:44, 30 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jonathan Martin Grounds (born 2 February 1988) is an English footballer currently playing for Oldham Athletic. Grounds previously played for Middlesbrough, making 33 league appearances spread across five years. During his time with Middlesbrough, Grounds was loaned to Norwich City twice, Hibernian, Chesterfield and Yeovil Town. He signed for Oldham in 2012 as a free agent. Grounds plays as a left back.
Career
Grounds graduated from the Middlesbrough Academy system prior to the 2007–08 season, and the club were considering releasing him that pre-season. However, he was handed a one-year contract instead. With regular left backs Andrew Taylor and Emanuel Pogatetz injured, he made his debut on 12 January 2008 in a 1–1 Premier League draw at home to Liverpool. After impressing in several further appearances he was rewarded with a new two-year contract in March of that year.[2]
On 1 September 2008, Grounds joined Norwich City on loan for three months.[3] He was recalled by Middlesbrough after just 31 days, however, due to a player shortage at his parent club.[4] Grounds made 5 appearances in total for Norwich during his loan spell. On 7 January 2009, Norwich City confirmed that Grounds would be rejoining the club for a second short-term loan spell.[5] During this stint at Norwich, manager Gordon Strachan asked him to play in central defence, and he made a further 11 appearances for City, scoring 3 goals, before returning to Middlesbrough on 7 March.
On 18 June 2010 Grounds signed a contract extension with Boro aimed at keeping him at the club until 2012.[6]
However, in spite of this new contract, after making only one appearance for Middlesbrough early in the 2010–11 season, Grounds was loaned to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian.[7] Grounds returned to Middlesbrough in January 2011 after making 15 appearances for Hibs.[8] He scored for his hometown club with a header against Swansea City in a match which 'Boro lost 4–3.
On 22 February 2012, Grounds and team-mate Jonathan Franks joined League One side Yeovil Town on a month's loan with an option to extend the agreement until the end of the season.[9]
Grounds left Middlesbrough at the end of his contract,[10] and on 2 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Football League One side Oldham Athletic.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jonathan Grounds". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ↑ "Jonathan Earns New Deal". mfc.co.uk. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ↑ "Norwich land Boro youngster". skysports.com. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ↑ "Grounds ends Canaries loan spell". BBC Sport. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
- ↑ "Norwich secure Grounds loan deal". BBC Sport. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ↑ "Grounds signs new Middlesbrough deal". Ontheminute.com. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ↑ Wilson, Scott (31 August 2010). "Boro defender joins Hibs on loan". Northern Echo. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ↑ "Jonathan Grounds returns to Middlesbrough from Hibs". BBC Sport. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ↑ "Yeovil sign Jonathan Grounds and Jonathan Franks on loan". BBC Sport. 22 February 2012.
- ↑ Fraser, Paul (4 May 2012). "Boro look at Tigers' Koren". The Northern Echo (Newsquest). Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ↑ http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~2829571,00.html
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