Quinton Jacobs

Quinton Jacobs
Personal information
Full nameQuinton Norman Jacobs
Date of birth21 January 1979
Place of birthWindhoek, Namibia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Free Agent
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999Black Africa47(0)
1999–2000Partick Thistle27(3)
2000–2001Duisburg0(0)
2001–2003Black Leopards10(0)
2003–2004Civics20(0)
2004–2005Ramblers9(0)
2005–2006Ajax Cape Town6(1)
2006–2007Bryne15(1)
2008Ramblers17(0)
2009–2010African Stars5(1)
2010→ Jabal Al Mukaber (loan)7(0)
2011–2012United Sikkim23(16)
2013Mohun Bagan0(0)
National team
1998–Namibia28(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Quinton Norman Jacobs (born 21 January 1979 in Windhoek) is a Namibian football midfielder who plays for Mohun Bagan in the I-League.

Career

Jacobs began his football career with Black Africa in his native Namibia, playing for them from 1997 to 1999. In late 1998, he spent a trial period with Manchester United, playing in a friendly for the club's reserve team against a Major League Soccer Under-21s side.

After leaving Black Africa in 1999, he had a brief spell with Partick Thistle in the Scottish Division Two, after turning down offers from Ajax and Werder Bremen.[1][2] He once scored directly from a corner kick in a match against Ross County at Firhill stadium.

He left Partick in 2000 and spent a year with German side Duisburg, but did not make a single appearance before joining South African side Black Leopards in 2001. In 2003, he moved back to Namibia to play for Civics Windhoek. He spent a year there and another year with Ramblers before returning to South Africa to play for Ajax Cape Town in 2005. In 2006, Jacobs got another chance in European football, joining Norway's Bryne, but after just one goal in 15 appearances, he rejoined Ramblers.

In 2009 he placed for African Stars F.C. in Namibia and joined Palestinian club Jabal Al Mukaber early in 2010.[3]

United Sikkim

He played for the United Sikkim F.C. in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. On 15 March 2012 he scored a brace which helped his side win 3–2 against Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. in Siliguri.[4] He had scored 16 goals in 23 matches in the 2nd Division for the Gangtok-based club helping his side win promotion to the 2012-13 I-League.

Salgaocar

On 6 May 2012 Jacobs signed with former Indian I-League champions Salgaocar.[5]

Mohun Bagan

In January 2013, the century old Kolkata-based club Mohun Bagan A.C. signed this Namibian midfielder as a replacement to the underperforming Stanley Okoroigwe.[6] On 28th Match, he scored his first I-League goal for the club against Pailan Arrows in a 2–0 win at Kalyani. He also won the Man of the Match for the effort.[7]

International career

He is a member of the Namibia national football team.[8]

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