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Jon Routledge
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Joseph Routledge[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-23) 23 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2007 Liverpool
2007–2008 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Wigan Athletic 1 (0)
2010 → Östersund (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2011 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 14 (1)
2011 Hamilton Academical 10 (0)
2011–2012 Stockport County 14 (0)
2012 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 16 (2)
2012–2015 Hamilton Academical 60 (2)
2015–2016 Dumbarton 31 (0)
2016–2024 The New Saints 195 (18)
2024 → Marine A.F.C. (loan) 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024

Jonathan Joseph Routledge (born 23 November 1989) is an English professional footballer.

Career

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Born in Liverpool, Routledge started his career in the Academy of hometown club Liverpool, but left after 10 years to join Wigan Athletic in 2007.[3][4] He signed a professional contract with Wigan in the summer of 2008,[5] and he impressed enough to sign on for a further year in 2009. He made his first team debut on 24 May 2009 in a Premier League match against Portsmouth.[6] He joined Östersund of the Swedish football Division 1 on loan until the end of the 2009–10 season on 1 April 2010.[7]

On 12 August 2010, he joined Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academical on loan until January 2011.[8] On 1 February 2011, Routledge signed a permanent deal with Hamilton until the end of the season after having his contract cancelled by Wigan.[9]

In the summer of 2011 he joined Stockport County before in January 2012 returning to Hamilton on loan until the end of the season.[10] He rejoined Hamilton in the summer of 2012 on a permanent deal.[11] He was released by Hamilton in March 2015.[12] In July 2015, Routledge signed a one-year contract with Scottish Championship side Dumbarton.[13] He was sent off for the first time in a 3–1 victory over Alloa.[14]

After 38 appearances he left the club in May 2016 and moved to Wales,[15] joining Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints.[16]

Honours

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The New Saints[17]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/03/2010 and 31/03/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ "1st Team". Wigan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Young Reds blast back". Liverpool Echo. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Bruce is not after revenge". Wigan Evening Post. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  5. ^ "The magnificent seven". Wigan Athletic F.C. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  6. ^ May, John (24 May 2009). "Wigan 1–0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Swede goodbye". Wigan Athletic FC. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Jon Routledge and Joel Thomas". BBC Sport. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Two new recruits Tuesday". Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Midfielder moves across Border". Stockport County FC. Retrieved 28 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Jon Routledge rejoins Hamilton". Stockport County FC. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Hamilton Academical release English midfielder Jon Routledge". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "Routledge signs". dumbartonfootballclub.com. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Dumbarton 3-1 Alloa Athletic". BBC Sport. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Dumbarton Football Club – JONO MOVES ON – TO WALES!". dumbartonfootballclub.com.
  16. ^ "TNS Sign Former Premier League Midfielder Routledge – TNSFC The New Saints". tnsfc.co.uk. 6 May 2016.
  17. ^ Jon Routledge at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  18. ^ "2016/17 Dafabet WPL Team of the Season". Welsh Premier League. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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