Jon Worthington

Football player infobox
playername = Jon Worthington


fullname = Jonathan Alan S. Worthington
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height = height|ft=5|in=8
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|4|16
cityofbirth = Dewsbury
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Huddersfield Town
clubnumber = 8
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Huddersfield Town
years = 2002-
clubs = Huddersfield Town
caps(goals) = 203 (12)
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pcupdate = October 11, 2008
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Jonathan Alan S. "Jon" Worthington (born April 16, 1983 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) is a professional footballer playing for Football League One side Huddersfield Town.

Born in nearby Dewsbury, Worthington is a central midfielder who has been a superb tackler and because of it picked up 16 yellow cards last season. The other low point was that he missed Town's money-spinning FA Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Even worse still, when Town played Chelsea in the 5th round two years later, he was injured.

He was made captain in 2004 after previous captain Efe Sodje was stripped of the captaincy for getting a red card in a LDV Vans Trophy against Blackpool (which Town lost 6-3 in extra time). He beat Nathan Clarke who was named vice-captain.

He is widely regarded as one of Town's best midfielders although he does tend to miss many games during the season due to injuries.

Many Terriers fans regard Worthington as being the main lynchpin of the Town midfield, which normally seems to be out of sorts without his presence. Other midfielders have tried such as Michael Collins, Andy Holdsworth, Adnan Ahmed, Mark Hudson and loan signing Ronnie Wallwork, but many fans regard a Town midfield 4 as incomplete without Worthington in the middle.

Following Andy Ritchie's departure as manager of the Terriers, Worthington was relinquished of his captaincy duties by caretaker manager Gerry Murphy, so he could focus on his playing duties. The captaincy was taken up by Robert Page.

External links

* [http://www.htafc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10312~22566,00.html Jon Worthington player profile] at htafc.com
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