Jonathan Walters

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jon Walters


fullname = Jonathan Ronald Walters
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|9|20
cityofbirth = Birkenhead
countryofbirth = England
height = 6ft 0in (1.83m)
nickname =
position = Striker or Right wing
currentclub = Ipswich Town
clubnumber = 19
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000–01 2001–04 2003 2003 2003–04 2004–05 2005 2005–06 2006–07 2007–
clubs = Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers → Hull City (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Barnsley (loan) Hull City → Scunthorpe United (loan) Wrexham Chester City Ipswich Town
caps(goals) = 00 0(0) 04 0(0) 11 0(5) 00 0(0) 08 0(0) 37 0(2) 03 0(0) 38 0(5) 26 0(9) 46 (16)
nationalyears =
2007
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland U-21
Republic of Ireland B
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(2)
01 0(0)
pcupdate = 16:53, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = November 20 2007

Jonathan Ronald "Jon" Walters (born 20 September, 1983 in Birkenhead) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a striker and on the right wing for Ipswich Town F.C.

Walters started his career at Blackburn Rovers scoring plenty of goals for their youth team before moving to Bolton Wanderers. He played a few first team games before signing for Hull City, then Wrexham and in 2006 signed for Chester City. He agreed terms with Ipswich on a deal worth £150,000 plus add-ons in mid-January 2007, having impressed in FA Cup ties between the clubs earlier in the month. [cite web
title=New boy Jon looking up
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2007-01-26
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~971363,00.html
accessdate=2008-02-14]

Ipswich Town

On 3 March, 2007, Walters scored his first goal for Ipswich in their 2–1 over Queens Park Rangers at Portman Road. [cite web
title=Ipswich Town 2-1 QPR
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2007-03-03
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10272~33815,00.html
accessdate=2008-02-14] Walters has played for the Republic of Ireland U21's thus making him an Irish international, even though he is still eligible to play for his homeland - England. He scored his first ever senior hat-trick in the 6–0 win over Bristol City in November 2007 at Portman Road, [cite web
title=Jon celebrates in style
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2007-11-10
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~1165040,00.html
accessdate=2008-02-14] [cite web
title=Town 6-0 Bristol City
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2007-11-10
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~1164866,00.html
accessdate=2008-02-14] in the same week he received a call up to the Republic of Ireland B squad. [cite web
title=Jon gets B call
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2007-11-08
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~1163323,00.html
accessdate=2008-02-14]

On 12 January, 2008, he extended his contract with Ipswich until 2011. [cite web
title=Jon signs new deal
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2008-01-12
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~1213443,00.html
accessdate=2008-02-14] He went under the knife for surgery on a niggling knee problem on 19 March 2008 and returned to action against Norwich City on 13 April in half the expected time. In the awards night for the 2007/2008 season, he was rewarded for his hard work and honoured with the Boxholder's & Corporate Sponsor's Player of The Year and Player's Player of The Year awards. [cite web
title=Jon Honoured
publisher=Ipswich Town Football Club
date=2008-04-23
url=http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~1296233,00.html
accessdate=2008-04-23]

References

External links

* [http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10272~22645,00.html Jonathan Walters player profile] at itfc.co.uk
* [http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~22645,00.html Jonathan Walters player profile] at hullcityafc.net
* [http://www.crewealex.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10414~22645,00.html Jonathan Walters player profile] at crewealexfc.net

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