Ian Joy

Ian Joy

Personal information
Full name	Ian Paul Joy
Date of birth	July 14, 1981 (1981-07-14)
Place of birth	San Diego, California, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1994–1996	Manchester United
1996–2000	Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000	Montrose	28	(2)
2001	Kidderminster Harriers	23	(0)
2002–2003	Chester City	3	(0)
2003	Columbus Crew	0	(0)
2004–2005	Hamburger SV II	34	(0)
2005–2007	FC St. Pauli	67	(1)
2008–2009	Real Salt Lake	20	(0)
2009–2010	FC Ingolstadt 04	3	(0)
2010	Portland Timbers	21	(0)
National team‡
1999–2007	United States U-20	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 20, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 16, 2009

Ian Paul Joy (born July 14, 1981 in San Diego, California) is an American soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers in the USSF Division-2 Professional League. In 2011, Joy retired from playing and took a position as media staff with Real Salt Lake. Injuries during his Soccer career held him back from playing at the very highest level in Club Soccer.

Career

Joy grew up in Bo’ness in Scotland, and as a teenager was a member of the youth academies of both Manchester United and Tranmere Rovers. He began his professional career in Europe, playing for clubs such as Montrose in Scotland, Kidderminster Harriers in England, and Hamburger SV and St. Pauli in Germany. Joy immediately became a fan favorite then won the Regionalliga Nord Championship with St. Pauli getting promotion to the German 2nd Bundesliga in his 2nd season.

He signed for Real Salt Lake from German side St. Pauli in January 2008, Joy Played in 20 MLS games in 2008 helping Real Salt Lake to the MLS play offs for the first time in the franchise history. After a successful Trial with German 3rd Liga team Fortuna Düsseldorf in Jan 2009 Joy turned down the chance to return to Europe to continue his career in Major League Soccer. After struggling with injury in 2009 Joy asked to be released from his MLS contract and returned to Europe, There he signed a short term Contract with German 3rd Liga team FC Ingolstadt 04 on September 16, 2009.

Joy signed with Portland Timbers of the USSF D2 Pro League on February 18, 2010 where he captained the team for the 2010 season.

Retirement from Soccer

Ian Joy announced his retirement from Professional soccer via his personal twitter account @JOYPAULIAN in April 2011 and has began several business adventures. Ian often makes an appearance as Color Commentator for espn700 along side Bill Riley for Major league soccer team Real Salt Lake.

Joy is expected to return to the professional game as a coach.

Personal

Joy's mother is a British citizen from Scotland, and as such Ian holds dual American and British citizenship. Joy has a daughter Madison Louise Joy born on 6/5/06 in Hamburg, Germany. After his retirement from professional soccer Ian bought into the salt lake city based company ZAGG in 2011 and currently owns 2 stores in Missouri.

External links

• Ian Joy biography on Yanks Abroad
• Ian Joy articles on Yanks Abroad
• Ian Joy career stats at Soccerbase
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