Jackson Irvine

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Jackson Irvine
Personal information
Full name Jackson Irvine
Date of birth (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 20)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder/Defender
Club information
Current club Celtic
Number 36
Youth career
2003–2006 Knox City
2007–2008 Endeavour United
2008 Richmond SC
2008–2010 Melbourne Victory
2010– Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010 Frankston Pines (1)
2012– Celtic 1 (0)
National team‡
2011– Scotland U19 3 (1)
2012– Australia U20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2012

Jackson Irvine (born 7 March 1993[1]) is an Australian football (soccer) player. Irvine currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Celtic, as a central midfielder. Irvine has represented the Scotland national under-19 football team, although he intends to play for Australia in international football.

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Career [edit]

Club [edit]

Irvine was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia[2] were he played for clubs in the Victoria League structure.[3] He signed with Celtic in December 2010 after a successful trial period.[3] During the 2011–12 season, Irvine played for Celtic in the NextGen Series, a pan-European competition for youth teams,[4] he also captained the under 19-side[5] that won the Scottish Youth Cup and Under-19 League that season.[6] Irvine made his Scottish Premier League debut on 1 September 2012, when he came on as a half-time substitute in a 2–2 draw against Hibs.[7][8] Having made his first team debut he also captained the club's new under-20 side.[9]

International [edit]

Irvine represented Scotland at the under-19 international level, although he said in October 2011 that he was still interested in playing for Australia.[4][10] Irvine is eligible to play for Scotland because his father was born in Aberdeen,[2] although he reiterated his desire to play for his native Australia in September 2012.[11] On 11 October 2012, he made his debut for the Australia U-20 team in a friendly match against Portugal.[12]

Career statistics [edit]

As of 1 September 2012[7][13]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic
2012-13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Honours [edit]

Celtic

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Jackson Irvine". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  2. ^ a b Roberts, Chris (6 September 2012). "Jackson Irvine defends decision to play for country of his birth, Australia". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  3. ^ a b "U20s :: The Players". www.celticfc.net (Celtic FC). Retrieved 2 September 2012. 
  4. ^ a b Stamocostas, Con (27 October 2011). "From Victory To Boca, Borussia and Basel...". FourFourTwo (Australia). Retrieved 2 September 2012. 
  5. ^ "Irvine’s Aussie debut may be put on hold". goalweekly.com. Goal Weekly. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 6September 2012. 
  6. ^ "John Kennedy hails Celtic's double-winning Under-19". eveningtimes.co.uk. Evening Times. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  7. ^ a b "Jackson Irvine". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  8. ^ English, Tom (2 September 2012). "Celtic 2-2 Hibernian: Hibees get Celtic’s back up". Scotland on Sunday (Johnston Press). Retrieved 2 September 2012. 
  9. ^ "My career’s history.. now I want these kids to create their own". thescottishsun.co.uk. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  10. ^ "Scotland U19s suffer qualification blow". www.scottishfa.co.uk (Scottish Football Association). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012. 
  11. ^ "Hoops starlet's heart is with Australia after pledging international future to Socceroos". Daily Record. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  12. ^ "Qantas Young Socceroos fall to Portugal". footballaustralia.com.au (Football Federation Australia). 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012. 
  13. ^ "Jackson Irvine". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2012. 
Australia squad – 2012 AFC U-19 Championship
Australia
Celtic F.C. – current squad
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