Jay Tabb

Jay Tabb

Personal information
Full name	Jay Anthony Tabb
Date of birth	21 February 1984 (1984-02-21)
Place of birth	Tooting, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfielder, winger
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	7
Youth career
1999–2000	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2006	Brentford	128	(20)
2003	→ Crawley Town (loan)	?	(?)
2006–2009	Coventry City	95	(11)
2009–	Reading	57	(0)
National team‡
2005–2006	Republic of Ireland U21	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2008

Jay Anthony Tabb (born 21 February 1984) is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Reading.

Tabb has played as right back, on both wings, in central midfield, and as centre forward. He regularly played in the centre forward position for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 team.

Career

Tabb was born in Tooting, Greater London and was released from Crystal Palace as a junior at the age of 16, after being deemed, at 5' 7", too short to play professional football. Undeterred, he signed for Brentford.

Tabb made 114 starts for Brentford and 42 appearances from the substitutes bench scoring 24 goals for the Bees. In May 2006, Tabb chose to leave Brentford in pursuit of football at a higher level. Tabb was placed on the transfer list on 18 May. One day later, Tabb was called up to the full Republic of Ireland squad. He was signed by Coventry City on 30 June.

Tabb wore number 21 for Coventry and made his debut as a substitute against Cardiff City on 12 August, coming on for the injured Adam Virgo who himself was a substitute.

On 23 April 2008, Tabb was awarded the Player of the Year accolade for his services to Coventry City during the 2007–08 season.

On 19 January 2009, Tabb signed for Reading, who were, at the time, managed by Tabb's former boss Steve Coppell. The transfer fee was undisclosed. Tabb was given the squad number 37 by Reading. Manager Steve Coppell said, "He is a player I know well, and I am certain he will supplement our squad as we go into this final third of the season."

External links

• Jay Tabb career stats at Soccerbase
• Jay Tabb profile at the Reading website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Andy Marshall	Coventry City Player of the Year 2007-2008	Succeeded by Aron Gunnarsson