Johnnie Jackson

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Johnnie Jackson
Personal information
Full name John Alec Jackson
Date of birth 15 August 1982 (1982-08-15) (age 29)
Place of birth Covent Garden, London, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Charlton Athletic
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 Tottenham Hotspur 20 (1)
2002 Swindon Town (loan) 13 (1)
2003 Colchester United (loan) 8 (0)
2003 Coventry City (loan) 5 (2)
2004–2005 Watford (loan) 15 (0)
2005 Derby County (loan) 6 (0)
2006–2009 Colchester United 107 (13)
2009–2010 Notts County 24 (2)
2010 Charlton Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
2010– Charlton Athletic 52 (22)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John Alec "Johnnie" Jackson (born 15 August 1982) is an English footballer currently playing for Charlton Athletic. He usually plays as a left sided midfielder but can also play as a central midfielder or a left-back.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

Jackson began his career at Tottenham Hotspur in 1999, signing professional terms in 2000; however he rarely broke into the first-team, scoring once in the league in a 4–2 win at Charlton Athletic in February 2004.[1]

[edit] Various Loan Spells

During his time at White Hart Lane he spent many seasons on loan at various lower league clubs, such as Swindon Town where he scored twice, once in the league against Northampton Town,[2] and once in the Football League Trophy against Southend United.[3] He also went on loan to Colchester United, whom he would later join on a permanent basis. Jackson earned admiration while on loan at Coventry City when he scored the last-minute winning goal against local rivals West Bromwich Albion.[4]

[edit] Colchester United

In the summer of 2006 he was released by Tottenham. He was soon signed for free by Colchester, who were recently promoted to the Championship, and whom he had played for on loan in 2003. He scored his first goal for the club in February 2007, when Colchester lost 2–1 against West Brom. In the 2007/2008 season Johnnie won the clubs Player of the year award. During the 2008–09 season with Colchester United, Jackson did not play as many games as he first hoped with a back injury that was aggravated during the 1–1 draw against Milton Keynes Dons.

[edit] Notts County

On 17 August 2009, Jackson signed for Notts County. He scored his first goal for Notts County in the 3–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge on 22 August 2009.[5] His second County goal came in the FA Cup against Bradford City on 7 November 2009.[6]

[edit] Charlton Athletic loan

On 18 February 2010 Jackson signed for Charlton Athletic on a one month loan to cover at left back following an injury to Grant Basey.[7]

[edit] Charlton Athletic

He joined Charlton permanently in July 2010 and was named the N Power league 1 player of the month for November that year. He was named club captain for the 2011-2012 season.

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