Josh Thompson (footballer)

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Josh Thompson
Personal information
Full name Joshua William Thompson[1]
Date of birth 25 February 1991 (1991-02-25) (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Bolton, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Chesterfield
(on loan from Celtic)
Number 5
Youth career
000?–2008 Stockport County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2009 Stockport County 9 (0)
2009– Celtic 18 (3)
2010–2011 → Rochdale (loan) 12 (1)
2011–2012 → Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
2012– → Chesterfield (loan) 7 (1)
National team‡
2010 England U19 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2011

Joshua William "Josh" Thompson (born 25 February 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Chesterfield as a centre back, on loan from Scottish Premier League side Celtic.

Thompson has previously played in League One with Stockport and Rochdale. He has also played for England under-19 team.

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[edit] Early life

Thompson was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester and raised in Atherton.[2]

[edit] Club career

[edit] Stockport County

Thompson progressed through the Stockport County youth system.[2] He had trials at Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion during the 2008–09 season.[3] Peterborough United had a bid for Thompson rejected in July 2009.[4]

[edit] Celtic

Thompson signed for Scottish Premier League team Celtic on 8 August 2009.[5] He made his debut coming on as a substitute for Stephen McManus at home against Falkirk on 16 January 2010.[6] He made his first Celtic start in a 4–1 away victory against St Johnstone on 24 January 2010 and scored his first goal for Celtic in a 3–0 victory over St. Johnstone on 20 March 2010.[7] He followed this up with two goals for Celtic in a 2–1 victory over Motherwell on 13 April 2010.[8]

[edit] Loans away from Celtic

On 20 August 2010 Thompson joined League One team Rochdale on a season-long loan.[9]

On 8 August 2011 Thompson moved to Championship side Peterborough United on a season-long loan.[10]

On 17 January 2011, after making just one substitute appearance for Peterborough United, Thompson moved to League One side Chesterfield for the remainder of the season.

[edit] International career

In July 2010, Thompson appeared for England under-19s in the European Under-19 Championship making 3 appearances in the finals,[11] before his team lost to Spain in the semi-final.[12]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 9781845964740. 
  2. ^ a b c "First Team - Josh Thompson". Stockport County F.C.. http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10419~46402,00.html. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
  3. ^ Whalley, Mike (29 July 2009). "Not-so lucky break". Stockport Express. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/sport/football/stockport_county/s/1128640_notso_lucky_break. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
  4. ^ "Ferguson confirms Thompson offer". BBC Sport. 1 July 2009. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8128119.stm. Retrieved 22 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Celtic secure defender Thompson". BBC Sport. 9 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8191375.stm. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
  6. ^ Conaghan, Martin (16 January 2010). "Celtic 1 – 1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8460451.stm. Retrieved 22 November 2011. 
  7. ^ Lindsay, Clive (20 March 2010). "Celtic 3 – 0 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8575707.stm. Retrieved 22 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "Celtic 2 – 1 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 13 April 2010. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8616829.stm. Retrieved 22 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "Rochdale sign Celtic's Josh Thompson". BBC Sport. 20 August 2010. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8932981.stm. Retrieved 22 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Peterborough sign Celtic defender Josh Thompson on loan". BBC Sport. 9 August 2011. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14463028.stm. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
  11. ^ "Joshua Thompson". UEFA. http://en.uefa.com/under19/teams/player=250017930/index.html. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  12. ^ Liew, Jonathan (27 July 2010). "Spain U19 3 England U19 1: match report". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/7912882/Spain-U19-3-England-U19-1-match-report.html. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 

[edit] External links

England squad – 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
England
Chesterfield F.C. – current squad
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