Jon French

Jon French

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan French
Date of birth	(1976-09-25) 25 September 1976
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	Bristol Rovers	17	(1)
1998–2000	Hull City	45	(0)
1999	Blackpool (loan)	0	(0)
2000–2003	Barry Town	95	(26)
2003–2006	Weston-super-Mare
2006–2008	Mangotsfield United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan French (born 25 September 1976) is an English retired footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers and Hull City.

Career

Jon French began his football career playing for his hometown club, Bristol Rovers as a forward in 1995. He made seventeen league appearances and scored one goal for his club. French would later leave the club and join Hull City in 1998. French only made forty five league appearances scoring no goals, was close though. It was then at South Wales club Barry Town where he would make a name for himself, Jon. During the three years with Barry Town, he appeared in all fifty-two league matches in his debut season also scoring seventeen goals. He also appeared in European competition for Barry including the notorious 3–1 win against F.C. Porto. It is said the legendary Portuguese international Jorge Costa claimed "I thought Barry had an extra player, Jon French was absolutely everywhere, yet his hair remained perfectly in place throughout"

French left Barry Town F.C. in 2003 and went to play for Weston-super-Mare and later playing for Mangotsfield United in 2006 and finished his playing career in 2014 at Shepton Mallet.

External links

• Jon French at Soccerbase