Jacob Gleeson
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Gleeson in November 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jacob Christopher Gleeson | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth |
Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Portland Timbers | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Western Suburbs FC | ||
| 2008–2010 | Team Wellington | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | Portland Timbers U23s | 15 | (0) |
| 2011– | Portland Timbers | 39 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Sacramento Republic (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Portland Timbers 2 (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | New Zealand U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | New Zealand U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | New Zealand U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011– | New Zealand | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:06, 10 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014 |
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Jacob Christopher "Jake" Gleeson (born 26 June 1990) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for American club Portland Timbers as a goalkeeper.
Gleeson began his career playing for Western Suburbs FC of the Central Premier League. After an extremely impressive showing at the 2007 Under-17 World Cup in South Korea, Gleeson was offered week-long trials with English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Everton. During the trials, Gleeson impressed the management of both clubs but was suffering the effects of lingering illness, which management took into account. After the initial trial, Everton offered Gleeson a retrial which ultimately ended without an offer being made. Although Manchester United did not offer a retrial, they thought highly of Gleeson and goalkeeping coach Richard Harris promised to recommend Gleeson to other English clubs for a place in their academies.
Gleeson moved up to a higher division in 2008 by signing for Team Wellington of the ASB Championship, the national association football league of New Zealand, and spent the next two years with the club, featuring in 5 games in total.
Gleeson was offered a trial with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer in 2010 but declined the opportunity in favor of a guaranteed contract offered by the former USL incarnation of the Portland Timbers in preparation for their promotion to Major League Soccer. He was to train with the USL team but play for the team's USL Premier Development League affiliate, Portland Timbers U23s. In an interview with New Zealand media in April 2010, Gleeson stated, "I don't have a guaranteed spot but I'm in a really good position because I'm a youth player. I'll come in as the No3 goalie and try and work my way up from there", regarding his prospects of eventually making the transition from the Timbers-U23 team to senior roster.
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