Jonathan Spector
Spector with Birmingham City in 2016
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| Full name | Jonathan Michael Paul Spector | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 1, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Orlando City | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Bradenton Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Chicago Sockers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Manchester United | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | West Ham United | 101 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Birmingham City | 153 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Orlando City | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | United States U17 | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | United States U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004– | United States | 36 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 15, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 24, 2017 |
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Jonathan Michael Paul Spector (born March 1, 1986) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Orlando City and the United States national team. He started his professional career in England when he was signed by Manchester United as a teenager, but rarely appeared for the club. He played on loan at Charlton Athletic, then in 2006 joined West Ham United, for whom he played over 100 games before he was released at the end of the 2010–11 season. He then spent five-and-a-half seasons with Birmingham City.
Although he began playing as a striker during his youth career, Spector was converted into a defender as a professional. He most commonly plays as a right-back but is capable of playing across the defensive line and in central midfield.
Spector grew up in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois, which is also the hometown of former Fulham and US national team player Brian McBride. Jonathan went to St. Peter Lutheran school for elementary school and St. Viator for high school. The youngest of four siblings, he played high school soccer at St. Viator High School and started his club soccer career with Schwaben AC in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, before joining national power Chicago Sockers. He graduated from the United States Soccer Federation's Bradenton Academy at the age of 17 in the summer of 2003. His father is of Russian Jewish, English, and Irish ancestry, and his mother was born in Siegen, Germany. Spector has acquired a German passport, enabling him to play in England without needing a work permit.
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