Jonny Evans
Evans pictured in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jonathan Grant Evans | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2015 | Manchester United | 131 | (4) |
| 2006 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | → Sunderland (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Sunderland (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2015– | West Bromwich Albion | 48 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Northern Ireland U16 | 6 | (0) | |
| 2004–2005 | Northern Ireland U17 | 8 | (1) |
| 2006 | Northern Ireland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006– | Northern Ireland | 54 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:35, 17 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC) |
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Jonathan Grant "Jonny" Evans (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and the Northern Ireland national team. Evans was born in Belfast and started his career at Greenisland FC, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts. He progressed through Manchester United's football Academy to play in several foreign tours in the summer of 2006. He then went on loan to Royal Antwerp and had two spells with Sunderland. He made his Manchester United first team debut in the 2007–08 League Cup, becoming a regular first-team squad member the following season. Despite his young age, Evans is already the second most decorated player in Northern Irish football history with nine major trophies.
Evans was scouted while playing for Greenisland FC, the same club that his brother Corry and Craig Cathcart played for before moving to Manchester United. At the age of nine, he was invited to attend the Manchester United Centre of Excellence in Belfast, before being invited for a trial in Manchester a year later. Rule changes within The Football Association at the time meant that clubs were limited to players who lived within an hour and a half of the club, so Evans' opportunities were limited. However, the Evans family soon relocated to Manchester, allowing Jonny to train with Manchester United full-time. Evans progressed through Manchester United's Academy, featuring in two of the club's three games during the 2006 summer tour of South Africa, as well as domestic friendlies against Celtic and Preston North End. Evans also made a surprise appearance in the Amsterdam Tournament against Ajax. Evans spent the first half of the 2006–07 season on loan at Manchester United's Belgian feeder club Royal Antwerp, alongside fellow youngsters Darron Gibson, Danny Simpson and Fraizer Campbell.
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