Jon McCarthy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jon McCarthy

association football player

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1970

Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Jon McCarthy

  • Jonathan David McCarthy (born 18 August 1970) is a former professional footballer who is now Liam Watson's assistant manager at Southport. McCarthy played as a winger and made around 700 appearances in his career, many of which were in the English Football League.
  • Twice a Northern Ireland B international, he went on to win 18 senior caps for Northern Ireland.
  • He began his career at Hartlepool United in 1987, before heading into the non-league scene with Shepshed Charterhouse in 1989.
  • He returned to the professional game the following year after signing a contract with York City.
  • He spent the next five years with the club, helping York to promotion via the play-offs in 1993, and twice being voted Clubman of the Year.
  • In 1995, he joined Port Vale for a £450,000 fee.
  • In his first year at Vale Park he was awarded the club's Player of the Year award, and also played in the Anglo-Italian Cup final. In 1997, he was sold on to Birmingham City for £1.5 million.
  • The highlight of a five-year injury-plagued stay in Birmingham would be a League Cup final appearance in 2001.
  • The next year he was loaned out to Sheffield Wednesday, before a return to Port Vale was followed by a brief spell with Doncaster Rovers and a cameo return at York City.
  • Settling with Carlisle United, he left the Football League in 2003 to play for non-League Hucknall Town.
  • Hucknall were crowned Northern Premier League Premier Division champions in 2003–04, and following this success he won a deal with Northwich Victoria.
  • He helped the club to the Conference North title in 2005–06, before he retired in 2007.
  • He was appointed as first team coach at Chester in January 2014, and after a brief spell as caretaker, became manager of the club in May 2016, before he was sacked in September 2017.

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