Ian Joy

Personal information
Full name	Ian Paul Joy
Date of birth	July 14, 1981 (1981-07-14) (age 28)
Place of birth	San Diego, California, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Ingolstadt 04
Youth career
1994–1996	Manchester United
1996–2000	Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
2000	Montrose	28 (2)
2001	Kidderminster Harriers	23 (0)
2002–2003	Chester City	03 (0)
2003	Columbus Crew	00 (0)
2004–2005	Hamburg SV Amateure	30 (0)
2005–2007	St. Pauli	21 (0)
2008–2009	Real Salt Lake	20 (0)
2009–	FC Ingolstadt 04
National team‡
1999–2007	United States U-20	16 (0)[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 March, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 March, 2009

Ian Joy (born July 14, 1981 in San Diego, California) is an American soccer player.

[edit] Career

Joy was a member of the youth academies of both Manchester United and Tranmere Rovers. He has played professionally in Scotland, England, Germany and the United States.

He signed for Real Salt Lake from German side St. Pauli in 2008. Joy was released by Salt Lake in July 2009, in a move to move back and play in Europe. On September 16, he signed with German 3. Liga team FC Ingolstadt 04.

[edit] Personal

Joy's mother is a British citizen from Scotland, and as such Ian holds dual citizenship between the two countries.

[edit] References

1. ^ Stat at Ianjoy.com give "Over 50" and "16 full Internationals", which appears to be for u-20, the remained for u-18 and below. No caps for standard "Full International"

[edit] External links

• http://www.ianjoy.com/
• ST.Pauli Player portrait from 2006-7.
• Ian Joy biography on Yanks Abroad
• Ian Joy articles on Yanks Abroad
• Ian Joy career stats at Soccerbase
• Harriers Online profile

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