John Thompson
Personal information
Full name	John Thompson
Date of birth	12 October 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Notts County
Number	6
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2007 2006 2007 2007–2009 2008–2009 2009–	Nottingham Forest → Tranmere Rovers (loan) → Tranmere Rovers (loan) Oldham Athletic → Notts County (loan) Notts County	129 (7) 005 (0) 007 (0) 007 (0) 013 (0) 040 (2)
National team2
2004–2005	Republic of Ireland	003 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:05, 22 December 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:12, 5 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

John Thompson (born 12 October 1981 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Notts County. He is a versatile defender, although has played across the midfield in the past.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Thompson started his career at Nottingham Forest, a product of their youth academy. He made his first professional appearance under Paul Hart in 2001–02 after graduating from the academy the preceding summer. He made over 100 appearances for Forest and scored 8 goals.

Thompson was released at the end of 2006-07 season, and subsequently joined Oldham Athletic on a three-year contract.^[1] While at Oldham, Thompson was loaned to Notts County on 17 October 2008, for a six week period. After his loan finished, Thompson was released by Oldham, though he signed for Notts County shortly after on 6 January 2009 in a contract ending in June 2011. He scored his first and second goal for Notts on the 2 May 2009, against Wycombe Wanderers with two long range efforts.

Thompson was called up by the Republic of Ireland team in 2004, and has made 3 full international appearances so far.

[edit] Honours

Republic of Ireland

• UEFA U-17 Championship: 1998

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• John Thompson career stats at Soccerbase

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