Jonathan Martin Grounds (born 2 February 1988) is a professional footballer currently playing for Middlesbrough.

Grounds graduated from the Middlesbrough Academy system prior to the 2007–08 season, and the club were considering releasing him that pre-season. However, he was handed a one-year contract instead. With regular left backs Andrew Taylor and Emanuel Pogatetz injured, he made his debut on 12 January, 2008 in a 1–1 Premier League draw at home to Liverpool. After impressing in several further appearances he was rewarded with a new two-year contract in March of that year.^[1]

On 1 September, 2008, Grounds joined Norwich City on loan for three months.^[2] He was, however, recalled by Middlesbrough after just 31 days due to a player shortage at his parent club.^[3] Grounds made 5 appearances in total for Norwich during his loan spell. On 7 January, 2009, Norwich City confirmed that Grounds would be rejoining the club for a second short-term loan spell.^[4] He made a further 11 appearances for City during this period, scoring 3 goals, before returning to Middlesbrough on 7 March.^[5]

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[edit] External links

• Jonathan Grounds career stats at Soccerbase

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