Jonjo Shelvey

Personal information
Full name	Jonjo Shelvey
Date of birth	27 February 1992 (1992-02-27) (age 17)
Place of birth	Romford, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder, Second striker
Club information
Current club	Charlton Athletic
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–	Charlton Athletic	32	(5)
National team‡
2007–2008	England U17	7	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:41, 23 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:41, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Jonjo Shelvey (born 27 February 1992) is a professional English footballer currently playing for Charlton Athletic.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Born in Romford, Shelvey made his breakthrough in the 2007–08 season after scoring 14 goals in 23 appearances for Charlton's Under 18s – including 9 goals during Charlton's FA Youth Cup run. He was also impressive for Charlton's reserves and made a promising home debut against Coventry City.^[1] After making his first-team debut in April 2008 against Barnsley, he became Charlton's youngest ever player at the age of 16 years and 59 days, beating the previous holder Paul Konchesky,^[2] and, despite Charlton being beaten 3–0, Shelvey made a very encouraging debut.^[3] On 3 January 2009, Shelvey became Charlton's youngest-ever goal-scorer, with a strike against Norwich City in the FA Cup, 55 days before his 17th birthday, breaking the previous record held by Peter Reeves who was aged 17 years and 100 days when he scored – also against Norwich – in May 1966. Despite interest from several Premier League clubs, on the morning of 27 February, his 17th birthday, Shelvey signed his first professional contract with Charlton. On 9 September he signed a one-year contract extension until 2012. He scored his first league goal in the 3–2 win against Southampton on 4 April 2009.^[4][5]

[edit] International career

Shelvey captained the England Under 16s to glory in the 2007 Victory Shield scoring three goals in three games.^[6] He also played a key role in the Montaigu Tournament which England won the for the first time in seven years, playing in all four games and scoring a penalty in the final against France.^[7] In October 2008 he made his debut for the England Under 17s and scored in a 7-0 win over Estonia.^[8]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jonjo Shelvey player profile at cafc.co.uk
• Jonjo Shelvey career stats at Soccerbase

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