Jason de Vos
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jason Richard de Vos[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | January 2, 1974||
Place of birth | London, Canada | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990 | London Lasers | ||
1991 | Kitchener Kickers | ||
1992 | London Lasers | ||
1993–1996 | Montreal Impact | 55 | (3) |
1996–1998 | Darlington | 44 | (5) |
1998–2001 | Dundee United | 93 | (2) |
2001–2004 | Wigan Athletic | 90 | (15) |
2004–2008 | Ipswich Town | 171 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
1997–2004 | Canada | 49 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 16, 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 16, 2009 |
Jason Richard de Vos (surname also spelt 'De Vos'; born January 2, 1974) is a soccer commentator for the TSN and former professional football player, most recently at Ipswich Town. He played international football for Canada. In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the on the all-time Canada XI men's team.[2]
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Club career
The central defender began his professional career in 1990 as a 15-year-old high schooler with hometown club the London Lasers of the former Canadian Soccer League (CSL). When the club folded he joined the Kitchener Kickers, also of the CSL. When the latter club also folded he rejoined the re-established Lasers in 1992, the last year of operations for the CSL.
Known for his ability in the air, De Vos spent the next five seasons with the Montreal Impact of the then American Professional Soccer League, the last two on loan to English Third Division club Darlington. In 1998 De Vos first signed a contract with the Darlington before moving to Dundee United of the Scottish Premier League in October on a £400,000 transfer. He spent three seasons with The Terrors, captaining the side in 2000-01. He was then signed by Wigan Athletic of the then English Second Division for £500,000 in 2001. De Vos captained the side to its promotion to the First Division in 2002-03 and was named in that season's PFA Division Two Team of the Year.[3] Following an injury-plagued 2003-4, which saw Wigan just miss out on a FA Premier League play-off place, De Vos left on a Bosman transfer and joined Ipswich Town FC. Since joining Ipswich, he held down a regular place in the centre of defence, often playing through many injuries, often captaining the team in Jim Magilton's absence. In June 2006, Jim Magilton was appointed manager of Ipswich Town and made de Vos the new captain.[4] He retired from club and international football in 2008.[5]
International career
For Canada, De Vos has appeared in 49 full internationals, scoring 4 goals.[6] He debuted on August 19, 1997 in a 1–0 home loss friendly to Iran. He has represented Canada in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2001 Confederations Cup.[7] He captained the Canadian team from 1999 until his retirement from international football in 2004. De Vos was named a tournament all-star for both the 2000 and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, in which Canada were placed first and third respectively. He scored the winning goal in the final of the 2000 Gold Cup, a match Canada won 2–0 over Colombia.
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | June 2, 1999 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada | Guatemala | 2-0 | 2-0 | Canada Cup |
2 | February 27, 2000 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Colombia | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
3 | June 4, 2000 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | Cuba | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | September 4, 2004 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada | Honduras | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Retirement
After the final match of the 2007–08 season in the 1–0 win over Hull City, De Vos announced his immediate retirement from playing to take up a media role in his native Canada and was given a guard of honour and standing ovation during the teams parade lap of the pitch.[8][9]
De Vos recently stated on GolTV's "The Contenders", a Euro 2008 preview show, that when people ask him who was the best player and hardest to mark he ever played against, he "always says Henrik Larsson", the former Celtic striker whom he faced many times during his stint with Dundee United.
De Vos will also scout players from the MLS for former-club Ipswich Town.[citation needed]
De Vos provided commentary on the FIFA 2010 World Cup for CBC and on Toronto FC matches for CBC and GolTV Canada.[citation needed]
De Vos was the colour Commentator for CBC Sports's coverage of Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Fall of 2010 he accepted the position of Technical Director at Oakville Soccer Club.[citation needed]
On May 4, de Vos stepped down as Technical Director at Oakville Soccer Club after accepting a full-time position with TSN as a broadcaster.[10]
Since April 2013 is de Vos Member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.[11]
In January 2015, de Vos confirmed that he would begin work towards his UEFA Pro Licence in May of that year in Ireland.[12]
Honours
Individual
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI (2000)
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Fair Play Award (2000)[13]
- Wigan Athletic Player of the Year (2003)
- Canadian Player of the Year: 2002
- Manchester Evening News/GMR Sports Personality of the Month: April 2003
Club
Wigan Athletic
International
Canada
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- 2000
References
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- ↑ Association announces All Time Canada Men's XI Canadasoccer.com
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- ↑ http://ipswichtown.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=911&p=2&stid=8413037
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- ↑ Canada - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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- ↑ The Soccer Hall of Fame announces 2013 Inductees
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jasondevos/status/554272810731044864
- ↑ [1] Archived March 28, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Jason de Vos profile at Ipswich Town Talk
- Jason de Vos career statistics at Soccerbase
- Sporting-Heroes.net with a picture, profile and career British footballing statistics of De Vos
- CanadaSoccer.com with a national team profile of De Vos
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