- Rodney Jack
Football player infobox
playername = Rodney Jack
fullname = Rodney Alphonso Jack
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|9|28
cityofbirth = Kingstown
countryofbirth =Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
height = height|ft=5|in=7
currentclub =
position =Striker
clubnumber =
years = 1995-19981998-20032003-20042004-20052005-20062006-200720082008
clubs = Torquay UnitedCrewe AlexandraRushden & DiamondsOldham AthleticWaterford UnitedCrewe AlexandraSouthport FC Nantwich Town
caps(goals) = 090 (24)163 (33)045 (12)010 0(2)010 0(1)030 0(1)02 (0)
nationalyears =1992-2004
nationalteam = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
nationalcaps(goals) = 45 (13)
pcupdate = 9 May 2007
ntupdate =Rodney Alphonso Jack (born
September 28 ,1972 in Kingstown,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ) is a professional football player fromSaint Vincent and the Grenadines . He is best known for his spells withTorquay United and Crewe Alexandra. He has also played internationally for his country.Career
Jack was spotted by Torquay United manager
Eddie May when playing for FC Lambada, aCaribbean select side,Don O'Riordan signed him for the Gulls onOctober 10 ,1995 . He joined Newcastle United on trial in September 1996,Kevin Keegan offering £250,000 for him, but the deal fell through due to problems with his work permit.Fact|date=May 2007 The following February, on Keegan's recommendation, he joined Sunderland on trial, but again returned toPlainmoor .Fact|date=May 2007 With the attention being placed on him from higher levels it was inevitable that Jack would move on at some point, and onJuly 17 1998 he moved to Crewe Alexandra for a club record fee of £650,000. He had played 110 times, scoring 30 goals for Torquay.He immediately settled into the Crewe side, scoring 9 goals in his first season, but injuries and international call-ups hampered his progress. He is a legend at Crewe. He played 188 times and scored 42 goals for Crewe before signing for Rushden & Diamonds in 2003 playing 49 games and scoring 13 goals before following manager
Brian Talbot to Oldham Athletic in 2004.His time with Oldham was blighted by injuries and the club released him in 2005. He joined Irish side Waterford United and in the summer of 2006 he rejoined Crewe Alexandra on a one-year contract, at the end of which he was released on a free transfer. In July 2007, he trialed for
Conference North side Southport, playing in a friendly against Tranmere Rovers, in which he set up the only goal of the game.He was offered a contract by Southport manager,
Peter Davenport , before returning to his home country to deal with "family commitments" which were eventually revealed as aiding his father in recovering from an illness. On returning to England he is now back training with Southport and has now joined full-time till the end of the season, his experience shone through in the 5-1 thrashing of fellow promotion chasers AFC Telford Utd.Rodney Jack is now back in south Cheshire and playing for Nantwich Town in the Unibond Premier Division
Whilst playing for Nantwich Town in pre season Rodney Jack was let go by manager Steve Davis after sustaining an injury which would put Rodney on the sidelines for months.
External links
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* [http://www.nationalsoccerteams.com/php/spieler.php?id=5923 Rodney Jack profile on National Football Teams]Persondata
NAME=Jack, Rodney
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=28 September 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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