- Ian Goodison
Infobox Football biography
playername = Ian Goodison
fullname = Ian Goodison
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|11|21
cityofbirth =Montego Bay
countryofbirth =Jamaica
currentclub = Tranmere Rovers
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–1999
1999–2002
2004–
clubs = Olympic Gardens
Hull City
Tranmere Rovers
caps(goals) =
070 (1)
176 (2)
nationalyears = 1996–
nationalteam = Jamaica
nationalcaps(goals) = 106 (9)
pcupdate = 07:56, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Ian Goodison (born
November 21 ,1972 inMontego Bay ) is a football defender fromJamaica .Nicknamed 'Pepe', he currently plays for Tranmere Rovers, previously playing for Hull City, where he was voted Player of the Year in 2000-01, and in Jamaica for Olympic Gardens and Seba United. Goodison joined Tranmere from Seba United on a short term deal midway through the 2003-04 campaign (February 2004) for his second spell in English football, again working alongside his former Hull boss Brian Little. During Little's reign he spent most his time out of position at left back where he looked like a fish out of water. But after an injury to former Tranmere captain Michael Jackson (recently released from Blackpool), Goodison played centreback for the last few games of the 2005-06 season where he impressed with a series of man-of-the-match performances.
After Little's departure at the end of the 2005-06 season, Goodison briefly left the club when his contract was not renewed, before being re-signed under current manager
Ronnie Moore . Since then he has become possibly the most important player in the team - without him Tranmere struggle to win. Under Moore he has been made club captain (a role he played for Jamiaca in the1998 FIFA World Cup inFrance , where he led them to their first ever World Cup victory over Japan), won player of the year in the 2006-07 season and 2007-08 season, been named best player in the Northwest and earned himself a new two-and-a-half year contract in November 2006. He is regarded by many fans as one of Tranmere's greatest ever defenders.He made his debut for the
Jamaica national football team in 1996 against Guatemala and immediately scored his first international goal. As of October 2005 he has played over 100 international matches and scored 9 goals.External links
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