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Jonny Evans
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Northern Irish association football player (born 1988)
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Jonathan Grant Evans, known as Jonny Evans, is a male association football player born in Belfast in 1988. He holds citizenship in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and represents Northern Ireland in sport. Evans plays as a centre-back and wears the number 35. His professional career began in 2004, and he has competed in the Premier League.
He has been a member of several teams, including Manchester United F.C., Deportes Temuco, Royal Antwerp F.C., and West Bromwich Albion F.C. His participation in competitions includes the UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B, the 2006–07 Football League Championship, and the 2006–07 FA Cup. Evans has played two matches and scored zero goals in his career. He speaks English and has a sibling named Corry Evans.
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Key facts
- 2006
- → Royal Antwerp (loan)
- 2008
- → Sunderland (loan)
- Full name
- Jonathan Grant Evans
- Date of birth
- ( 1988-01-03 ) 3 January 1988 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Belfast , Northern Ireland
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Manchester United (first team coach)
- 2004 2006
- Manchester United
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2015
- Manchester United
- 2006 2007
- → Sunderland (loan)
- 2015 2018
- West Bromwich Albion
- 2018 2023
- Leicester City
- 2023 2025
- Manchester United
- 2004 2005
- Northern Ireland U17
- 2006 2024
- Northern Ireland
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonny
- Family name
- Evans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Belfast
- Sibling
- Corry Evans
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2018–19 EFL Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Manchester United F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Jonny Evans, CZE-NIR 2019-10-14 (3) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Jonny Evans
- date of birth
- 1988-01-03
- sport number
- 35
- birth name
- Jonathan Grant Evans
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- name in native language
- Jonny Evans
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Grant Evans (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He is currently first-team coach at Premier League club Manchester United.
Evans started his career at Manchester United, having progressed through the club's youth academy. He went on loan to Royal Antwerp and Sunderland to gain first-team experience before making his first-team debut in 2007. Evans became a regular first-team squad member the following season, going on to play almost 200 matches for Manchester United and winning 11 trophies, including three Premier League titles, two League Cups and a UEFA Champions League. He fell out of favour at the club under manager Louis van Gaal and left for West Bromwich Albion in 2015. After West Brom's relegation three years later, Evans signed for Leicester City, where he won the FA Cup in 2021 and was made club captain in 2022. Following Leicester City's relegation in 2023, Evans returned to Manchester United in July, officially signing for the side in September, where he spent two seasons, winning another FA Cup in 2024. Having departed Manchester United at the end of the 2024–25 season, he announced his retirement from professional football in May 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonny Evans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.