Ian Goodison

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Ian Goodison
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Personal information
Full name Ian Goodison
Date of birth November 21, 1972 (1972-11-21) (age 36)
Place of birth    Montego Bay, Jamaica
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Tranmere Rovers
Number 5
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–1999
1999–2002
2002–2004
2004–		 Olympic Gardens
Hull City
Seba United
Tranmere Rovers
070 (1)

192 (3)   
National team2
1996–present Jamaica 113 (9)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:59, 13 December 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 December 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ian Goodison (born November 21, 1972 in Montego Bay) is a football defender from Jamaica.

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Club career

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 Jamaica in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, 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.

International career

He made his debut for the Jamaica national football team in a March 1996 friendly match against Guatemala and immediately scored his first international goal. As of November 2008 he has collected a country all-time record of 113 caps and scored 9 goals.[1] 45 Of those games were in World Cup qualification and in the 1998 tournament.[2]

Personal life

His girlfriend gave birth to their first child in November 2008, a boy named Lesvaldo.

External links

References

  1. ^ Ian Goodison - Century of International Appearances - RSSSF
  2. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA


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Jamaica squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Barrett • 2 Malcolm • 3 Dawes • 4 Dixon • 5 Goodison • 6 Simpson • 7 Cargill • 8 Gayle • 9 Williams • 10 Boyd • 11 Whitmore • 12 Sewell • 13 Lawrence • 14 Ricketts • 15 Gardner • 16 Earle • 17 Lowe • 18 Burton • 19 Sinclair • 20 Powell • 21 Brown • 22 Hall • Coach: Simões
 Flag of Jamaica
v • d • e
Tranmere Rovers F.C. – current squad

1 Coyne • 2 Antwi • 3 Taylor • 4 Chorley • 5 Goodison • 6 Kay • 7 Savage • 8 O'Callaghan • 9 I. Moore • 10 Greenacre • 12 Jennings • 13 Edds • 14 Gornell • 15 Holmes • 16 Sonko • 18 Cresswell • 19 Barnett • 20 Henry • 23 Shuker • 24 Achterberg • 25 Curran • 26 Shotton • 27 Wilson • 28 Johnson • Manager: R. Moore
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