Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Greenwell Ions | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Ashington, England | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Tenerife | ||
2010–2012 | Newcastle United | ||
2012−2013 | Leeds United [2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | PS Kemi | 22 | (9) |
2013 | West Auckland Town | 1 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Newcastle Benfield | 4 | (0) |
2014–2016 | PS Kemi | 89 | (46) |
2016 | → SJK (loan) | 10 | (5) |
2017–2020 | SJK | 64 | (14) |
2020 | SJK Akatemia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Greenwell Ions (born 11 March 1994) is an English [3] [4] former professional footballer. [5] [6] [7]
Ions was born in Ashington, Northumberland and played youth football with CD Tenerife, Newcastle United, and Leeds United. After being released by Leeds United, Ions joined the Nike Academy. He started his professional career with PS Kemi. [8]
Ions, born in Ashington, Northumberland, moved to the Canary Islands in Spain with his family at a young age. While in Spain, he idolised England national team star Wayne Rooney and Spanish forward Fernando Torres to whom he compared himself to. [9] [10]
Ions first started playing football in the youth team of the local village of Valle de San Lorenzo in Tenerife, named "Constanza". Years later he started to play in the football school of Juan Miguel.
At the age of 15, Ions joined the youth setup at CD Tenerife. [11]
In February 2010, he returned to England to join Newcastle United, the club he supported as a child. He made his Under-18's debut in a home match against Nottingham Forest.
Ions left on a free transfer to Leeds United in September 2012. While at Leeds, he played for the under-18 side. [2] He started in a match against Sunderland and scored a goal.
Without a club, Ions joined the Nike Academy. During his time there he was mostly injured. While at the Nike Academy, he played in a friendly match against PS Kemi Kings whose attention he attracted after a good performance. [12]
Ions joined PS Kemi Kings after his impressive performance against them in a friendly match with the Nike Academy. His manager after signing was fellow Englishman and former West Ham United defender Tommy Taylor. For most of his time at the club he has played on the left wing. [13] In his second season at the club Ions helped PS Kemi reach promotion for the first time since 2011. In the 2015 season he had another successful year, gaining back to back to promotions with the club reaching the top division. Ions was voted best player of the league by other players at the end of the season. [14]
On 11 August 2016, Ions agreed to move on loan to SJK for the remainder of the 2016, commencing on 21 August 2016. SJK also announced that Ions had agreed to join the club permanently upon the completion of the loan deal, for two-seasons. [15]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PS Kemi | 2013 | Kakkonen | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 22 | 9 | |||
2014 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 13 | |||||
2015 | Ykkönen | 27 | 17 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 31 | 21 | ||||
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 28 | 12 | |||
Total | 100 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 113 | 55 | ||
SJK (loan) | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 5 | ||
SJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 14 | ||
Career total | 139 | 64 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 162 | 74 |
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