Ian Joy

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Ian Joy
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Personal information
Full name Ian Paul Joy [1]
Date of birth (1981-07-14) July 14, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth San Diego, California, USA
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1997–1998 Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Tranmere Rovers 0 (0)
2000 Stirling Albion 2 (0)
2000–2001 Montrose 25 (2)
2001–2003 Kidderminster Harriers 22 (0)
2003 Chester City 3 (0)
2003–2005 Hamburger SV II 34 (0)
2005–2008 FC St. Pauli 89 (1)
2008–2009 Real Salt Lake 20 (0)
2009 FC Ingolstadt 04 3 (0)
2010 Portland Timbers 21 (0)
Total219(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Paul Joy (born July 14, 1981) is an American-born Scottish sports broadcaster and former professional footballer.

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Early and personal life

Born in San Diego, California, [1] Joy is the son of English former professional player Brian Joy. His mother is Scottish and he grew up in Scotland from the age of 3. [3] Joy lived in Bo'ness and attended Deanburn Primary School and Bo'ness Academy. Joy is a fan of Manchester United F.C. [4]

Playing career

Joy played as a left back for Tranmere Rovers, Stirling Albion, Montrose, Kidderminster Harriers, Chester City, Hamburger SV IIi, FC St. Pauli, Real Salt Lake, FC Ingolstadt 04 and Portland Timbers. [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] [2] [8]

As a 15-year-old, he featured for the United States U-17 team on a three-match week long tour of Germany in 1997. [9] Joy went on to represent the USA Youth national teams at U-18, U-20 and U-23 level. He captained the USA U-18's at the World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia in 1998.

Media

After retiring as a player in 2011, Joy became a sportscaster for beIN Sports. In 2015 he became the studio host of Fox Sports' coverage of the Bundesliga, FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League. [10] In April 2018, Joy was named as a studio host for FOX's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [11]

On March 25, 2020, Joy announced on Twitter he would be leaving Fox Sports.

Joy is a part of the YES Network covering New York sports after joining the network in 2015.

As of August 5, 2020, Joy serves as a soccer analyst for CBS Sports as part of the network's UEFA Champions League and Europa League coverage on CBS Sports HQ. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ian Joy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Profile". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Interview with Ian Joy" (PDF). Timbers Army. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Manchester City vs Dortmund | Quarterfinals Preview | UCL on CBS Sports (timestamp= 8:03)". YouTube. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ Ian Joy at Soccerbase OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ "Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ Ian Joy at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  8. ↑ "Timbers sign veteran defender Joy". USL. February 18, 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "STARLET IAN TURNS BACK ON SCOTLAND; EXCLUSIVE: Footballer wants to play for USA". Daily Record . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ "FOX Sports to televise or stream all 306 Bundesliga matches". Fox Sports. July 30, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  11. ↑ "FOX Sports Announces Broadcasters, Celebrates 50-Day Countdown to 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™". April 26, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ F88 (August 5, 2020). "Ian Joy joins CBS Sports as their new soccer analyst". Football88. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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