Jimmy Downey

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Jimmy Downey
Personal information
Full name James Downey
Date of birth (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right winger, right back
Youth career
2003–2004 QAS
2005–2006 AIS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Perth Glory 34 (0)
2010 North Queensland Fury 4 (0)
2010–2011 Sparta Rotterdam 2 (0)
2011 Oakleigh Cannons 10 (2)
2011–2013 Wellington Phoenix 7 (0)
2015 Ballarat Red Devils 3 (0)
International career
2006 Australia U-20 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Downey (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian footballer who last played for Ballarat Red Devils in the National Premier Leagues Victoria Division 1.

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Club career

Downey was with the Queensland Academy of Sport between 2003 and 2004 before joining the Australian Institute of Sport in 2005. Downey holds the AIS football program beep test record (16.3).

In March 2007 Downey was signed by Perth Glory where he is contracted to the end of the 2009/2010 A-League season. On 12 January 2010, it was announced he would be joining North Queensland for the rest of the 2009–10 season in a swap for striker Daniel McBreen. [1]

He was released, along with all other North Queensland players. He signed up for Dutch Eerste Divisie side Sparta in July 2010. [2]

He has come back to Australia and is playing with local club the Oakleigh Cannons, in the Victorian Premier League in a bid to gain a professional contract with an A-League club. He scored his first goal for the club against St Albans Saints. [3] He scored his second goal for the opening the scoring, against the Green Gully Cavaliers [3]

He was signed by New Zealand A-League team Wellington Phoenix for the 2011–12 A-League season. [4] Downey was released in June 2013. A persistent knee injury kept Downey out of professional football until January 2015 when it was announced that he had signed for Ballarat Red Devils ahead of their maiden season in National Premier Leagues Victoria 1, after training with the team for the entire 2014 NPLV season during his rehabilitation. [5]

International career

Downey has played 13 games for the Young Socceroos, scoring one goal. He has also been called up for the Australia under 17 team.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 6 May 2011)

ClubSeason A-League Finals Asia Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Perth Glory 2007–08 1704------1704
2008–09 1400------1400
2009–10 300------300
Club Subotal3404------3404
North Queensland Fury 2009–10 400------400
League Subtotal3804------3804
ClubSeason Eerste Divisie Dutch Cup Europe Total
Sparta Rotterdam 2010–11 200100---300
ClubSeason A-League Finals Asia Total
Wellington Phoenix 2011–12 500------500
Total4504100---4604

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References

  1. ↑ Official: North Queensland Fury Striker Daniel McBreen Set To Swap With Perth Glory's Jimmy Downey Goal. Retrieved 18-01-2010
  2. ↑ Sparta Rotterdam contracteert James Downey Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch)
  3. 1 2 "Football Federation Victoria:Match Details". Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Ormond, Aiden (4 May 2011). "Phoenix Sign 'Gympie Flyer'". Australian FourFourTwo. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Jimmy Downey overcomes injury to join Red Devils Ballarat Courier
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