Jason Kerr (footballer)

Jason Kerr (born 6 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for St Johnstone.

Jason Kerr
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 St Johnstone
Number 15
Youth career
St Johnstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– St Johnstone 81 (4)
2015–2016 → East Fife (loan) 34 (3)
2016–2017 → East Fife (loan) 33 (8)
2017–2018 → Queen of the South (loan) 18 (4)
National team‡
2018 Scotland U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:19, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Career

Kerr started his career at St Johnstone in 2014, spending two seasons on loan at East Fife from 2015 to 2017, winning the Scottish League Two title in the 2015–16 season.

On 10 August 2017, Kerr, along with St Johnstone team-mate Chris Kane, joined Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on loan until 31 January 2018.[1] On 21 October, Kerr scored the only goal at Glebe Park, Brechin in Queens 1–0 win over Brechin City and was subsequently sent-off in injury time with Ally Love of The City. However, Queens appealed the red card decision and this was overturned to a yellow card instead for unsporting behaviour.[2]

On 14 January 2018, Kerr was recalled to the Perth club when his loan spell in Dumfries ended with the Doonhamers.[3] Kerr made his debut appearance for St Johnstone on 29 January 2018, in a Scottish Cup fourth round 4–0 win against Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill.[4]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kerr was named as St Johnstone's club captain, following the departure of Joe Shaughnessy.[5]

Career statistics
As of 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
St Johnstone 2015–16[6] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2016–17[7] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2017-18[8] Scottish Premiership 151200000171
2018–19[9] Scottish Premiership 372215000443
2019–20[10] Scottish Premiership 291304000361
Total 814719000975
East Fife (loan) 2015–16[6] Scottish League Two 343200000363
East Fife (loan) 2016–17[7] Scottish League One 33841402[lower-alpha 1]0439
Queen of the South (loan) 2017–18[8] Scottish Championship 18400001[lower-alpha 1]1195
Career total 166191321303119522
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours
East Fife

References
  1. "Two players join". Queen of the South FC. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. "QosFC: Kerr Appeal Successful". www.qosfc.com. 26 October 2017.
  3. Nicolson, Eric (12 January 2018). "The best centre-back in the Championship (Jason Kerr) is returning to St Johnstone". The Courier.
  4. Scott, Daryl (29 January 2018). "Albion Rovers 0–4 Saints". St Johnstone F.C.
  5. "Jason Kerr appointed new club captain". St Johnstone F.C. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  7. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  9. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. "Scottish League Two". BBC Sport. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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