Jason de Vos

Jason Richard de Vos (surname also spelt 'De Vos'; born January 2, 1974) is the director of development for the Canadian Soccer Association and a former professional player, who last played as a central defender for English side Ipswich Town. He played international football for Canada. In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.[2]

Jason de Vos
de Vos in 2004
Personal information
Full name Jason Richard de Vos[1]
Date of birth (1974-01-02) January 2, 1974[1]
Place of birth London, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 London Lasers 6 (0)
1991 Kitchener Kickers 16 (1)
1992 London Lasers 19 (2)
1993–1996 Montreal Impact 55 (3)
1996–1998 Darlington 44 (5)
1998–2001 Dundee United 93 (2)
2001–2004 Wigan Athletic 90 (15)
2004–2008 Ipswich Town 171 (10)
Total 453 (35)
National team
1997–2004 Canada 49 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Jason de Vos began his professional career in 1990 as a 15-year-old high schooler with hometown club the London Lasers of the former Canadian Soccer League (CSL). When the club folded he joined the Kitchener Kickers, also of the CSL. When the latter club also folded he rejoined the re-established Lasers in 1992, the last year of operations for the CSL.

Known for his ability in the air, De Vos spent the next five seasons with the Montreal Impact of the then American Professional Soccer League, the last two on loan to English Third Division club Darlington. In 1998 De Vos first signed a contract with the Darlington before moving to Dundee United of the Scottish Premier League in October on a £400,000 transfer. He spent three seasons with The Terrors, captaining the side in 2000–01. He was then signed by Wigan Athletic of the then English Second Division for £500,000 in 2001. De Vos captained the side to its promotion to the First Division in 2002–03 and was named in that season's PFA Division Two Team of the Year.[3] Following an injury-plagued 2003–04, which saw Wigan just miss out on a FA Premier League play-off place, De Vos left on a Bosman transfer and joined Ipswich Town FC. Since joining Ipswich, he held down a regular place in the centre of defence, often playing through many injuries, often captaining the team in Jim Magilton's absence. In June 2006, Jim Magilton was appointed manager of Ipswich Town and made de Vos the new captain.[4] He retired from club and international soccer in 2008.[5]

International career

De Vos represented Canada at the 1991 Pan American Games.[6] He appeared in 49 full internationals, scoring four goals.[7] He debuted on August 19, 1997 in a 1–0 home loss friendly to Iran. He has represented Canada in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2001 Confederations Cup.[8] He captained the Canadian team from 1999 until his retirement from international football in 2004. De Vos was named a tournament all-star for both the 2000 and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, in which Canada were placed first and third respectively. He scored the winning goal in the final of the 2000 Gold Cup, a match Canada won 2–0 over Colombia.

Retirement

After the final match of the 2007–08 season in the 1–0 win over Hull City, De Vos announced his immediate retirement from playing to take up a media role in his native Canada and was given a guard of honour and standing ovation during the teams parade lap of the pitch.[9][10]

De Vos will also scout players from the MLS for former-club Ipswich Town.

De Vos provided commentary on the FIFA 2010 World Cup for CBC and on Toronto FC matches for CBC and GolTV Canada.

De Vos was the colour Commentator for CBC Sports's coverage of Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Fall of 2010 he accepted the position of Technical Director at Oakville Soccer Club.

On May 4, de Vos stepped down as Technical Director at Oakville Soccer Club after accepting a full-time position with TSN as a broadcaster.[11]

Since April 2013 is de Vos Member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.[12]

In January 2015, de Vos confirmed that he would begin work towards his UEFA Pro Licence in May of that year in Ireland.[13]

On August 30, 2016, he was named the Director of Development for the Canadian Soccer Association.[14]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Darlington 1996–97[15] Third Division 8010000090
1997–98[16] Third Division 24330201[lower-alpha 1]0303
1998–99[17] Third Division 122002100143
Total 445404110536
Dundee United 1998–99[17] Scottish Premier League 250600000310
1999–00[18] Scottish Premier League 352203000402
2000–01[19] Scottish Premier League 330403000400
Total 93212060001112
Wigan Athletic 2001–02[20] Second Division 205001000215
2002–03[21] Second Division 438105000498
2003–04[22] First Division 272100000282
Total 90152060009815
Ipswich Town 2004–05[23] Championship 45310102[lower-alpha 2]0493
2005–06[24] Championship 413100000423
2006–07[25] Championship 392101100413
2007–08[26] Championship 462001000472
Total 1711030312017911
Career total 398322101923044134
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in Championship play-offs

International
Source:[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Canada
199730
199810
1999101
2000142
200140
200260
200350
200461
Total494

International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de Vos goal.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1June 2, 1999Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Guatemala2–02–0Canada Cup
2February 27, 2000Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Colombia1–02–02000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3June 4, 2000Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Cuba1–01–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4September 4, 2004Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Honduras1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Wigan Athletic

International

Canada

Individual

References
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  8. Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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