Jason Dozzell

Jason Dozzell
Personal information
Full name Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell[1]
Date of birth (1967-12-09) 9 December 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Ipswich, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Langham Lions
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1993 Ipswich Town 340 (53)
1993–1997 Tottenham Hotspur 89 (14)
1997Ipswich Town (loan) 8 (1)
1997–1998 Northampton Town 22 (4)
1998–2002 Colchester United 91 (9)
2002 Canvey Island 4 (0)
2002 Grays Athletic 1 (0)
Total 550 (80)
International career
1984 England U17 3 (1)
1984 England Youth 2 (1)
1986–1989 England U21 9 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2006 Ipswich Wanderers
2006–2007 Leiston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell (born 9 December 1967) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Ipswich Town and Tottenham Hotspur. He also played in the Football League for Northampton Town and Colchester United before finishing his career with non-league sides Canvey Island and Grays Athletic. He was capped nine times at England U21 level. Dozzell holds the record for being the youngest goalscorer in England's top division after scoring for Ipswich Town against Coventry City in a First Division match on 4 February 1984 at the age of 16 years and 57 days[3] (the youngest goalscorer since the formation of the Premier League is Everton's James Vaughan, aged 16 years 270 days).[4] His son Andre also scored on his Ipswich debut aged 16.[5]

Following retirement, he went on to manage several non-League football clubs, both in the Eastern Counties Football LeagueIpswich Wanderers and Leiston.

  1. ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. pp. 52–53. ISBN 1-85983-515-5.
  2. ^ "Canvey Island Football Club First XI". Canvey Island F.C. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ "The Premiership's youngest guns". BBC News. 27 December 2002.
  4. ^ "Youngest Premiership goalscorers". BBC Sport. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Debutant Andre Dozzell grabs Ipswich a point at Sheffield Wednesday". TheGuardian.com. 16 April 2016.