Jay Tabb

Jay Tabb

Tabb playing for Reading in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Jay Anthony Tabb
Date of birth	(1984-02-21) 21 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Tooting, Greater London, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2000	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2006	Brentford	128	(20)
2003	→ Crawley Town (loan)	0	(0)
2006–2009	Coventry City	95	(11)
2009–2013	Reading	89	(0)
2013	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	9	(1)
2013–2016	Ipswich Town	76	(3)
Total		397	(35)
International career
2004–2006	Republic of Ireland U21	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jay Anthony Tabb (born 21 February 1984) is a retired professional footballer. He began his career at Crystal Palace but was released as a junior and joined Brentford in 2000. He moved to Crawley Town in 2003 on a loan which was ultimately cut short by injury. He played in both of Brentford's unsuccessful play-off campaigns in 2005 and 2006, making over 150 appearances for the club in total.

Tabb moved to Coventry City in June 2006 and spent two and a half years at the club, picking up the Player of the Season Award for his performances during the 2007–08 season. In January 2009 he joined Reading. In 2012, he achieved the first promotion of his career as part of the 2011–12 Championship winning squad. He joined Ipswich Town on loan in March 2013 before making the move permanent three months later. He is primarily a central midfielder but has also played as full back, on both wings and as centre forward. In February 2015 Tabb won the "Dan Bartram Player of the Month" award, which included pre-match a trophy presentation at Portman Road.

Born in England to Irish parents, he is a dual citizen who has represented the Republic of Ireland at international level and won ten caps for the under-21 side between 2004 and 2006. He received his first call up to the senior team in 2006 but has yet to make an appearance.^{[citation needed]}