Jon Bowden

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Jon Bowden
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Lee Bowden[1]
Date of birth (1963-01-21) 21 January 1963 (age 61)[1]
Place of birth Stockport, England[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Oldham Athletic 82 (5)
1985–1987 Port Vale 70 (7)
1987–1991 Wrexham 147 (20)
1991–1995 Rochdale 106 (17)
Total 405 (49)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan Lee Bowden (born 21 January 1963) is an English former footballer. A midfielder, he played 405 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.

He began his career with Oldham Athletic before he joined Port Vale for £5,000 in September 1985. He helped the "Valiants" to promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1985–86, before he was sold on to Wrexham for £12,500 in April 1987. He played for Wrexham in the Welsh Cup final in 1991 before moving on to Rochdale. He was forced into retirement due to an Achilles injury and has since become a physiotherapist.

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  2. ^ Dunk, Peter (1987). Rothmans football yearbook 1987-88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0356143545. Retrieved 14 April 2020.