Jon McCarthy
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Jonathan David McCarthy (born 18 August 1970) is a former professional footballer who is the assistant manager at Cymru Premier club Connah's Quay Nomads.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan David McCarthy[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1970-08-18) 18 August 1970 (age 53)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Connah's Quay Nomads (assistant manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1989 | Hartlepool United | 1 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Shepshed Charterhouse | ||
1990–1995 | York City | 199 | (31) |
1995–1997 | Port Vale | 94 | (11) |
1997–2002 | Birmingham City | 124 | (8) |
2002 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2002 | Port Vale | 8 | (0) |
2002 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | (0) |
2002 | York City | 1 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Carlisle United | 21 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Hucknall Town | 34 | (6) |
2004–2007 | Northwich Victoria | 95 | (1) |
Total | 582 | (58) | |
International career | |||
1996–1998 | Northern Ireland B | 2 | (0) |
1996–2001 | Northern Ireland | 18 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2017 | Chester | ||
2017–2021 | Southport (assistant) | ||
2021– | Connah's Quay Nomads (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
McCarthy played as a winger and made around 700 appearances in his career, many of which were in the English Football League. Twice a Northern Ireland B international, he went on to win 18 senior caps for Northern Ireland. He began his career at Hartlepool United in 1987, before heading into the non-League scene with Shepshed Charterhouse in 1989. He returned to the professional game the following year after signing a contract with York City. He spent the next five years with the club, helping York to promotion via the play-offs in 1993, and twice being voted Clubman of the Year. In 1995, he joined Port Vale for a £450,000 fee. In his first year at Vale Park he was awarded the club's Player of the Year award, and also played in the Anglo-Italian Cup final.
In 1997, he was sold on to Birmingham City for £1.5 million. The highlight of a five-year injury-plagued stay in Birmingham would be a League Cup final appearance in 2001. The next year he was loaned out to Sheffield Wednesday, before a return to Port Vale was followed by a brief spell with Doncaster Rovers and a cameo return at York City. Settling with Carlisle United, he left the Football League in 2003 to play for non-League Hucknall Town. Hucknall were crowned Northern Premier League Premier Division champions in 2003–04, and following this success he won a deal with Northwich Victoria. He helped the club to the Conference North title in 2005–06, before he retired in 2007. He was appointed as first-team coach at Chester in January 2014, and after a brief spell as caretaker, became manager of the club in May 2016, before he was sacked in September 2017. He then joined Southport for a four-year spell as assistant manager, before he was appointed assistant manager at Connah's Quay Nomads in October 2021.