Jonathan Woodgate

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1980 (45 years old)
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Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, England

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Centre-Back

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1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

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78 kg

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106708

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Soccer

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Jonathan Simon Woodgate (born 22 January 1980) is an English football coach and former player who is currently caretaker manager of AFC Bournemouth.

Woodgate started his career at Leeds United. He was sold to Newcastle United for £9 million in 2003, where he impressed despite injury problems. His performances in Europe for Newcastle led to Real Madrid signing him for £13.4 million in 2004. Injuries blighted his time in Madrid and he failed to make a single appearance in the entire 2004–05 season. On his debut for Real Madrid, he scored an own goal and was sent off for two bookable offences.

He went on to play 14 times for them before joining his hometown club Middlesbrough on loan, then permanently for a fee of £7 million. He joined Tottenham Hotspur for £8 million in 2008. He scored the winning goal for Spurs in the League Cup Final against Chelsea and went on to play 44 times in the 2008–09 season. After more injury problems, he only made four appearances in the next two seasons and was released in 2011 and signed on a pay-as-you-play deal with Stoke City. He spent the 2011–12 season at Stoke and after his contract expired re-signed for Middlesbrough, remaining there until his retirement in 2016.

Following retirement, Woodgate took up a various coaching roles at Middlesbrough until June 2019 when he was appointed as manager of the club, following the departure of Tony Pulis. He remained in the role for just over a year before he was dismissed in June 2020.

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