James Meredith (soccer)
Australian soccer player (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Gregory Meredith (born 5 April 1988) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a left back. He played for English Football League clubs Chesterfield, Shrewsbury Town, Bradford City and Millwall and for A-League Men clubs Perth Glory and Macarthur FC.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Gregory Meredith[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 (age 36)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Albury, Australia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2006 | Derby County | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
2006 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Sligo Rovers | 4 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → A.F.C. Telford United (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2009–2012 | York City | 131 | (3) |
2012–2017 | Bradford City | 181 | (4) |
2017–2019 | Millwall | 82 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Perth Glory | 23 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Macarthur FC | 40 | (3) |
Total | 494 | (12) | |
International career‡ | |||
2015-2018 | Australia | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2022–2023 | Macarthur FC (Assistant coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:41, 27 August 2020 (UTC) |
Meredith started his career with the Derby County youth system in 2004, signing a professional contract in 2006. He was loaned out to Cambridge United and Chesterfield before moving to Sligo Rovers. He returned to England with Shrewsbury Town, but after making only three appearances for them, joined A.F.C. Telford United on loan for most of the 2008–09 season. Meredith joined York City in 2009, playing in their victories in the 2012 FA Trophy Final and 2012 Conference Premier play-off final, the latter seeing the club promoted to League Two.
Meredith signed for Bradford City in 2012, winning promotion to League One in his first season with victory in the 2013 League Two play-off final. Meredith moved to Millwall in the Championship in 2017 before leaving two years later. In 2019, he returned to Australia to play in the A-League for Perth Glory and then Macarthur, where he retired and moved into coaching in 2022.
Meredith made two appearances for the Australian national team in 2015. He was also a member of the Australian Soceroos squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.