Jonathan Tuffey
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | January 20, 1987 | |
| place of birth | Banbridge , Northern Ireland | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2003-2006 | Coventry City | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2006-2010 | Partick Thistle | 110 (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Inverness CT | 16 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| Northern Ireland U-16 | 6 (0) | |
| Northern Ireland U-17 | 8 (0) | |
| Northern Ireland U-19 | 11 (0) | |
| 2006-2008 | Northern Ireland U-21 | 13 (0) |
| 2008-2011 | Northern Ireland | 8 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: May 3, 2012 2 As of May 3, 2012 |
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Jonathan "Jonny" Tuffey (born January 20, 1987 in Banbridge ) is a Northern Irish football goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle since July 2010 .
Career
society
Jonathan Tuffey learned to play football in the youth of Coventry City as a goalkeeper. After he did not play a single competitive game with the Sky Blues , as the club is called in England, he signed a contract with the Scottish club Partick Thistle in late May 2006 . While he had to stand in line as a replacement behind long-time goalkeeper Kenny Arthur in the 2006/07 season and received only a few appearances, he rose to the team's goalkeeper after his move to Accrington Stanley . In the following season Tuffey completed 33 league games for Partick and finished 6th with the team in the First Division . In the 2008/09 season he played all 36 games in the First Division and finished the season in second place. Also in the 2009/10 season Tuffey was still a regular in the goal of Thistle.
After he turned down a new contract offer from Partick Thistle in July 2010, the goalkeeper decided to leave the club shortly afterwards and to sign a two-year contract with Inverness Caledonian Thistle .
National team
Jonathan Tuffey went through all of Northern Ireland's youth national teams from the U-17 . It made his debut for the U-21 selection on November 14, 2006 in the game against Germany. After 13 games for Northern Ireland's U-21s, he made his debut on November 19, 2008 for the Northern Irish national football team . The game against Hungary was lost 2-0. He was also in the games against Italy on June 6, 2009 (0: 3) and on August 12, 2009 against Israel (1: 1) between the posts.
Web links
- Jonathan Tuffey in the soccerbase.com database
- Profile on Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tuffey, Jonathan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tuffey, Jonny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Banbridge , Northern Ireland |