Jonathan Grounds

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Grounds
Occupation	English Footballer
Date Of Birth	Feb 2, 1988(1988-02-02)
Age	36
Birthplace	Thornaby-on-Tees
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jonathan Grounds Biography

Jonathan Grounds is one of the most popular and richest English footballer who was born on February 2, 1988 in Thornaby-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom. Jonathan Martin Grounds (born 2 February 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays the position of a defensive player for the Championship team Birmingham City.

The start of 2011-12 following Taylor quit the club, Joe Bennett was Middlesbrough’s left back preferred left back. While Bennett believed in Grounds as a threat, Mowbray spoke of Grounds “filling in” in that position and did not see as an out-and out left-back. On August 25 Mowbray joined League One club Chesterfield on loan for a month that was later extended to three months. He played 16 times in all competitions, before being transferred to Middlesbrough.

By the turn of the year, Grounds was “on the outer fringes of the squad”. He and team-mate Jonathan Franks joined Yeovil Town, also of League One, in February 2012 on an initial month’s loan, which was later extended to the end of the season. He made 14 appearances – interrupted by a return home when his partner, Savannah, gave birth to their son Louis – as Yeovil avoided relegation.

Grounds began his career with his local club, Middlesbrough, but never became a regular member of the first team; he made 33 league appearances spread across five years. He also spent time on loan to Norwich City of the Championship, twice, Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, and Chesterfield and Yeovil Town, both of League One. He left Middlesbrough in 2012 and signed for Oldham Athletic, also of League One, on a free transfer. After two seasons with Oldham, he signed for Birmingham City, where he was a first-team regular for four seasons before spending the 2018–19 season on loan at Bolton Wanderers.

Before the 2007-08 season the club considered the possibility of releasing him, but ultimately decided to offer Grounds an initial professional deal for one year. Since regularly used left backs Andrew Taylor and Emanuel Pogatetz injured, Grounds made his first-team debut on January 12th, 2008 in 1-1 Premier League draw at home to Liverpool. After impressing as the captain of Middlesbrough’s reserve squad as well as in further appearances in his first squad, he got presented with a contract extension of two years in March. As per the manager Gareth Southgate, “We didn’t expect him to progress this quickly but he got into the first team and did very well, showing he has the right character and the mentality to cope with the big occasion.”

Jonathan Grounds Net Worth

Jonathan Grounds is one of the richest English Footballer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Grounds 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Grounds was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire. He was part of Middlesbrough F.C. since when he was eight. He held a season ticket “from a very early age” and played the game at Stockton Schools and Redcar Town. The summer of 2003 saw Grounds played for the Middlesbrough youth team which participated in the first Nike Premier Cup in the United States. Grounds received the opportunity of a two-year college scholarship with Middlesbrough F.C. ‘s Academy in 2004 As part of that scheme that he was enrolled in, he continued his studies in Middlesbrough College where he achieved the sports science degree.

Grounds was signed by Championship Club Norwich City on 1 September 2008, on loan for three months. He was then recalled by Middlesbrough after only 5 appearances and 31 days because of a lack of players at his club of parent. He was able to keep the score clean in his first game back in the Premier League, against Wigan Athletic in the Premier League which he hoped will increase his chances of holding onto his spot. His only appearance came the following week at home against Chelsea. As a substitute the injured Justin Hoyte in an unfamiliar role as a right-back His “last-ditch block” prevented a first-half goal. However, in the second half , he was lucky that Florent Malouda was not able to capitalize the mistake and he was replaced after 54 minutes, with his team trailing by 3-0. On January 7, 2009, Grounds rejoined Norwich, this time for a period of two months. He spent most of this period at Norwich playing in the central defense during the time that Jason Shackell was unavailable, and he played 11 appearances with them with three goals scored, prior to returning back home with his former club. He didn’t make an appearance during the remainder of the season at Middlesbrough and was only a substitute after their fate into the Championship was confirmed.

In June 2010, Grounds extended his Middlesbrough contract for a further two years. He made one League Cup appearance early in the 2010–11 season, when 13 senior professionals were unavailable through injury or international duty, and was then loaned to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian until 30 January 2011 so that he could play regularly at first-team level. He went straight into the starting eleven for Hibernian’s next match, a 1–1 draw at home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and opened the scoring in a League Cup match against Kilmarnock that Hibernian lost 3–1, continuing a string of poor results that culminated in the departure of manager John Hughes. Grounds was dropped by the caretaker managers, and omitted for the first match under Colin Calderwood, but returned to the team thereafter and played regularly until the turn of the year. Although Hibernian wanted to extend the loan, no agreement could be reached, and Grounds returned to Middlesbrough two weeks early, having made 15 appearances in all competitions. Under new manager Tony Mowbray, Grounds played six matches for Middlesbrough after his return, including a 4–3 defeat at home to Swansea City in which he scored a headed goal; he partnered the equally inexperienced Seb Hines in central defence.

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He spent much of the 2013–14 season alternating between left back and centre back: he said he was comfortable in either role, having played in both positions throughout his career, and thought the difference in style between himself and the more attacking James Tarkowski helped their centre-back partnership work well. For the second season running, he missed only two matches: one through suspension, and the penultimate match of the campaign, when players were rested with the team finally safe from relegation. He made his 100th appearance for the club on 14 March 2014, and in the 106th and last appearance of his Oldham career, he conceded a penalty that gave opponents Notts County the draw they needed to avoid relegation. Although Oldham wanted to retain his services, he told them he intended to leave and had already had talks with other clubs.

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With Birmingham 2–0 down against West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup, Grounds steered Lloyd Dyer’s low centre past the goalkeeper in first-half stoppage time for his first goal for the club; the game finished as a 2–1 defeat. His first league goal for Birmingham, a header from a corner to draw level with Blackburn Rovers on 14 April 2015, came three days after it should have done: against Wolverhampton Wanderers, his shot had crossed the line unnoticed by the officials, was pushed back into play, and returned into goal by Rob Kiernan. He started every league match but one in the 2014–15 season, more than any other Birmingham outfielder, as the team finished in tenth place. According to the Birmingham Mail’s Brian Dick, writing in his end-of-season review, Grounds “improved as the season developed”, becoming “an increasingly confident and assured” member of the back four, “very effective in the air, pretty solid in defence but limited going forward”.