Ross Jenkins (footballer, born 1990)

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Ross Jenkins
Personal information
Full name Ross Aden Jenkins[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Watford, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Oxford City (Head Coach)
Youth career
2007–2008 Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Watford 81 (2)
2012 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2 (1)
2013 → Barnet (loan) 5 (1)
2015–2016 Crawley Town 14 (0)
2016 Poli Timișoara 9 (1)
2017 Pirin Blagoevgrad 11 (0)
2017 Viking 12 (0)
2018 Hamilton Academical 11 (0)
Total 145 (5)
International career
2009 England U20 5 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Oxford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ross Aden Jenkins (born 9 November 1990) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.[3][4] He is currently head coach of National League club Oxford City.

Career

Jenkins was born in

League Cup. He remained in the club's League Cup team, playing full games against Darlington, West Ham United and Swansea City before Watford bowed out to Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-final.[6]

Jenkins made his league debut in the defeat at

Ipswich Town.[8]

Jenkins then went on to represent England at U20 level, playing at the Hawthornes against Montenegro beating them 5–0.

Jenkins signed for

League Two as the club came from two goals behind to win 3–2 at Morecambe.[11] After scoring his first goal, Jenkins said he determined to expect to score more goals at Plymouth.[12] However, Jenkins time at Plymouth Argyle was short-lived and return to his parent club after suffering a groin injury[13] Jenkins joined Barnet on loan in March 2013,[14] and made his debut when he played 90 minutes in a 4–1 home win over Morecambe.[15] He scored his first goal for Barnet in a 3–2 defeat at Accrington Stanley on 16 March 2013.[16]
Jenkins made 5 appearances in total before returning to Watford.

After leaving Watford, Jenkins started training with

Crawley Town
,

In January 2016, less than four months after joining Crawley, Jenkins' cancelled his contract and he moved to Romania to join Poli Timișoara.[17]

In February 2017, Jenkins joined Bulgarian club Pirin Blagoevgrad, signing a 6-month contract.[18] He left the club after his contract expired.[19]

On 2 August 2017, Jenkins signed with Norwegian

Eliteserien side Viking.[20] He was released by Viking at the end of the 2017 Norwegian season, and signed for Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical in February 2018.[21]

Coaching career

Persistent injury led Jenkins to retire from professional football at the age of 28; he subsequently moved into a coaching role at non-League side Oxford City.[22]

Following the departure of first-team manager David Oldfield to Weymouth in January 2022, Jenkins was placed in caretaker charge with the club sitting in fourth position in the table.[23] On 9 March, Jenkins was appointed Head Coach on a permanent contract.[24]

The 2022–23 season saw Jenkins guide Oxford to promotion to the fifth tier for the first time in the club's history, defeating St Albans City 4–0 in the play-off final.[25] However, Oxford City suffered an immediate relegation back to the sixth tier in the following season.[26]

International career

Jenkins received his first call up to the England U20 squad on 7 August 2009.[27] He started in their friendly against Montenegro a few days later at The Hawthorns which ended in a 5–0 victory.

Personal life

Jenkins is the second player with his name to have played competitive football for Watford. He is no relation to the

Watford Player of the Season.[28][29]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[30]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Watford 2008–09
Championship
 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 32 1
2009–10 Championship 24 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 0
2010–11 Championship 19 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 1
2011–12 Championship 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2012–13 Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 81 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 90 2
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2012–13
League Two
 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Barnet (loan) 2012–13 League Two 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Crawley Town 2015–16 League Two 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Poli Timișoara 2015–16 Liga I 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2016–17 First Professional Football League 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Viking 2017
Eliteserien
 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Hamilton Academical 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Career total 145 5 6 0 4 0 0 0 155 5

Honours

Manager

Oxford City

References

  1. ^ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Ross Jenkins". Watford Football Club. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ^ Ross Jenkins: Playing abroad requires you to use your brain to find solutions on the pitch englishplayersabroad.com
  4. ^ "Pregătiți de duelul cu Petrolul – ACS Poli Timișoara". www.acspoli.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Academy stat pack 2007/08". Watford Football Club. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  6. ^
    Soccerbase
    . Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  7. ^ Smith, Frank (17 November 2008). "Ross Jenkins says Watford 'should not have lost' at Oakwell". Watford Observer. Newsquest.
  8. ^ "Landmark appearances". Watford Football Club. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  9. ^ Parsons, Chris (21 September 2012). "Boosting the Roster". Plymouth Argyle Football Club. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Fletcher thrilled to land Jenkins". The Herald. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Morecambe 2–3 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Ross Jenkins hopes first goal isn't his last for Plymouth Argyle". This is Plymouth. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Jenkins' injury prompts early return?". Watford Vital Football. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  14. ^ "JENKINS JOINS ON LOAN FROM WATFORD". www.barnetfc.com. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Barnet 4-1 Morecambe". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  16. ^ Accrington 3–2 Barnet
  17. ^ "Former Hornets midfielder Ross Jenkins frustrated by lack of opportunities after Pozzo takeover". Watford Observer. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Пирин урежда англичанина за Локо (Пд)" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 27 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Напуснал Славия започна с Пирин, Радуканов тества двама" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 14 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Velkommen til Ross The Boss" (in Norwegian). viking-fk.no. 2 August 2017.
  21. ^ "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  22. ^ Oxford City F.C. (25 April 2019). "Club update – Oxford City first team management". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Club Statement: David Oldfield". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Oxford City Football Club Unveil Ross Jenkins As New Head Coach". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  25. ^ a b "Kidderminster And Oxford Are Up As Promotion Secured!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  26. ^ Rice, Liam (25 March 2024). "Oxford City head coach Ross Jenkins on relegation from National League". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  27. ^ "A Tip of the Cap". Watford Football Club. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  28. ^ "My name is... Ross Jenkins!". Watford Football Club. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  29. ISBN 0-9528631-6-2
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  30. ^ R. Jenkins at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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