Andrew Joseph Jordan (born 14 December 1979) is an English-born Scottish former professional

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and Scotland under-21 international, who made 21 appearances in

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between 1997 and 2005, equivalent to an average of just 2.3 games each year he was employed as a footballer. He is the son of former

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international

Joe Jordan Joseph Jordan (born 15 December 1951) is a Scottish football player, coach and manager. He is currently a first-team coach at AFC Bournemouth. A former striker, he played for Leeds United, Manchester United, and Milan, among others at club le ...

and the brother of semi-professional Tom Jordan.

Career

Born in

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, Jordan began his career as a trainee at

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

(where his dad Joe Jordan was then the manager) and he made eleven league appearances (52% of all the appearances he would ever make). Throughout his entire career he scored only one goal, for Bristol City, his goal coming in a League Cup tie against

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in September 1999. In October 2000 he joined

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

for a fee of £30,000, making his debut in a 4–0 victory over York City on 4 November 2000. Yet Jordan made just four appearances during his time at Cardiff, during which he scored two own goals, As said by Chris O'Brien in 2002, "Andy Jordan has only made 6 starts for the Bluebirds since signing from Bristol City, and has already netted 2 own goals. I doubt very much that he will ever play another game for Cardiff City!" Jordan was struck by injury which severely restricted his remaining time at Ninian Park as he remained sidelined for two years and was allowed to leave the club in May 2003. After talks with Cardiff's

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rivals

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

, Jordan joined

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

in July 2003 (for a singing fee of £0). He made his debut on the opening day of the 2003–04 season in a 4–3 win over Peterborough United on 8 August 2003. Having made just five first-team appearances for the side, Jordan was again struck by injury and subsequently retired from professional football.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Andy 1979 births Living people Footballers from Manchester Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Bristol City F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football defenders