James Vaughan Owen (born 14 January 1991) is a Welsh footballer who plays for

Caernarfon Town Caernarfon Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Caernarfon) is a semi-professional Welsh football club based in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. The club is nicknamed "the Canaries" because of its yellow and green strip, a nickname that dates from ...

. He began his career with Chester City, but left in January 2010 when the club experienced financial difficulties.

Playing career

Born in

Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...

, Owen is a product of Chester's youth policy and has been capped by

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

at under 17 level. He made his debut in

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for Chester away at Port Vale as a late sub when Chester were down to nine men, with his first starting appearance coming at

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

in April 2009. He ended the season with seven league appearances to his name, as Chester suffered relegation from

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. In January 2010, he cancelled his contract with the club by mutual consent. After leaving the club, Owen joined Conference rivals

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

on trial, scoring in a 3–2 friendly win over

Welsh Premier League The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 20 ...

side Airbus UK Broughton on 20 January. He failed to gain a contract but later signed for Barrow in the same division. Owen spent three seasons with Barrow, but left when the club was relegated to Conference North at the end of the 2012–13 season. He joined

side

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in August 2013, spending three years with the club before joining Connah's Quay Nomads. He left the club at the end of the 2021–22 season and joined hometown club

Career statistics

References

External links

James Owen career stats
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BarrowAFC.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, James 1991 births Living people People from Caernarfon Sportspeople from Gwynedd Welsh men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Chester City F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Wales men's youth international footballers Airbus UK Broughton F.C. players Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. players Cymru Premier players Caernarfon Town F.C. players