Jonathan Joseph Routledge (born 23 November 1989) is an English professional

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who plays for

The New Saints The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club, also known as The New Saints ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed y Seintiau Newydd) or TNS, are a professional football club that currently play in the Cymru Premier. They are the most successfu ...

Career

Born in

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, Routledge started his career in the Academy of hometown club

, but left after 10 years to join

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

in 2007. He signed a professional contract with Wigan in the summer of 2008, and he impressed enough to sign on for a further year in 2009. He made his

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debut on 24 May 2009 in a

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match against

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. He joined

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

of the Swedish football Division 1 on

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until the end of the 2009–10 season on 1 April 2010. On 12 August 2010, he joined

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side Hamilton Academical on loan until January 2011. On 1 February 2011, Routledge signed a permanent deal with Hamilton until the end of the season after having his contract cancelled by Wigan. In the summer of 2011 he joined Stockport County before in January 2012 returning to Hamilton on loan until the end of the season. He rejoined Hamilton in the summer of 2012 on a permanent deal. He was released by Hamilton in March 2015. In July 2015, Routledge signed a one-year contract with

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side Dumbarton. He was sent off for the first time in a 3–1 victory over Alloa. After 38 appearances he left the club in May 2016 and moved to Wales, joining Welsh Premier League champions

Honours

The New Saints * Welsh Premier League: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 Individual * Welsh Premier League Team of the Year: 2016–17

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Routledge, Jon 1989 births Living people English footballers Association football midfielders Liverpool F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players The New Saints F.C. players Premier League players Scottish Premier League players Footballers from Liverpool Stockport County F.C. players National League (English football) players Expatriate footballers in Sweden Östersunds FK players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Cymru Premier players English expatriate footballers