Jordan Nathaniel Bowery (born 2 July 1991) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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and defender for club

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

. Bowery has previously played for

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

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Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...

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Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

, Barrow,

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and

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Career

Chesterfield

Born in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

, Bowery represented

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

as a schoolboy but was not signed as a scholar and eventually moved on to

. Bowery made his professional debut for

on 30 August 2008, in a 1–0 defeat against

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

. On 19 November 2009, Bowery joined

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club Barrow on loan for six weeks. Bowery scored his first goal in

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on 29 January 2011, in a 2–2 home draw against

. On 15 September 2011, Bowery signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until June 2014.

Aston Villa

Bowery signed for

on 31 August 2012. He signed on loan for

in February 2014.

Rotherham United

On 10 June 2014, Bowery joined

for an undisclosed fee, breaking the Millers' transfer record of £160,000 for Lee Frecklington in January 2013. He signed on loan for

in November 2015. He left Rotherham by mutual consent in January 2016.

Oxford United

On 22 January, Bowery joined

on a deal until the end of the season. He scored 7 league goals in 9 starts and 8 substitute appearances and was part of the team that won promotion to League One, finishing second in League Two.

Leyton Orient

On 5 July 2016, Bowery joined

on a two-year deal upon his release from Oxford United.

Crewe Alexandra

He moved to

on loan in January 2017, and scored his first Crewe goal on 14 March at Crawley Town. On 9 May 2017, Crewe announced that Bowery would be returning to his parent club, however two weeks later on 23 May, Crewe announced that Bowery had signed a two-year contract with the club, as his Leyton Orient contract included a relegation release clause which allowed him to leave. After scoring 22 times in 99 games over two seasons, he was offered a new contract by Crewe at the end of the 2018–19 season, but declined to extend his stay at Gresty Road.

Milton Keynes Dons

On 11 June 2019, it was announced that Bowery would join newly promoted

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club

on a free transfer effective from 1 July 2019. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat away to

Mansfield Town

On 22 June 2020 it was announced that he would join

on 1 August 2020, after signing on a free transfer. Following defeat in the 2022 EFL League Two play-off final, Bowery signed a new two-year contract.

Playing style

Playing as a

for most of his career, Bowery began playing as a defender for Mansfield in the 2022–23 season. He played at both centre back and right back, and he said e appreciated the "trust" placed in him by Mansfield manager

Nigel Clough Nigel Howard Clough (born 19 March 1966) is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Mansfield Town. Playing predominantly as a forward, but later in his career used as a midfielder, Clough was c ...

. He was later described as a "versatile" player. Playing primarily as a defender from that time, Bowery returned to playing as a forward in November 2023 due to an injury to striker

Lucas Akins Lucas-Jordan Jeremiah Akins (born 25 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Mansfield Town. Akins has been deployed in every outfield position during his career, mostly playing as either a winge ...

Personal life

Bowery's father Bert Bowery was also a professional footballer who played in England and the United States.

Career statistics

Honours

Chesterfield *

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: 2011–12 Oxford United *Football League Two second-place promotion: 2015–16 *Football League Trophy runner-up: 2015–16 Mansfield Town *

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third-place promotion: 2023–24

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowery, Jordan 1991 births Living people English people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent Sportspeople of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent Footballers from Nottingham English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football defenders Chesterfield F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Premier League players