Michael William Jordan (born 7 April 1986) is an English retired football goalkeeper born in Cheshunt,

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. He made seven appearances in

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for

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, having started his career as a trainee at

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. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Boreham Wood.

Career

Club career

Jordan signed for

as a scholar in 2002, turning professional on 1 November 2004 after making impressive performances for the youth team. However, he never played for the Arsenal first team; the closest he came was appearing on the bench for a League Cup match on 9 November 2004 against Everton, a match Arsenal won 3–1. After trials at Doncaster Rovers, and

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, Jordan signed for

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

on 9 March 2006 on a month's

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as goalkeeping cover during an injury crisis. The loan was later extended until the end of the season, at which time Yeovil declined to make the deal permanent and the player returned to Arsenal. On 30 June 2006, Arsenal released Jordan. In July 2006, Jordan was invited for a week's trial at League One side

by manager Roy McFarland. The trial became a permanent deal, with Jordan playing six times for Chesterfield in the following twelve months. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Jordan signed a contract for a further year, but on 7 March 2008 he left Chesterfield by mutual consent after learning he would not be offered a new contract at the end of the season. He subsequently signed for

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side

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, and helped them to the league title and automatic promotion to the

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. Following a trial with Stevenage Borough, Jordan spent some weeks with the club but was released without playing for the first team. He joined fellow Conference National club Eastbourne Borough on 29 January 2009 to provide cover for their first-choice goalkeeper. On 5 February, Michael was released from his contract with the Conference club, later joining Southern Premier League team

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. He appeared 64 times in competitive games for them (54 of them in the league), before moving on to join Conference South club Boreham Wood in the summer of 2011. The following summer he was signed by

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of Isthmian League Premier Division.

International career

Jordan has represented England at under-17 and under-19 levels.

Coaching career

He joined

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...

as the club's goalkeeping coach in the summer of 2016, and later registered as a player in case of emergencies. On 16 November 2018 the club announced, that Jordan had left the club. On 1 March 2019 it was announced, that Jordan had returned to Boreham Wood, this time as a goalkeeper coach.Vic Akers and Arsenal academy graduate Michael Jordan join Boreham Wood FC
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Honours

;

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: 2000–01

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Michael 1986 births Living people People from Cheshunt English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Arsenal F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Lewes F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players Concord Rangers F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Isthmian League players Footballers from Hertfordshire