James Alexander Jeggo ( ; born 12 February 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Belgian club

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. Born in Austria, he represents the Australia national team. Jeggo moved to Australia as a child, where he started his footballing career in youth football with Green Gully and at the

Victorian Institute of Sport The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It provides high performance sports programs for talented athletes, enabling them to achieve national and international succe ...

before making his professional debut for

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victor ...

Early life

Jeggo was born in

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, Austria. He moved to Australia as a child, growing up in

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. He has a brother Luc Jeggo who formerly captained the Melbourne Victory youth team, and plays for

Faroe Islands Premier League The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1942 as Meistaradeildin, and it is played in current format since 2005, when Prem ...

club

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Club career

Melbourne Victory

On 21 March 2011, Jeggo signed a three-year senior contract with A-League club

after performing very well in the National Youth League. He made his professional debut in the 2011–12 A-League season on 12 November 2011, in a round 6 clash against

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, A-League Men, under ...

. Jimmy Jeggo, as referred to by the Melbourne Victory fans quickly become a fan favourite in his few appearances for Melbourne. On 10 February 2012, he was selected for his first league start for Melbourne Victory against the Central Coast Mariners at AAMI Park, where Victory went on to record a 2–1 come from behind win. Jimmy Jeggo's first league goal for the Melbourne Victory came on 16 March 2012, with a strike from outside the penalty box, in their 3–0 win over

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

, which would be the final home game Melbourne Victory would play in the 2011-12 A-League season. The

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season saw James Jeggo's first team opportunities reduced. He played 310 minutes, mostly from the bench, less than half the time of his break out season of 2011–12.

Adelaide United

On 1 May 2014, Jeggo signed with

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

following his release from Melbourne Victory as the Victorian A-League team declined to renew his contract. Jimmy made his debut for Adelaide in round one of the

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season at Lang Park,

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verse then champions

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. Jeggo started in midfield and played the whole match as United won two goals to one. Jeggo became a regular starter at Adelaide United under Josep Gombau, playing in attacking midfield, Jeggo won the A-League Young Footballer of the Year for the 2014–15 A-League season. Jeggo played a full match for the Reds in the inaugural 2014 FFA Cup Final. Adelaide secured victory over Perth Glory in the final 1–0 with Jeggo claiming his first club trophy of his career.

Sturm Graz

On 27 January 2016, Jeggo was released from Adelaide United to join Austrian club

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

for an undisclosed fee. On 9 May 2018, he played as Sturm Graz beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18 Austrian Cup.

Austria Wien

On 25 May 2018, Jeggo joined Austria Wien after rejecting a contract extension from

Aris

On 16 August 2020, Jeggo joined Greek club

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Eupen

On 4 February 2022, Jeggo signed a 1.5-year contract with

in Belgium.

International career

On 7 March 2011, Jeggo was selected to represent the

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in an Asian Olympic Qualifier match against

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. After establishing himself in the starting squad for

at the beginning of the 2016–17 season, playing a key role as a defensive midfielder, Jeggo was called up to the Australia senior side for World Cup qualifiers against

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and Japan in October 2016. On 20 November 2018, Jeggo made his debut for the Australia senior national team in a friendly match at

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against

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. He came on as a second-half substitute in the 74th minute and replaced

Mustafa Amini Mohammad Mustafa Castillo Amini, known as Mustafa Amini, (Dari language, Dari: محمد مصطفی کاستیلو امینی, born 20 April 1993) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Perth Glory FC, Perth ...

in midfield and Australia won the match 3–0.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Adelaide United *

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Sturm Graz * Austrian Cup: 2017–18 Individual * A-League Young Footballer of the Year: 2014–15

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeggo, James 1992 births Living people Association football midfielders Australian soccer players Australia international soccer players Austrian footballers Austrian emigrants to Australia Austrian people of English descent Australian people of English descent Australian people of Austrian descent Australian people of Manx descent Melbourne Victory FC players Adelaide United FC players SK Sturm Graz players FK Austria Wien players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players K.A.S. Eupen players Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Victorian Premier League players A-League Men players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Super League Greece players Belgian First Division A players Australian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Belgium Australian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Australian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Footballers from Vienna 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players