Jamie Ashdown

Jamie Ashdown ( born November 30, 1980 in Reading, England ) is an English football goalkeeper, who plays for Leeds United.

Playing career

Reading

Jamie Ashdown was taken at the age of 11 years in the Football Academy of Reading FC. For the club from his hometown, he played a total of 13 years as a youth and professional players. Only 17 years old Ashdown was given his first professional contract in 1998. In the second division Reading but he could not initially enforce and played mainly in the reserve team, so you gave him first time in 2001. In his first Leihverein but he remained as einsatzlos as 2002 at the showpiece club Arsenal. In the same year he was nevertheless used in two games for AFC Bournemouth. In the 2003 / 04 season, he finally succeeded in the unterklassigen Rushden & Diamonds breakthrough.

Portsmouth

Thanks to its good performance for Reading and Rushden & Diamonds Ashdown was taken in 2004 by the English first division club FC Portsmouth under contract. Although Ashdown comes with the " Pompey " regularly used, however, he stands in the shadow of the English national goalkeeper David James. For the second division Norwich City, he played two games in early 2006 as Players out on loan. With Portsmouth Ashdown won the 2008 his first professional title, the FA Cup.

Achievements

• 2008 - FA Cup with Portsmouth FC