Jason deVos

Jason deVos (surname often spelt De Vos or DeVos; born January 2, 1974 in Appin, Ontario) is a professional soccer player who plays for Ipswich Town F.C. in the Football League Championship in England and on the Canadian national soccer team.

The 6'4, 205 lbs. central defender began his professional career in 1990 as a 15 year-old high schooler with hometown club the London Lasers of the former Canadian Soccer League. When the club folded he joined the Kitchener Kicks, also of the CSL. When the later club too folded he rejoined the re-established Lasers in 1992, the last year of operations of the CSL.

Known for his ability in the air, deVos spent the next five seasons with the Montreal Impact of the then American Professional Soccer League, the last two on loan to English Third Division club Darlington F.C. In 1998 deVos first signed a contract with the Darlington before moving to Dundee United F.C. of the Scottish Premier League in October on a 400 000 pound transfer. He spent three seasons with the Terrors, captaining the side in 2000–01. He was then signed by Wigan Athletic of the then English Second Division for 500 000 pounds in 2001. DeVos captained the side to its promotion to the First Division in 2002–03. Following an injury-plagued 2003–4, which saw Wigan just miss out on a English Premier League play-off place, deVos was granted a transfer and signed with Ipswich.

For Canada, deVos has appeared in 49 full internationals, scoring 4 goals. He debuted on 19 August, 1997 in a 1–0 home loss friendly to Iran. He was named a tournament all-star for both the 2000 and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cups, which Canada won and was a semi-finalist of, respectively.

DeVos and wife Rachael have a daughter, Ella.

External links

• Sporting-Heroes.net with a picture, profile and career British footballing statistics of deVos
• CanadaSoccer.com with a national team profile of deVos