1. Jonathan Mark Howson was born on 21 May 1988 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains EFL Championship club Middlesbrough.
32 Facts About Jonny Howson
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Jonny Howson was born in Morley, West Yorkshire and attended Bruntcliffe School.
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Jonny Howson came through the Leeds United Academy along with James Milner, Danny Rose and Aaron Lennon and was a regular in the Leeds reserve team pre-2006, scoring a number of goals at that level.
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On 22 August 2006, Jonny Howson was given a squad number and place on the bench for the first team against Chester City in the League Cup, although he did not play.
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On 18 September 2006 Jonny Howson signed a three-year deal with the club.
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Jonny Howson made his debut for the Leeds first team against Barnet in the League Cup on 20 September 2006.
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Jonny Howson was awarded the Man of the match award on his league debut.
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Jonny Howson scored his first professional goal in February 2007 against Norwich City.
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The managerial appointment of Gary McAllister saw a greater emphasis placed on the club's younger players including Jonny Howson who became a regular towards the end of the season.
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Jonny Howson grew into his role and became more influential by the game, eventually captaining the side away to Millwall and becoming the club's youngest captain since Billy Bremner in doing so.
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Nevertheless, Jonny Howson was voted Leeds' Players' Young Player and Fans' Young Player of the Year at the club's end of season awards and he was rewarded for his form with new three-year contract, extending by a further year if Leeds win promotion to The Championship.
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Blackpool manager Simon Grayson succeeded McAllister and Jonny Howson was mostly restricted to substitute appearances for his first ten games.
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Jonny Howson gradually re-established himself as a first team regular with Fabian Delph being moved out to a wide left midfield position.
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Jonny Howson finished the season in a permanent central midfield place alongside Neil Kilkenny and started in both of the club's two unsuccessful play-off semi-finals against Millwall.
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At the beginning of Leeds' third campaign in League One, Jonny Howson was appointed the new Leeds vice-captain and due to the absence of club captain Richard Naylor, took the captaincy for the start of the season.
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Leeds faced Tottenham Hotspur in the next round three weeks later when Jonny Howson again provided a long-range pass for Beckford who won a last-minute penalty.
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Jonny Howson quickly equalised and the goal galvanised the crowd and team.
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Jonny Howson remained an integral part of the first team as Leeds returned to the Championship.
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United's impressive form continued into 2011 as Jonny Howson captained to the side to what was almost another famous FA Cup victory over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 8 January.
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Jonny Howson ended the season with a personal best of eleven goals from midfield and he picked up the club's Young Player of the Year award.
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In total, Jonny Howson made 225 appearances for the club and scored 28 goals.
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Jonny Howson scored two goals in the last two games of the season, including a fine solo effort at Manchester City, as Norwich finished the campaign in 11th position in the table.
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Jonny Howson finished the season with 9 goals in 39 appearances.
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Jonny Howson recorded a total of 33 appearances and 3 goals in the Premier League and 35 appearances and 4 goals in all competitions.
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Jonny Howson recorded a total of 37 appearances and scored six goals in the EFL Championship and 38 appearances and scoring six goals in all competitions.
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Jonny Howson scored twice in 41 appearances in the Championship, with 44 appearances in all competitions.
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Jonny Howson had a penalty saved but scored from the resulting corner.
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On 3 May 2024, Jonny Howson signed a new one-year contract with Middlesbrough.
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In March 2010, Jonny Howson was watched by England under-21 manager Stuart Pearce.
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On 6 February 2011, Jonny Howson received his first call-up to the squad for a friendly match against Italy.
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On 3 May 2011, Jonny Howson was called up to the provisional England under-21 squad for the European Under 21 Championships.
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However, when the final squad was trimmed to 23 players, Jonny Howson was left out of the final line-up, although he was placed on standby for the Championships.