1. Jordon James Edward Sydney Mutch was born on 2 December 1991 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gold Coast Knights.
30 Facts About Jordon Mutch
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Jordon Mutch made his competitive debut for the club in the League Cup in August 2008, and his first appearance in the Football League while on loan to Hereford United the following year.
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Jordon Mutch spent loan spells in the Championship with Doncaster Rovers and Watford, and became a first-team regular for Birmingham, before leaving for Cardiff City in 2012.
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Jordon Mutch contributed to Cardiff's promotion to the Premier League in his first season, and after their relegation in 2014 he returned to the top flight with Queens Park Rangers.
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Jordon Mutch has represented his country at levels from under-17 to under-21.
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Jordon Mutch was named on the bench for the January 2008 third-round FA Cup tie at Huddersfield Town, aged 16 years 34 days.
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Jordon Mutch was included in the starting eleven in pre-season domestic friendlies, but McLeish was reluctant to push him into first-team football at Championship level before he was ready.
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Jordon Mutch finally made his first-team debut as a half-time replacement for Gary McSheffrey in the second-round League Cup defeat at Southampton on 26 August 2008, thus becoming, at 16 years 268 days, Birmingham's second-youngest debutant of all time, after Trevor Francis.
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In October 2008, Jordon Mutch was ordered to take a period of complete rest because his rapid rate of growth had placed excessive strain on the growth plates in his legs.
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Rest and surgery corrected the problem, which had caused fractures in both feet, and Jordon Mutch accepted the offer of a first professional contract in April 2009.
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Jordon Mutch joined Hereford United of League Two on 26 November 2009 on a Football League Youth Loan, an arrangement which allowed the player to appear for Birmingham's reserve and youth teams on days when Hereford have no fixture.
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Jordon Mutch went straight into the starting eleven for Hereford's second round FA Cup match, at home to Colchester United two days later, and played the whole of the game, which Hereford lost to a stoppage-time goal.
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On 25 January 2010, Jordon Mutch joined Doncaster Rovers of the Championship, on a month's Football League youth loan.
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Jordon Mutch started all four pre-season games, playing alongside one or two of Fahey, Morgaro Gomis and Michel.
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Jordon Mutch played once more before sustaining a broken ankle in training that was to keep him out for four months.
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Jordon Mutch was off the field when Northampton scored their winning goal, having fallen foul of the new rule that protective tape had to be the same colour as the socks.
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Jordon Mutch started the first league game of the season, against Huddersfield Town.
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Jordon Mutch played regularly until the new year, when the foot problems resurfaced, and he missed a further three months of the season.
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Jordon Mutch started each of Cardiff's final eight league fixtures as they won the divisional title and promotion to the Premier League.
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Jordon Mutch made his debut at home to Hull City on the opening weekend of the season, but was unable to establish himself in the first team.
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In March 2018, Jordon Mutch joined Major League Soccer team Vancouver Whitecaps FC on loan to the end of the year, with an option to purchase.
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The Whitecaps chose not to take up that option, and on 4 January 2019, Jordon Mutch left Crystal Palace by mutual consent.
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On 11 February 2019, Jordon Mutch joined South Korean K League 1 team Gyeongnam FC.
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On 24 February 2020, Jordon Mutch signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Aalesund but suffered an injury before the start of the season and was released on 22 September.
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In January 2021, Jordon Mutch signed a six-month contract with the Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian A-League.
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Jordon Mutch joined another A-League team, Macarthur FC, in July 2021.
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On 2 March 2023, Jordon Mutch resumed his career in English football with League Two club Crawley Town, on a contract until the end of the season.
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In June 2024, Jordon Mutch returned to Australia to sign for NPL Queensland side Gold Coast Knights.
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Jordon Mutch made his debut for the England under-17 team in July 2007, aged only fifteen and a half, against their Icelandic counterparts.
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Not included in the England under-21 squad originally selected for two friendlies in March 2011, Jordon Mutch was called up as a late replacement for the second match after several players were released to their clubs.