Jason Gilchrist

Jason Gilchrist
Personal information
Full name Jason Lee Gilchrist[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994[2]
Place of birth St Helens, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
FC United of Manchester
Youth career
2001–2011 Manchester City
2011–2013 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Burnley 0 (0)
2013Droylsden (loan) 10 (1)
2015Accrington Stanley (loan) 5 (0)
2016Chester (loan) 2 (0)
2016– FC United of Manchester 17 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 23 November 2016 (UTC).


Jason Lee Gilchrist (born 17 December 1994) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC United of Manchester.

Career

Born in St Helens, Merseyside, Gilchrist attended the De La Salle School in the town.[3] He joined Manchester City in 2001 at the age of six, having been picked up by local scout Jimmy Pullen.[3] He spent ten years at the club and was top scorer in six of those seasons.[3] He failed to earn a scholarship with Manchester City and in the summer of 2011 he joined Burnley on a two-year scholarship.[3][4] In his first season in the youth team he scored 26 goals finishing as top goalscorer.[3] In his second year in the youth team he scored 22 goals, which included a hat-trick at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup.[5] In March 2013 he experienced his first taste of senior football joining Conference North side Droylsden on loan until the end of the season.[6] He made his debut for the club in a 3–0 home defeat to Guiseley.[7] His first professional goal came in April 2013 in a 3–1 away win at Colwyn Bay.[7] He made a total of ten appearances for the Bloods scoring once, however, he could not save the club from relegation to the Northern Premier League.[7]

In the summer of 2013 following the conclusion of his scholarship he was offered a one-year professional contract with the Championship side.[5] He spent the majority of his first year as a professional playing in the Development Squad as Burnley gained promotion to the Premier League.[8] In the summer of 2014 he signed a new one-year contract extension, remaining in the Development Squad.[8] In February 2015 he signed for League Two side Accrington Stanley on loan until the end of the season.[9] He made his professional league debut in a 3–0 away defeat to Burton Albion, replacing Josh Windass as a substitute.[10]

In January 2016, he was sent out on loan to National League side Chester on a one-month loan deal.[11] In April 2016, it was announced that he was to leave Burnley at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed and joined FC United of Manchester in time for the start of the 2016–17 season.[12][13]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley 2012–13[7] Championship 00000000
2013–14[7] Championship 00000000
2014–15[7] Premier League 00000000
2015–16[7] Championship 00000000
Total 00000000
Droylsden (loan) 2012–13[7] Conference North 101101
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2014–15[7] League Two 5050
Chester (loan) 2015–16[7] National League 201[lower-alpha 1]131
FC United of Manchester (loan) 2016–17[7] National League North 1762000196
Career total 347200011378
  1. Appearance in FA Trophy

References

  1. "Barclays Premier League: notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). Premier League. p. 4. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Accrington Stanley". FootballSquads. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Many happy returns for Burnley hat-trick hero Jason Gilchrist". St Helens Star. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. "Burnley sign three youngsters". St Helens Star. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Contracts for six but Evans, Jackson and Williams to leave". Claretsmad. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. "Loan Move For Duo". burnleyfootballclub.com.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jason Gilchrist – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Transfer News: Luke Conlan returns to Burnley on one-year deal". Sky Sports. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  9. "Young Claret joins Reds". accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  10. "Burton 3 Stanley 0". accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  11. "Gilchrist and Ginnelly join the loan departures". Claretsmad. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  12. Boden, Chris (13 April 2016). "New deals for trio as three depart Turf Moor". Burnley Express. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  13. Scholes, Tony (8 August 2016). "Gilchrist and Lowe join FC United". Up the Clarets. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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