Jon Connolly’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Scottish footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From United Kingdom 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 3 April 1981, Glasgow, Glasgow City Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age: 39 years

Jon Connolly (born 3 April 1981) is a Scottish football goalkeeper who is currently player-manager of Fauldhouse United in the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell.

Career

Connolly began his senior career in the Academy system at Ipswich Town but returned to Scotland to sign for Albion Rovers in February 1998, making eight league appearances in the Scottish Football League Third Division before the end of the season. After leaving Rovers, he dropped to Junior level with Thorniewood United before being signed by manager Billy Davies for Motherwell in the summer of 2000.

With Motherwell releasing a number of high-earning first team players including Andy Goram, Connolly found himself as second choice keeper at Fir Park behind Stevie Woods. He made his Scottish Premier League debut in April 2001 against Dundee United at Tannadice and retained his place in the team for the following weeks match against Aberdeen.

These proved to be his only first team appearances for Motherwell and Connolly left the club on the eve of the January 2002 transfer window, signing for Dumbarton until the end of the season. A year at Cumnock Juniors was followed by another Scottish Football League spell with East Stirlingshire in 2003–04 where he made nineteen league appearances.

After leaving Shire, Connolly has enjoyed a peripatetic career in Junior football. In recent years, he joined Kilwinning Rangers in May 2013 before moving on to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in January 2014. Connolly signed for Vale of Clyde in the summer of 2014 and had short stints at Rossvale and St. Anthony’s before joining East Superleague side Fauldhouse United in October 2016.

Connolly was appointed as player-manager of Fauldhouse in February 2017.

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