Jason Kerr (footballer)

Jason John Kerr (born 6 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Wigan Athletic.

Jason Kerr
Personal information
Full name Jason John Kerr[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Number 15
Youth career

Penicuik Athletic F.C., Tynecastle F.C.,

St Johnstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 St Johnstone 113 (5)
2015–2017 → East Fife (loan) 67 (11)
2017–2018 → Queen of the South (loan) 18 (4)
2021– Wigan Athletic 40 (1)
International career‡
2018 Scotland U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2022(UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

Career

Kerr started his career at St Johnstone in 2014, spending two seasons on loan at East Fife from 2015 to 2017, winning the Scottish League Two title in the 2015–16 season.

On 10 August 2017, Kerr, along with St Johnstone team-mate Chris Kane, joined Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on loan until 31 January 2018.[3] On 21 October, Kerr scored the only goal at Glebe Park, Brechin in Queens 1–0 win over Brechin City and was subsequently sent-off in injury time with Ally Love of The City. However, Queens appealed the red card decision and this was overturned to a yellow card instead for unsporting behaviour.[4]

On 14 January 2018, Kerr was recalled to the Perth club when his loan spell in Dumfries ended with the Doonhamers.[5] Kerr made his debut appearance for St Johnstone on 29 January 2018, in a Scottish Cup fourth round 4–0 win against Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill.[6]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kerr was named as St Johnstone's club captain, following the departure of Joe Shaughnessy.[7] He led the team to success in both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in 2020-21.

International career

Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,[8] the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth.[9]

Career statistics
As of 6 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
St Johnstone 2015–16[10] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2016–17[11] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2017–18[12] Scottish Premiership 151200000171
2018–19[13] Scottish Premiership 372215000443
2019–20[14] Scottish Premiership 291304000361
2020–21[15] Scottish Premiership 311506200423
2021–22[16] Scottish Premiership 1000001[lower-alpha 1]121
Total 1135121152111419
East Fife (loan) 2015–16[10] Scottish League Two 343200000363
East Fife (loan) 2016–17[11] Scottish League One 33841402[lower-alpha 2]0439
Queen of the South (loan) 2017–18[12] Scottish Championship 18400001[lower-alpha 2]1195
Career total 198201821924223926
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

East Fife

St. Johnstone

Wigan Athletic

Individual

References
  1. "EFL Professional Retain List 2021/22" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. "Jason Kerr". Wigan Athletic F.C. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. "Two players join". Queen of the South FC. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. "QosFC: Kerr Appeal Successful". www.qosfc.com. 26 October 2017.
  5. Nicolson, Eric (12 January 2018). "The best centre-back in the Championship (Jason Kerr) is returning to St Johnstone". The Courier.
  6. Scott, Daryl (29 January 2018). "Albion Rovers 0–4 Saints". St Johnstone F.C.
  7. "Jason Kerr appointed new club captain". St Johnstone F.C. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. "Scotland Under-21 squad announced for Toulon tournament". Scottish Football Association. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. "Scotland finish fourth at the Toulon tournament after shoot-out defeat to Turkey". Scottish Football Association. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  10. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  11. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  12. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  14. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  15. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  16. "Games played by Jason Kerr in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  17. "Scottish League Two". BBC Sport. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  18. Lindsay, Clive (22 May 2021). "Perth side complete domestic cup double". BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  19. "Scottish League Cup". BBC Sport. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  20. "Watch: Latics clinch Sky Bet League One title". www.efl.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  21. "Premiership Team of the Season". SPFL. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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