Ian Jeffs

Ian David Jeffs (born 12 October 1982) is an English former footballer and the current assistant manager of the Icelandic women's national football team and Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍBV. Úrvalsdeild kvenna club ÍBV.

Ian Jeffs
Personal information
Full name Ian David Jeffs
Date of birth (1982-10-12) 12 October 1982
Place of birth Chester, England
Position(s) Seal Clubber
Club information
Current team
 Iceland (assistant)
ÍBV (men's, assistant)
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Crewe Alexandra 0 (0)
2002–2003 → Kidsgrove Athletic (loan) ? (?)
2003 → ÍBV (loan) 16 (3)
2004–2006 ÍBV 32 (5)
2006–2007 Örebro 27 (2)
2007 ÍBV 11 (9)
2008 Fylkir 18 (2)
2009–2010 Valur 40 (3)
2011–2016 ÍBV 101 (16)
2017 KFS 1 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2018 ÍBV (women's)
2016 ÍBV (men's)
2018–present Iceland (assistant)
2018–present ÍBV (men's, assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 March 2018

Jeffs began his career with Crewe Alexandra but made only one senior appearance for the club before being released in 2004. He was loaned to Kidsgrove Athletic for a short spell during the 2002–03 season. Jeffs has spent the majority of his career playing in Iceland, where he has represented ÍBV, Fylkir and Valur. Between 2006 and 2007 he played for Swedish side Örebro, where he was part of the side that won promotion to the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football.

Playing career

Born in Chester, Jeffs came through the youth ranks at Crewe Alexandra and was awarded his first professional contract in February 2001 along with eleven other academy graduates, including Dean Ashton, David Vaughan and Michael Higdon.[1] His first involvement in senior football came during a loan spell at non-league side Kidsgrove Athletic in the 2002–03 season.[2] On 16 May 2003, it was announced that he and teammate Tom Betts were to join newly promoted Icelandic Úrvalsdeild outfit ÍBV on loan for the duration of the 2003 campaign.[3][4] Jeffs made his debut for the club two days later in a 2–3 home defeat to KA.[5] In his third appearance for ÍBV, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 home win over Fylkir as the team recorded their first victory of the season.[6] He was almost ever-present in the ÍBV starting line-up during the first two months of the season, appearing in 11 out of 12 league and cup matches; an injury sustained in the 0–2 defeat to Þróttur kept him out of the 4–5 penalty shootout loss to Grindavík in the fourth round of the Icelandic Cup.[7][8] Jeffs went on to play all but two of ÍBV's league matches in the 2003 season, scoring three goals in the process.[9]

Jeffs and Betts returned to Crewe at the end of their loan period and were given international clearance to play for the Railwaymen following the re-opening of the transfer window on 1 January 2004.[10] Jeffs went on to make his debut for the club two days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ben Rix as Crewe were beaten 0–1 at home by Telford United in the third round of the FA Cup.[11] He was never selected to play for the club again and was released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign,[12] having already agreed to return to ÍBV on a permanent basis for the 2004 season.[13]

Career statistics
As of 31 May 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra[12] 2003–04 First Division 0010000010
ÍBV (loan)[5] 2003 Úrvalsdeild 163110000174
ÍBV[5] 2004 Úrvalsdeild 153200000173
2005 Úrvalsdeild 172307121294
2006 Úrvalsdeild 0000200020
Total 4886191216511
Örebro[14] 2006 Superettan 252000000252
2007 Allsvenskan 2000000020
Total 272000000272
ÍBV[5] 2007 1. deild karla 119000000119
Fylkir[5] 2008 Úrvalsdeild 182414100264
Valur[5] 2009 Úrvalsdeild 200315000281
2010 Úrvalsdeild 203205100274
Total 4035110100555
ÍBV[5] 2011 Úrvalsdeild 1964273103111
2012 Úrvalsdeild 173216120275
2013 Úrvalsdeild 222315240345
2014 Úrvalsdeild 50005000100
Total 6311942367010221
Career total 207352574699128752
  1. Appearances and goals in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

Managing career

Jeffs was the manager of ÍBV women's football team from 2015 to 2018 and ÍBV men's football team in 2016. In late 2018, he was hired as the assistant manager to the Icelandic women's national football team and as an assistant to ÍBV men's football team.[15]

References
  1. "Payback time". Crewe Chronicle. 7 January 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. "Porter offered Kidsgrove job". Non League Daily. 31 December 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. "Alex duo dash to Iceland". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. Elvar Geir Magnússon (16 May 2003). "Tom Betts og Ian Jeffs komnir með leikheimild" [Tom Betts and Ian Jeffs arrive with permission to play] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. "Ian David Jeffs – Leikjaferill". KSÍ (ksi.is). Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  6. Hafliði Breiðfjörð (29 May 2003). "Sanngjarn sigur ÍBV á Fylki þegar ÍBV fékk sín fyrstu stig í sumar" [Deserved win for ÍBV against Fylkir as ÍBV get their first points of the summer] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. Magnús Már Einarsson (29 June 2003). "Ian Jeffs frá í þrjár vikur" [Ian Jeffs out for three weeks] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  8. "ÍBV 0–0 Grindavík (4–5)". KSÍ (ksi.is). Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  9. "Ian David Jeffs – Meistaraflokkur". KSÍ (ksi.is). Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  10. "Crewe duo cleared to play". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  11. "Crewe 0–1 Telford". BBC Sport. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  12. Ian Jeffs at Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  13. Elvar Geir Magnússon (19 March 2004). "Ian Jeffs aftur með ÍBV í sumar" [Ian Jeffs back with ÍBV this summer] (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  14. "Ian Jeffs". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  15. Bjarni Þórarinn Hallfreðsson (11 November 2018). "Jón Óli tekur við kvennaliði ÍBV". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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