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Jonathan Grant "Jonny" Evans (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion and the Northern Ireland national team. Evans was born in Belfast and started his career at Greenisland FC, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts. He progressed through Manchester United's football Academy to play in several foreign tours in the summer of 2006. He then went on loan to Royal Antwerp and had two spells with Sunderland. He made his Manchester United first team debut in the 2007–08 League Cup, becoming a regular first-team squad member the following season. Despite his young age, Evans is already the second most decorated player in Northern Irish football history with nine major trophies.
Evans was scouted while playing for Greenisland FC, the same club that his brother Corry and Craig Cathcart played for before moving to Manchester United. At the age of nine, he was invited to attend the Manchester United Centre of Excellence in Belfast, before being invited for a trial in Manchester a year later. Rule changes within The Football Association at the time meant that clubs were limited to players who lived within an hour and a half of the club, so Evans' opportunities were limited. However, the Evans family soon relocated to Manchester, allowing Jonny to train with Manchester United full-time. Evans progressed through Manchester United's Academy, featuring in two of the club's three games during the 2006 summer tour of South Africa, as well as domestic friendlies against Celtic and Preston North End. Evans also made a surprise appearance in the Amsterdam Tournament against Ajax. Evans spent the first half of the 2006–07 season on loan at Manchester United's Belgian feeder club Royal Antwerp, alongside fellow youngsters Darron Gibson, Danny Simpson and Fraizer Campbell.
Jonjo Shelvey /ˈdʒɒndʒoʊ ˈʃɛlvi/ (born 27 February 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.
He began his career at Charlton Athletic, becoming their youngest-ever player at 16 years and 59 days old. In 2010 he moved to Liverpool for an initial £1.7 million, spending a brief loan at Blackpool. During his time at Anfield, Shelvey was part of a Liverpool squad which won the League Cup and lost the FA Cup final in 2012. He joined Swansea City for £5 million in 2013, and Newcastle United for £12 million two-and-a-half-years later.
Shelvey has played for England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level and has captained the under–19 side. He won his first cap for the senior side in 2012.
Shelvey played in the youth teams of first Arsenal and then West Ham United, the team he had supported as a boy. In 2004, he moved to Charlton Athletic, making his breakthrough in the 2007–08 season after scoring 14 goals in 23 appearances for Charlton's Under 18s. He made his first-team debut on 26 April 2008, starting in a 3–0 away loss against Barnsley in the Football League Championship. He became Charlton's youngest-ever player, at the age of 16 years and 59 days – beating the previous holder, Paul Konchesky. He still had one week of school remaining when he was given his debut by manager Alan Pardew.
Jonny Evans - Top Defender - Defending, Goals, Skills, Pass - Manchester United - 2013
Jonny Evans is interviewed for the first time as a West Bromwich Albion player
Jonny Evans - Ultimate Ball-Playing Centre-back (2013/2014)
Sir Alex's marriage guidance for Jonny Evans
Alex Ferguson switches at Jonny Evans
Hooligan Wardrobe:Euro2016 Corey Evans and Jonny Evans by Northern Ireland fans
Player Focus | Jonny Evans | Northern Ireland Defender
Jonny Evans Skills - Ultimate Defender - Don't Hold me Back 2013/14
SPITTING: Jonny Evans and Papiss Cisse Disgraceful SHOCKING
Jonny Evans Talks Northern Ireland, Mats Hummels and Mesut Ozil at EURO 2016
Our revels now our ended
These are actors, as I foretold you
We're all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin air
And like the baseless fabric of this vision
The cloud capped towers, the gorgeous palaces
The solemn temples, the great globe itself
Yeah, all which it inherit shall dissolve
And like this insubstantial pageant faded
Leave not a rack behind
We are such stuff as dreams are made of
And our little life is rounded