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Jonathan Hogg

b. 1988

English association football player (born 1988)

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About Jonathan Hogg

Born 1988. Jonathan Hogg is a British association football player.

Career Aston Villa Hogg was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. His progress was interrupted by a cruciate ligament injury in March 2007, but he came back to become Villa's reserve team's leading goalscorer as they won the 2008–09 Premier Reserve League Southern section. Handed a two-year contract in July 2008, he was part of Villa's squad that won the 2009 Peace Cup, a pre-season tournament. In December 2010, Hogg signed a new contract to tie him to the club until 2013. He made his debut in the Football League on 21 November away at Chesterfield; he played the whole game, and scored in the 87th minute to set up a close finish, but Chesterfield's Scott Boden scored twice very late in the game to make the final score 5–2.

Portsmouth (loan) On 25 January 2011, Hogg joined Championship club Portsmouth on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut the same day in a 2–1 home league defeat to Burnley.

Watford Hogg joined Football League Championship club Watford for an undisclosed fee on 27 August 2011, signing a three-year contract, joining his former Villa youth teammate, Troy Deeney, at Vicarage Road in the process. He made his debut for Watford two days later against Aston Villa's arch-rivals, Birmingham City. Hogg finished the season having started 40 games in the league and came fourth in the Watford F.C. Player of the Season award.

Hogg has the assist for one of English football's most famous goals, when his knockdown of a Fernando Forestieri cross in the 96th minute of the second leg of the 2013 Championship Play-Off Semi-final drew out Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. The ball fell in the path of Deeney, who scored the winning goal, sending Watford on to the final. The opportunity immediately followed a double-save by Watford goalkeeper Manuel Almunia on a penalty and follow-up by Leicester midfielder Anthony Knockaert, which, if converted, would have sent Leicester on instead of Watford. Hogg and Deeney celebrated the winner by leaping into the old East Stand at Vicarage Road, part of the ensuing celebratory pitch invasion at Watford's home ground.

Huddersfield Town Despite being a first-team regular at Watford, Hogg joined Huddersfield Town on a three-year contract on 29 July 2013, motivated by family reasons to request the transfer. He made his debut for the Terriers in their 1–0 defeat to Nottingham Forest on 3 August. He scored his first goal for the club in the 3–2 win over Charlton Athletic in the Football League Cup on 27 August 2013. His first league goal for the Terriers came in their 2–1 win over Barnsley on 20 August 2016, his first league goal in seven years.

In the 2016–17 season, Huddersfield Town gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time. Hogg was voted "Player's Player of the Year" by his teammates. During that season, Hogg suffered a collision with a teammate and was taken to hospital after a defeat away at Bristol City on 17 March 2017. He was initially ruled out for the remainder of the season after fears that he had fractured his neck. However, after further scans, he was allowed to return less than a month later on 5 April for a victory against Norwich City.

On 9 August 2017, manager David Wagner appointed Tommy Smith as the club captain with Hogg and German defender Christopher Schindler as his deputies.

During his twelve-year stint at Huddersfield, the tough-tackling central midfielder became a crowd favourite, making over 382 appearances for the club, scoring 5.

2020–21 On 13 March 2021, the former Huddersfield manager, Danny Cowley, referred to Hogg as "...a fantastic professional. He brings so much to the team, not only in terms of his ability as a player but also the substance he brings. When he plays he gives them the grit and the determination that Huddersfield need".

Hogg scored just his second goal for Huddersfield on 7 April 2021, a header from a corner, which proved to be a consolation in a home 2–1 defeat to AFC Bournemouth. On 7 May 2021, he was named by supporters as the club's Blue & White Foundation Player of the Year, ahead of teammate Lewis O'Brien. Two weeks later, Hogg also received the Hargreaves Memorial Player of the Year Trophy, receiving 35% of supporters' votes.

2021–22 On 29 June 2021 Hogg was appointed club captain. Head Coach Carlos Corberán was quoted as saying "Being a Captain is not only when you have the armband on a game day. You must lead by example. You must be a professional footballer 24/7 and bring everyone else up to your standards, so they have the same mentality. We know that Hoggy will do that.".

On 14 September 2021 Hogg scored his first league goal for Huddersfield in a 3–0 away win at Blackpool. He chested the ball down and struck a half volley from just outside the area into the top corner of the goal. On 30 October 2021, Hogg scored his second league goal of the season, a career best, with a late winner with a header at home to Millwall from a Sorba Thomas corner, to make it 1-0 to the Terriers.

2025–present On 5 May 2025, Huddersfield announced that Hogg would be released in June when his contract expired. On 10 November 2025, it was announced that he had re-joined the club as a player-coach for the club's academy. Premier League

2010–11 Premier League

2011–12 Premier League

Darlington (loan) 2009–10 Championship

2013–14 Championship

2014–15 Championship

2015–16 Championship

2016–17 Championship

2017–18 Premier League

2018–19 Premier League

2019–20 Championship

2020–21 Championship

2021–22 Championship

2022–23 Championship

2023–24 Championship

Honours Huddersfield Town EFL Championship play-offs: 2017

Individual Huddersfield Town Players' Player of the Year: 2016–17 Huddersfield Town Blue & White Foundation Player of the Year: 2021 Huddersfield Town Hargreaves Memorial Trophy Player of the Year: 2021

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Jonathan Lee Hogg

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonathan Hogg?

English association football player (born 1988)

When was Jonathan Hogg born?

Jonathan Hogg was born on 6 December 1988 in Middlesbrough.

What is Jonathan Hogg's occupation?

Jonathan Hogg is an association football player.

What nationality is Jonathan Hogg?

Jonathan Hogg is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jonathan Hogg

· Wikidata: Q10724

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