Joleon Lescott

**Joleon Patrick Lescott** (born 16 August 1982) is an ex-English footballer who played for Manchester City and the England national football team. He was a defender who could play on the left or in the centre.

Lescott was born in Birmingham. At 17 he began playing for the Wolverhampton Wanderers.  In 2006 he was named in the Championship team of the season.  He also got the Wolves' Player of the Year award.

Lescott was sold to Everton at the start of the 2006–07 season. On 8 May 2008, Lescott was voted Everton's Player of the Year and Players Player of the Year.

Following the end of the 2008–09 season, Manchester City tried to sign Lescott.  Everton said no. On 11 August 2009, Lescott asked to move to Manchester City.  Again Everton said no.  The manager said Lescott had a "bad attitude" and did not have him play.  Then on 25 August 2009 he was traded to Manchester City.  Fans in Everton are now angry at Lescott for leaving.  They boo when he takes the field.

On 13 May 2012 Lescott helped Manchester City win their first premiership title in 44 years.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=8|Wolverhampton Wanderers|1999–2000|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||
|2000–01|First Division|37|2|2|0|5|0|—|—|44|2|||||
|2001–02|First Division|44|5|0|0|0|0|—|2|0|46|5||||
|2002–03|First Division|44|1|4|0|1|0|—|3|0|52|1||||
|2003–04|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||
|2004–05|Championship|41|4|2|0|0|0|—|—|43|4|||||
|2005–06|Championship|46|1|2|0|2|0|—|—|50|1|||||
|rowspan=5|Everton|2006–07|Premier League|38|2|1|0|3|0|—|—|42|2|||
|2007–08|Premier League|38|8|1|0|5|0|10|2|—|54|10||||
|2008–09|Premier League|36|4|7|1|1|0|2|0|—|46|5||||
|2009–10|Premier League|1|0|—|—|0|0|—|1|0||||||
|rowspan=6|Manchester City|2009–10|Premier League|18|1|2|0|4|1|—|—|24|2|||
|2010–11|Premier League|22|3|8|0|0|0|7|0|—|37|3||||
|2011–12|Premier League|31|2|1|0|2|0|7|0|1|1|42|3|||
|2012–13|Premier League|26|1|4|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|33|1|||
|2013–14|Premier League|10|0|5|0|5|0|4|0|—|24|0||||
|rowspan=3|West Bromwich Albion|2014–15|Premier League|34|1|3|0|0|0|—|—|37|1|||
|2015–16|Premier League|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0|||||||
|rowspan=3|Aston Villa|2015–16|Premier League|30|1|0|0|1|0|—|—|31|1|||
|2016–17|Championship|0|0|—|0|0|—|—|0|0||||||
|AEK Athens|2016–17|Super League Greece|4|0|0|0|—|—|—|4|0|||||
|Sunderland|2016–17|Premier League|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=7|England|2007|4|0|
|2008|2|0|||
|2009|3|0|||
|2010|3|0|||
|2011|2|0|||
|2012|10|1|||
|2013|2|0|||

- _England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lescott goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|scope=col||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 June 2012|Donbas Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine|17||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2012|||||||||||

## Honours

**Wolverhampton Wanderers**
- Football League First Division play-offs: 2003

**Everton**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2008–09

**Manchester City**
- Premier League: 2011–12, 2013–14
- FA Cup: 2010–11; runner-up: 2012–13
- Football League Cup: 2013–14

**Individual**
- Everton Player of the Season: 2007–08
- Everton Players' Player of the Season: 2006–07, 2007–08
- PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02 First Division, 2002–03 First Division, 2005–06 Championship
- Wolverhampton Wanderers Player of the Year: 2002–03, 2004–05

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Joleon Lescott
- **image**: Joleon Lescott 8696 (15441498930).jpg
- **caption**: Lescott playing for West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion in 2014
- **full name**: Joleon Patrick Lescott
- **birth place**: Birmingham, England
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: –2000
- **youthclubs1**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **years1**: 2000–2006
- **clubs1**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **caps1**: 212
- **goals1**: 13
- **clubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **years2**: 2006–2009
- **caps2**: 113
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 2009–2014
- **clubs3**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps3**: 107
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2014–2015
- **clubs4**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **caps4**: 36
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2015–2016
- **clubs5**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps5**: 30
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2016
- **clubs6**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens
- **caps6**: 4
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2017
- **clubs7**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 504
- **totalgoals**: 36
- **nationalyears1**: 2000
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-17 football team, England U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2002
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam4**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 2
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2007
- **nationalteam5**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps5**: 1
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **nationalyears6**: 2007–2013
- **nationalteam6**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps6**: 26
- **nationalgoals6**: 1