nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
10 21 february 1984 ipswich town 1999 2013 2013 2013 -- -- 2000 2003 2006 -- 2009 2009 -- 1999 -- 2000 128 0 95 89 9 68 20 0 11 0 1 4 2004 -- 2006 jay tabb -lrb- cropped -rrb- . png jay tabb tabb playing for reading in 2010 jay anthony tabb tooting , greater london , england , uk republic of ireland u-21 5 5 18 1 crystal palace crystal city reading → ipswich town -lrb- loan -rrb- ipswich town palace → crawley town -lrb- loan -rrb- coventry central midfielder jay tabb

jay tabb

jay anthony tabb -lrb- born 21 february 1984 -rrb- is british-irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for football league championship side ipswich town .
he began his career at crystal palace but was released as a junior and joined brentford in 2000 .
he moved to crawley town in 2003 on a loan which was ultimately cut short by injury .
he played in both of brentford 's unsuccessful play-off campaigns in 2005 and 2006 , making over 150 appearances for the club in total .
tabb moved to coventry city in june 2006 and spent two-and-a-half years at the club , picking up the player of the season award for his performances during the 2007 -- 08 season .
in january 2009 he joined reading .
in 2012 , he achieved the first promotion of his career as part of the 2011 -- 12 championship winning squad .
he joined ipswich town on loan in march 2013 before making the move permanent three months later .
he is primarily a central midfielder but has also played as full back , on both wings and as centre forward .
in february 2015 tabb won the `` dan bartram player of the month '' award , which included pre-match a trophy presentation at portman road .
born in england to irish parents , he is a dual citizen who has represented the republic of ireland at international level and won ten caps for the under -- 21 side between 2004 -- 06 .
he received his first call up to the senior team in 2006 but has yet to make an appearance .
