Jonny Evans

Audi Q5


The West Bromwich Albion skipper arriving for training in his monster of a ride.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, the defender was scouted playing for local side Greenisland FC and invited to the Manchester United Centre of Excellence in Belfast at the age of nine, a year later he was offered a trial in Manchester. He progressed through Manchester United's academy and featured in club friendlies in 2006 against Celtic and Preston North End. As he began to mature he was loaned out for the 2006/07 campaign, first to Belgian side Royal Antwerp and then to Championship side Sunderland in December 2006. The defender helped the Black Cats clinch the Football League Championship title and won the club's Youth Player of the Year in the process. The Irishman made his Manchester United debut in September of the 2007/08 season against Coventry City. His first run of games with the first team came in the 2008/09 campaign due to an injury to Nemanja Vidic, he made a total of 34 appearances and won the Football League Cup as well as his first Premier League title. Over the next couple of seasons he would battling two of the best in centre back's in the business in Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic for a first team berth, in that time he made 49 appearances in all competitions, with 32 of them coming in the Premier League. The Irishman would add two more trophies to his list of accolades, the  League Cup in 2009/10 and the Premier League in 2010/11. The 2011/12 would see him become Manchester United's first choice centre back after Rio Ferdinand suffered an injury at the beginning of the season, he made 29 Premier League appearances and narrowly missed out on the title on the final day of the season as local rivals Manchester City clinched the trophy on goal difference. The defender would make up for it by winning his third Premier league title in the following season. The Irishman signed for West Bromwich Albion in August 2015, establishing himself as the clubs first choice centre back he made 89 appearances for The Baggies over the next three seasons. His last season at The Hawthorns saw him named club captain but West Brom would get relegated and Leicester City signed the defender by activating his relegation release clause ahead of the 2018/19 Premier League season.