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Jason Philip Shackell (born 27 September 1983) is an English former professional footballer who primarily played as a centre-back, notably for Norwich City and Derby County.
Born in Stevenage, he joined Norwich City in 2000. He made his senior debut in 2003 and spent seven seasons with Norwich before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2008. After loan spells with Norwich City and Doncaster Rovers, he moved to Barnsley where he won the Player of the Season award in his only year there. He also spent one year at Derby County before signing with Burnley in 2012. With Burnley, he earned promotion to the Premier League as runners-up whilst also being named in the PFA Team of the Year for the Championship. After three seasons with Burnley, Shackell returned to Derby County for a second spell. He spent three seasons with Derby County and had a loan spell with Millwall before departing in 2018. He subsequently signed for Lincoln City, where he won League Two and was named in the division's PFA Team of the Year. He left Lincoln in 2020.
He added further experience the following season as Norwich won the First Division championship. He did not feature in the club's opening months in the Premier League but returned to the team in February 2005 in a home game against Manchester City. Although Norwich lost 3–2, he acquitted himself well and kept his place in the centre of defence for the remainder of the season, but could not prevent relegation.
The scene was set for Shackell to continue his progress in the 2005–06 season. However, a pre-season illness and a subsequent run of injuries caused him to miss four months of the campaign. However, the season brought him his first goal for Norwich on 17 October 2006 against Birmingham City, proving to be the winning goal. He scored two further goals that season, against Preston North End and Luton Town, but the club were unable to challenge for an immediate return to the top division.
After undergoing another ankle operation during Summer 2006, he returned to be a virtual ever-present in the next season. With the arrival of Peter Grant as manager during the season, Shackell was appointed captain at the start of the 2007–08 season. In October 2007, he signed a new contract that was due to have kept him at Carrow Road until 2010. However, his season took a downturn in December, when new manager Glenn Roeder relieved him of the captaincy.
Shackell lost his place in the Norwich side at the start of the new season after several new defensive signings arrived. On 1 September 2008, he left for fellow EFL Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £1 million.
Out of favour at Wolves, he spent the 2009–10 season on loan at Championship side Doncaster Rovers.
After a set of impressive performances during the 2010–11 season (where he won the Player of The Year award), Shackell was heavily linked with transfer moves away from Oakwell, with fellow Championship clubs Burnley, Derby County, Hull City, Portsmouth and newly promoted Premier League outfit Swansea City all interested in the player.
Derby County had two bids for the player rejected, the second bid estimated to be in the region of £700,000. Derby went back with an improved bid on 15 June 2011, believed to be £750k up front, potentially rising to £1m. This bid was accepted by Barnsley on 17 June 2011.
In March 2014 he scored the equalizing goal for Burnley in a 2–1 win over fierce East Lancashire rivals Blackburn at Ewood Park. The result was the Claret's first win in that fixture in 35 years. Shackell went on to guide Burnley to 2nd in the Championship and promotion to the Premier League in the 2013–14 season.
On 25 January 2018, Shackell joined fellow EFL Championship side Millwall on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.
He was released by Derby at the end of the 2017–18 season.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Norwich City | 2002–03 | First Division | 0 |
| 2003–04 | First Division | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | EFL Championship | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | Championship | 3 | |
| 2007–08 | Championship | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | Championship | 0 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2008–09 | Championship | 0 |
| Norwich City (loan) | 2008–09 | Championship | 0 |
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2009–10 | Championship | 1 |
| Barnsley | 2010–11 | Championship | 3 |
| Derby County | 2011–12 | Championship | 1 |
| Burnley | 2012–13 | Championship | 2 |
| 2013–14 | Championship | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | |
| Derby County | 2015–16 | Championship | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Championship | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Championship | 0 | |
| Derby County U23 | 2016–17 | 0 | |
| Millwall (loan) | 2017–18 | Championship | 0 |
| Lincoln City | 2018–19 | League Two | 5 |
| 2019–20 | League One | 2 | |
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