Jantzen Stuart Derrick (born 10 January 1943) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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and winger.

Career

Derrick started his career with

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

, playing 259 matches and scoring 31 goals. He spent the 1970–71 season on loan to

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

. In 1971, Derrick joined

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

; he went on to play three matches for them before heading to Bath City, where he put an end to his career in 1975.

Personal life

Derrick was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

on 10 January 1943. Later in his life, he worked as a

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vendor in Bristol.

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* 1943 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from Bristol Men's association football forwards English Football League players Ligue 1 players Bristol City F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Paris Saint-Germain FC players Bath City F.C. players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France {{England-footy-forward-1940s-stub