Jonathan Calderwood

Jonathan Calderwood is a Northern Irish football groundskeeper who specialises in turf management of football pitches.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Career

In 2013, Calderwood was appointed groundskeeper of French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

In 2025, the Parc des Princes was voted as the best football pitch in Ligue 1 for the seventh time in nine years under Calderwood's leadership.[18]

Personal life

Calderwood's son Ethan, born in 2006, played in the youth academy of Paris Saint-Germain in the 2015–16 season, alongside Zlatan Ibrahimović's son Vincent.[19] In 2024, Ethan Calderwood was called up to the Northern Ireland under-17s.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Jonathan Calderwood, Grounds Manager, Paris Saint-Germain". sportsvenuebusiness.com.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Calderwood, jardinier du PSG : " Vous devez adapter votre pelouse à votre jeu "". ouest-france.fr (Archived). Retrieved 2023-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Real Madrid, PSG and Atletico: How British groundsmen are making a splash at Europe's biggest clubs and beyond". independent.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Jonathan Calderwood, le jardinier qui a planté la graine des belles pelouses de Ligue 1". ouest-france.fr.
  5. ↑ "Jonathan Calderwood, ground manager du PSG : " Il ne s'agit pas juste de tondre et d'arroser la pelouse "". lejdd.fr (Archived). Retrieved 2023-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Calderwood, l'autre champion du PSG". leparisien.fr.
  7. ↑ "A turf life for Jonathan". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Grounded Jonathan is the best in his field". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Jonathan Calderwood, gazon béni". parisunited.fr.
  10. ↑ "The Euro 2016 groundsman who is preparing the Paris pitch for his Northern Ireland heroes". belfastlive.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Messi and Neymar hail NI man's pitch at PSG". bbc.com.
  12. ↑ "" Pour dix jardiniers de Montpellier, on obtient le salaire de M. Calderwood "". sofoot.com.
  13. ↑ "Mud, plastic and grass: the evolution of the football pitch". UEFA.
  14. ↑ "LA TECHNIQUE INSOLITE DU JARDINIER PARISIEN POUR PROTÉGER LA PELOUSE DU PARC DES PRINCES!". onzemondial.com.
  15. ↑ "Jonathan Calderwood : " après la rencontre, je prépare la pelouse pour le prochain match "". gsph24.com.
  16. ↑ "Paris St Germain groundsman helping to ensure Ballymena Showgrounds is pitch perfect". belfastlive.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "Jonathan Calderwood, orfèvre, pas jardinier". sudouest.fr.
  18. ↑ "Paris Saint-Germain tops Ligue 1 pitch charts again!". www.psg.fr. 2025-06-10. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  19. ↑ "Zlatan's son and Jonathan's youngster, Ethan, were the PSG under-10s strikers last season". belfast live.
  20. ↑ "JD Academy and Australia produce a thriller". irish fa.


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