BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Henry Bond was born on May 19, 1993 in Hemel Hempstead, England. He is a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer.
Educated at Berkhamsted School, Bond came through the academy system at Watford featuring in the youth and reserve teams at Vicarage Road. During the 2010–11 season Bond featured on the substitutes bench for Watford several times as cover for the injured Rene Gilmartin and also spent time on loan at Brackley Town. In August 2011, Bond again joined Brackley Town on loan to receive some playing experience. On his return to Watford, Bond was again sent out on loan to Conference National side Forest Green Rovers on November 4, 2011 for a month. In total Bond made four appearances for Forest Green in his loan spell and was recalled a week early by Watford. On his return to Watford, Bond acted as deputy goalkeeper to Scott Loach on the substitutes bench in the Championship. On February 23, 2012, Bond joined League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on a monthlong loan deal. He then joined Bury on loan until the end of the season and made his debut in the 3–0 defeat at Brentford on April 7th. After starting Watford's FA Cup defeat to Manchester City on January 5, 2013, Bond made his home league debut in a 2–1 win over Derby County on February 23, 2013. Bond made his first league start against Wolverhampton Wanderers on March 1, 2013. On Saturday July 4, 2015, Bond signed for Reading on a three-year deal from Watford for an undisclosed fee. On August 26, 2016, Bond joined Gillingham on loan until January 7, 2017. On June 26, 2017 Bond joined Peterborough United on a six-month loan, extending the loan until the end of the season on January 3, 2018. On July 16, 2018, Bond joined newly-relegated West Bromwich Albion on a two-year contract as a free agent. Bond served as back-up to first-choice keeper Sam Johnstone as the club lost in the 2018-19 EFL Championship play-offs in the semi-finals to rivals Aston Villa. However, they bounced back the following year to finish as runners-up in the 2019-20 EFL Championship, gaining promotion back to the Premier League. Bond was released from the club after his contract ended on August 1, 2020. Albion re-signed Bond on a one year deal before the start of the 2020–21 Premier League season.
Bond has made international appearances for Wales at under-17 level, and scored an 88th minute equalising goal in Wales' 2–1 Uefa Under-17 Championship qualifying match against Russia in October 2009. He later progressed to under-19 level, and has been called up to under-21 squads. In 2010, aged 17, Bond was called up to the full Wales squad for two Euro 2012 qualifying matches. In spite of his caps for Wales, the FAW stated on July 19, 2013 that Bond had chosen to transfer to the English national pool and was called into the English under-21 squad in August 2013. He made his debut for the England under-21s on November 19th.
On January 14, 2021, Bond moved to the United States to sign with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy.
