clubname | Wigan Athletic |
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fullname | Wigan Athletic Football Club |
nickname | The Latics |
founded | |
ground | DW StadiumWiganGreater ManchesterEngland, United Kingdom |
capacity | 25,138 |
chrtitle | Chairman |
chairman | Dave Whelan |
mgrtitle | Manager |
manager | Roberto Martínez |
league | Premier League |
season | 2010–11 |
position | Premier League, 16th |
website | http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk |
topscorer | Andy Lidell |
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They have played at the DW Stadium since 1999, which they now own, sharing the stadium with rugby league club Wigan Warriors. They previously played at Springfield Park for 67 years.
As of the 2011–12 season, Wigan Athletic are the youngest club in the Premier League, having only been formed in 1932.
In its early history, Wigan Athletic's most notable exploits came in the FA Cup. In the 1934–35 season, Wigan Athletic beat Carlisle United 6–1 in the first round, setting a cup record for the biggest victory by a non-league club over a league club, a record only equalled in 1955 by Boston United, and again in 1957 by Hereford United.
In 1945, Wigan Athletic were elected to a different league, the Lancashire Combination, and in 1950 came close to election to the Football League, narrowly losing out to Scunthorpe United F.C.In the 1953–54 season, Wigan Athletic played an FA Cup match against Hereford United in front of a crowd of 27,526, a Wigan Athletic record and also a record for a match between two non-league teams at a non-league ground. In 1961, the club moved back to the Cheshire County League.
In 1968, Wigan Athletic were founder members of the Northern Premier League, known since 1994 as the UniBond League. Winning the league title in 1970/71, Leading goalscorer with 42 goals, including 7 hatricks, was Geoff Davies who scored 28 goals in the following 1971/72 season. He left to play in America with Eusebio, (and against Pele, George Best, Rodney Marsh, and Franz Beckenbauer). After 34 failed election attempts, including one controversial but headline-making application in 1972 to join the Scottish League Second Division, Wigan Athletic were elected to the Football League in 1978.
The first floodlit match was played at Springfield Park on 19 October 1966, when Wigan Athletic played Crewe Alexandra, with the official opening of the floodlights on 24 October 1966, when Manchester City were the visitors. City brought a full strength team to Springfield Park and won 4–0.
In the club's first season of League football, Wigan Athletic finished in sixth place, just six points off promotion and playing in front of an average crowd of 6,701. Two more top-half finishes came in the following seasons. They gained their first Football League promotion under the management of former Liverpool player Larry Lloyd in 1981/82, when a points tally of 91 saw them join the former Division Three for the first time, beginning a 10 year spell in English football's third tier. The club struggled in their first season in Division Three, which led to Lloyd's controversial sacking in early 1983, being replaced by Harry McNally. Under McNally's management, the club stabilised in Division Three and secured a pair of mid-table finishes, but a dreadful 1984/85 season cost him his job, with Tranmere manager Bryan Hamilton stepping into the breach. Under Hamilton's management, the club's performances went to the next level and they won their first silverware as a League club that season with the Freight Rover Trophy. They were beaten in the Northern Final of the same competition the following season by Bolton Wanderers. More importantly, Hamilton achieved Division Three survival, which had looked an impossible task earlier that season.
The 1985/86 season saw a marked improvement in the club's league form, eventually finishing in fourth position, a then-club record high which would stand for 17 years until 2002/03. Wigan finished the season just one point outside the promotion places in the final season before the Football League introduced the play-off system for promotion and relegation. However, Hamilton's feats attracted the attention of First Division Leicester City and he left to become their manager in the summer 1986. His assistant, Ray Mathias, who had followed him from Tranmere, stepped up to the Wigan manager's job. Wigan managed an identical fourth place finish in the 1986/87 season, but this time were rewarded with the chance to compete for the final promotion place in the new play-off system. (In the first two years of the play-off system, teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th joined the team finishing 20th in the division above to play off for the promotion place; this was changed to the teams finishing 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th from the 1988/89 season). The Latics lost at the two-legged semi-final stage to Swindon, who went on to win the final promotion place.
The fourth place finishes of the 1985/86 and 1986/87 seasons proved to be the high points of Wigan Athletic's first stint in Division 3. For the next five years, they finished mid-table, flirting with relegation in 1988–89 (at which time Mathias was sacked and previous manager Bryan Hamilton returned) and 1989/90, until they were relegated for the first and only time in the club's League history in 1992/93. Wigan Athletic finished in 23rd place, amid tumbling attendances which had fallen from averages of 3,000–4,000 in Wigan Athletic's Division 3 years to just 2,593 in 1992/93. A year later, with the club back in the fourth tier of the English League, the Latics finished 19th – fourth from bottom – to complete their worst-ever league season. Attendances fell to a lowest-ever Wigan Athletic League average of 1,845 by 1995.
At the end of Whelan's first season as Chairman, Wigan Athletic finished in 14th position in the old Third Division, the 84th rung of the 92-club English Football League ladder. Whelan and Wigan Athletic made headlines in summer 1995 when Whelan's business connections in Spain helped him attract three Spaniards to the club – Roberto Martínez, Isidro Diaz, and Jesus Seba – who became known as 'The Three Amigos'. Martínez and Díaz would later become the first Spaniards to play in the FA Cup, and the trio became the on-pitch symbols of Whelan's ambitious plans.
'The Three Amigos' were joined at the club by John Deehan, who replaced Graham Barrow as manager during the 1995/96 season following a 6–2 home defeat to Mansfield Town. Deehan had coached Norwich City to an unexpected 3rd place finish in the inaugural Premier League season, and his influence took the Latics within two points of a play-off place in his first season. The following year saw the first step towards Whelan's dream come true, when Wigan Athletic became Division Three champions on the last day of the season, in no small part helped by Graeme Jones' club record 31 league goals for the season. Following a mid-table finish in Division Two the following season, Deehan quit to become Steve Bruce's assistant at Sheffield United. He was succeeded by Ray Mathias, who returned for his third stint as Wigan Athletic manager. Mathias' team won Wigan Athletic's second trophy under Dave Whelan, when the Latics beat Millwall 1–0 to win the AutoWindscreens Shield at Wembley in April 1999. More significantly, he took Wigan Athletic to the Division Two play-offs in 1999, losing 2–1 on aggregate to neighbours Manchester City. This ultimately cost Mathias his job as he fell victim to Whelan's relentless drive for Premier League football.
His replacement John Benson led the squad that he inherited from Mathias to a commanding position at the top of Division Two in his first six months, including the demolition of local rivals Preston North End 4–1 away, only to collapse in the second half of the season. This was largely attributed to the dropping of leading goalscorer Stuart Barlow who was responsible for much of the side's early success, coupled with a series of poor quality signings of ageing, and reputedly highly paid players and a run of poor performances led to strong disapproval of the management among fans. The 1999/2000 season ended in failure at Wembley as Wigan Athletic lost 3–2 after extra time to Gillingham at the last ever Division Two play-off final to be played at the old Wembley Stadium.
Benson moved 'upstairs' to the new post of Director of Football in the summer of 2000, when former Arsenal manager Bruce Rioch took the manager's job for the 2000/01 season. Rioch was hampered by severe injury problems and after a difficult and often unimpressive first half of the season left the club in February 2001. He was temporarily replaced by club stalwart Colin Greenall, before the surprise appointment of Steve Bruce for the final eight games of the season. His arrival brought renewed vigour to Wigan Athletic performances, but the club ultimately lost in the play-offs once again, this time against Reading. Following this blow, Bruce left for Crystal Palace after repeatedly pledging his future to Wigan, leaving behind a club both grateful for his help in getting so close to promotion and also angry and bitter at his betrayal.
In the summer of 2001, highly regarded young manager and former Latics forward Paul Jewell took over as manager following an unsuccessful spell at Sheffield Wednesday. His first season in charge saw mixed results and an embarrassing defeat to non-league Canvey Island in the FA Cup first round, although the club eventually finished in mid-table. Jewell's second season in charge was far more successful. Wigan Athletic went on a run to the quarter finals of the League Cup, beating Premier League opponents West Brom, Manchester City and Fulham en route. Wigan Athletic won the Division Two championship in 2002–03 with a points total of 100, powered by the goals of then-record £1.2 million signing Nathan Ellington, with a run of 10 consecutive wins along the way. The club lost only four times all season, and Wigan Athletic secured promotion to the second tier of the English Football League for the first time in their history.
After losing their first ever game in Division One, Wigan Athletic confounded expectations to go unbeaten for the next 17 games and sit atop the division by November 2003. A weak finish saw Wigan Athletic win only three of their last 10 games to finish seventh in Division One – a last minute goal by West Ham's Brian Deane in the final game of the season saw the Latics drop out of the play-off places in favour of eventual play-off winners Crystal Palace.
Hoping to build on the previous season's disappointing finish, the Latics went one better than 2003–04 by remaining unbeaten for the first 17 games of the 2004–05 season. Along with Sunderland and Ipswich, the Latics remained in the promotion hunt all season. By the last day of the season, Sunderland had already won the title and Wigan needed at least a draw against Reading – who themselves needed to win to finish in the last play-off spot – to beat Ipswich to automatic promotion. A 3–1 victory in front of their home fans at the JJB Stadium earned Wigan promotion to the top division of the English football for the first time in their 73-year history.
The club's first ever Premier League game was a home match against champions Chelsea, a game they lost only to a 94th minute winner by Hernán Crespo. A successful run followed, and by November Wigan were second in the league. Good league form was coupled with an equally strong performance in the Football League Cup, with the Latics reaching their first ever major cup final after defeating Arsenal on away goals in the semi-final. In the final, Wigan were defeated 4–0 by near neighbours Manchester United. Wigan eventually finished the season in 10th place, which remains the club's highest ever league placing. Defender Pascal Chimbonda was also included in the 2005–06 PFA Team of the Season. Wigan failed in their bid for European football and opted not to take part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
During the close season, Wigan sold many who had starred in their first season in the Premier League, as Jimmy Bullard left for Fulham, Jason Roberts joined Blackburn Rovers, and Stéphane Henchoz was released. Wigan brought in high-profile replacements including Emile Heskey, Denny Landzaat, Chris Kirkland and Antonio Valencia to try to build on their successful Premier League debut. After a mid-table start to the 2006–07 season, Wigan's fortunes dipped dramatically with eight consecutive losses from mid-December, but after arresting the slump Wigan stood 15th in the Premier League in early March and finally seemed to be moving away from the relegation mire. But a series of defeats and the resurgence of rival strugglers meant Wigan faced the serious threat of relegation. On the final day of the season, Wigan battled to a 2–1 away win against Sheffield United, guaranteeing their Premier League status for another year and in doing so relegating Sheffield United to the Championship. The following day, Paul Jewell unexpectedly resigned as manager; his assistant Chris Hutchings was appointed as his replacement.
Wigan's third Premier League campaign saw the club trying to fully establish itself in the division following a disappointing second season. The playing squad had changed almost entirely from the promotion-winning side. Ageing fan favourites Arjan De Zeeuw, Matt Jackson, John Filan made way, along with Lee McCulloch, who sealed his dream move to Rangers. Leighton Baines also rejected a new contract and signed for his boyhood team Everton. Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Jason Koumas (for £5.3 million) and much travelled striker Marcus Bent were among the players brought in. Melchiot was installed as the new club captain. For the 2007–08 season, Wigan's home shirt returned to the club's traditional blue and white stripes, having been blue with white sleeves the previous season as well. The away shirt became white with slate trim, with slate shorts and slate socks. A slate grey third kit with royal blue trim was also introduced.
The 2007–08 season began well for Wigan, topping the Premier League after three games for the first time in their history. Wigan's strong start saw Emile Heskey recalled to the England Squad for the first time since 2005. He became the first Wigan player to represent England whilst a full member of the squad (Chris Kirkland earned his first cap while at Wigan, but was on loan from Liverpool at the time). However, Heskey broke his foot immediately after his England call-up, and was out injured for six weeks. The club's league position subsequently worsened, and on the back of a run of six consecutive defeats Wigan plummeted into the relegation zone. Chairman Dave Whelan took the decision to sack manager Chris Hutchings on 5 November 2007, after only 12 games in charge.
In the summer of 2008, the team's kits were altered for the new season in part due to the club signing a new contract with Champion Sportswear. In Bruce's first pre-season with the club and his overhaul of the playing squad continued. The two biggest deals saw Lee Cattermole sign from Middlesbrough for £3.5 million, and highly-rated Egyptian striker Amr Zaki sign on an initial one-year loan. Zaki had scored 10 Premier League goals by February 2009, as Wigan reached seventh place in the table with 34 points from 25 games and looked certain to remain in the Premier League for a fifth successive season.
January saw the departure of two key first team members, Wilson Palacios and Emile Heskey, to Tottenham and Aston Villa respectively. Despite these massive changes, Wigan finished the season in 11th place with 45 points, their second-best finish ever in the Premier League. On 3 June, Bruce left Wigan for the second time to take over the vacant manager position at Sunderland. July saw the departure of another key first team member Antonio Valencia to Manchester United. Before the 2009–10 season got underway, Wigan midfielder Lee Cattermole left the club and signed for Sunderland, rejoining Bruce in the process.
On 22 November 2009, Tottenham Hotspur beat Wigan 9 – 1 at White Hart Lane, with 8 Tottenham goals coming in the second half. This was the first time a Premier League club had conceded nine goals since Manchester United beat Ipswich 9–0 at Old Trafford in 1995. The defeat was a club record for Wigan in the 31-year existence as a league club. The Wigan players subsequently stated they would refund the visiting fans ticket costs. After the defeat, Wigan bounced back with a 1–0 win against Sunderland.
On 2 February 2010, Wigan were knocked out of the FA Cup by League Two side Notts County at the DW Stadium after getting a 2–2 draw at Meadow Lane, and found themselves struggling in the league. However, a late surge that included a 1–0 win over Liverpool and a 3–2 win over Arsenal – the latter of which saw Wigan recover from two goals down with ten minutes remaining to win in injury time – saw the team once more survive relegation. Most notably, having never defeated any of the traditional "Big Four" in the league until their win over Chelsea (and with only one win over any of them in cup competitions), Wigan ended the season having defeated three of them at home. They finished the season with an 8–0 defeat at Chelsea, who clinched the title with the victory.
At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Wigan lost 4–0 to newly promoted Blackpool at the DW stadium, and a 6–0 thrashing at the DW stadium by Chelsea followed. The next game Wigan beat Tottenham 1–0 at White Hart Lane. Wigan fell to the bottom of the league by the end of February, following a 4–0 defeat to Manchester United. However, despite remaining in the bottom three for the majority of the season, Wigan managed to retain their Premier League status on the last day of the season, defeating Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium thanks to a goal from Hugo Rodallega.
The record attendance at the DW Stadium (then known as JJB Stadium) for Wigan Athletic is 25,133 for a match against Manchester United on 11 May 2008.
The JJB Stadium was the fourth attempt at re-development/re-location for Wigan Athletic, the first coming in 1986 when then-chairman Bill Kenyon revealed plans for a 15,000 all-seater development at Springfield Park including a hotel and shopping facilities. The club were to play at the nearby Woodhouse Stadium (formerly Wigan Municipal Stadium – now demolished) while the building work took place. In 1990, Kenyon submitted his second scheme which would cost £3m, hold 12–15,000 fans and involve moving the pitch nearer to the car park. Neither efforts got past the planning stage. The next chairman, Stephen Gage, spent most of 1993 and 1994 trying to relocate the Latics to the then Robin Park Stadium (now demolished) until his plans were scuppered by Wigan Council when the local authority announced plans for their own ground involving Wigan Warriors. Mr Gage finally admitted defeat when he sold the Latics to Dave Whelan on 27 February 1995 for around £1m.
Plans for the JJB Stadium were first published in 1997. Contracts for the new stadium were signed in late 1997 and work began immediately. Originally the ground was to be built for both Wigan and Orrell R.U.F.C., as grants were only available for multi-use stadia at that time. Wigan Warriors did not figure in the equation until Dave Whelan bought the rugby club some 12 months later after protracted negotiations with the directors of the rugby club. The modern all-seater stadium was officially opened on 4 August 1999. Its inauguration was marked with a friendly between Wigan and neighbours Manchester United, who were then reigning European Champions, with Alex Ferguson officially opening the stadium. However, Wigan hosted Morecambe three days earlier on 1 August as a dress rehearsal for the official opening against Manchester United. 4,020 supporters braved a fierce electrical storm and torrential rain but the game ended in a goalless draw. The first competitive football match took place on 7 August 1999, with Wigan Athletic facing Scunthorpe United in a Division 2 match. Simon Haworth scored twice, including the first competitive goal at the new stadium, as Athletic won 3–0.
On 7 March 2005 Greater Manchester police announced that they would stop policing Wigan Athletic matches at the stadium from 2 April. This move would almost certainly have resulted in the stadium's safety certificate being revoked, effectively forcing the team to play behind closed doors. The move was part of an ongoing dispute between the police force and Dave Whelan surrounding £300,000 in unpaid policing costs. (Under current arrangements, football clubs have a minimum legal requirement to pay for any costs incurred inside their stadiums or property). The situation was temporarily resolved on 8 March with both sides reaching an agreement that would allow Athletic to play at the ground until the end of the season. Four months later, Wigan, facing the prospect of playing their home games in the Premier League in an empty stadium, paid the money they owed to the police. The club appealed against the payments in court and won, with the claims expected to earn the club around £37,000.
On 25 March 2009 it was announced that Wigan would change the name of their stadium to The DW Stadium, after chairman Dave Whelan's commercial venture, DW Sports Fitness.
!Year | !Winner | !Notes |
1979 | Tommy Gore> | |
1980 | John Brown (footballer born 1947)John Brown||align="center"| | |
1981 | Colin Methven> | |
1982 | Les Bradd> | |
1983 | Jimmy Weston> | |
1984 | John Butler (footballer)John Butler||align="center"| | |
1985 | Tony Kelly (footballer)Tony Kelly||align="center"| | |
1986 | Colin Methven> | |
1987 | Barry Knowles> | |
1988 | David Hamilton (footballer)David Hamilton||align="center"| | |
1989 | David Thompson (footballer born 1962)David Thompson||align="center"| | |
1990 | Peter Atherton> | |
1991 | Peter Atherton> | |
1992 | Phil Daley (footballer)Phil Daley||align="center"| | |
1993 | Allen Tankard> | |
1994 | Andy Lyons> | |
1995 | Neill Rimmer> |
!Year | !Winner | !Notes |
1996 | Roberto Martínez> | |
1997 | Graeme Jones> | |
1998 | David Lowe (footballer)David Lowe||align="center"| | |
1999 | Colin Greenall> | |
2000 | Andy Liddell> | |
2001 | Arjan De Zeeuw> | |
2002 | Arjan De Zeeuw> | |
2003 | Jason De Vos> | |
2004 | John Filan> | |
2005 | Jason Roberts (footballer)Jason Roberts||align="center"| | |
2006 | Arjan De Zeeuw | |
2007 | Leighton Baines> | |
2008 | Paul Scharner> | |
2009 | Titus Bramble> | |
2010 | Charles N'Zogbia> | |
2011 | Ali Al-Habsi> |
!Period | !Manager |
1932–1937 | Charlie Spencer |
1946–1947 | |
1949–1952 | Bob Pryde |
1952–1954 | Ted Goodier |
1954–1955 | Walter Crook |
1955–1956 | Ron Stuart |
1956 | Billy Cooke |
1957 | Sam Barkas |
1957–1958 | Trevor Hitchen |
1958–1959 | Malcolm Barrass |
1959 | |
1959–1960 | |
1960 | Allenby Chilton |
1961–1963 | |
1963–1966 | |
1966–1967 | Alf Craig |
1967–1968 | Harry Leyland |
1968 | |
1968–1970 | Ian McNeill |
1970–1972 | Gordon Milne |
!Period | !Manager |
1972–1974 | Les Rigby |
1974–1976 | Brian Tiler |
1976–1981 | Ian McNeill |
1981–1983 | Larry Lloyd |
1983–1985 | Harry McNally |
1985–1986 | Bryan Hamilton |
1986–1989 | Ray Mathias |
1989–1993 | Bryan Hamilton |
1993 | Dave Philpotts |
1993–1994 | Kenny Swain |
1994–1995 | Graham Barrow |
1995–1998 | John Deehan |
1998–1999 | Ray Mathias |
1999–2000 | |
2000–2001 | Bruce Rioch |
2001 | Steve Bruce |
2001–2007 | Paul Jewell |
2007 | Chris Hutchings |
2007–2009 | Steve Bruce |
2009–present | Roberto Martínez |
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name | Ali Al-Habsi |
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fullname | Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi |
birth date | December 30, 1981 |
birth place | Muscat, Oman |
height | |
position | Goalkeeper |
currentclub | Wigan Athletic |
clubnumber | 26 |
youthyears1 | 1997–1998 |youthclubs1 Al-Nasr |
years1 | 1998–2002 |clubs1 Al-Midhaibi |caps1 56 |goals1 0 |
years2 | 2002–2003 |clubs2 Al-Nasr |caps2 27 |goals2 0 |
years3 | 2003–2005 |clubs3 Lyn |caps3 62 |goals3 0 |
years4 | 2006–2011 |clubs4 Bolton Wanderers |caps4 10 |goals4 0 |
years5 | 2010–2011 |clubs5 → Wigan Athletic (loan) |caps5 34 |goals5 0 |
years6 | 2011– |clubs6 Wigan Athletic |caps6 2 |goals6 0 |
nationalyears1 | 2002– |nationalteam1 Oman |nationalcaps1 70 |nationalgoals1 0 |
pcupdate | 08:13, 22 May 2011 (UTC) |
ntupdate | 16:58, 19 March 2011 (UTC) }} |
Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi (), born December 30, 1981 in Muscat) is an Omani professional association football player. He currently plays in the Premier League as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic, having played previously for Bolton Wanderers and Lyn Oslo.
Al-Habsi did not make any first team appearances in his first year at Bolton. Al-Habsi made his full Bolton debut in the 2–1 extra time League Cup victory over Fulham in September 2007.
Al-Habsi then went on to make a further 15 appearances during the course of the 2007/08 season, most notably his performance against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup against whom he produced several good saves against the star studded German team. He made his first Premier League start against Wigan Athletic. In December 2008, he was rewarded for his work with a extension to his contract until 2013. Despite this, Al-Habsi lost his place when Jussi Jääskeläinen returned from injury.
On 18 May 2011, Al Habsi was named Wigan's player of the season for 2010-11.
!Season!!Team!!Country!!Division!!Apps!!Goals | |||||
98/99 | align="left"Al-Midhaibi|| | 2 | ?? | ?? | |
99/00 | align="left"Al-Midhaibi|| | 2 | ?? | ?? | |
00/01 | align="left"Al-Midhaibi|| | 2 | ?? | ?? | |
01/02 | align="left"Al-Midhaibi|| | 2 | ?? | ?? | |
02/03 | align="left"Al-Nasr|| | 1 | ?? | ?? | |
2003 | align="left"Lyn Oslo|| | Tippeligaen | 13 | 0 | |
2004 | align="left"Lyn Oslo|| | Tippeligaen | 24 | 0 | |
2005 | align="left"Lyn Oslo|| | Tippeligaen | 25 | 0 | |
05/06 | align="left"Bolton Wanderers|| | Premier League | 0 | 0 | |
06/07 | align="left"Bolton Wanderers|| | Premier League | 0 | 0 | |
07/08 | align="left"Bolton Wanderers|| | Premier League | 10 | 0 | |
08/09 | align="left"Bolton Wanderers|| | Premier League | 0 | 0 | |
09/10 | align="left"Bolton Wanderers|| | Premier League | 0 | 0 | |
10/11 | align="left"Wigan Athletic (loan)|| | Premier League | 34 | 0 | |
11/12 | align="left"Wigan Athletic|| | Premier League | 2 | 0 |
He was called-up for Oman, and played in all of their three group matches at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China and also made four appearances for the team in their qualifying campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which they excelled in the first group stage after finishing second in a group with Japan, India and Singapore. He was also Oman's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, appearing in all of their three group matches.
Al-Habsi also has appeared as main keeper in 4 consecutive Gulf Cups. In each tournament he earned the award for best goalkeeper, most recently at the 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations. He kept a clean sheet throughout the 2009 tournament that Oman eventually won.
Currently Al-Habsi has 70 international caps for Oman.
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playername | Steve Gohouri |
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fullname | Lohoré Steve Ulrich Gohouri |
dateofbirth | February 08, 1981 |
cityofbirth | Treichville |
countryofbirth | Côte d'Ivoire |
height | |
position | Defender |
currentclub | Wigan Athletic |
clubnumber | 2 |
youthyears1 | | youthclubs1 CS Brétigny |
youthyears2 | | youthclubs2 Paris Saint-Germain |
years1 | 1998–2000 | clubs1 Paris Saint-Germain |
caps1 | 0 | goals1 0 |
years2 | 2000 | clubs2 Bnei Yehuda |
caps2 | 13 | goals2 4 |
years3 | 2000–2003 | clubs3 Yverdon-Sport |
caps3 | 73 | goals3 12 |
years4 | 2003 | clubs4 → Bologna (loan) |
caps4 | 0 | goals4 0 |
years5 | 2003–2005 | clubs5 Vaduz |
caps5 | 53 | goals5 10 |
years6 | 2005–2006 | clubs6 Young Boys |
caps6 | 37 | goals6 8 |
years7 | 2007–2009 | clubs7 Borussia Mönchengladbach |
caps7 | 45 | goals7 2 |
years8 | 2009–2010 | clubs8 Borussia Mönchengladbach II |
caps8 | 4 | goals8 0 |
years9 | 2010– | clubs9 Wigan Athletic |
caps9 | 32 | goals9 2 |
nationalyears1 | 2006– | nationalteam1 Côte d'Ivoire | nationalcaps1 13 | nationalgoals1 3 |
pcupdate | 16:30, 5 June 2011 (UTC) |
ntupdate | 16:32, 5 June 2011 (UTC) }} |
Gohouri started his career in France, playing in the youth teams at CS Brétigny and Paris Saint-Germain. Due to a lack of first team opportunities, he had a brief spell in Israel with Bnei Yehuda before moving to Switzerland and joining Yverdon-Sport. He spent the next seven seasons in the Swiss leagues, later playing for Vaduz, where he made his debut in European competition, and Young Boys, where he won a runners-up medal in the Swiss Cup.
In 2007, he signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He struggled to become a regular in the first team, and was eventually demoted to the reserves in 2009. He was released by the club at the end of the year, and signed for Premier League side Wigan Athletic. He has also represented Côte d'Ivoire at international level, but has only played sporadically since first appearing for his country in 2006.
On 7 May 2010, Gohouri signed a new two-year contract with Wigan to extend his stay at the club until the end of the 2011-12 campaign. During the 2010-11 season, he made 28 appearances in all competitions, and was rewarded with another contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2013. He has been compared to Alex Brewster, as they are both as bad as each other.
Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
1 | 21 March 2007 | Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue MauriciaBelle Vue || | 2–0 | 3–0 | Exhibition game>Friendly | |
2 | 21 March 2007| | Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Mauricia>Belle Vue | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
3 | 25 March 2007| | Stade Municipal de Mahamasina>Stade Mahama Sina, Antananarivo | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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name | Mohamed Diamé |
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birth date | June 14, 1987 |
birth place | Créteil, France |
height | |
position | Defensive midfielder |
currentclub | Wigan Athletic |
clubnumber | 21 |
youthyears1 | 2003–2006 |
youthclubs1 | Lens |
years1 | 2005–2007 |
clubs1 | Lens B |
caps1 | 28 |
goals1 | 1 |
years2 | 2006–2007 |
clubs2 | Lens |
caps2 | 0 |
goals2 | 0 |
years3 | 2007–2008 |
clubs3 | Linares |
caps3 | 31 |
goals3 | 1 |
years4 | 2008–2009 |
clubs4 | Rayo Vallecano |
caps4 | 35 |
goals4 | 2 |
years5 | 2009– |
clubs5 | Wigan Athletic |
caps5 | 73 |
goals5 | 2 |
nationalyears1 | 2011– |
nationalteam1 | Senegal |
nationalcaps1 | 3 |
nationalgoals1 | 0 |
club-update | 13:31, 27 August 2011 (UTC) |
ntupdate | 13:31, 27 August 2011 (UTC) }} |
In August 2009, Diamé arranged a deal with Premier League side Wigan Athletic, with the English club paying €3.8 million to Rayo, in a deal which also involved defender Antonio Amaya. The transfer had earlier been temporarily put on hold, after alleged heart problems were found. Diamé made his debut the same day as his transfer, in a 5–0 defeat to Manchester United. He scored his first goal for Wigan against Sunderland on 6 February 2010. In May 2011, it was reported that Sevilla were interested in signing the player.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals | ||||||||||||
rowspan="3" valign="center" | Wigan Athletic | 34 | 1| | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
2010–11 Wigan Athletic F.C. season | 2010–11 | 36 | 1| | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
2011–12 Wigan Athletic F.C. season | 2011–12 | 3 | 0| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | !73!!2!!5!!2!!2!!0!!0!!0!!80!!4 |
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Playername | Paul Scharner |
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Fullname | Paul Scharner |
Dateofbirth | March 11, 1980 |
Cityofbirth | Scheibbs |
Countryofbirth | Austria |
Height | |
Currentclub | West Bromwich Albion |
Clubnumber | 33 |
Youthyears1 | 1987–1993 |
Youthyears2 | 1993–1996 |
Youthyears3 | 1996–1998 |
Youthclubs1 | SVG Purgstall |
Youthclubs2 | VSE St. Pölten |
Youthclubs3 | Austria Wien |
Position | Central Defender, Midfielder, Striker |
Years1 | 1998–2004 |
Clubs1 | Austria Wien |
Caps1 | 84 |
Goals1 | 3 |
Years2 | 2004 |
Clubs2 | SV Salzburg |
Caps2 | 18 |
Goals2 | 3 |
Years3 | 2004–2006 |
Clubs3 | Brann |
Caps3 | 32 |
Goals3 | 7 |
Years4 | 2006–2010 |
Clubs4 | Wigan Athletic |
Caps4 | 145 |
Goals4 | 14 |
Years5 | 2010– |
Clubs5 | West Bromwich Albion |
Caps5 | 33 |
Goals5 | 4 |
Nationalyears1 | 1995 |
Nationalteam1 | Austria U16 |
Nationalcaps1 | 2 |
Nationalgoals1 | 0 |
Nationalyears2 | 1997–1998 |
Nationalteam2 | Austria U18 |
Nationalcaps2 | 7 |
Nationalgoals2 | 0 |
Nationalyears3 | 2000–2001 |
Nationalteam3 | Austria U21 |
Nationalcaps3 | 12 |
Nationalgoals3 | 5 |
Nationalyears4 | 2002– |
Nationalteam4 | Austria |
Nationalcaps4 | 32 |
Nationalgoals4 | 0 |
Pcupdate | 16:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC) |
Ntupdate | 20:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC) }} |
In his first match for Wigan, Scharner scored the winning goal against Arsenal in the Carling Cup. He went on to start in the final for Wigan that season.
On 22 March he became the first Wigan Athletic player to play 100 Premier League games which he played against Hull City.
On 30 August 2009, he scored his first goal of the season against Everton. After a 5–0 defeat to Manchester United, Wigan manager Roberto Martinez preferred to use Scharner in an attacking midfield role. Scharner was a part of the team in November 2009 that lost against Tottenham 9–1, scoring Wigan's only goal in the fixture. On 19 April 2010, he announced his decision to leave Wigan Athletic at the end of the 2009–10 season.
Scharner has found his best form for Albion playing in his more favoured role of central midfield alongside Youssouf Mulumbu, scoring 4 goals, including the winner in the 3-2 away win vs Sunderland.
In 2008 he showed interest in returning to the Austrian squad, and also had a personal meeting with head coach Josef Hickersberger regarding a possible return, but did not show up in the Austrian 31-player pre-selection for Euro 2008. Scharner made his comeback under the new coach Karel Brückner in August 2008. On 12 October 2010, Scharner was sent off for violent conduct during the second half of the 4–4 away draw against Belgium in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
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