A goal is a desired result an animal, person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve—a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.

It is roughly similar to purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides reaction, or an end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract object, that has intrinsic value.

Goal setting[link]

Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-targeted objectives.^[1] Work on the goal-setting theory suggests that it can serve as an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants have a clear awareness of what they must do to achieve or help achieve an objective. On a personal level, the process of setting goals allows people to specify and then work towards their own objectives — most commonly financial or career-based goals. Goal-setting comprises a major component of personal development. A goal can be long-term or short-term.

Short-term goals[link]

Short-term goals expect accomplishment in a short period of time, such as trying to get a bill paid in the next few days. The definition of a short-term goal need not relate to any specific length of time. In other words, one may achieve (or fail to achieve) a short-term goal in a day, week, month, year, etc. The time-frame for a short-term goal relates to its context in the overall time line that it is being applied to. For instance, one could measure a short-term goal for a month-long project in days; whereas one might measure a short-term goal for someone’s lifetime in months or in years. Planners usually define short-term goals in relation to a long-term goal or goals.

Personal goals[link]

Individuals can set personal goals. A student may set a goal of a high mark in an exam. An athlete might run five miles a day. A traveler might try to reach a destination-city within three hours. Financial goals are a common example, to save for retirement or to save for a purchase.

Managing goals can give returns in all areas of personal life. Knowing precisely what one wants to achieve makes clear what to concentrate and improve on, and often subconsciously prioritizes that goal.

Goal setting and planning ("goal work") promotes long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses intention, desire, acquisition of knowledge, and helps to organize resources.

Efficient goal work includes recognizing and resolving all guilt, inner conflict or limiting belief that might cause one to sabotage one's efforts. By setting clearly defined goals, one can subsequently measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. One can see progress in what might have seemed a long, perhaps impossible, grind.

Achieving personal goals[link]

Achieving complex and difficult goals requires focus, long-term diligence and effort. Success in any field requires forgoing excuses and justifications for poor performance or lack of adequate planning; in short, success requires emotional maturity. The measure of belief that people have in their ability to achieve a personal goal also affects that achievement.

Long term achievements rely on short-term achievements. Emotional control over the small moments of the single day makes a big difference in the long term.

Personal Goal Achievement and Subjective well-being[link]

There has been a lot of research conducted looking at the link between achieving desired goals, changes to self-efficacy and integrity and ultimately changes to Subjective well-being.^[2] Goal Efficacy refers to how likely an individual is to succeed in achieving their goal. Goal integrity refers to how consistent one's goals are with core aspects of the self. Research has shown that a focus on goal efficacy is associated with well being factor happiness (Subjective well-being) and goal integrity is associated with the well-being factor Meaning (psychology) .^[3] Multiple studies have shown the link between achieving long term goals and changes in subjective well-being, with most research showing that achieving goals that hold personal meaning to an individual, increases feelings of Subjective well-being.^[4][5][6]

Self-Concordance Model[link]

The Self-Concordance Model is a model that looks at the sequence of steps that occur from the commencement of a goal to attaining that goal.^[7] It looks at the likelihood and impact of goal achievement based on the type of goal and meaning of the goal to the individual. Different types of goals impact goal achievement and the sense of Subjective well-being brought about by achieving the goal. The model breaks down factors that promote striving to achieve a goal, achieving a goal, and the factors that connect goal achievement to changes in Subjective well-being.

Self-concordant goals[link]

Goals that are pursued to fulfil intrinsic values or are important as they are integrated into an individuals self-concept are called self-concordant goals. Self-concordant goals fulfil basic needs and are aligned with an individuals True Self. Because these goals have personal meaning to an individual and reflect an individuals self identity, self-concordant goals are more likely to receive sustained effort over time. In contrast goals that do not reflect an individuals internal drive and are pursued due to external factors (e.g. social pressures) emerge from a non-integrated region of a person and are therefore more likely to be abandoned when obstacles occur.^[8] Furthermore the Self-determination theory and research surrounding this theory shows that if an individual effectively achieves a goal,if that goal is not-self endorsed or self-concordant, well-being levels do not change despite goal attainment.^[9]

Goal management in organizations[link]

Organizationally, goal management consists of the process of recognizing or inferring goals of individual team-members, abandoning no longer relevant goals, identifying and resolving conflicts among goals, and prioritizing goals consistently for optimal team-collaboration and effective operations.

For any successful commercial system, it means deriving profits by making the best quality of goods or the best quality of services available to the end-user (customer) at the best possible cost. Goal management includes:

• Assessment and dissolution of non-rational blocks to success
• Time management
• Frequent reconsideration (consistency checks)
• Feasibility checks
• Adjusting milestones and main-goal targets

a goal is also a item used for a bunch of sports Morten Lind and J.Rasmussen distinguish three fundamental categories of goals related to technological system management:^{[citation needed]}

1. Production goal
2. Safety goal
3. Economy goal

An organizational goal-management solution ensures that individual employee goals and objectives align with the vision and strategic goals of the entire organization. Goal-management provides organizations with a mechanism to effectively communicate corporate goals and strategic objectives to each person across the entire organization. The key consists of having it all emanate from a pivotal source^{[citation needed]} and providing each person with a clear, consistent organizational-goal message. With goal-management, every employee understands how their efforts contribute to an enterprise's success.

An example of goal types in business management:

• Consumer goals: this refers to supplying a product or service that the market/consumer wants
• Product goals: this refers to supplying a product outstanding compared to other products^{[citation needed]}—perhaps due to the likes of quality, design, reliability and novelty
• Operational goals: this refers to running the organization in such a way as to make the best use of management skills^{[citation needed]}, technology and resources
• Secondary goals: this refers to goals which an organization does not regard as priorities

See also[link]

• Big Hairy Audacious Goal
• Decision making software
• Direction of fit
• GOAL agent programming language
• Goal modeling
• Goal programming
• Goal Theory
• Goal-Question-Metric (GQM)
• Goal orientation
• Goal setting
• Life planning
• Management by objectives
• Polytely
• Regulatory Focus Theory
• Strategic management
• Strategic planning
• SWOT Analysis
• The Jackrabbit Factor: Why You Can (book)
• Moving the goalposts

References[link]

2. Goals Setting tool: http://www.goals2u.com

External links[link]

• Windows Phone 7 application that helps you to track your goals

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Further reading[link]

• Robert F. Mager Goal Analysis, 3rd. edition, 1997.
• Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. ISBN 0-88427-061-0

Shinji Kagawa
香川真司

Kagawa with Borussia Dortmund in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Shinji Kagawa
Date of birth	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 23)
Place of birth	Kobe, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder Winger
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Number	23
Youth career
2001–2005	FC Miyagi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2010	Cerezo Osaka	125	(55)
2010–	Borussia Dortmund	49	(21)
National team‡
2006–2008	Japan U19[2]	4	(0)
2007	Japan U20[2]	2	(0)
2008	Japan U23[2]	3	(0)
2008–	Japan	30	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2011

Shinji Kagawa (香川 真司, Kagawa Shinji^?) (born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in Germany and Japanese national football team.

Club career[link]

Kagawa started playing football in his primary school years. He joined Kobe NK Football Club from 1999 to 2001, and FC Miyagi Barcelona in Sendai from 2001 to 2005.^[3] Cerezo Osaka noticed his talent and signed him at the age of 17. He was the first player in Japan to sign a professional contract before graduating high school, except players promoted from youth teams of the J. League clubs.^[4] In 2007, he gained a regular position but the club missed the promotion to the J. League Division 1.

By mid-2010, Kagawa was represented with a sports agency run by retired German professional footballer Thomas Kroth, which ultimately handled his transfer to Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund[link]

2010–11[link]

Kagawa celebrates winning the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 2011

In the summer of 2010, Kagawa transferred from Cerezo to Borussia Dortmund for €350,000. The relatively modest cost of the transfer was because of a release clause in Kagawa's contract with Cerezo, which allowed him to leave the club cheaply if he had an opportunity to play in Europe.^[5]

On 23 August 2010, he made his debut appearance in the German Bundesliga, starting for his new club Borussia Dortmund. After scoring his first two competitive goals for the club in the Europa League qualifying tie against Qarabağ, he continued this form with his first goal in the Bundesliga match against Wolfsburg, which Dortmund won 2–0.^[6] In the Revierderby against archrival Schalke 04, which Dortmund won 3–1, Kagawa said pre-match that he would score two goals, he then went on to score twice, making him one of the fans' favorites.^[7]

Kagawa missed half of the Bundesliga season because of an injury he picked up on international duty, but managed to score eight goals in 18 appearances. His strong effort in the first half of the season helped his side finish as champions of the Bundesliga and he was even named in the Bundesliga Best XI.^[8]

2011–12[link]

Kagawa was back in time for the start of the 2011–12 Bundesliga campaign and quickly found his way back into the starting line-up. Kagawa scored his first goal of the new Bundesliga season on 18 September, coming in a disappointing 2–1 loss to Hannover 96, as Dortmund gave up two goals in the last three minutes.^[9] On 22 October, Kagawa opened the scoring in the seventh minute as Dortmund crushed 1. FC Köln 5–0 in front of 80,200 home fans at the Signal Iduna Park.^[10] Kagawa scored again on 5 November, as Dortmund brushed aside Wolfsburg 5–1 and moved within two points of league leaders Bayern Munich. Kagawa scored a late consolation against Arsenal in a 2–1 loss in the group stage of the Champions League.

On 28 January 2012, Kagawa scored twice in Dortmund's 3–1 win against Hoffenheim. Kagawa scored the only goal of the game against Werder Bremen on 17 March, heading in a pass from İlkay Gündoğan in the eighth minute.^[11] Kagawa scored two goals in Dortmund's 6–1 thrashing of Cologne on 25 March, keeping Dortmund five points ahead of Bayern in the title race.^[12] Kagawa also scored a goal and provided an assist for Borussia Dortmund, against rivals Bayern Munich in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal Final.

International career[link]

Kagawa played as a member of the Japan national under-20 football team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.^[13]

In 2008 he was also selected to play as a member of the Japanese team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[14] On 24 May 2008 he made his senior international debut in a friendly Kirin Cup match. Japan won the match against Côte d'Ivoire 1–0. He was not selected in Takeshi Okada's final 23 squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In September 2010 he scored the only goal of the game in Japan's 1–0 win over Paraguay in Yokohama.^[15] It took Kagawa five months to rehab his injury from the AFC Asia Cup. He returned in Dortmund's final game as a substitute in the 87th minute.

2011 AFC Asian Cup[link]

He was included in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup by coach Alberto Zaccheroni.^[16] In the quarterfinals against Qatar, he scored two goals. The game ended 3–2, a win for Japan.^[17] In the semi-final against South Korea, Kagawa broke his metatarsal bone^[18] and missed the final where Japan beat Australia after extra-time.

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 May 2012^[19][20]

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.

²Includes UEFA Europa League qualification, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League.

³Includes J. League Cup and DFL-Supercup.

International[link]

As of 29 February 2012

National team Year Apps Goals Japan U18 2007 3 1 Japan U19 2006 2 0 2008 6 2 Total 8 2 Japan U20 2007 6 0 Japan U23 2008 6 1 Japan 2008 6 1 2009 4 1 2010 7 1 2011 11 6 2012 2 1 Total 30 10

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2006 2 November Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Iran U19 1–2 0 2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19 9 November Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata South Korea U19 2–2 0 2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19 2007 17 January Valentine Sports Park, Sydney China PR U18 5–0 1 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival / Japan U18 18 January Valentine Sports Park, Sydney Australia U18 3–3 0 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival / Japan U18 20 January Valentine Sports Park, Sydney South Korea U17 0–1 0 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival / Japan U18 22 March Estadio do Moura Atletico Clube, Moura Jordan U20 0–1 0 Friendly[21] / Japan U20 24 March Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Cape Verde U20 2–1 0 Friendly[21] / Japan U20 25 March Complexo Desportivo Fernando Mamede, Beja Portugal U20 0–3 0 Friendly[21] / Japan U20 2 June Stade Perruc, Hyères France U21 1–5 0 2007 Toulon Tournament / Japan U20 7 July Royal Athletic Park, Victoria Nigeria U20 0–0 0 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20 11 July Royal Athletic Park, Victoria Czech Republic U20 2–2 0 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20 2008 21 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Egypt U19 3–0 1 2008 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U19 23 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Germany U19 4–2 1 2008 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U19 28 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha China PR U19 2–1 0 2008 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U19 30 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Poland U19 6–1 0 2008 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U19 27 March National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Angola 1–1 0 Friendly[22] / Japan U23 1. 24 May Toyota Stadium, Toyota  Côte d'Ivoire 1–0 0 2008 Kirin Cup 2. 2 June International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Oman 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 3. 14 June Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok  Thailand 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 24 July Home's Stadium Kobe, Hyogo Australia U23 (Olympic) 2–1 1 Friendly[23] / Japan U23 (Olympic) 29 July National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Argentine U23 (Olympic) 0–1 0 Friendly[24] / Japan U23 (Olympic) 7 August Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin United States U23 (Olympic) 0–1 0 2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic) 10 August Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Nigeria U23 (Olympic) 1–2 0 2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic) 13 August Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Netherlands U23 (Olympic) 0–1 0 2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic) 4. 9 October Niigata Stadium, Niigata  United Arab Emirates 1–1 1 Friendly[25] 5. 15 October Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  Uzbekistan 1–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 November Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Iran U19 4–2 0 2008 AFC U-19 Championship / Japan U19 4 November Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Saudi Arabia U19 1–1 0 2008 AFC U-19 Championship / Japan U19 6. 13 November Home's Stadium Kobe, Hyogo  Syria 3–1 0 Friendly[26] 2009 7. 20 January KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto  Yemen 2–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 8. 28 January Bahrain National Stadium, Isa Town  Bahrain 0–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 9. 4 February National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Finland 5–1 1 Friendly[27] 10. 27 May Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Chile 4–0 0 2009 Kirin Cup 2010 11. 2 February Ōita Stadium, Oita  Venezuela 0–0 0 Friendly[28] 12. 11 February National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Hong Kong 3–0 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship 13. 14 February National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  South Korea 1–3 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship 14. 4 September International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Paraguay 1–0 1 Friendly[29] 15. 7 September Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Guatemala 2–1 0 Friendly[30] 16. 8 October Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  Argentina 1–0 0 Friendly[31] 17. 12 October Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul  South Korea 0–0 0 Friendly[32] 2011 18. 9 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha  Jordan 1–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 19. 13 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha  Syria 2–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 20. 17 January Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan  Saudi Arabia 5–0 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 21. 21 January Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  Qatar 3–2 2 2011 AFC Asian Cup 22. 25 January Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  South Korea 2–2 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 23. 10 August Sapporo Dome, Sapporo  South Korea 3–0 2 Friendly[33] 24. 2 September Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  North Korea 1–0 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 25. 7 September Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent  Uzbekistan 1–1 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 26. 7 October Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe  Vietnam 1–0 0 Friendly 27. 11 October Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Tajikistan 8–0 2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 28. 11 November Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe  Tajikistan 4–0 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 29. 29 February Toyota Stadium, Toyota  Uzbekistan 0–1 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 30. 23 May Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi  Azerbaijan 2–0 1 Friendly

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
• DFB-Pokal (1): 2011–12

Japan[link]

• AFC Asian Cup: 2011

Individual[link]

• J. League Division 2 Top scorer (1): 2009
• Kicker's Bundesliga Team of the Season : 2010–11
• European Sports Media's European Team of the Season : 2011-12

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Shinji Kagawa at Borussia Dortmund official site
• Shinji Kagawa – FIFA competition record
• Shinji Kagawa – UEFA competition record
• Shinji Kagawa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Shinji Kagawa career stats at Soccerbase
• ESPN Soccernet Profile
• Transfermarkt Profile

Japan Squad v t e Japan squad – 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup 1 Hayashi 2 Uchida 3 Yasuda 4 Fukumoto 5 Makino 6 Morishige 7 Umesaki 8 Tanaka 9 Kawahara 10 Kashiwagi 11 Havenaar 12 Morishima 13 Yanagawa 14 Aoki 15 Aoyama 16 Fujita 17 Ota 18 Takeda 19 Hirashige 20 Kagawa 21 Kirihata Coach: Yoshida v t e Japan squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Nishikawa 2 Hosogai 3 Yoshida 4 Mizumoto 5 Nagatomo 6 Morishige 7 Uchida 8 K. Honda 9 Toyoda 10 Kajiyama 11 Okazaki 12 Taniguchi 13 Yasuda 14 Kagawa 15 Morimoto 16 T. Honda 17 Lee 18 Yamamoto Coach: Sorimachi v t e Japan squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Kawashima 2 Inoha 3 Iwamasa 4 Konno 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endō 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 Kagawa 11 Maeda 12 Moriwaki 13 Hosogai 14 Fujimoto 15 T. Honda 16 Kashiwagi 17 Hasebe (c) 18 K. Honda 19 Lee 20 Nagata 21 Nishikawa 22 Yoshida 23 Gonda Coach: Zaccheroni

Eric Hassli

Personal information
Full name	Eric Hassli
Date of birth	(1981-05-03) 3 May 1981 (age 31)
Place of birth	Sarreguemines, France
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Number	29
Youth career
?–2000	Sarreguemines FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Metz	38	(3)
2002	→ Southampton (loan)	0	(0)
2003–2004	Neuchâtel Xamax	13	(2)
2004–2005	Servette	11	(3)
2005–2006	FC St. Gallen	47	(18)
2006–2007	Valenciennes	21	(2)
2007–2011	Zürich	84	(28)
2011–	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	35	(12)
National team
2002	France U-21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 16, 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Eric Hassli (born 3 May 1981 in Sarreguemines) is a French footballer currently playing for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer. He is known for his strength and his technical ability.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Hassli began his career at his hometown club Sarreguemines FC. In 2000 Hassli moved 40 miles west to play for Metz. In 2002 he moved on loan to England to play for Southampton FC. He scored two goals in eight matches for Southampton's reserve side but made no appearances for their first team. Southampton decided not to sign Eric Hassli permanently and so he returned to Metz.^[1]

Start in Switzerland[link]

Six months after returning from Southampton Hassli was on the move once again. He moved to Switzerland to play for Neuchâtel Xamax in the 2003/04 season. His time at the club was not a success as he struggled to break into the first team. He managed just thirteen appearances, scoring two goals. At the end of the season he moved to Geneva to play for Servette FC of the Swiss Challenge League. However, on 4 February 2005 the parent company of the club was declared bankrupt. It had run debts of over 10 million Swiss francs, having not paid the players since the previous November, and consequently the club suffered an exodus of players looking for paying clubs. Hassli left to join FC St. Gallen of the Swiss Super League, a club in the very east of Switzerland.

Breakthrough in Switzerland[link]

The transfer to St Gallen proved the making of Hassli. His time at the club enhanced his reputation as he scored 18 goals in 47 games.

Return to France[link]

At the end of the 2005/06 season. Hassli attracted the attention of plenty of clubs and returned to France to play for newly-promoted Valenciennes FC in Ligue 1 during the 2006/07 season. Back in France he had to settle for a place in the reserves as he only made 21 appearances, scoring 2 goals.

Return to Switzerland[link]

At the end of the season he returned to Switzerland to play for FC Zürich. During his first season at the club, the 2007/08 season, he struggled to find his rhythm. In February 2008, Daejeon Citizen in the K-League attempted to bring Hassli, but they could not bring him due to his high transfer fee. He remained at the club despite this and during the 2008/09 season he regularly topped the goalscoring charts. While with Zürich Hassli scored 35 goals in 108 competitive matches.

Vancouver Whitecaps[link]

Hassli with the Whitecaps in 2011

On 4 March 2011, Hassli signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer as the team's first designated player.^[2] Swiss media reported that Hassli was granted an early contract termination by FC Zürich, allowing him to leave on a free transfer to Vancouver.^[3] He made his debut for the Whitecaps on 19 March 2011, in a game against Toronto FC, scoring two of his team's four goals, one of which was the club's first goal in MLS competition^[4] . In the Whitecaps' June 11, 2011 match against the Seattle Sounders, Hassli scored two goals; one was a penalty, and the second, a volley from an apparently harmless position on the right edge of the 18 yard box, sent flying into the top left hand corner, has been called one of the best goals in MLS history.^[5][6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• MLS player profile
• Player profile – L'Equipe.fr
• FC Zürich profile
• transfermarkt.co.uk

Henri Lansbury

Lansbury warming-up for West Ham United
Personal information
Full name	Henri George Lansbury
Date of birth	(1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 21)
Place of birth	Enfield, London, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Number	46
Youth career
1998–1999	Norwich City
1999–2006	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Arsenal	3	(0)
2008–2009	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)	16	(4)
2009–2010	→ Watford (loan)	37	(5)
2010–2011	→ Norwich City (loan)	23	(4)
2011–2012	→ West Ham United (loan)	22	(1)
National team‡
2005–2006	England U16	5	(0)
2006–2007	England U17	14	(4)
2007–2009	England U19	11	(4)
2009–	England U21	14	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:46, 29 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:15, 29 November 2012

Henri George Lansbury (born 12 October 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal. He has previously had loan spells with Scunthorpe United, Watford and Norwich City and was a member of the Norwich team which finished runners-up in the 2010–11 Championship. He has also played international football to England U21 level.

Club career[link]

Arsenal[link]

Lansbury was born in Enfield, London and grew up in Potters Bar. In 1999, he joined Arsenal as a schoolboy from the books of Norwich City.^[2] He featured regularly for both the club's under-18 and reserve sides.^[3] He finally made his first-team debut on 31 October 2007, in Arsenal's 3–0 League Cup win over Sheffield United, when he was brought on to replace Theo Walcott in the 83rd minute.^[4] Lansbury missed the second half on the 2007–08 season due to glandular fever but returned to fitness in time to participate in pre-season training and the 2008 pre-season friendly games.

He was described by former Arsenal striker Alan Smith as having "huge potential".^[5] On 1 July 2008 he signed his first professional contract with Arsenal.^[6] He has played on the right side of the field in all of these games (four times as a right winger and once as a right back) instead of in his favoured central midfield position. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger also confirmed that Lansbury would be playing in the League Cup in the 2008–09 season, and indeed he came on as a substitute in Arsenal's 6–0 win over Sheffield United in the third round of that competition, as well as their 3–0 win over Wigan Athletic and the quarter-final away at Burnley.^[7][8][9]

On 31 January 2009, Lansbury went on loan to Scunthorpe United in League One for a month.^[10][11] He scored on his full debut against Swindon Town in the league,^[12] plus further adding three goals during his loan campaign. Lansbury featured in the FA Youth Cup Final for Arsenal, helping them win the trophy over Liverpool, assisting Gilles Sunu on the first goal and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on the fourth goal in the first leg 4–1 victory.^[13]

On 21 August 2009, Lansbury joined Watford on loan until 31 December 2009. He scored his first goals for them with a brace against Sheffield Wednesday on 23 October 2009.^[14][15]

On 31 December 2009, Lansbury signed a new long term contract with Arsenal.^[16] After signing a new deal, manager Arsène Wenger said that Lansbury "will be a big player".^[17] He made his Premier League debut for Arsenal on 9 May 2010 against Fulham on the last day of the season, after returning from his loan spell at Watford.^[18] Arsenal won the match 4–0. His first goal for the club came against Tottenham Hotspur in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup, on September 21, 2010. Lansbury played the full 90 minutes and 30 minutes extra time, as the Gunners ran out 4–1 winners against their bitter North London rivals. It was a goal which he said was like a dream.^[19] Arsene Wenger has said of Lansbury: "Henri Lansbury is a type of player who I rate because of his qualities, but as well his mental strength, the timing of his runs. He gives you qualities that are very difficult to find in the modern game. He goes always behind [the defence] and he has the timing to get in the box and scores goals from midfield. He is showing that again the other night when you see the cross coming in, who is on the move? It’s Henri. I like his attitude, his spirit, his mental strength and of course his qualities. He has not played for a while; he played with cramps until the last minute [against Spurs] and has a fantastic team attitude. I rate him and I like him.”^[20] After impressing against Spurs, Lansbury went on to be named in the Arsenal squad for their UEFA Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk but did not make an appearance off the bench. After a successful loan spell at Norwich City where he played 23 times and was involved in 9 goals, he returned to his parent club Arsenal. On 20 August 2011 he made an appearance as a substitute, coming in the 0-2 home defeat to Liverpool, coming on for Andrei Arshavin in the 71st minute and receiving a yellow card.^[21] He also came off the bench to replace Theo Walcott against Manchester United on 28 August 2011. On 13 September 2011, Lansbury signed a contract extension with Arsenal.

Norwich City (loan)[link]

On 22 November 2010, Lansbury joined Norwich City on a 28-day emergency loan deal to cover for injuries in the City squad.^[22] He was given the number 12 shirt and made his debut in the East Anglian derby victory against Ipswich Town on Sunday 28 November, setting up a goal for Grant Holt in the process.^[23] Lansbury sustained a hamstring injury in the 2–1 away victory over Coventry City.^[24] After briefly returning to Arsenal in mid-January, he soon rejoined Norwich on loan until the end of the season.^[25] He scored his first two goals for the club in consecutive home games against Millwall and Reading - the former being a stoppage time winner.^[26][27] He became a cult hero after his goal against Leeds United when he celebrated by doing the Dougie made famous by the song Teach Me How To Dougie.^[28]

Lansbury missed out on the 2010/11 Football League Championship Young Player of the Year award after fierce competition from Connor Wickham who at the time was playing for Ipswich Town.

West Ham United (loan)[link]

On 31 August 2011, Lansbury joined West Ham United on a season-long loan from Arsenal.^[29]He made his debut on 10 September 2011 in a 4-3 home win against Portsmouth scoring West Ham's second goal, eventually finishing with the Man of the Match accolade.^[30] In October 2011, Lansbury was ruled out until Christmas with a knee injury. On 21 February 2012, Lansbury was brought on to play in goal against Blackpool after Robert Green had been sent off for a professional foul with West Ham leading 2-1. Manager Sam Allardyce had not named a goalkeeper amongst his substitutes. West Ham went on to win the game 4-1, and fans chanted "England's Number 1" at the final whistle in tribute to Lanbury's second-half goalkeeping debut, keeping a clean-sheet in the process. ^{[31] [32]}West Ham's travelling fans also sang 'Are you Ludo (Hammers favourite Ludek Miklosko) in disguise?' to Lansbury in honour of his emergency shot-stopping stint between the sticks.^[33]

International career[link]

Lansbury has featured for England at several youth levels. As a former captain of the U-16 team and he was part of the U-17 team which reached the final of the 2007 UEFA U-17 European Championship. He missed the match due to concussion which he received in the semi-final. Lansbury has also captained England at U-19 level and was part of the team which lost in the final of the 2009 UEFA U-19 European Championship against Ukraine, scoring three goals in the tournament. He was called up to the U21 team for the first time for their qualifying match against Portugal in November 2009. On 16 November 2010, in an England Under-21 friendly match against Portugal, Lansbury replaced Jason Steele in goal when he was sent off. Lansbury let in the resulting penalty by Cenk Tosun but kept Germany at bay for the rest of the match.^[34] Lansbury was called up to the England U-21 team for the 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championships and featured in all three group stage matches as a substitute. On 1 September 2011 he started for England in an 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championships qualifier against Azerbaijan. In an impressive display he scored twice, assisted two further goals and was named man of the match as England won 6-0.^[35] On 29 February 2012, he scored two goals as England U21 secured a play-off spot for Euro 2013 with a 4-0 victory at The Riverside over Belgium U21.^[36]

Statistics[link]

Statistics accurate as of 31 January 2012^[37]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Arsenal

Winner

• FA Premier Academy League: 2008–09
• FA Youth Cup: 2009

Scunthorpe United

Runner-up

• 2009 Football League Trophy

Norwich City

• Football League Championship Runners-up (1): 2010–11

West Ham United

• Football League Championship play-offs (1): 2011–12

International[link]

Runner-up

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: 2009
• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship: 2007

References[link]