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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (ⁱ/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.

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England
England ⁱ/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.

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London
London ⁱ/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

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Muswell Hill
Coordinates: 51°35′31″N 0°08′35″W / 51.592°N 0.143°W / 51.592; -0.143
Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated about 6 miles (10 km) north of Charing Cross and around 8 miles (13 km) from the City of London. Muswell Hill is in the N10 postal district and mostly in the Hornsey and Wood Green parliamentary constituency.
The earliest records of Muswell Hill date from the 12th century. The Bishop of London, who was the Lord of the Manor of Harringay, owned the area and granted 65 acres (263,000 m²), located to the east of Colney Hatch Lane, to a newly formed order of nuns. The nuns built a chapel on the site and called it ‘Our Lady of Muswell’.
The name Muswell is believed to come from a natural spring or well (the "Mossy Well"), said to have miraculous properties. The traditional story tells that a Scottish king was cured of disease after drinking the water of the spring/well. The area became a place of pilgrimage for healing during medieval times. The River Moselle, which has its source in Muswell Hill and Highgate, derives its name from this district; it was originally known as the Mosa or Mosella.

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Alan Pardew
Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961 in Wimbledon, London) is an English football manager and former player who has managed Newcastle United since 2010.
His highest achievements in the sport include reaching the FA Cup Final twice, as a player with Crystal Palace in 1990 and as a manager with West Ham United in 2006, though he ended up on the losing side both times. He has also achieved promotion three times in his career, as a player with Crystal Palace and as a manager with Reading and West Ham. He managed Southampton to victory in the Football League Trophy in 2010. As Newcastle's manager, he won both the Premier League Manager of the Season and the LMA Manager of the Year awards after guiding the Magpies to European football for the first time since the club's return to the Premier League.
Pardew started his career as a part-time player in non-League football at Whyteleafe and Epsom & Ewell, whilst working as a glazier and a cab driver. He grew up as a Fulham fan and at one stage he gave up football for six months whilst working in the Middle East, but he returned to football at Corinthian Casuals before later having spells at Dulwich Hamlet and Yeovil Town. Pardew was also in the England Semi-Professional squad during this time.

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Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL (born 13 August 1970) is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is considered by some as one of England's best strikers, being both Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer. After retiring as a player in 2006, Shearer worked as a television pundit for the BBC. In 2009 he briefly left his BBC role to become Newcastle United's manager in the last eight games of their 2008–09 season, in an unsuccessful attempt to save them from relegation.
A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, Shearer made his professional debut with English top-flight club Southampton in 1988, scoring a hat-trick in the process. During several years on the south coast, he became known for his classic style of play, strength and goalscoring ability; he soon received an international call-up along with a transfer to Blackburn Rovers in 1992. Shearer established himself as a player in northern England; he became a regular in the England squad, and his 34-goal tally helped Blackburn secure the Premier League title in 1994–95. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. The 1995–96 season saw Shearer make his first Champions League appearances and finish as the top scorer in the Premier League with 31 goals. He was also top scorer at Euro 1996 with England, scoring five goals, and in the 1996–97 Premier League, with 25 goals. He scored 283 league goals in his career, including a record 260 in the Premier League, and a total of 422 in all competitions including international at all levels. Shearer has amassed a goals to game ratio of 0.667 throughout his career at every level.

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Andrew Tutte
Andrew William Tutte (born 21 September 1990 in Liverpool, England), is an English footballer who is playing for Rochdale having been released by Manchester City. During the 2010-11 season, he spent time on-loan at Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town and Yeovil Town.
Tutte began his football career at Manchester City since 1999, where he come through the ranks at City and was a star of the club's FA Youth Cup team. Tutte is highly-regarded within the corridors of City's hierarchy and he is tipped for a big future in the game. On 9 July 2010, Tutte signed a one-year contract extension which will keep him until next year. The club had announced that they decide to loan out Tutte next season so that he can get some valuable first-team action under his belt before challenging for a place at Manchester City.
A number of club's interested signing Tutte availability, with a host of League One and League Two sides expressing an interest in landing the player on loan. However, Rochdale won the race to sign him on loan until January. He made his Rochdale debut on 21 August 2010 as a substitute for Joe Thompson in a Football League One game against Colchester United. On 28 August 2010 in a match against Brentford which Rochdale won 3-1, Tutte provided a double assist in a match for Anthony Elding and Jason Kennedy respectively. Tutte made his last appearance for the club as a substitute for Jason Kennedy in a 1-0 loss against Exeter City. After being recalled by his parents club, Tutte made 9 appearance for them.

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Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend (born 16 July 1991) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Birmingham City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level.
Townsend is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, joined Spurs at the age of nine. In March 2009, he went on loan to Yeovil Town, and making his football league debut against Milton Keynes Dons alongside fellow Spurs academy player Jonathan Obika. He scored one goal in ten games to help save Yeovil from relegation. Then in August 2009, he went on a month's loan to Leyton Orient. On 22 August he scored a wonder goal, having run 70 yards past three Yeovil players and side-stepping another before blasting past the goalkeeper. At the end of August, Townsend's loan at Orient was extended until 31 December, and he then returned to White Hart Lane.
On 14 January 2010, Townsend was signed on loan by the Milton Keynes Dons until the end of the season. He was recalled by Tottenham after two months due to injuries.

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Andy Carroll
Andrew Thomas Carroll (born 6 January 1989) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team as a striker.
Carroll started his professional career with Newcastle United in 2006, before spending a brief period on loan with Preston North End, during which time he scored his first league goal. He established himself as a regular in the Newcastle first team by 2008, and following Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League to the Championship in 2009, scored 17 goals in 39 appearances to help Newcastle finish first in the league, earning immediate promotion back to the Premier League in the process. He continued to play for Newcastle in the Premier League, scoring 11 goals in 19 appearances.
Carroll signed for Liverpool on the last day of the transfer window on 31 January 2011 for a fee of £35 million, which to date represents both Liverpool's most expensive ever signing, and the highest amount ever paid by one club to another for a British footballer. Carroll was bought to replace Fernando Torres, who moved from Liverpool to Chelsea on the same day for a fee of £50 million, making Carroll the second-most expensive player currently playing for a British club, behind Torres. An injury sustained in December delayed his Liverpool debut until March 2011, and he scored his first two goals for his new club in April 2011 in a 3–0 victory over Manchester City.

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Brian Eastick
Brian Eastick (born 27 January 1951) is an association football coach. Since 2009 he has been head coach of the England under-20 team.
As a young player at Crystal Palace, Eastick was capped at England under-18 level.
He has been involved in coaching for more than 30 years, working at Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Charlton Athletic, before spending five months as manager of Newport County in the 1987–88 season. He then took the post of assistant manager of Leyton Orient. before working at Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra and Sheffield United. Between 1988 and 1995 Eastick worked part-time at the Football Association's National School at Lilleshall before leaving to take up a role as assistant to Bryan Hamilton in managing the Northern Ireland team between 1995 and 1998.
Eastick spent seven years at Birmingham City, brought in by manager Trevor Francis to develop the youth system from scratch, before spending two years as academy manager and head coach of Newcastle United during Sir Bobby Robson's reign.

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Cheick Tioté
Cheick Ismaël Tioté (pronounced /Ćĥèı-Ķ Tí-Ó-Ţĕ/) (born 21 June 1986) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Ivory Coast national team. He has been described as a "tough tackling defensive midfielder."
His name is frequently misspelled as "Cheik", but the player himself confirmed to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle newspaper that the correct spelling is "Cheick".
Born in Yamoussoukro, he started out playing barefoot street football at the age of 10, not owning a pair of boots until he was 15. He began his career with Ivorian minor league side FC Bibo. In 2005, he was scouted by Belgian side R.S.C. Anderlecht. He made his debut for Anderlecht in a Belgian Cup match which they lost to Geel after Tioté missed his penalty. In the 2007–08 season he played on loan for Roda JC to join up with Ex-FC Bibo and international team mate Feyenoord's Sekou Cissé.
On 2 October 2008 Cheick Tioté signed for Dutch Eredivisie league side FC Twente for a fee reported to be around €750,000, where he gained his reputation for being a determined and resilient midfielder with a keen eye for a pass, making 58 league appearances scoring one goal with 14 assists. He won the Dutch title in 2009/10 season under the guidance of Ex-England manager Steve McClaren and also featured in the Europa League and Champions League, putting in good performances against Arsenal in the group stages.

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Dan Gosling
Daniel "Dan" Gosling (born 1 February 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United as a centre midfielder, right midfielder or right fullback. Gosling is a versatile player, having operated as a box-to-box midfielder on several occasions and occasionally deputised at right back to accommodate substitutions. Before signing for Newcastle he played for Plymouth Argyle and Everton.
Born in Brixham, Devon, Gosling was spotted by Plymouth Argyle scouts when he was playing in the under-12 side of hometown club Brixham United. On 9 December 2006, at age 16 years and 310 days, he made his professional debut against Hull City, coming on as a first-half substitute for injured Captain Paul Wotton and became the fourth youngest debutant. His full debut came on New Year's Day 2007 against Southampton at Home Park. He proved his versatility in a solid performance, by moving from right-midfield to right-back after an early injury to defender Mathias Kouo-Doumbe.
Gosling established himself as a regular in the reserve team, and his impressive performances were noticed by manager Ian Holloway. At the beginning of March 2007 he trained for a week with Premiership club Chelsea along with team-mates Luke Summerfield and Scott Sinclair. That same year he was named The Herald's Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2007.

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Danny Drinkwater
Daniel Noel "Danny" Drinkwater (born 5 March 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City. He has previously spent time on loan at Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City, Watford, Barnsley, and played for Manchester United, and has played internationally for England at under-18 and under-19 levels.
Born in Manchester, Drinkwater joined the Manchester United academy at the age of nine, progressing through the ranks before earning a trainee contract in July 2006. In his first season at the club, Drinkwater became a regular in the Manchester United under-18 side, making 27 appearances and scoring two goals. He received his first taste of reserve team action that same season, coming off the bench to replace Ritchie Jones in a 5–2 Premier Reserve League win at home to Wigan Athletic. The following season, Drinkwater consolidated his position in the under-18s team while increasing his presence in the reserves. In the 2008 Lancashire Senior Cup final against Liverpool on 31 July 2008, Drinkwater came on as a 56th-minute substitute for Rodrigo Possebon before scoring the winning goal three minutes from full time. In the 2008–09 season, Drinkwater became a regular in the reserve team, making 18 appearances and getting on the scoresheet twice.

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Danny Simpson
Daniel Peter "Danny" Simpson (born 4 January 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Newcastle United. A product of the Manchester United academy, Simpson has also played on loan for Sunderland, Ipswich Town and Blackburn Rovers in England and Royal Antwerp in Belgium. He was on loan at Newcastle for six months before signing for them on a permanent basis in January 2010.
Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Simpson played for Parkwyddn J.F.C. in Eccles as a youth before being picked up by Manchester United. He is a product of the Manchester United youth system, having come up through the ranks into the reserve squad in 2005.
Simpson made his debut against South African team Kaizer Chiefs on 18 July 2006, which the Reds won 1–0. Manager Alex Ferguson claimed that Simpson looked "anything but a player making his first start for Manchester United".
In early January 2006, he was sent on loan, along with three other United youths, to the Belgian second division club Royal Antwerp for the remainder of the season, to gain match experience. Simpson also spent the first half of the 2006/07 season at Antwerp before returning to United in January 2007.

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Danny Welbeck
Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah "Danny" Welbeck (born 26 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Manchester United and the England national team. He is a centre forward who can also play on the wing.
Welbeck made his way through the youth teams at Manchester United before making his senior debut in 2008 and scoring in the process. He has since gone on to win the 2008–09 Football League Cup and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup before being sent on loan to Preston North End and more recently Sunderland.
He made his senior England debut in March 2011 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Ghana.
Born in Longsight, Manchester, England, to Ghanaian parents, Welbeck was first spotted by Manchester United as a six year-old. He joined United during the 2005–06 season,^{[citation needed]} making his debut for the club's Under-18 side on 8 April 2006 in a league match against Sunderland. He then came on as a substitute in the next game, before being named as an unused substitute in the team's last two games of the season. The following season, he made a further 28 appearances for the Under-18s, scoring nine goals, including eight appearances and one goal in the FA Youth Cup, in which he helped the team to reach the final, despite being two years younger than some of the other players. He was not handicapped despite suffering from Osgood–Schlatter disease, and was making rapid progress, despite his pneumonia.

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Davide Santon
Davide Santon (born 2 January 1991 in Portomaggiore, Ferrara) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United, and for the Italian national team. He started his career as a right sided attacker later reverting to an attacking full back who can play on both sides and is known for his energetic runs down the flank.
Santon joined Inter's youth system at age 14 from Ravenna. He started out as a winger before moving into a defensive role. After helping the Primavera side win the 2006–07 Campionato Primavera and reaching the final play-off for a second consecutive season, he was called-up to join the first team for the 2008–09 pre-season training in South Tyrol and training sessions during the first half of the season.
José Mourinho first named Santon in the line up for a September Champions League game against Panathinaikos and the next three games but did not use him. On 21 January 2009, Santon made his debut in the Coppa Italia quarterfinal win against Roma, playing the entire match. Four days later, he made his Serie A debut in a 1–0 victory against Sampdoria. He made his European debut in the home draw with Manchester United, tasked with marking Cristiano Ronaldo. Santon garnered praise for his performance prompting Ronaldo to comment: ."I was impressed by Santon, he is a really interesting lad and a great footballer." Mourinho praised Santon for his personality and tactical versatility and Santon was handed the starting role for the next game. He started 13 league games and made two substitute appearances, thus winning his first senior honour, the 2008–09 Serie A title.

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Declan Rudd
Declan Thomas Rudd (born 16 January 1991, in Diss) is an English professional footballer, who plays for Norwich City as a goalkeeper.
Rudd joined the Norwich academy at the age of 9. He was originally spotted by City when playing for local side Bressingham as a striker, at the age of eight.
"I think my size helped me," said Rudd speaking to Club's official matchday programme, 'On The Ball', back in October 2007. "I was quite tall for my age and I've always enjoyed playing in goal in the past. But the coaches at my old club always felt I was better outfield. It was only at Norwich when they said I wouldn't make it as a striker that I became a goalkeeper."
As a youth player, Rudd was heavily involved with Norwich's run in the FA Youth Cup in 2008–09. In the fifth round, he saved three penalties against Everton, having also scored a penalty in an earlier round. Norwich manager Bryan Gunn said:
It's all in Declan's hands, literally, but then again it's in his feet as well. He showed the confidence he's got as a young goalkeeper. He stood up and took the winning penalty kick against Stoke - last night he just saved the three. I'm sure he'll be in there with a big smile on his face today and rightly so. He's got an opportunity to be a top quality goalkeeper. He's just got to be focused on his job ahead and not get rushed into things. We have to try and develop him in the right way. When he comes into the first team training he doesn't look out of place. He's got a great opportunity of being a top class goalkeeper.

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Demba Ba
Demba Ba (born 25 May 1985) is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Newcastle United and the Senegal national team.
Ba was born in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, and was the sixth child of seven. He grew up in Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime. He joined a youth club in Montgaillard in 1992, he played for Port Autonome du Havre between 1998 and 2000, and then for Frileuse between 2000 and 2001.
In 2001, his family moved to Châtillon and Ba played for Montrouge. He played there until 2004, at which point he decided to concentrate on his football. He had trials with Olympique Lyonnais and then with Auxerre, both of which were unsuccessful. He then left France to take part in trials at Watford and Barnsley, and was offered a one-year deal at Watford. After Watford manager Ray Lewington was sacked in 2005, Ba found that he was not in the first team plans of Aidy Boothroyd, and left the club in March 2005.
Ba signed with manager Alain Michel because they were both moving to French club Rouen on a one year contract, and Ba enjoyed a highly successful season with the club

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Dennis Wise
Dennis Frank Wise (born 16 December 1966 in Kensington, west London) is an English former football manager and player, and former Executive Director (Football) at Newcastle United.
Wise played as a central midfielder and was noted for his aggressive and highly-competitive style of play. In a career spanning over 20 years, he played for Wimbledon, Leicester City, Millwall, Southampton, Coventry City and, most notably, Chelsea. During his time at Stamford Bridge, Wise won two FA Cups, a League Cup and a Cup Winners' Cup, becoming the club's most successful captain, although has since been overtaken by John Terry.
He also played at international level for much of his career, representing England over a period of ten years. Wise won 21 caps and scored once, on his debut against Turkey on 1 May 1991. He was in the national squad for Euro 2000 and played in all three group games, against Portugal (lost 2–3), Germany (won 1–0) and Romania (lost 2–3).
In the latter years of his playing career, Wise gradually became involved in the managerial aspects of the game, starting at Millwall, where he took on the role of player-manager. He was briefly caretaker manager at Southampton, following the departure of Harry Redknapp, before he took over the reins at Swindon Town on a permanent basis. In October 2006, he was appointed manager of the then-Championship side Leeds United, who found themselves in the relegation zone. Although they were ultimately relegated, Wise reshaped his side in the close season and Leeds made an excellent start to their first season in the third tier of English football.

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Fabricio Coloccini
Fabricio Coloccini (locally: [faˈβ̞risjo koloˈtʃini]; Italian: [kolotˈtʃini]; born 22 January 1982) is an Argentine football defender who currently captains Premier League club Newcastle United, and plays for the Argentine national team. At the age of 30, Coloccini has already represented numerous football clubs, however it was his successful spell at Deportivo La Coruña where he earned his reputation as a top-level defender. After beginning his career at Boca Juniors in his native Argentina, Coloccini attracted the attention of AC Milan. He failed to establish himself there however and subsequently went on loan to four different clubs. In July 2011, he was promoted to club captain of Newcastle United after proving himself as one of the Premier League's most reliable and strong central defenders. In April 2012 he was named in the PFA team of the year due do his influence in their impressive season. Coloccini also holds an Italian passport due to his Italian ancestry.
Born in Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Coloccini started his career in the youth team of Argentinos Juniors, but made his professional debut in 1998 with Boca Juniors. He made two league appearances, both from the bench, in his one and only season with Boca. He scored in his second (and final) match, leveling the scores in a 2–2 draw with Newell's Old Boys.

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Fraser Forster
Fraser Gerard Forster (born 17 March 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Newcastle United.
He started his career with Newcastle and has had loan spells with Stockport County, Bristol Rovers and Norwich City as well as being on loan to Celtic for the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.
Forster attended the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, where he enjoyed success with the first team and the ISFA North team, which helped him secure a trial with Newcastle United.^{[citation needed]} Forster played for local teams, Stocksfield, Newburn and Wallsend. He also played for the Newcastle Schools team and for the Northumberland County team.^{[citation needed]}
Forster earned his first professional contract with Newcastle United, signing for their Academy in 2005. Forster was Newcastle's third choice goalkeeper in the 2007–08 season while Tim Krul was on loan at Falkirk, and played regularly in the reserves.
With Krul back for the 2008–09 season and Given back to full fitness, it was the turn of Forster to go on loan. He was loaned out to Stockport County on 2 October 2008, to deputise for regular goalkeeper Owain Fôn Williams while he was away on international duty with Wales. Forster started his first game for Stockport on 7 October in the Football League Trophy second round, where they lost 1–0 away to Bury. He started his first league game for Stockport on 11 October, where his team drew 1–1 away to Southend United. He returned to Newcastle on 1 November, after completing his loan stint at Stockport playing six league games and keeping three clean sheets.

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Gabriel Obertan
Gabriel Antoine Obertan (born 26 February 1989) is a French footballer who plays for Newcastle United in the Premier League. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play in the centre of midfield and as a striker.
A former attendee of the famous Clairefontaine academy, Obertan began his professional career playing for Bordeaux in France. He then joined Manchester United in July 2009 for an undisclosed fee, before signing for Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee in August 2011. He is a former member of the France U21 team and was named as France's best overall player at the 2009 Toulon Tournament along with the official Man of the Match in the final.
Obertan has represented his country at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 level but is still to earn his senior debut.
Obertan was born in Pantin, France and began his career playing for his local club Paris-Pantin before moving to a higher level joining Paris FC in 2002. After spending a year there, he did what most youths at Paris FC often do and joined Paris-Saint Germain. Following another year of training, he moved to the famed Clairefontaine academy in order to further his development. It was here where he was first spotted by Bordeaux scouts and after one year at Clairefontaine, he moved to Bordeaux to begin training with them.

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Gavin Hoyte
Gavin Andrew Hoyte (born 6 June 1990 in Waltham Forest, London) is an English footballer. A product of Arsenal Academy who is a free agent, having last been attached to Arsenal.
Hoyte has been signed with Arsenal since he was nine. He has featured regularly for Arsenal's U18 and Reserve teams, and was captain of Arsenal's U18 team during 2006–07. He signed as a professional with the club on September 10, 2007. He has also played for the England national under-17 football team and was a member of the England squad at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He played in all five of England's matches in the tournament, coming on as a sub three times and starting the games against Brazil and Germany.
From 2007 onwards, Hoyte has featured for Arsenal on the bench as an unused substitute several times; the first in an FA Cup fifth round replay against Blackburn Rovers on 28 February 2007. He then featured in four of Arsenal's five games in the 2007–08 League Cup campaign, against Newcastle United but was always an unused substitute.

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Haris Vučkić
Haris Vučkić (pronounced [vootch-keetch]) (born 21 August 1992) is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and Slovenia U21 national team.
He has represented Slovenia international youth selections in every category to date. On 1 October 2010, he was summoned into a 23-man squad of the Slovenia national football team for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Faroe Islands and Estonia, however, he did not make his debut at the time. His international debut did come in a Friendly match against Scotland on 29th February 2012.
Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Vučkić played football at NK Domžale from Domžale, a small town in central Slovenia, during his youth.
A few months short of his 16th birthday he made a debut for the club against NK Celje in a Slovenian PrvaLiga match on 24 May 2008 coming on as a late substitute. As he was too young according to Football Association of Slovenia rules, his club was fined. After turning 16 in August 2008 he was finally promoted to the club's first squad where he would go on to play another four league games, before signing for English Premier League side Newcastle United.

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Hatem Ben Arfa
Hatem Ben Arfa (Arabic: حاتم بن عرفة‎; born 7 March 1987) is a French footballer who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League. He plays as a winger and an attacking midfielder. Ben Arfa has been described as "one of the best-rated talents in France", but has been criticized by the media and players alike for lacking discipline.
Ben Arfa started his career throughout various clubs in the Île-de-France region, having trained at AC Boulogne-Billancourt and Versailles. In 1999, he was selected to attend the Clairefontaine academy. Ben Arfa spent three years at the academy and, upon leaving, signed with Lyon, where he won four Ligue 1 titles. In his early career at Lyon, he played as a centre forward, but moved into a winger role during the 2007–08 season. In the summer of 2008, Ben Arfa signed with rivals Marseille for €11 million through a move which required the intervention of the Ligue de Football Professionnel. With Marseille, he won the 2009–10 league title, his fifth overall, as well as the Coupe de la Ligue in 2010. After two years at Marseille, Ben Arfa joined English club Newcastle United on loan for the 2010–11 season with a view to a permanent deal. In January 2011, the loan deal was made permanent.

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Henri Lansbury
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.
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. He featured regularly for both the club's under-18 and reserve sides. 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. 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". On 1 July 2008 he signed his first professional contract with Arsenal. 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.

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James Perch
James Robert Perch (born 28 September 1985) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United. Perch is versatile and has covered many positions in both defence and across midfield. However, he is usually deployed at right back.
Perch was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Sherwood Hall Upper School. He is a product of the Nottingham Forest youth academy. He is very versatile and has played in a number of different positions at the City Ground. Though he started off a striker in the Forest academy, he was moved to right-back as a cover and played well there; he's also known for being good in goal. The right-back position stuck for a while, but when he broke into the first team, he played as a central defender. Perch made his debut for the Nottingham Forest reserves in 2001. He scored two goals and almost scored a hat-trick when he went through on goal and forced Newcastle United goalkeeper James Pickering into a great save. Perch's game went sour when he was sent off for violent conduct for seemingly head-butting Sacha Stephenson, which resulted in a brawl between Forest defender Richard Woodward and Newcastle striker Tim Ivil. Referee Tanzil Aslam later endorsed the red card being rescinded after being shown video evidence.

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James Tavernier
James Henry Tavernier (born 31 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Newcastle United as a defender.
Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Tavernier joined the Leeds United youth system at the age of nine after being picked up from local club Farsley Celtic,^{[citation needed]} where he played six seasons having started out as a striker.^{[citation needed]}
Tavernier moved to Newcastle United in 2008. He made his first team debut in a 2–0 defeat against Peterborough United in the League Cup on 22 September 2009.
In the 2010–11 season, he was given his first start in the 3–2 League Cup second round tie over Accrington Stanley in a team made up of youngsters and fringe players. He played in central defence and gave an impressive display.
On 7 January 2011, Tavernier joined Gateshead, along with Newcastle teammate Jóan Símun Edmundsson, on a 28 day loan. He made his Gateshead debut on 8 January, against Kidderminster Harriers. On 8 February 2011, Tavernier's loan deal at Gateshead was extended until 9 April. Gateshead manager Ian Bogie commented by saying Tavernier has a big future in the game. However, he was recalled by Newcastle on 24 March 2011 because of a suspension picked up by defensive cover player James Perch in a reserve team game. Tavernier appeared on the bench for Newcastle's 4–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 April 2011.

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Joe Mattock
Joseph William "Joe" Mattock (born 15 May 1990) is an English footballer who currently plays as a left wingback. A product of the Leicester City youth academy, he has also represented England youth teams at nearly every level.
Mattock was a regular for the Leicester Under-18 side (playing alongside the likes of Ashley Chambers, Max Gradel, Andy King and Eric Odhiambo) as well as England Under 17's. He was part of the U18 squad that won the FA Premier Academy League by beating Sunderland U18s 4–3 on penalties in the 2006–07 season, and was voted Leicester's academy player of the season.
He made his senior début for Leicester in a 2–1 home defeat to Norwich City on 14 April 2007, replacing Gareth McAuley in the 78th minute at left back. He was given the number 30 shirt worn the year before by another promising youngster, James Wesolowski. Mattock went on to start three games against Birmingham City, Preston North End and Barnsley during the close of the 2006–07 season.
On 9 November 2007, during the 2007–08 season, Mattock signed a new three-year contract with Leicester. The club rejected a bid from an unnamed Premier League club for Mattock on 14 January 2008 (later revealed to be West Ham United). Following Leicester's relegation in the 2007–08 season, Aston Villa became interested in Mattock and then-teammate Richard Stearman. While Stearman left for Wolves in the July transfer window, Mattock remained at the club for another year. He did, however, hand in a transfer request during pre-season, but was unable to secure a deal with any club.

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Jonás Gutiérrez
Jonás Manuel Gutiérrez (locally: [xoˈnaz ɣuˈtjeres]; born 5 July 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays for English Premier League side Newcastle United, and for the Argentinian national team, as a winger. He acquired his nickname "Spider-Man" or "Spider-Mag" (referencing Newcastle's nickname; the Magpies) during his time at RCD Mallorca, where he celebrated a goal by putting on a Spider-Man mask. He also calls himself "el galgo" meaning "The Greyhound" in Spanish.
He was considered a key part of the Argentine national side by former coach Diego Maradona, who stated that his team was "Mascherano, Messi, Jonás, and eight more." He appeared for Argentina in the 2010 World Cup.
Born in Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires, Gutiérrez played for Vélez Sársfield in Argentina between 2001 and 2005. The highlight of his Vélez career was being part of the team that won the Primera División Argentina Clausura Tournament in 2005.
After winning the title in 2005 he signed with RCD Mallorca.
On 1 July 2008, Gutiérrez unilaterally rescinded his contract with the Spanish side, after invoking FIFA's Article 17 (commonly known as the Webster ruling). As a result, the club was thought to be investigating a €15 million compensation claim against the player and his new club.

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Kieran Trippier
Kieran John Trippier (born 19 September 1990 in Bury) is a footballer who currently plays for Burnley.
Trippier came through the ranks at Eastlands and signed professional terms for City in 2008. In the 2007/2008 season he became a regular in the reserve side and won the FA Youth Cup.
Trippier made a loan move to Barnsley in February 2010 and made three appearances in a month loan spell at Oakwell, making his debut at the Riverside Stadium when Barnsley lost to Middlesbrough. He returned to Barnsley for a second spell in August 2010, with the loan deal this time running until January 2011, at which point Trippier agreed a deal to stay at Barnsley for the remainder of the 2010/11 season. He scored his first senior goal for Barnsley in a 3–3 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road on 22 February 2011. The goal was a curling free-kick from 25 yards out. His second goal came against local rivals Doncaster Rovers which was another 25 yard freekick at Oakwell equalising late on for Barnsley. Whilst at Barnsley he won their Young Player of the Year award.

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Kyle Walker
Kyle Andrew Walker (born 28 May 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team.
Walker was born in Sheffield and grew up in the Sharrow district of the city. He attended Porter Croft Infant & Junior School, followed by High Storrs School until 2006.
Walker joined boyhood club Sheffield United at the age of seven after being recommended by Football Unites, Racism Divides and progressed through the ranks to become a regular fixture in the reserves by 2008.
In November 2008 he was allowed to join League One side Northampton Town for a month's loan to gain first team experience, making his debut on 15 November 2008 in a defeat at the hands of Oldham Athletic. His one month loan was later extended into January, before eventually returned to Bramall Lane having played nine games for the Cobblers.
Soon after returning to his parent club, Walker made his full debut for Sheffield United on 13 January 2009 starting in a third round FA Cup tie against Leyton Orient. With the Blades losing a number of players to injury in the closing weeks of the season, Walker was a surprise inclusion in the starting line up for the crucial last two games of the season. He made his full league debut for the club on 25 April 2009 against Swansea City. After two outstanding performances he retained his place as Sheffield United entered the play offs, starting both games against Preston North End and the final against Burnley at the end of May. By playing in the final, Walker became the youngest Sheffield United player ever to play at Wembley Stadium.

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Laurent Koscielny
Laurent Koscielny (French pronunciation: [loˈʁɑ̃ kosjɛlˈɲi]) (born 10 September 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a defender for Arsenal. He primarily plays as a centre back but he can also play as a right back, a position where he started his career. Koscielny is a youth product of Guingamp. He is described as an aggressive, uncompromising and ball-playing defender. Koscielny was born in the city of Tulle and began his football career playing for a host of amateur and youth clubs such as Brive, Tulle Corrèze and Limoges. In 2001, he moved to the Brittany in northwestern France to play for professional club Guingamp.
In 2007, Koscielny joined Tours for an undisclosed fee to play in the third tier of the French league in 2007 and enjoyed promotion with his new side before being named in the Ligue 2 Team of the Season the following campaign. On 16 June 2009, newly promoted Ligue 1 side Lorient signed Koscielny on a four-year contract for around €1.7 million. He quickly established himself as a starter.

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Leon Best
Leon Julian Brendan Best (born 19 September 1986) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League team Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Best represented Ireland at under-21 level and won his first full international cap against Nigeria on 29 May 2009.
Best had a youth career at Notts County. His first professional club was then Premier League club Southampton. He has also played for Coventry City. He moved to Newcastle in 2010.
As a young player, Best started his career at Notts County before being signed as a trainee by then Premier League club Southampton. He made his professional debut against Newcastle United on his 18th birthday in 2004. A loan spell at Queens Park Rangers followed later in the 2004–05 season.
He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town.
Best also had two loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday in the 2005-06 season, scoring his first professional goal and Wednesday's first of the season on 9 August 2005 at Hillsborough against Hull City. The first loan spell was cut short in the same match when Best broke his foot and returned to St. Mary's after only 5 days in Sheffield. After recovering with Southampton, Best then returned to Hillsborough at the end of the January transfer window (though there was also speculation he would go to Crystal Palace) where he remained until the end of the season, scoring Wednesday's last goal of the season at Derby County on 30 April 2006.

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Matthew Briggs
Matthew Anthony Briggs (born 9 March 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Fulham as a defender.
After being scouted by Fulham at the age of eight after a performance for his Sunday league side, Briggs signed for Fulham. He attracted interest from Premier League teams such as Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. Although Briggs is primarily a left back, he can play at centre back or as a left winger.
On 13 May 2007, he made his first team debut for Fulham in the 3–1 defeat against Middlesbrough, coming on as a 77th minute substitute for Moritz Volz. This appearance made him the Premier League's youngest ever player, being 16 years and 65 days old. He surpassed Everton striker James Vaughan's record by 206 days.
In January 2010, he joined Leyton Orient on a one month loan.
On 25 August 2010 he made his first start of the 2010–11 season for Fulham, playing 56 minutes of a 6–0 win over Port Vale in the League Cup. He was described as "impressive" in the game. During this game he was credited with an assist for the first goal which Zoltán Gera headed in from eight yards. He made his first Premier League start on 10 November 2010 against Chelsea only through injury to first choice left back Carlos Salcido, before later playing against Arsenal. After the Arsenal match, Briggs had an operation on both his legs which took him out of action for 8 weeks.

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Matty James
Matthew Lee "Matty" James (born 22 July 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City. His regular position is in midfield, but he can play in defence when required. James began his career with Manchester United, but had a spell on loan at Preston North End before joining Leicester in 2012.
Born in Bacup, Lancashire, James joined the Manchester United Academy at an early age, and made his first appearance for the under-18 side in October 2005, at the age of 14. His next appearance for the under-18s came just over a year later, when he came on as a substitute for Magnus Eikrem in a Premier Academy League fixture against Manchester City. He made a further eight appearances for the under-18s during the 2006–07 season, before establishing himself as a regular in the team in 2007–08, although he began the season filling in in defence. James scored his first goals in a Manchester United shirt during the 2007–08 season, both of them in the league. After making his first appearance for the reserve team in November 2007, James became a regular for the reserves during the 2008–09 season, while remaining a relative mainstay in the under-18 side. At the end of a season in which he had made 22 appearances for the reserves and 14 for the under-18s, James received his first call-up to the Manchester United senior team on 24 May 2009. Given the number 47 jersey, James was named on the bench for the match, but did not take to the field.

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Mehdi Abeid
Mehdi Abeid (born 6 August 1992) is an Algerian footballer currently playing for Premier League club Newcastle United as a midfielder.
Abeid was born on August 6, 1992, in Montreuil, France, to Algerian parents. His family is originally from Aïn Témouchent.
Abeid joined RC Lens in 2003 and he was part of the academy team for eight years before he left to join Newcastle United. He was training with the Reserves.
Abeid joined Newcastle United on the 25 May and he passed a medical and later signed a five-year contract at St James' Park. After he stated "After eight fantastic years at Lens, I have stagnated. I needed a change of air. I am not afraid to leave for abroad, I have had contact dating back some time and I visited the facilities there last week. I even trained with the reserve team. The leaders of the club told me about their plans and that they will rely on me for next season. For my part, I intend to give everything to develop in the Premier League. I already discussed things with Hatem Ben Arfa and Cheik Tiote and they encouraged me and welcomed my signature". Abeid made his debut for Newcastle United in a pre-season friendly against Darlington, which was followed by a pitch invasion which caused the game to be delayed for 10 minutes. On 20 September 2011, Abeid made his official debut for the club as a starter against Nottingham Forest in the third round of the 2011–12 Football League Cup.

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Nathan Delfouneso
Nathan Abayomi Delfouneso (born 2 February 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Aston Villa.
Born in Tyseley, Birmingham, Delfouneso – a product of the Aston Villa Academy – became a regular for both the club's reserve and academy teams in the 2006–07 season. He made his debut for the reserve team in March 2007, just a month after turning 16. Nathan Delfouneso's late winner helped Aston Villa to a 2-1 win against Portsmouth. In October 2007, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw with Reading. In February 2008, Delfouneso signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa, a few days after he was given the number 14 shirt for the first team – it was later reported in French magazine Onze Mondial, that the number was chosen due to Delfouneso's admiration of striker Thierry Henry. He also travelled with the squad for the game at Fulham, but missed out on the final 16. By the end of the 2007–08 season, Delfouneso had made 41 appearances for the Academy team, scoring 22 goals in the process.

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Nile Ranger
Nile Ranger (born 11 April 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United.
Born in North London, Ranger attended Alexandra Park School. He began his football career at Crystal Palace Football Academy and was at their development centre from a young age. He was with the Protec Football Development School for a few weeks before being scouted by Southampton. His career was almost over before it began, whilst playing for the club he was sentenced to 11 weeks in a Young Offender's Institute for his part in an armed street robbery in Muswell Hill committed before signing for the club. He returned to Southampton after completing his sentence, but was eventually released as a player with a bad reputation. He was offered terms by Swindon Town after a successful trial before Newcastle signed him.
In July 2008, then Director of Football of Newcastle, Dennis Wise brought him to Newcastle United. Ranger made his academy debut against Leicester City on 23 August 2008 and made his debut for the reserve team against Sunderland at St James' Park on 1 September 2008. He impressed hugely in these levels, finishing with fifteen goals for the Under-18s and seven for the reserves in his first season on Tyneside. That resulted him in winning the "Wor Jackie Milburn Trophy" in 2009. He was subsequently rewarded by then-manager Alan Shearer with a new and improved three-and-a-half year contract.

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Papiss Cissé
Papiss Demba Cissé (born 3 June 1985 in Dakar) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Newcastle United and the Senegal national team. He holds the record of most goals scored by an African player in a single Bundesliga campaign - 22 league goals in the 2010–11 season. That same season, Cissé won the EFFIFU award for being the most efficient striker in the league.
Cissé began his career with AS Génération Foot before transferring to the French side FC Metz in summer 2005. After only one month during the 2005–06 season, he left Metz and was loaned to French side AS Cherbourg Football. During this season, Cissé played 26 games and scored 11 goals for the Normandy club. After the season he returned to Metz for a further two years, before being loaned to French side LB Chateauroux in January 2008 and before returning to FC Metz in July 2008 for a third stint.
Cissé signed for Bundesliga side SC Freiburg on 28 December 2009 from FC Metz for €1.6 million. Cissé initially became a transfer target for Freiburg in the summer of 2009 after he scored a goal and assisted on another in a 2–1 friendly win for FC Metz over Freiburg. However, a transfer fee could not be agreed upon. Hannover 96 also expressed interest in the player. In his first partial season with the Black Forest club, Cissé appeared in 16 matches, scoring six goals. During the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, his first full season with Freiburg, Cissé was second in the league in goals scored, only behind Mario Gómez of Bayern Munich who scored 28. Cissé also set a club and league record; his 22 goals during the course of the season set the single-season goal record by an SC Freiburg player, as well as set the record for the most goals scored by an African in a single Bundesliga season. The record was previously held by Tony Yeboah who scored 20 goals with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1993. That same season, Cissé won the EFFIFU award for being the most efficient striker in the league.

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Paul Dummett
Paul Dummett is an English-born Welsh professional football player who plays for St. Mirren, on loan from Newcastle United.
Paul Dummett is a member of Newcastle United's youth system. He has captained Newcastle's Reserves on several occasions and has been involved with the first-team, although he still awaits his competitive bow. He was named in the matchday 18 for an away game at Fulham and the 4-4 draw with Arsenal in 2010–11, while during the 2011–12 season he was an unused substitute against Nottingham Forest in the Football League Cup. In the 2012–13 pre-season, he was part of the squad for the trip to Portugal and played as a second half substitute against Greek champions Olympiacos, having played against Darlington, Leeds United and Columbus Crew in the previous pre-season.
Dummett joined Gateshead in the Conference National in 2012 on a month long loan deal, during the loan spell, he impressed highly and was part of the defence that kept 6 clean sheets from 10 matches.
Paul joined Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren on 31 August 2012 for another loan deal, this time a longer term one meaning that Dummett will be at the Paisley side until at least January 2012.

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Rhys Murphy
Rhys Philip Elliott Murphy (born 6 November 1990) is a professional footballer, who plays as a striker who is without a club after he was released by Arsenal. Murphy has played for Preston North End and Brentford during loan spells at his time at Arsenal.
Murphy has also represented his native England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 international levels, but switched allegiance to the Republic of Ireland in 2011 and played for their under-21 team.
Murphy was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.
Murphy broke into the Arsenal Reserves team as a schoolboy while also scoring 17 goals in 21 games for the Arsenal Academy. Murphy was previously an academy player for Wimbledon before joining Arsenal Academy.
He joined Brentford on loan for three months on 24 November 2009.
In August 2011, Murphy had a trial with Scottish Premier League champions Rangers and played for their reserve team. In January 2012, he had a trial with Hibernian, another SPL club, but at the end of that month he signed for League One side Preston North End on loan until the end of the 2011-12 season.

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Rob Elliot
Robert "Rob" Elliot (born 30 April 1986) is an English footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Newcastle United.
Elliot began his career with non-league side Erith Town before moving to Charlton Athletic, the team he had supported as a child, when he was 17. After becoming a professional player with the Addicks in 2004 he was sent out on loan twice during the 2004–05 season; first to Bishop's Stortford and then Notts County, he made his Football League debut.
The following season, Elliot spent most of the season on loan at the famous Conference National side Accrington Stanley, replacing fellow Charlton 'keeper Darren Randolph who had been on loan at Stanley earlier in the year. He was part of the Accrington Stanley team which won promotion to the Football League as runaway champions, saving a vital penalty in the match which guaranteed them promotion. He joined Stanley again on loan during the 2006–07 season, but failed to displace Ian Dunbavin as the club's first choice goalkeeper. He was voted the best keeper of the past decade for Accrington Stanley in 2010 by numerous key figures for the club, including manager John Coleman.

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Romain Amalfitano
Romain Amalfitano (born 27 August 1989 in Nice) is a French footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Reims, but signed a deal to join Premier League team Newcastle United on 1 July 2012. He previously played in France for Châteauroux and Evian.
He joined the Châteauroux academy, where he played until the end of the 2009 season.
He began his professional career at Evian, playing in 28 games for them in the 2009–10 Championnat National, where Evian finished as champions.
He then signed a two-year deal with Reims, scoring 10 goals in his 68 appearances for the club. The team finished 10th in the 2010–11 Ligue 2 and second in the 2011–12 Ligue 2, winning promotion to Ligue 1.
He signed a three-year deal with Premier League team Newcastle United, joining them on 1 July 2012 after the expiry of his Reims contract.
He is the younger brother of Morgan Amalfitano who currently plays for Marseille.

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Sammy Ameobi
Samuel "Sammy" Ameobi (born 1 May 1992) is an English footballer of Nigerian descent, currently playing for Premier League club Newcastle United as a striker or a left winger.
Ameobi joined the Newcastle United Academy in July 2008 after finishing school and made his reserve team debut on 29 September 2008 against Blackburn Rovers. He made his first-team debut on 15 May 2011 as a second-half substitute against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a 2–2 draw, alongside his brother Shola, coming on for Peter Løvenkrands just before Chelsea made the game 2–1. This prompted Newcastle fans to change a favourite chant from "There's only one Ameobi" to "There's only two Ameobis". They became the first pair of brothers to play for Newcastle in a league match since George and Ted Robledo in 1952.
Ameobi scored his first senior goal on 15 July 2011 in a pre-season friendly against Darlington. Prior to the goal, supporters chanted, "If Sammy scores we're on the pitch" and thus the goal was followed by a pitch invasion which caused the game to be delayed for 10 minutes. He scored his first competitive goal on 25 August 2011, scoring the winner in extra time against Scunthorpe United in the second round of the Football League Cup.

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Shane Ferguson
Shane Kevin Ferguson (born 12 July 1991) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Northern Ireland national team. He is capable of playing anywhere on the left flank as a full back or winger.
Born in Derry, County Londonderry, Ferguson began playing youth football for his hometown club Derry City and Gaelic football for Derry GAA. After finishing his GCSEs at St Mary's High School, he moved to England where he was offered a scholarship at the Newcastle United Academy
Ferguson joined the Newcastle United youth system in July 2007. In June 2009, he signed a new three-year contract.
Ferguson made his first team debut at left back on 25 August 2010, in a League Cup tie away at Accrington Stanley. He then played in the next round of the League Cup, on 22 September, away at Chelsea and he assisted in the first goal in the 4-3 win. He made his Premier League debut on 5 January 2011 against West Ham United as a second half substitute. He made his first Premier League start against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 April 2011.

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Shola Ameobi
Foluwashola "Shola" Ameobi (born 12 October 1981) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United as a forward. Born in Nigeria but raised in England, Ameobi has been capped by the English under-21 team. He is the older brother of fellow footballers Tomi and Sammy. Ameobi has made more appearances for Newcastle than any other current player at the club, and received a winner's medal in 2010 when the team lifted the Championship trophy.
Born in Zaria, Nigeria, Ameobi moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, England when he was five. His initial promise was spotted whilst attending the Walker Central Boys Club, before he was invited to attend Newcastle United's Academy.
Ameobi signed a pre-contract with Newcastle on 1 July 1997. He progressed through the youth setup, making his debut in the reserves in 1998 on the 11th of October against Sunderland. He made his first team debut two years later, 9 September 2000, in a home game against Chelsea. He went on to make 22 appearances for Newcastle that season, in lieu of the injured Alan Shearer and Carl Cort.

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Steve Harper
"I hadn't played for a while ... you're walking along shaking hands and you're thinking 'That's Pavel Nedvěd and that's Del Piero' and there's the Champions League music blaring."
Stephen Alan "Steve" Harper (born 14 March 1975) is an English footballer. He plays for Premier League club Newcastle United as a goalkeeper.
After nineteen years at Newcastle, Harper is the club's current longest serving player.
Harper grew up in the mining village of Easington, County Durham and studied Sport at the East Durham College. He was interested in football from a young age and was a supporter of Newcastle United although was an admirer of Liverpool, with goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar being his idol.Anfield was the first football ground he went to, where he watched Liverpool win a match 2–0 in the 1982–83 season. Harper attended Easington Comprehensive School. He was offered a place at Liverpool John Moores University.
In 1993 he was signed by Newcastle United from his local club Seaham Red Star, for a nominal fee.

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Sylvain Marveaux
Sylvain Marveaux (born 15 April 1986) is a French football player who currently plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League. He can play a variety of positions in the midfield, but is mostly utilized as a left-sided midfielder or an attacking midfielder. Marveaux is a former French under-21 international having earned caps with the team from 2006–2008. He is the younger brother of Joris Marveaux, who currently stars for Montpellier.
Marveaux was born in Vannes, located on the west coast of the Brittany region, and began his career at local club AS Ménimur at age six. He starred for the club at various youth levels before departing for the biggest club in the city, Vannes OC. In his first year at Vannes, Marveaux was selected to attend the Pôle Espoirs Football de Ploufragan, a smaller regional version of the Clairefontaine academy. While training at Ploufragan during the weekdays, he played at Vannes on the weekends. Marveaux also trained alongside future Rennes teammates Yoann Gourcuff, Virgile Reset, and William Stanger while attending Ploufragan.

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Tim Krul
Timothy Michael "Tim" Krul (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɪm ˈkrʏl]; born 3 April 1988) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Netherlands national team. In his home town he is known as "Bakkers Handen", which roughly translates to "Baker's hands", in reference to how 'safe' his hands are in goal.
Krul began his career at hometown club RAS and later at local Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag. He joined Premier League club Newcastle United in the summer of 2005 on a three-year deal after failing to sign professional terms. ADO demanded a compensation fee and objected with the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC). The DRC denied the claim and ADO took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS ruled in February 2007 in favor of ADO ordering Newcastle to pay €220,000 as compensation for the transfer.
He played in the Under-17 European Championship for the Netherlands in Italy in May 2005 and eventually made the step up to the Dutch under-21 squad. He made his first senior appearance for Newcastle in a pre-season defeat to PSV Eindhoven on July 29, 2006.

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Yohan Cabaye
Yohan Cabaye (French pronunciation: [juɑ̃ kabeɪ]; born 14 January 1986) is a French international footballer who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League and the French national team. He plays as a box-to-box midfielder and is described as a player who possesses "excellent vision, great ball control", and "provides technical quality". Cabaye is also known for his penalty-taking ability.
Cabaye began his football career playing for hometown club Tourcoing FC at the age of five. After seven years developing in the club's youth academy, he joined professional club Lille. Cabaye spent six years in the club's youth academy before making his professional debut in the 2004–05 season helping Lille win the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup. He became a regular starter in the following season and participated in the UEFA Champions League for the first time under Claude Puel. Under manager Rudi Garcia, Cabaye developed into a playmaker and had his best season to date in the 2009–10 season scoring over 15 goals from the midfield position. In the 2010–11 season, he was a part of the Lille team that won the league and cup double. Following the season, in June 2011, Cabaye joined English club Newcastle United on a five-year deal.

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13 Jan 2013

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Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew confident he can convince captain Fabricio Coloccini to stay with club

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13 Jan 2013

Alan Pardew is confident that he will win the battle to keep captain Fabricio Coloccini at Newcastle following a series of meetings involving the manager, player and board this week. Unsettled ... GETTY IMAGES ... Comments ... Younger players - such as Sammy Ameobi and Nile Ranger - are not considered the solution; instead, Pardew is close to securing the transfer of Loic Remy from Marseille, although he faces competition from Tottenham ...   ... ....(size: 11.6Kb)

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(Source. Newcastle United Football Company Ltd). By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Club Reporter ... The influential Frenchman is joined by the emerging talents of James Tavernier, Gael Bigirimana, Romain Amalfitano, Sammy Ameobi and Nile Ranger. Norwich City (4-5-1) ... Substitutes ... Newcastle United (4-2-3-1) ... Substitutes. Steve Harper, James Tavernier, Gael Bigirimana, Yohan Cabaye, Romain Amalfitano, Sammy Ameobi, Nile Ranger. Referee....(size: 3.3Kb)

Senior Stars For Senior Cup (Newcastle United Football Company Ltd)

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Shane Ferguson, Romain Amalfitano, Mehdi Abeid, Nile Ranger and Adam Campbell will all line up against the Northern League First Division outfit, who drew 0-0 with leaders Spennymoor at the weekend ... Alex Kitchen, Dennis Knight, Steven Logan, Marcus Maddison, Brandon Miele, Jonathan Mitchell, Nile Ranger, Michael Riley, Lubo Satka, Remie Streete....(size: 2.3Kb)

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Nile Ranger and Adam Campbell start up front together for Newcastle United's second-string against Northern League Division One side Bedlington Terriers in the quarter-finals of the Northumberland FA Senior Cup ... Jak Alnwick, Steven Logan, Remie Streete, Lubo Satka, Shane Ferguson (c), Marcus Maddison, Brandon Miele, Mehdi Abeid, Romain Amalfitano, Nile Ranger, Adam Campbell....(size: 2.3Kb)

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(Source. Newcastle United Football Company Ltd). By Dan King - Newcastle United Club Reporter ... Mirren. Sylvain Marveaux, Adam Campbell, Nile Ranger, Romain Amalfitano and Shane Ferguson join Tim Krul as the other substitutes. Brighton and Hove Albion (4-3-3) ... Substitutes ... Newcastle United (4-2-3-1) ... Substitutes. Tim Krul, Paul Dummett, Shane Ferguson, Sylvain Marveaux, Romain Amalfitano, Adam Campbell, Nile Ranger. Referee. Lee Probert ... (noodl....(size: 2.9Kb)

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Match Report: Brighton cause upset as Newcastle United's misery continues

The Independent

05 Jan 2013

Newcastle replaced Mehdi Abeid and James Perch with Paul Dummett and Nile Ranger for the second half in an attempt by manager Alan Pardew to wake his side form their lethargy ... The visitors still showed flashes of determination, however, with Liam Bridcutt bravely hurling himself in front of a shot by Sylvain Marveaux and Ranger heading over the bar ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)

Match Report: Brighton's Will Hoskins exposes the poverty of Alan Pardew's Newcastle United

The Independent

05 Jan 2013

Every soaring tale requires a fall guy ... Almost 2,000 made. the 400-mile, six-hour trip ... Substitute Sylvain Marveaux forced Greer into a block once Newcastle were down to 10 men and Nile Ranger headed over from a corner; not much to chew over for the fans on the long journey home ... Elliott; Tavernier, Perch (Dummett, 45), Williamson, Santon; Anita, Abeid (Ranger, 45), Bigirimana, Obertan (Marveaux, 70), Sam Ameobi; Shola Ameobi. Referee....(size: 5.1Kb)

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05 Jan 2013

(Source. Newcastle United Football Company Ltd). By Dan King - Newcastle United Club Reporter. Brighton and Hove Albion 1 (Orlandi 32). Newcastle United 0. FIRST HALF UPDATES (PRESS F5 TO REFRESH). 40mins ... 36mins. Sammy Ameobi rolls the ball across for Anita to shoot from 25 yards but he cuts across the goal and it flashes wide ... Tim Krul, Paul Dummett, Shane Ferguson, Sylvain Marveaux, Romain Amalfitano, Adam Campbell, Nile Ranger....(size: 4.5Kb)

Brighton leave Pardew all at sea January 5, 2013

ESPN

05 Jan 2013

In that respect, and with the result too, they did the Uruguayan proud ... PA PhotosAlan Pardew endured another frustrating day ... In his post-match interview, he sighed ... Pardew, who was seen prowling the touchline unhappily for much of the 45 minutes, reacted at the interval by bringing on Nile Ranger and Paul Dummett for Mehdi Abeid and James Perch, switching to two up front ... Ranger, meanwhile, ballooned into the cloudy sky ... Wayne Bridge ... ....(size: 7.2Kb)

Everton add to misery after Newcastle lose Ba

Belfast Telegraph

03 Jan 2013

Newcastle United 1 Everton 2. It is possible to sell very good footballers and emerge as a serious force in English football ... They will still believe the Champions League is possible after Chelsea lost at home to Queen's Park Rangers ... At the end of last night's game they were looking for an equaliser with Nile Ranger on the pitch. Ranger has been available for transfer for as long as anyone can remember but there have been no takers ... ....(size: 5.6Kb)

Match Report: Everton's Leighton Baines adds to the misery after Newcastle lose Demba Ba

The Independent

03 Jan 2013

It is possible to sell very good footballers and emerge as a serious force in English football ... There are not many more ... They will still believe the Champions League is possible after Chelsea lost at home to Queen's Park Rangers ... At the end of last night's game they were looking for an equaliser with Nile Ranger on the pitch. Ranger has been available for transfer for as long as anyone can remember but there have been no takers ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)

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02 Jan 2013

(Source. Newcastle United Football Company Ltd). By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Club Reporter ... On a youthful substitutes' bench, there is a place for forward Nile Ranger, along with James Tavernier, Shane Ferguson, Mehdi Abeid, Bigirimana and Sammy Ameobi. Newcastle United (4-2-3-1) ... Substitutes. Rob Elliot, James Tavernier, Shane Ferguson, Gael Bigirimana, Mehdi Abeid, Sammy Ameobi, Nile Ranger. Everton (4-4-1-1)....(size: 3.1Kb)

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Nile Ranger
Personal information
Full name	Nile Ranger^[1]
Date of birth	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 21)
Place of birth	Enfield, London, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ^[2]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	30
Youth career
	Crystal Palace
2007–2008	Southampton
2008–2009	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–	Newcastle United	49	(2)
2011	→ Barnsley (loan)	5	(0)
2012	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	8	(2)
National team^‡
2009–2010	England U19	12	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 November 2010

Nile Ranger (born 11 April 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United.

1 Early days
2 Club career
3 International career
4 Controversies
- 4.1 Nile Ranger Catch Phrase
5 Career statistics
6 Honours
7 References
8 External links

Early days [link]

Born in North London, Ranger attended Alexandra Park School. He began his football career at Crystal Palace Football Academy and was at their development centre from a young age. He was with the Protec Football Development School for a few weeks before being scouted by Southampton. His career was almost over before it began, whilst playing for the club he was sentenced to 11 weeks in a Young Offender's Institute for his part in an armed street robbery in Muswell Hill committed before signing for the club.^[3] He returned to Southampton after completing his sentence, but was eventually released as a player with a bad reputation.^[4] He was offered terms by Swindon Town after a successful trial before Newcastle signed him.

Club career [link]

Newcastle United [link]

In July 2008, then Director of Football of Newcastle, Dennis Wise brought him to Newcastle United. Ranger made his academy debut against Leicester City on 23 August 2008 and made his debut for the reserve team against Sunderland at St James' Park on 1 September 2008. He impressed hugely in these levels, finishing with fifteen goals for the Under-18s and seven for the reserves in his first season on Tyneside. That resulted him in winning the "Wor Jackie Milburn Trophy" in 2009. He was subsequently rewarded by then-manager Alan Shearer with a new and improved three-and-a-half year contract.^[5]

Ranger's Newcastle debut came as a second-half injury-time substitute for Shola Ameobi against West Bromwich Albion in the Championship on 8 August 2009.^[6] He made his first senior league start against Leicester City on 31 August 2009, where he won the man of the match award. He played just over 84 minutes before been substituted and received a standing ovation from fans.^[7] He scored his first senior goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Coventry City on 9 December 2009. Ranger scored his second goal of the season in a 2–0 home win against Crystal Palace.

After appearing as an unused substitute in the first two Premier League games for Newcastle, Ranger was awarded with starts in the Football League Cup wins over Accrington Stanley and Chelsea. He scored the first equalising goal in the game at Stamford Bridge, appearing in a right-wing berth, as Newcastle went on to triumph 4-3.

Ranger made his Premier League debut on the 16th October 2010, coming off the bench in the 89th minute to help Newcastle to a 2-2 draw against Wigan. Ranger made a host of substitute appearances for Newcastle after that, notably in the 1-0 away win to Arsenal. Ranger turned Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny and was through on goal before the Arsenal player tugged him down and received a red card. Ranger signed a new five and a half year contract on 3 December 2010, keeping him at the club until 2016.^[8] He also started several games after, for a while, being the club's only fit striker after the sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool and injuries to Shola Ameobi and Leon Best.

Barnsley [link]

On 21 November 2011, having failed to appear for Newcastle in the season up to that date, Ranger signed on loan for Barnsley until 14 January 2012.^[9] In his fifth game for Barnsley, a 1-0 away defeat to West Ham United on 18 December 2011, Ranger injured his foot. His loan was cut short and he returned to Newcastle.^[10]

Sheffield Wednesday [link]

On 22 March 2012, Ranger signed on-loan for Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the 2011–12 season.^[11]

International career [link]

Ranger made his debut for the England U19 on 25 March 2009 against the Czech Republic U19s and missed a wonderful opportunity in the dying minutes of the game with a weak shot that hit the post. He finally got his first goal for the Under-19s in his second match, against Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a headed effort. He helped his team to the final of the UEFA U-19 Championship but his team eventually lost the final to host nation Ukraine 2–0.

Controversies [link]

On 27 August 2011 he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a man in Newcastle city centre leaving the victim unconscious in the street.^[12]

In October 2011 he was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Newcastle's Cathedral Square. The charge came only days after Ranger had been reinstated to Newcastle United's first-team training after a three-month exile in the club's reserves.^[13] In March 2012 he was convicted of being drunk and disorderly and was given a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £135 costs. ^[14] Prior to this, in May 2011 Ranger was questioned by Newcastle after posing with a replica gun in a photograph.^[15] The gun was later handed in.^[16]

In March 2012, he was fined by The FA for making homophobic comments on social networking website Twitter.^[17] Later in the month he was arrested once more, this time for breaching terms of his bail whilst awaiting trial on four assault charges.^[14]

Nile Ranger Catch Phrase [link]

The phrase "He's done a Nile Ranger" has become a popular way of expressing one's delight at the miss of an open goal. Its place in society came after Ranger missed an open goal in a match against WestHam United.

Career statistics [link]

As of 5 May 2012.^[18]

England
Season	Club	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-Offs		Total		Discipline
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2009–10	Newcastle United	Championship	25	2	3	0	2	0	–	–	30	2	1	0
2010–11		Premier League	24	0	1	0	3	1	–	–	28	1	2	0
2011–12		Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Barnsley (loan)	Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	5	0	0	0
	Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	League One	8	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	8	2	3	0
Total			62	4	4	0	5	1	0	0	71	5	6	0

Honours [link]

Sheffield Wednesday [link]

League One Runners Up (1): 2011-2012

Newcastle United [link]

Football League Championship (1): 2009–10

Individual [link]

Wor Jackie Milburn Trophy – 2009

References [link]

^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2142220,00.html. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~44543,00.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ "Newcastle player Nile Ranger 'regrets' handgun photo". BBC News. 15 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-13411675. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ White, Duncan (18 April 2009). "Alan Shearer to give starlet chance in relegation fight". Telegraph.co.uk (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/5178207/Alan-Shearer-to-give-Newcastle-starlet-Nile-Ranger-his-chance-in-relegation-dogfight.html. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ "Nile Ranger signs new Newcastle United contract". The Chronicle. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2009/04/15/nile-ranger-signs-new-newcastle-united-contract-72703-23390288/. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
^ West Brom 1 – 1 Newcastle Sky Sports, 8 August 2009
^ Newcastle 1 – 0 Leicester BBC Sport, 31 August 2009
^ "Nile's Smiles After New Deal". nufc.co.uk. 3 December 2010. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20101203/niles-smiles-after-new-deal_2281670_2236473. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ King, Dan (21 November 2011). "Ranger's A Red". NUFC.co.uk. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20111121/rangers-a-red_2281670_2522990. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
^ "No loan move for injured Nile Ranger". www.sundaysun.co.uk. 1 January 2012. http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-united/2012/01/01/no-loan-move-for-injured-nile-ranger-79310-30040987/. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Sheffield Wednesday sign Keith Treacy and Nile Ranger". BBC Sport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17479975. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Newcastle player Nile Ranger arrested over assault". BBC News. 27 August 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-14691913. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
^ "Newcastle United striker Nile Ranger charged after night out". BBC news. 31 October 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15524414. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Newcastle striker Ranger escapes fine over drunk and disorderly charge". www.dailytelegraph.co.uk. 21 March 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2118282/Nile-Ranger-escapes-fine-drunk-disorderly-charge.html. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ The Sun. 16 May 2011. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3581845/Newcastle-United-star-Nile-Ranger-in-gun-pose.html. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ . The Sun. 17 May 2012. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3584063/Cops-set-to-probe-gun-pose-Newcastle-United-striker-Nile-Ranger.html. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ BBC. 1 March 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17178936. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ "Nile Ranger". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=49798. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

External links [link]

Profile on Newcastle United official website
Nile Ranger career stats at Soccerbase

v t e England squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

1 Steele (c) 2 Trippier 3 Mattock 4 Gosling 5 Walker 6 Hoyte 7 Welbeck 8 Drinkwater 9 Ranger 10 Delfouneso 11 Lansbury 12 Murphy 13 Rudd 14 James 15 Townsend 16 Bennett 17 Tutte 18 Briggs Coach: Eastick

v t e Newcastle United F.C. – current squad

1 Harper 2 Coloccini 3 Santon 4 Cabaye 5 Simpson 6 Williamson 9 Cissé 10 Ben Arfa 13 Abeid 14 Perch 15 Gosling 16 R. Taylor 18 Jonás 19 Ba 20 Best 21 Forster 22 Marveaux 23 Sh. Ameobi 24 Tioté 25 Obertan 26 Krul 27 S. Taylor 28 Sa. Ameobi 29 Vučkić 30 Ranger 31 Ferguson 34 Tavernier 35 Elliot 37 Dummett – Amalfitano Manager: Pardew

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Name	Ranger, Nile
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	11 April 1991
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death
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Leon Best
Personal information
Full name	Leon Julian Brendan Best^[1]
Date of birth	(1986-09-19) 19 September 1986 (age 25)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) ^[2]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	20
Youth career
2002–2004	Notts County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2007	Southampton	15	(4)
2004–2005	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	5	(0)
2005	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2	(1)
2006	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	11	(1)
2006	→ Bournemouth (loan)	15	(3)
2006–2007	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	15	(10)
2007–2010	Coventry City	92	(19)
2010–	Newcastle United	42	(10)
National team^‡
2008	Republic of Ireland U21	1	(0)
2009–	Republic of Ireland	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2011

Leon Julian Brendan Best (born 19 September 1986) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League team Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Best represented Ireland at under-21 level and won his first full international cap against Nigeria on 29 May 2009.

Best had a youth career at Notts County. His first professional club was then Premier League club Southampton. He has also played for Coventry City. He moved to Newcastle in 2010.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Career statistics
4 Honours
- 4.1 Club
- 4.2 Individual
5 References
6 External links

Club career [link]

Southampton [link]

As a young player, Best started his career at Notts County before being signed as a trainee by then Premier League club Southampton. He made his professional debut against Newcastle United on his 18th birthday in 2004. A loan spell at Queens Park Rangers followed later in the 2004–05 season.

He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town.

Best also had two loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday in the 2005-06 season, scoring his first professional goal and Wednesday's first of the season on 9 August 2005 at Hillsborough against Hull City. The first loan spell was cut short in the same match when Best broke his foot and returned to St. Mary's after only 5 days in Sheffield. After recovering with Southampton, Best then returned to Hillsborough at the end of the January transfer window (though there was also speculation he would go to Crystal Palace) where he remained until the end of the season, scoring Wednesday's last goal of the season at Derby County on 30 April 2006.

On 3 August 2006 Best joined Football League One club Bournemouth on a month-long loan deal with an option to extend his stay.^[3] He returned to Southampton at the end of October at the end of the maximum 3 month loan spell, having made 15 league appearances, scoring 3 goals.

On 23 November 2006, he joined his team-mate Martin Cranie on loan to Yeovil Town until 22 February 2007.^[4]

After his successful loan spells, Best returned to play an important role in guiding Southampton to the Championship play-offs, where the Saints faced Derby County. He came on as a substitute in the first leg at St Marys, but could not prevent Southampton losing 2–1, with Derby striker Steve Howard scoring both of the goals for the away side.

In the deciding second leg, with a visit to the new Wembley Stadium awaiting the winners, Best started for Saints up front alongside prolific on-loan striker Marek Saganowski, and played a vital role in many of the attacks that Southampton delivered in their search for goals. In one move, Best showed superb ball control and vision to release Jhon Viáfara, who scored the goal that made the score on the night 2–1 to Southampton (3–3 on aggregate, and Viafara's second goal of the night). However, an unfortunate own goal from Best himself put Derby back in front, and although Southampton sent the game into extra time with a late goal from Polish and former Derby striker Grzegorz Rasiak, Southampton lost 4–3 in a penalty shootout, with Best missing the opening penalty, sending the ball wide of the goalkeeper Stephen Bywater's left post.

Coventry City [link]

On 5 July 2007, he joined Coventry City^[5] for a fee of £650,000 decided by a tribunal,^[6] with the fee increasing were Coventry to gain promotion to the Premiership by 2010. Following a cheekbone fracture at the end of 2008, Best took his place in the team wearing a protective mask. His return led him scoring three goals in successive matches and consequently gaining a reputation for wearing a "Besty" mask, even after he had recovered from his injury and earning the nickname "Zorro".^[7] His distinctive mask became somewhat of a talisman for Coventry City fans, many of whom took to wearing similar masks in the stands as a tribute to Best.^[8] On 3 October 2009 he was named Coca-Cola Championship Player of the Month for September.

Newcastle United [link]

He signed for Newcastle United on 1 February 2010 for an undisclosed fee on a three and a half year contract.^[9]^[10] Best made his debut against Cardiff City at St James' Park on 5 February 2010. Best failed to make an impact in his first season at Newcastle as he failed to find a goal and was put behind on form strike duo Andy Carroll and Peter Løvenkrands.

Best netted his first goal for Newcastle in a pre-season friendly against Carlisle United on 17 July 2010,^[11] followed by his second goal for the club in the pre-season Sir Bobby Robson tribute match against PSV Eindhoven on 31 July 2010.^[12] However Best then received a cruciate injury during pre-season causing him to miss the first few months of the 2010–11 season.^{[citation needed]}

He was back in light training by the end of September and was on the bench for Newcastle's 1–1 draw with Chelsea on 28 November, but did not make an appearance. He made his comeback in Newcastle's 1–0 victory against Wigan Athletic on 2 January 2011, appearing as a late substitute for Shola Ameobi.^[13] Best made his first Premier League start for Newcastle in a home 5–0 win against West Ham United on 5 January 2011, scoring a hat-trick in the process, his first league goals for the club.^[14] He was injured prior to the Stoke away game on 19 March and was ruled out until the end of the season. However, Best had scored six goals in 10 starts.

On 28 August 2011, he scored two goals against Fulham to give Newcastle a 2–1 victory followed by the equalizer in the 1–1 draw with Aston Villa, extending the Magpies unbeaten run to eight games in the English Premier League.^{[citation needed]}

Best then ended a run of 12 games without a goal by scoring the winner in Newcastle's 1–0 win over Queens Park Rangers.^[15]

International career [link]

Best qualifies to play for the Republic of Ireland through his mother, who is from Bluebell, Dublin. He also lived in Dublin from the age of seven for a number of years as a child, playing for Lourdes Celtic before returning to Nottingham.^[16]

Having already represented the Republic of Ireland firstly at under-17 level in 2002 and later at under-21 level in May 2009, Best was called up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the first time for the games against Nigeria and then the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria.^[17] He made his debut on the 29 May against Nigeria in a match that finished in a 1–1 draw.^[18]

Career statistics [link]

As of 29 February 2012^[19]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Southampton	2004–05	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
Queens Park Rangers (loan)	2004–05	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2005–06	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Southampton	2005–06	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2005–06	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
A.F.C. Bournemouth (loan)	2006–07	15	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	3
Yeovil Town (loan)	2006–07	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10
Southampton	2006–07	9	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	4
Coventry City	2007–08	34	8	3	0	3	1	0	0	40	9
	2008–09	31	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	35	4
	2009–10	27	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	29	10
Newcastle United	2009–10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	2010–11	11	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	6
	2011–12	18	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	21	4
Total		197	48	12	3	7	1	3	0	219	52

:A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy and play-offs.

Honours [link]

Club [link]

Newcastle United

Football League Championship: 2009–10
Teresa Herrera Trophy: Winner: 2010

Individual [link]

Football League Championship Player of the Month: September 2009

References [link]

^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". premierleague.com (Premier League). 2010-09-01. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2142220,00.html. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~30174,00.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ "Cherries sign Best and Ainsworth". bbc.co.uk. 3 August 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/5240104.stm. Retrieved 3 August 2006.
^ "The loan arranger". saintsfc.co.uk. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=7772. Retrieved 24 November 2006. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Simply the Best". ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk. http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~1066792,00.html. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
^ "Best fee set". www.saintsfc.co.uk. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=9045. Retrieved 26 September 2007. ^{[dead link]}
^ MacAskill, Sandy (7 March 2009). "Leon Best aims to be masked marvel for Coventry against Chelsea in FA Cup". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/championship/coventry/4949413/Leon-Best-aims-to-be-masked-marvel-for-Coventry-against-Chelsea-in-FA-Cup.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010. ^{[dead link]}
^ FA Cup coverage. ITV 7 March 2009.
^ "Leon Best profile". Newcastle United FC. 1 February 2010. http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Teams/PlayerProfile/0,,10278~30174,00.html. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
^ "Newcastle sign striker Leon Best from Coventry". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8491629.stm. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
^ "Carlisle United 0 Newcastle United 3". Newcastle United FC. 17 July 2010. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100715/carlisle-united-0-newcastle-united-3_2240137_2092899. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
^ "NUFC 2-PSV 2". Newcastle United FC. 31 July 2010. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100731/nufc-2-psv-2_2240137_2107338. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
^ Chowdhury, Saj (2 January 2011). "Wigan 0 – 1 Newcastle". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9324998.stm. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
^ Chowdhury, Saj (5 January 2011). "Newcastle 5 – 0 West Ham". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9331257.stm. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ "Newcastle United 1-0 QPR". BBC News. 15 January 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/16459089.stm.
^ Irish Mail on Sunday, 6 February 2011.
^ "Lawrence handed Republic call-up". BBC Sport. 18 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8056130.stm. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
^ McCaig, Alvin (29 May 2009). "Rep of Ireland 1 – 1 Nigeria". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8074830.stm. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ "Leon Best Career Stats". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=38733. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

External links [link]

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Rio Ferdinand
Personal information

Full name	Rio Gavin Ferdinand^[1]
Date of birth	(1978-11-07) 7 November 1978 (age 33)
Place of birth	Peckham, London, England
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in)^[2]
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Manchester United
Number	5
Youth career
	Bloomfield Athletic
	Eltham Town
1994–1996	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–2000	West Ham United	127	(2)
1996–1997	→ Bournemouth (loan)	10	(0)
2000–2002	Leeds United	54	(2)
2002–	Manchester United	270	(6)
National team^‡
1996–1997	England U18	7	(0)
1997–2000	England U21	5	(0)
1997–	England	81	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:52, 18 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:17, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and for the England national football team. He has amassed 81 caps for England in total, and has been a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. ^[3]

Ferdinand began his football career playing for various youth teams, finally settling at West Ham United where he progressed through the youth ranks and made his professional Premier League debut in 1996. He became a fan favourite, winning the 'Hammer of the Year award' the following season. He earned his first senior international cap in a match against Cameroon in 1997, setting a record as the youngest defender to play for England at the time. His achievements and footballing potential attracted Leeds United and he transferred to the club for a record-breaking fee of £18 million. He spent two seasons at the club, becoming the team captain in 2001.

He joined Manchester United in July 2002 for around £30 million, breaking the transfer fee record once more. He won the Premier League, his first major club honour, in a successful first season at the club. In September 2003, he missed a drugs test and was banned from competition for eight months from January until September 2004, causing him to miss half a Premier League season, Manchester United's FA Cup triumph, and the Euro 2004 international competition. Upon his return, he established himself in the Manchester United first team and received plaudits for his performances, featuring in the PFA Team of the Year three times in four years. More club success followed with another Premier League win in the 2006–07 season and a Premier League and UEFA Champions League double the following year.

Ferdinand has three children, Lorenz, Tate and Tia, with his wife Rebecca Ellison. He was born into a footballing family: brother Anton Ferdinand is also a centre-back for Queens Park Rangers and former England international striker Les Ferdinand is his cousin, as is Southend United midfielder Kane Ferdinand. Off the pitch he is involved with youth charities, film, music, and television including the prank series Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups.

Early Life [link]

Formative years and education [link]

Ferdinand was born in Peckham, London, the son of Janice Lavender and Julian Ferdinand, a Saint Lucian.^[4]^[5] Ferdinand grew up on the Friary estate in Peckham as part of a large family. Both his parents worked to support the family, his mother as a child carer and his father as a tailor. His parents never married and they separated when he was 14 years old. His father remained close, moving to a nearby estate, and he was keen to stay involved in his children's lives, taking them to football training and to local parks.^[4]^[6] He attended Camelot primary school and was a boisterous child who numbered Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona among his heroes.^[7]

Ferdinand had a good upbringing and was a happy child but he also had to learn to live without luxuries in low-income Peckham, a district of London where almost half the population are categorised as poor or borderline poor.^[8] Violent crime was a common occurrence in the area he lived. However, he largely avoided the darker sides of the neighbourhood.^[6] At school, he focused on maths and revelled in the opportunity to perform before an audience during a school production of Bugsy Malone. He also impressed his classmates with skill on the playground, constantly playing football, dreaming of turning professional and seeing new places.^[6]

"I always as a kid wanted to do something different, I'd get bored very easily – even playing football or hanging around with my mates. So travelling away from home, meeting new people. ... I enjoyed it."^[6]

He chose to attend Blackheath Bluecoat School, a school somewhat distant from his house, in order to meet new friends and he settled in well, feeling his confidence growing.^[4] His second year was marred by the death of a fellow pupil, Stephen Lawrence, and the event demonstrated the ever-present threat of violence.^[7] Ferdinand enjoyed physical expression, taking part in not just football and gymnastics classes but drama, theatre and ballet too.^[6] He was an able child: he represented Southwark in Gymnastics at the London Youth Games^[9], by age 10 he had been invited to train at the Queens Park Rangers academy, and at age 11 he won a scholarship to attend the Central School of Ballet in London.^[4] He avidly attended the ballet classes, travelling to the city centre four days a week for four years. However, while the lessons surely improved his balance, it was professional football that he desired.^[6]

Youth team career [link]

Ferdinand's superior footballing abilities were evident even as a child: when he was eleven years old a youth coach, David Goodwin, remarked "I'm going to call you Pelé, son, I like the way you play."^[6] Ferdinand was regularly playing in youth teams and at Eltham Town he played as an attacking midfielder but team scouts saw the young player had the physical potential to be a centre back instead. Teams vied for the young footballer's services and during his youth he trained with Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers. Ferdinand was ever curious of different places and even travelled north to Middlesbrough's training ground, spending a good part of his school holidays in a bedsit just to be there.^[6]

London team West Ham United was to be his footballing home, however, and he joined their youth system in 1992.^[4] He signed his first Youth Training Scheme contract in January 1994 and played alongside players such as Frank Lampard at the academy.^[6]^[10] Success pending at club level, international football also began for Ferdinand; at 16 he joined the England youth team squad to compete in their age group's UEFA European Football Championship, gaining his first experience of international competition.^[6]

Senior career [link]

West Ham United [link]

Originally scouted by Frank Lampard Sr., Ferdinand progressed through the youth team ranks, earning a professional contract and a place in the first team squad in the process.^[6] On 5 May 1996, Ferdinand made his senior team debut, as he came on as a substitute for Tony Cottee in the Hammers' last game of the season, a 1–1 home draw against Sheffield Wednesday.^[6]^[11] In the 1997–98 season, Ferdinand won the Hammer of the Year award at the young age of 19.^[12]

Leeds United [link]

Ferdinand joined Premier League club Leeds United in November 2000 for £18 million, then a British transfer record as well as becoming the world's most expensive defender.^[12] Despite an uncomfortable start to his career at Elland Road, beginning with a 3–1 defeat at Leicester CIty on his debut,^[13] Ferdinand settled well and became an integral part of the Leeds team that reached the semi-final stage of the UEFA Champions League, scoring with a header in the quarter-final against Spain's Deportivo La Coruña.^[14] Other highlights during his spell in Yorkshire included goals against Liverpool at Anfield^[15] and a scoring return to Upton Park.^[16]

The following season, in August 2001, he became the club captain after replacing Lucas Radebe and turned in an impressive second campaign, despite Leeds' failure to break into the top four and secure qualification for the competition they had figured in so prominently during the previous season. During the 2002 FIFA World Cup, rumours began circulating that the club were in dire financial trouble and that new manager Terry Venables would be forced to part with his star defender for a substantial amount of cash. Later that summer after Ferdinand's impressive World Cup for England, Leeds accepted a bid of £29.1 million due to their perilous financial position.

Manchester United [link]

2002–2007 [link]

Ferdinand for Manchester United

On 22 July 2002, Ferdinand joined fellow Premier League side Manchester United on a five-year deal to become the most expensive British footballer in history and the world's most expensive defender for a second time, a title he had lost in 2001 to Lilian Thuram.^[17] The fee included a basic element in the high £20 millions, and some conditional elements, which allowed Leeds to tell their fans that they were selling him for over £30 million. Leeds United later took a single payment in place of all the contingent elements when they were desperate for cash during their financial crisis. The final book value of Ferdinand's contract in Manchester United's accounts was £33 million.^[18] This included agents' fees, with Leeds receiving just under £30 million. Ferdinand went on to win the Premier League title with Manchester United in his first season at the club. He has also collected a winner's medal in the 2006 League Cup, with runners-up medals in the 2003 League Cup and the 2005 FA Cup.

In September 2003, he failed to attend a drug test, claiming he had forgotten because he was preoccupied with moving houses and instead went shopping. The FA Disciplinary Committee chaired by Barry Bright imposed an eight month ban from January 2004 at club and international level and a £50,000 fine, meaning he would miss the rest of the season and some of the next along with all of Euro 2004.^[19] Manchester United appealed against the verdict and sought to draw parallels to the case of Manchester City player Christian Negouai, who was fined £2,000 for missing a test. However, FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated that such comparisons are inappropriate due to differences between the two cases. Negouai had been stuck in traffic and was willing to take the test, while Ferdinand was charged with "failure or refusal" to attend the test.^[20] Both the FA and FIFA sought to have the ban increased to 12 months (half the possible maximum). In the end, the original verdict was upheld.^[21]

On 14 December 2005, in a game against Wigan Athletic, Ferdinand scored his first goal for United, en route to a 4–0 victory.^[22] This was his first goal after more than three years at Old Trafford. He followed this up with a powerfully headed goal against West Bromwich Albion.^[23] He then scored a last minute winner against Liverpool at Old Trafford,^[24] possibly his most important Manchester United goal to date. In the corresponding fixture in the following season on 22 October 2006, Ferdinand scored again in a 2–0 victory.^[25]

Following impressive and consistent performances in the league, Rio Ferdinand was named in the 2006–07 PFA Premiership Team of the Season, alongside seven of his Manchester United team-mates.^[26]

2007–present [link]

Ferdinand with Olof Mellberg in a match against Juventus

Ferdinand started the 2007–08 season well, he was part of a United defence that managed to keep six clean sheets in a row in the Premier League, before conceding an early goal to Aston Villa at Villa Park on 20 October 2007.^[27] It was also during this game where Ferdinand scored his first goal of the season, which was United's third goal of that game, with a left foot strike which took a very strong deflection off one of Villa's defenders. Just three days later, Ferdinand scored his first European goal for United by opening the scoring against Dynamo Kyiv, with a superb header. United dominated the game and won 4–2.^[28] On 12 January 2008, Ferdinand bagged a rare Premier League goal in a 6–0 hammering of Newcastle United at Old Trafford. In their FA Cup quarter-final match against Portsmouth on 8 March 2008 when Manchester United dominated, Ferdinand made a rare appearance as a goalkeeper, after Edwin van der Sar left the pitch with a groin injury and the replacement keeper, Tomasz Kuszczak, was sent off after conceding a penalty. Despite diving the right way, he was unable to save Sulley Muntari's spot kick, and Manchester United were eliminated from the FA Cup.^[29] On 6 April 2008, against Middlesbrough, Ferdinand limped out of the match due to a foot injury. He was rated doubtful whether he would face A.S. Roma in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg on 9 April 2008. He would play the full 90 minutes, though he received three stitches at half-time.^[30]

After United's 2–1 loss to Chelsea in the Premier League in April 2008 Ferdinand, angry at the defeat, swore at Chelsea stewards and tried to kick a wall in the tunnel, but instead kicked a female steward, Tracy Wray. Ferdinand claimed to have merely brushed her with his foot.^[31] Ferdinand said he apologised and sent the steward some flowers. However, Wray showed the bruise on her leg to the media and her husband claimed that Ferdinand did not apologise or send flowers.^[32]

Ferdinand as captain during the 2008–09 Champions League semi-final.

It was announced on 16 April 2008 that, along with Michael Carrick and Wes Brown, Ferdinand had agreed to sign a new five-year contract, worth around £130,000 a week, which would keep him with United until 2013. The contract was finally signed on 15 May 2008.^[33] On 21 May 2008, Ferdinand captained Manchester United to a Champions League Final victory versus Chelsea.^[34] He accepted the trophy together with Ryan Giggs, as Giggs was the on field captain for most of the matches during that season during Gary Neville's absence due to injury.

In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live he criticised FIFA's approach to tackling racism in football, stating that not enough was being done to punish those guilty of homophobic or racist abuse at matches. Regarding taunts aimed at Emile Heskey in England's 4–1 victory against Croatia in Zagreb, Ferdinand remarked:

"Croatia were fined a few thousand quid. What's that going to do? That is not going to stop people shouting racist or homophobic abuse...If things like this keep happening you have to take points off them. Then the punters will realise the team is going to be punished."^[35]

Ferdinand had an injury plagued 2009–10 season, a number of back and knee injuries kept him on the sidelines for months. He returned to action on 28 January 2010, but was banned for four games after being found guilty of violent conduct for elbowing Hull City's Craig Fagan.^[36]^[37]

Due to a knee injury he suffered in the summer of 2010, which ruled him out of the World Cup for England, he missed all of pre-season, the Community Shield and the first four games of the 2010–11 Premier League season. He returned to first-team football in the opening game of the Champions League group stage against Rangers on 14 September. He captained the side and played the full 90 minutes in a goalless draw.

Ferdinand started the season opening game in August 2011, the 2011 FA Community Shield, where United found themselves 2-0 down at half time to city rivals Manchester City. Ferdinand was taken off after 45 minutes along with defensive partner Nemanja Vidić and replaced by Jonny Evans and Phil Jones respectively. United went on to win the game 3-2 and Ferdinand claimed his fourth Community Shield medal of his career. Ferdinand started in the opening Premier League match of the season at West Bromwich Albion, a game United won 2-1, but he went off with a hamstring injury after 75 minutes. After the match Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that Ferdinand would be out for six weeks. Ferdinand however recovered much quicker than initially diagnosed and returned to take a place on the bench two weeks later at Old Trafford in United's 8-2 demolition of Arsenal, although he did not play a part in the game.^[38] Ferdinand made his return to competitive action in a 1-1 draw against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

International career [link]

Ferdinand with England national team.

At the age of 19 years and 8 days, Ferdinand earned his first full England cap as a substitute in a friendly against Cameroon on 15 November 1997, making him the youngest defender to play for England at the time (a record broken in 2006 by Micah Richards.) Ferdinand would have made an even earlier debut in September had he not been charged with drink-driving in the build up to England's 1998 World Cup Qualifier against Moldova. Ferdinand was named in the squad for this game and was a likely starter, however the public mourning for Princess Diana – whose chauffeur had been suspected of drink-driving – left Glenn Hoddle with little choice but to drop the talented teenager from the squad. After an impressive 1997/98 season he was selected for the 1998 World Cup squad as a back-up defender. However, he was not selected in Kevin Keegan's 22-man squad for the 2000 European Championships^[39]

After his £18m move to Leeds United, Ferdinand was handed a start by caretaker manager Peter Taylor in a friendly match against Italy^[40] and quickly established himself as a first choice player under Sven-Göran Eriksson. He was selected as one of England's two first choice centre backs at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, wearing the number 5 shirt. John Terry (who he would later partner for many years in central defence) replaced Ferdinand in the England side throughout his eight month ban until his return on 9 October 2004 in their World Cup qualifier against Wales. Ferdinand has played ten World Cup matches for England, he was substituted before Henrik Larsson scored for Sweden in the 2006 World Cup).

The Duran Duran song "Rio" has been used in football chants both for and against Ferdinand; in fact, in 2002, fan Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran's lead singer) promised to re-record one of the football chants if the team won.^[41] However, the team failed to win and the promise never had the chance to come to fruition.^{[citation needed]}

Ferdinand has scored three goals for England, the first in the Second round of the 2002 World Cup match against Denmark (although some sources credit this goal as a Thomas Sørensen own goal^[42]). The second was a near post strike that beat the Russian goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev in England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia on 12 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium. The third on 11 October 2008 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at home to Kazakhstan. England won 5–1.

On 25 March 2008 it was announced that Rio would wear the captain's armband for Fabio Capello's second game in charge of the national team,^[43] ahead of John Terry, Steven Gerrard or David Beckham, who some believed would be named captain to mark his 100th cap for his country. An FA statement suggested that the decision to name Ferdinand as captain was part of Capello's plans of rotating the captaincy before naming an official captain for September's World Cup qualifiers. On 19 August, however, Ferdinand lost out to Terry in retaining the captain's armband but named vice captain by Fabio Capello.

On 11 October 2008 Rio scored the opening goal in England's 5–1 win over Kazakhstan, a back post header in the 52nd minute. He was also named as captain for this game.

A blunder in the match between England and Ukraine in Dnipro on 10 October 2009 which led to the sending off of Robert Green led some to question his inclusion in the squad. A lack of match practice for his club and a series of errors such as he suffered in his early days as a footballer have led to criticism of his inclusion from several corners.^[44]

On 5 February 2010, Ferdinand replaced John Terry as captain of England.^[45]

As of June 2010, he has 78^[46] England caps to his name, placing him level with Ashley Cole and one short of (now retired) John Barnes among the most capped black players to have appeared for the England team.^[47] Although Ferdinand has been named in the last four England World Cup squads (albeit without playing in 1998), he has never been to a European Championship due to a ban for missing a drugs test and due to England's failure to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008. Although back and groin injury problems forced him to miss much of the 2009–10 domestic season, Ferdinand was selected to captain England at the 2010 World Cup. However, he suffered a knee ligament injury during the team's first training session in South Africa on 4 June and was subsequently ruled out of the tournament.^[48] On 19 March 2011, ahead of England's Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales, manager Fabio Capello announced that John Terry was re-instated as permanent England captain and that Ferdinand would return to his role of vice-captain.^[49]

International goals [link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 June 2002	Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan	Denmark	0–1	0–3	2002 FIFA World Cup
2	12 September 2007	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Russia	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
3	11 October 2008	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Kazakhstan	1–0	5–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qual.

Career statistics [link]

Club [link]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other^{[nb 1]}		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Ham United	1995–96	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
West Ham United	1996–97	15	2	1	0	1	0	–		0	0	17	2
Bournemouth (loan)	1996–97	10	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0	11	0
West Ham United	1997–98	35	0	6	0	5	0	–		0	0	46	0
	1998–99	31	0	1	0	1	0	–		0	0	33	0
	1999–2000	33	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	6	0	46	0
	2000–01	12	0	0	0	2	0	–		0	0	14	0
	Total	127	2	9	0	12	0	3	0	6	0	157	2
Leeds United	2000–01	23	2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	32	3
	2001–02	31	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	41	0
	Total	54	2	3	0	2	0	14	1	0	0	73	3
Manchester United	2002–03	28	0	3	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	46	0
	2003–04	20	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	27	0
	2004–05	31	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	42	0
	2005–06	37	3	2	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	52	3
	2006–07	33	1	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	49	1
	2007–08	35	2	4	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	51	3
	2008–09	24	0	3	0	1	0	11	0	4	0	43	0
	2009–10	13	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	21	0
	2010–11	19	0	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	29	0
	2011–12	30	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	38	0
	Total	270	6	27	0	13	0	80	1	8	0	398	7
Career total		461	10	39	0	27	0	96	2	15	0	639	12

Statistics accurate as of match played 13 May 2012^[50]

International [link]

England national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	1	0
1998	4	0
1999	3	0
2000	2	0
2001	9	0
2002	9	1
2003	5	0
2004	3	0
2005	8	0
2006	12	0
2007	8	1
2008	8	1
2009	4	0
2010	4	0
2011	1	0
Total	81	3

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 June 2011^[51]

Honours [link]

Club [link]

Manchester United

Premier League (5): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
FA Cup (1): 2003-04
Football League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2008–09
FA Community Shield (4): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011
UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

Individual [link]

Hammer of the Year (1): 1997–98
PFA Premier League Team of the Year (5): 2001–02 (Leeds), 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 (Manchester United)
Premier League Player of the Month (1): October 2001
FIFPro World XI (1): 2007–08
London Youth Games Hall of Fame: 2009 inductee^[52]

Outside football [link]

Personal life [link]

Ferdinand in 2004

Ferdinand grew up in the Friary council estate, Peckham.^[7] He has several brothers and sisters: one brother and three sisters on his father's side and a brother and sister from his mother's remarriage.^[4] His brother Anton Ferdinand is the Queens Park Rangers defender, while former England striker Les Ferdinand and Southend United midfielder Kane Ferdinand are his cousins.^[7] On 15 March 2008, it was reported that Rio's half brother Jeremiah had been training with the United first team under the eye of Alex Ferguson.^[53] In 2006 in Manchester, Ferdinand's girlfriend Rebecca Ellison gave birth to their son Lorenz.^[54] While Ferdinand was on holiday with friends and family in Las Vegas in July 2007, he proposed to Ellison and she accepted.^[55] The couple had their second child, a boy named Tate, in August 2008. The names of their children stem from the name of one of the couple's favourite actors, Larenz Tate.^[56] His third child, a girl named Tia, was born in April 2011.^[57]

Ferdinand detailed his upbringing and outlook in a 2007 book, Rio: My Story.^[58] Ferdinand is one of a small group of sportsmen to receive over £1 million as an advance for an autobiography. Ferdinand's experiences growing up in Peckham inspired him to work with Chris Nathaniel to set up the Rio Ferdinand Live the Dream Foundation in December 2009, with the aim to nurture and develop young people from deprived communities seeking careers in sports and entertainment. The foundation has received support from the UK Government and industry.^[59]

Television, film and music [link]

In 2005, Ferdinand, along with an old school friend, created the record label White Chalk Music.^[60] To date, there are two artists signed to the label: Melody Johnston and Nia Jai. The latter released an album on 6 October 2010, which features Ferdinand rapping.^[61]

In June 2006, on the day of the England national team's opening World Cup group match against Paraguay, Ferdinand made his debut appearance as a television presenter. Hosting Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups, which was produced by his long time business partner Chris Nathaniel of NVA Entertainment, the England defender found himself in a Jeremy Beadle-style role, playing tricks on his fellow England World Cup squad members including Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Gary Neville.^[62] A follow-up series went into production, entitled 'Rio's All-Star Wind-Ups'. However, it was cancelled following a number of filming problems.^[63]

He made his first foray into the world of cinema in late 2008, financing and becoming an executive producer of Alex de Rakoff's film Dead Man Running. The film features Danny Dyer and 50 Cent in a gangster-themed plot. Ferdinand will share production credits with England team-mate Ashley Cole.^[64]

In 2008. Ferdinand filmed a documentary about Peckham, aiming to persuade youngsters away from a life of crime.^[65]

On 16 January 2009, it was announced that he would working with publishing company Made Up Media to launch a digital magazine.^[66] In conjunction with this, Ferdinand was guest editor of the February edition of the Observer Sport Monthly, providing interviews with people ranging from Gordon Brown to Usain Bolt.^[67] The magazine, called "#5", had its first issue published in April of that year.^[68]

Controversy [link]

In September 1997, Ferdinand was convicted of drink-driving and given a one-year driving ban. He had been breathalysed after driving on the morning after a night out, and was found to be one point over the limit.^[69] This conviction caused England manager Glenn Hoddle to drop Ferdinand from the squad to face Moldova in a World Cup qualification match on 10 September, meaning he lost out on the chance at 18 years and 10 months of age of becoming the youngest England international since Duncan Edwards.^[69]^[70]

In 2000, Ferdinand briefly appeared in a sexually explicit video filmed at the Ayia Napa resort in Cyprus along with fellow English footballers Kieron Dyer and Frank Lampard. Channel 4 aired a brief clip as part of their 2004 documentary Sex, Footballers and Videotape, claiming it was used to "remind the viewer that this is based on real life".^[71]

In May 2005, Ferdinand was criticised by the magistrate as he received his fourth ban from driving and a fine of £1,500, after being caught by traffic police "travelling at an average of 105.9 mph (170.4 km/h) over a distance of nearly two miles" on the M6 motorway. On setting the penalty, the magistrate said Ferdinand "should be a positive role model for young people in society and this does not give out the right message". It followed two previous bans for speeding, in 2002 and 2003.^[72]

During a radio interview on The Chris Moyles Show in October 2006, Ferdinand attracted two listener complaints and criticism from gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell when he called Moyles a faggot, followed by "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm not homophobic", after Moyles had jokingly suggested he was homosexual. BBC Radio 1 later dismissed the exchange as banter, while Tatchell said "since [he] very promptly apologised, I am happy to accept his regret and leave it at that".^[73]

Notes [link]

^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy, FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

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External links [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rio Ferdinand

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Official site
Rio Ferdinand Live the Dream Foundation official site
Profile at ManUtd.com
Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
Rio Ferdinand – FIFA competition record
Rio Ferdinand career stats at Soccerbase
legal ruling in privacy case

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lucas Radebe	Leeds United captain 2001–2002	Succeeded by Dominic Matteo
Preceded by John Terry	England national football team captain 2010	Succeeded by John Terry

Awards

West Ham United F.C. – Hammer of the Year

1958: Malcolm
1959: Brown
1960: Musgrove
1961: Moore
1962: Leslie
1963: Moore
1964: Byrne
1965: Peters
1966: Hurst
1967: Hurst
1968: Moore
1969: Hurst
1970: Moore
1971: Bonds
1972: Brooking
1973: Robson
1974: Bonds
1975: Bonds
1976: Brooking
1977: Brooking
1978: Brooking
1979: Devonshire
1980: Martin
1981: Parkes
1982: Martin
1983: Martin
1984: Brooking
1985: Allen
1986: Cottee
1987: Bonds
1988: Robson
1989: Ince
1990: Dicks
1991: Mikloško
1992: Dicks
1993: Potts
1994: Morley
1995: Potts
1996: Dicks
1997: Dicks
1998: Ferdinand
1999: Hislop
2000: Di Canio
2001: Pearce
2002: Schemmel
2003: Cole
2004: Etherington
2005: Sheringham
2006: Gabbidon
2007: Tévez
2008: Green
2009: Parker
2010: Parker
2011: Parker
2012: Noble

Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year

1971: Hunter
1972: Lorimer
1973: Clarke
1974: Jones
1975: McQueen
1976: Madeley
1977: McQueen
1978: Currie
1979: Flynn
1980: Lukic
1981: Cherry
1982: Gray
1983: Burns
1984: Wright
1985: Aspin
1986: Snodin
1987: Sheridan
1988: Haddock
1989: Baird
1990: Fairclough
1991: Batty
1992: Dorigo
1993: Strachan
1994: McAllister
1995: Deane
1996: Yeboah
1997: Martyn
1998: Radebe
1999: Bowyer
2000: Kewell
2001: Bowyer
2002: Ferdinand
2003: Robinson
2004: Smith
2005: Sullivan
2006: Kelly
2007: Lewis
2008: Beckford
2009: Beckford
2010: Kisnorbo
2011: Gradel
2012: Snodgrass

v t e 2001–02 FA Premier League PFA Team of the Year

GK: Shay Given DF: Steve Finnan DF: Rio Ferdinand DF: Sami Hyypiä DF: Wayne Bridge MF: Robert Pires MF: Roy Keane MF: Patrick Vieira MF: Ryan Giggs FW: Ruud van Nistelrooy FW: Thierry Henry

v t e 2004–05 Premier League PFA Team of the Year

GK: Petr Čech DF: Gary Neville DF: John Terry DF: Rio Ferdinand DF: Ashley Cole MF: Shaun Wright-Phillips MF: Steven Gerrard MF: Frank Lampard MF: Arjen Robben FW: Andy Johnson FW: Thierry Henry

v t e 2006–07 FA Premier League PFA Team of the Year

GK: Edwin van der Sar DF: Gary Neville DF: Rio Ferdinand DF: Nemanja Vidić DF: Patrice Evra MF: Cristiano Ronaldo MF: Steven Gerrard MF: Paul Scholes MF: Ryan Giggs FW: Didier Drogba FW: Dimitar Berbatov

v t e 2007–08 Premier League PFA Team of the Year

GK: David James DF: Bacary Sagna DF: Rio Ferdinand DF: Nemanja Vidić DF: Gaël Clichy MF: Cristiano Ronaldo MF: Steven Gerrard MF: Cesc Fàbregas MF: Ashley Young FW: Emmanuel Adebayor FW: Fernando Torres

v t e 2008–09 Premier League PFA Team of the Year

GK: Edwin van der Sar DF: Glen Johnson DF: Rio Ferdinand DF: Nemanja Vidić DF: Patrice Evra MF: Cristiano Ronaldo MF: Steven Gerrard MF: Ryan Giggs MF: Ashley Young FW: Nicolas Anelka FW: Fernando Torres

England squads

v t e England squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Seaman 2 Campbell 3 Le Saux 4 Ince 5 Adams 6 Southgate 7 Beckham 8 Batty 9 Shearer (c) 10 Sheringham 11 McManaman 12 Neville 13 Martyn 14 Anderton 15 Merson 16 Scholes 17 Lee 18 Keown 19 L. Ferdinand 20 Owen 21 R. Ferdinand 22 Flowers Coach: Hoddle

v t e England squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Seaman 2 Mills 3 A. Cole 4 Sinclair 5 Ferdinand 6 Campbell 7 Beckham (c) 8 Scholes 9 Fowler 10 Owen 11 Heskey 12 Brown 13 Martyn 14 Bridge 15 Keown 16 Southgate 17 Sheringham 18 Hargreaves 19 J. Cole 20 Vassell 21 Butt 22 James 23 Dyer Coach: Eriksson

v t e England squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Robinson 2 Neville 3 A. Cole 4 Gerrard 5 Ferdinand 6 Terry 7 Beckham (c) 8 Lampard 9 Rooney 10 Owen 11 J. Cole 12 Campbell 13 James 14 Bridge 15 Carragher 16 Hargreaves 17 Jenas 18 Carrick 19 Lennon 20 Downing 21 Crouch 22 Carson 23 Walcott Coach: Eriksson

Manchester United F.C. – current squad

1 De Gea
3 Evra
4 Jones
5 Ferdinand
6 Evans
8 Anderson
9 Berbatov
10 Rooney
11 Giggs
12 Smalling
13 Park
14 Hernández
15 Vidić (c)
16 Carrick
17 Nani
18 Young
19 Welbeck
20 Fábio
21 Rafael
22 Scholes
23 Cleverley
24 Fletcher
25 Valencia
27 Macheda
33 Bébé
34 Lindegaard
35 Brown
36 Vermijl
37 Brady
38 M. Keane
39 Thorpe
40 Amos
41 King
42 Pogba
44 McGinty
45 Petrucci
46 Tunnicliffe
47 Norwood
48 W. Keane
50 Johnstone
51 Fryers
52 Cole
53 Lingard
54 Fornasier
55 Giverin
Manager: Ferguson

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Name	Ferdinand, Rio Gavin
Alternative names	Ferdinand, Rio
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	7 November 1978
Place of birth	Peckham, London , England
Date of death
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The-Dream
The-Dream performing on September 10, 2008 in New York City.
Background information
Birth name	Terius Youngdell Nash
Born	(1977-09-20) September 20, 1977 (age 34) Rockingham, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres	R&B, pop, hip hop
Occupations	singer-songwriter, record producer
Years active	1998–Present
Labels	Def Jam, Radio Killa
Associated acts	Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Los Da Mystro, Jennifer Lopez, Electrik Red, Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Drake Fabolous, Jamie Foxx
Website	the-dreammusic.com

Terius Youngdell Nash (Born September 20, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for co-writing chart topping hits such as "Baby" for Justin Bieber, "Umbrella" for Rihanna and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" for Beyoncé, as well as for his three solo albums, Love Hate, Love vs. Money, and Love King.

1 Early life
2 Music career
3 Personal life
4 Discography
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links

Early life [link]

Terius Nash was born in Rockingham, North Carolina and moved with his mother, Reva Nash, to Atlanta at the age of 3. He played trumpet, drums, and guitar as a child.^[1] His mother died in 1992 when Nash was fifteen years old, an event which would inspire him to write songs.^[2] He states that the death of his mother gave him a "soft spot" for women, which he credits to his desire to write songs about female empowerment such as Rihanna's "Umbrella".^[2] He moved in with his grandfather, a concrete mason who instilled a strong work ethic in young Nash. Of his grandfather, Nash recalls "He came out of a bad time for blacks in the South, but even though we lived in the hood, we had a boat, some cars and a house that was paid for. So I’ve always had a different outlook on life. There’s nothing I can’t do."^[3]

Music career [link]

Background [link]

Nash met R&B producer Laney Stewart in 2001; Stewart helped him get a publishing deal after writing "Everything" for B2K's album Pandemonium!.^[1] Under the pen name "The-Dream", Nash began writing lyrics for many popular artists. He spent two years working on Nivea's second album Complicated, which he executive produced, and continued to write and produce with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Laney's brother, which led to Rihanna's 2007 smash hit "Umbrella". The success of "Umbrella" boosted Dream's music career, and in 2007, he signed a deal with Def Jam Records.^[4]

Solo [link]

Following the deal with Def Jam Records, The-Dream began working on his debut studio album Love Hate.^[4] The album was produced by The-Dream's production partner Tricky Stewart, and Carlos "LOS Da Maestro" McKinney, and featured Fabolous and Rihanna.^[5] The album was written and recorded in eight days with twelve tracks making the final cut. Some of the tracks were written in regards to The-Dream's personal life, most notably "Nikki," written about his ex-wife Nivea and how he has moved on since their divorce.^[6] The-Dream explained the title, Love Hate, as short for, "Love me all summer, hate me all winter, because they love you when you hot and when you're cold they don't... I'm hot right now and they love me, but I was cold and they wasn't fuckin' with me."^[6] Released December 11, 2007 on The-Dream's Def Jam-imprint Radio Killa Records,^[7] Love Hate moved 59,000 copies and debuted at number 30 on the Billboard 200.^[8] Love Hate also peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[9] The album received generally positive reviews from critics, as Rolling Stone called it "one of the most likable R&B records of the year" and UrbanMusicReviews.com said that the singer has "hit a home run."^[10]

On March 10, 2009 The-Dream released his second album Love vs. Money.^[11] He re-teamed with his production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, who produced most of the tracks on the album, and Los Da Maestro.^[12] He also enlisted the help of Lil Jon for the song "Let Me See the Booty".^[8] Love vs. Money debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 151,000 copies in its first week.^[13] It also entered at number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number three on its Top Digital Albums chart in March 2009.^[14]^[15] Upon its release, the album received general acclaim from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 83/100 from Metacritic.^[16]

During the making of Love King, he recorded a song with T-Pain and expressed that he would like to make a collaborative album with Kanye West in the future.^[17] In January 2010, The-Dream officially stated he was finished recording the album and he called it the best of his three albums.^[18] The first single, "Love King", was released on March 16, 2010 for digital download. The album was released on June 29, 2010.^[19]

Before the album's release, the-Dream announced that Love King will be his last solo album.^[8]^[20] When Love King was released, the lyrics to the song "Sex Intelligent Remix" announced plans to release a new solo album called Love Affair and even gave the specific release date of June 7, 2011. In February 2011, The-Dream announced that the album is not titled "Love Affair" anymore, he stated that it is now titled "The Love, IV" and that he scrapped the June 7, 2011 release date and has set a new release date of August 2011.^[21] One week after anouncing that August release date, he said the he is pushing the album up and is hoping to release it on June 7 as promised.^[22] In June 2011, the album's title was changed yet again, this time to "Love IV: Diary of a Madman", it was also announced that it will released on September 20, 2011.^[23] On June 7, 2011; he released double promotional singles titled "Body Work" and "Fuck My Brains Out" to the internet.^[24] The Dream was not able to release "The Love, IV (Diary of a Mad Man)" on September 20, 2011 as planned and it was announced that the album got pushed back indefinitely due to "contract talks" with Def Jam Records.^[25] The-Dream then released a free 10-track album to the internet entitled 1977 on August 31, 2011.^[26]^[27] The-Dream also plans to release a 13-track studio album entitled Nikki: The Chronicles, which will follow his infatuation with the woman he sang about on 2007’s Love Hate and 2010’s Love King.^[28] In October 2011, Dream announced that he is personally pushing back the release of The Love; IV (Diary of A Madman) and that it will now be released in 2012. Dream also announced his plans to release his first international album, titled 1984: Persona of Love, it is set for release sometime in 2012, the album is a "persona album" and is inspired by his recent trip overseas.^[29] In February 2012, it was announced that the "The Love; IV (Diary of A Madman)" will be released on April 17, 2012.^[30] In March 2012, it was announced that "The Love; IV (Diary of A Madman)" has been re-titled "Love IV MMXII" and that its release date been pushed back to Summer 2012.^[31] In May 2012, it was announced that the album will be released on August 14, 2012.^[32]

Production [link]

In addition to working with Nivea and Rihanna, The-Dream also began writing for numerous artists, most notably J. Holiday's "Bed", Usher's "Moving Mountains", Yung Joc's "Coffee Shop" and Jesse McCartney's "Leavin'". He also co-wrote Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body", Ciara's "High Price," and took part in co-writing a majority of Mary J. Blige's 2007 Growing Pains album, including the smash hit "Just Fine". Recently^[when?] he featured in Drake (entertainer)'s album Thank Me Later the song "Shut It Down".

In December 2007, The-Dream was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "Umbrella", but lost to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab". However, in June 2008, The-Dream won the award for Best New Artist at the 2008 BET Awards. Throughout 2008, The-Dream appeared on a number of records including Plies' "Please Excuse My Hands" with Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J's "Baby", Gym Class Heroes' "Cookie Jar" and Kardinal Offishall's "Gimme Some". In addition, The-Dream signed female R&B girl-group Electrik Red to Radio Killa Records and they released their debut album, How to Be a Lady: Volume 1, under the label.^[33] The-Dream and production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart produced "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" off Beyoncé's album I Am… Sasha Fierce, co-produced two tracks ("Just Like Me" & "Digital Girl") and was featured on Jamie Foxx's album Intuition, and worked with Mario and Lionel Richie.^[8] He will also be featured on a number of upcoming albums from; Phyzikal, Ciara, Sterling Simms, Young Chris, Dear Jayne, Brandy and Cassie.

In early 2009, The-Dream began working with Christina Milian on her fourth studio album Elope,^[34] which led to her signing a joint-deal with Radio Killa Records.^[35] The-Dream said that when he was building his label, he went looking for Milian because he believed she was a talented singer.^[36] The singer confirmed that her second single would be a duet with The-Dream called "Supersonic".^[37]

Throughout 2009, The-Dream has also been working on new material for Mariah Carey, Brandy, and Diddy. Diddy's song "Change" is described by The-Dream as, "probably one of the best male records I've ever written...the best record I've written besides 'Umbrella'. The-Dream also worked on Jennifer Lopez's single Louboutins from her 7th album Love? by Sony Music. The song did not chart at the Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number 1 on the Hot/Dance Club Chart. He keep working on more tracks for her album which was released in Spring 2011 by Def Jam.^{[dated info]}^[8]^{[dated info]} He also collaborated on, produced and wrote Snoop Dogg's "Gangsta Luv", which is on the 2009 album Malice n Wonderland.

The-Dream and Tricky Stewart have worked on Ciara's fourth studio album titled "Basic Instinct", which was released on December 14, 2010, and was executive produced by the trio. He co-wrote her lead single titled "Ride", which was released in April 2010, and went on to become a R&B smash hit and her twelfth top ten hit on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.^[38]

The-Dream received a fair amount of backlash for his cover of singer Aaliyah's song "One in a Million". Upon the release of the song, fans of Aaliyah bombarded radio shows and blog sites with distaste for The-Dream's rendition.^[39]

He also worked alongside Tricky Stewart on Jessica Simpson's Christmas album titled Happy Christmas, released on November 22, 2010, and also working on Simpson's upcoming pop album, to be released in 2011.^{[dated info]}

The-Dream produced a music single for Kim Kardashian, "Jam (Turn It Up)", released in March 2, 2011 and then worked on Beyoncé's album titled 4, released on June 28, 2011.

On March 16, 2012, Billboard posted an interview with The-Dream, where he talked about having been given the opportunity to go in to the studio in a few weeks to work with Shakira, and how excited he is for the track.^[40]

Personal life [link]

The-Dream married girlfriend Nivea in 2004, whom he had been dating for one year. Together they had three children, daughter Navy Talia (on May 10, 2005); and twin sons London and Christian (April 2006). They had been married for three years when Nivea filed for legal separation in December 2007. The-Dream said that although he was in love with Nivea, his lack of experience in a family growing up meant he was "not taught how much more than love does it take to run a relationship. Like, 'cause love isn't just where it's gonna end. It can't start and stop with love. There has to be a certain amount of knowledge and patience that's acquired in order to keep it going and keep it straight, and I found out the hard way".^[41]

The-Dream began dating Christina Milian in early 2009; she became pregnant. The Daily Mail reported that "the pregnancy was a surprise, but they were getting married regardless".^[42] They then became engaged in June 2009.^[43] In August, it was reported that they had applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles. On September 4, 2009, The-Dream married Christina Milian at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas.^[44] The-Dream said in an interview that Nivea was still a good friend of his, and that she was also friends with Milian.^[45] Milian gave birth to their daughter Violet Madison Nash on February 26, 2010.^[46] Milian and The-Dream announced their separation on July 12, 2010 ^[47] after photos surfaced of The-Dream vacationing with his assistant.^[48]

In addition to music, The-Dream revealed he is currently working on a TV reality series for MTV where he will scout aspiring singers,^[8] and plans to release a clothing line called Millionaire Love Affair.^[33]

Discography [link]

Main article: The-Dream discography

Studio albums

Love Hate (2007)
Love vs. Money (2009)
Love King (2010)
Love IV MMXII (2012)

Free album

1977 (2011)

Awards and nominations [link]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2007	Mobo Awards	Best Songwriter	"Bed" (songwriter)	Nominated
2008	American Music Awards	T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist	The-Dream	Nominated
	BET Awards	Best New Artist	The-Dream	Won
	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	"Umbrella" (songwriter)	Nominated
	Ozone Awards	Best R&B Artist	The-Dream	Nominated
2009	BET Awards	Best Male R&B Artist	The-Dream	Nominated
2009	BET Hip-Hop Awards	Viewer's Choice	"Throw It in the Bag" with Fabolous	Won
2010	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (songwriter)	Won
		Album of the Year	I Am...Sasha Fierce (songwriter)	Nominated
		Best R&B Song	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (songwriter)	Won

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External links [link]

Official website

v t e The-Dream

Albums	Love Hate (2007) Love vs. Money (2009) Love King (2010)

Singles	"Shawty Is a 10" "Falsetto" "I Luv Your Girl" "Let Me See the Booty" "Rockin' That Thang" "My Love" "Walkin' on the Moon" "Sweat It Out" "Love King" "Make Up Bag" "Roc"

Featured singles	"Please Excuse My Hands" "Baby" "Cookie Jar" "Fall Back" "All I Need" "All I Really Want" "Throw It in the Bag" "Digital Girl" "Gangsta Luv" "All of the Lights"

Related articles	Discography Christopher "Tricky" Stewart Electrik Red Christina Milian

v t e Def Jam Recordings

Founders	Russell Simmons Rick Rubin

Current artists	2 Chainz Ameriie Asher Roth Big Boi Big Sean Brutha Chrisette Michele DJ Clue? The-Dream Electrik Red Fabolous Fast Life Yungstaz Ghostface Killah Jadakiss Jennifer Lopez Jeremih Juelz Santana Kanye West Karina LL Cool J Ludacris Method Man Method Man & Redman Nas Patti LaBelle Pusha T Redman Rick Ross Rihanna Ron Isley Sheek Louch Shyne The Roots Triple C's U.S.D.A YG Young Jeezy

Former artists	3rd Bass Ace Hood Alyson Williams Ashanti Beanie Sigel Beastie Boys B.G. Knocc Out Bobby V Boss Cam'ron Capone-N-Noreaga Case Chingy Cormega Cru Davy D Def Squad The Diplomats DJ Richie Rich DMX Domino Downtown Science The Dove Shack Dresta Dru Hill EPMD Fam-Lay Flatlinerz Foxy Brown Funkmaster Flex Flesh-n-Bone I-20 Ja Rule Jay-Z Jayo Felony Joe Budden · Jonell Keith Murray Kelly Price Lady Gaga Lady Luck Lil Ru Lil Scrappy Lloyd LovHer Megan Rochell MoKenStef Montell Jordan Musiq Soulchild Ne-Yo Nikki D N.O.R.E. Nice & Smooth Nicole Wray N-Dubz Onyx Oran "Juice" Jones Peedi Peedi Pete Nice Playa Rell Rev Run Richie Rich Rocko Scarface Selan Lerner Shareefa Shawnna Sisqó Slayer Slick Rick South Central Cartel Terminator X Terri Walker Unladylike Warren G WC Y?N-Vee

v t e Grammy Award for Song of the Year (2010s)

2010 Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" 2011 Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott – "Need You Now" 2012 Adele & Paul Epworth – "Rolling in the Deep"

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Name	Dream, The
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