Jimmy Kébé

Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Boubou Kébé[1]
Date of birth	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth	Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Height	6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2008	Lens		(0)
2002–2006	Lens B	57	(5)
2006–2007	→ Châteauroux (loan)	18	(2)
2007–2008	→ Boulogne (loan)	16	(5)
2008–	Reading	157	(24)
National team‡
2005–2009	Mali	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:34, 28 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012

Jimmy Boubou Kébé (born 19 January 1984) is a France-born Malian footballer who plays for English Championship side Reading as a winger.

Club career[link]

Reading[link]

On 16 January 2008, Kébé agreed to join Reading, but his then club US Boulogne initially refused to let him end his season-long loan early.^[2] On 28 January 2008, Reading announced that Kébé had signed a 2½ year contract with them, moving for an undisclosed fee.^[3]

He made his debut for Reading as a substitute, coming on for John Oster late into a 1–0 away defeat to Everton on 9 February 2008 and should have opened his Reading account minutes later.^[4] He scored his first Reading goal in the 1–2 home defeat against Southampton on the 22 November 2008.^[5] On the 6 December 2008 he was sent off for the first time in his Reading career for aiming an elbow towards Barnsley defender Dennis Souza.^[6]

Kébé has since extended his contract until the summer of 2012.^[7] 2010 saw an up-turn in Kébé's goal-scoring form, notching up 13 goals in the Championship in the 2010 calendar year.^[8] On 21 August 2010, Kébé played his 100th game for Reading, appearing in a 1–1 draw with Nottingham Forest at the Madejski Stadium.

The 2011-12 season saw a further development in Kébé's position at Reading, with a well-publicised dispute over his contract. Having shown himself to be one of Reading's key players in the 2010/11 Playoff push, the club were eager to see him sign a new long term contract to ward off interest from other clubs such as Leicester City^[9] as his contract was at the time due to run out at the end of the 2011-12 season. It soon became clear that Kébé wanted to stay at the club, but was reluctant to sign a two year deal rather than the three year deal he wanted. Reading could not afford to offer Kébé a three year, despite being willing to make him one of their highest earners^[10]. This ongoing contract saga continued into the new year, with Reading manager Brian McDermott becoming increasingly resigned to the possibility of losing his prized winger^[11]. On 5 January 2012, it was confirmed that Reading had offered Kebe a new contract for the three years that he wanted.^[12] On 24 January 2012, following Anton Zingarevich's takeover of Reading^[13], Kebe signed a new contract that will keep him at Reading until 2014.^[14]

International career[link]

He was part of the Mali football team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing top of Group A, but losing to Italy 1–0 (aet) in the next round.

Career statistics[link]

As of 6 April 2012

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Play-Offs		Total		Discipline
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	2007–08	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	2008–09	41	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	44	2	2	1
	2009–10	42	10	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	12	3	0
	2010–11	36	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	42	9	6	0
	2011–12	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3	0	0
	Total	157	24	9	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	171	26	11	1
Career Total		157	24	9	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	171	26	11	1

Statistics for English league and cup competitions only.

Honours[link]

Reading

• Football League Championship: 2011–12

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jimmy Kébé

• Jimmy Kébé profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Jimmy Kébé career stats at Soccerbase
• Jimmy Kébé at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jimmy-Boubou Kébé French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

v t e Mali squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Bathily 2 Berthe 3 Tamboura 4 Coulibaly 5 Koné 6 B. Diallo 7 N'Diaye 8 A. Traoré 9 Sidibé 10 Doucoure 11 Abouta 12 D. Diakite 13 D. Traoré 14 Sissoko 15 Kébé 16 Tangara 17 M. Diallo 21 S. Diakité Coach: Cheick Oumar Kone

Jack Collison

Jack Collison at West Ham, November 2009
Personal information
Full name	Jack David Collison
Date of birth	(1988-10-02) 2 October 1988 (age 23)
Place of birth	Watford, England
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	West Ham United
Number	10
Youth career
1998–2000	Peterborough United
2000–2005	Cambridge United
2005–2007	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	West Ham United	78	(9)
National team‡
2007–2011	Wales U21	7	(2)
2008–	Wales	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:10, 29 Feb 2012 (UTC)

Jack David Collison (born 2 October 1988) is a Welsh international footballer who plays for West Ham United. Collison is a product of West Ham's youth academy and has quickly progressed from trainee to playing first team football in the Premier League since joining at age sixteen. A versatile, all-rounded midfielder, he is able to play in centre midfield or out wide.^[2]

Club career[link]

Beginning career[link]

As a youngster, Collison started out at Peterborough United,^[3] and later Cambridge United,^[4][5] but was forced to find another club when Cambridge announced their disbanding of the youth set-up after being relegated from the Football League, due to financial problems. The sixteen-year-old was offered a trial with West Ham and impressed Academy director Tony Carr enough to be offered a first year scholarship.

Collison continued his development under Carr and his staff at Little Heath before being made reserve team captain at the start of the 2007–08 season.^[6] That summer, the teenager also featured in pre-season friendlies against Hornchurch and MK Dons. He was named in the West Ham first team squad for the first time in November 2007 for the home game against Bolton Wanderers,^[7] and made his first team debut on 1 January 2008, when he came on as a substitute for the injured Freddie Ljungberg in the Premier League away loss to Arsenal.^[8][9] On 11 April away at Bolton Wanderers, he was handed his first league start in place of the injured Mark Noble.

Breaking into the first team[link]

A dream summer was completed as Collison signed a new five-year contract with the Hammers shortly before joining the first-team squad on the pre-season tour of North America. There, he appeared as a second-half substitute in the 3–1 win over MLS side Columbus Crew and 3–2 defeat by the MLS All-Stars. The 2008–09 season began with Collison in Alex Dyer's reserve team, and a loan move to League One promotion-chasers Peterborough had been lined up. However, an impressive substitute appearance in the 2–0 Premier League loss at Manchester United on 29 October coupled by injury problems in the midfield convinced manager Gianfranco Zola that Collison would be better served by remaining at Chadwell Heath and training with the first-team squad.

Collison repaid Zola's faith with more solid performances. He scored his first goal for West Ham, an 18-yard strike, on 8 November against Everton in a 3–1 loss at Upton Park after coming on as a substitute for the injured Matthew Upson to make his home debut.^[6][10] The goal was nominated for the Goal of the Season awards on the West Ham fansite Knees Up Mother Brown. His good form earned him praise from Zola,^[11] who rewarded the twenty-year-old with a new five-year contract extension in December before the winter break.^[12] On Boxing Day, he scored the equaliser at Portsmouth and had a hand in the next two goals in a 4–1 rout.^[13] He scored his third goal of the season, the only goal of the match against Manchester City on 1 March 2009.^[14] Although he mostly played in centre midfield during his days in the reserves, he eventually established himself as first-choice on the left side of Zola's midfield diamond.^[15]

In the away win at Wigan Athletic three days later, Collison dislocated his kneecap while attempting to chest down a long ball and was ruled out for six weeks.^[16] He returned to the team in May two months later, coming on as a late substitute in the 1–0 win away at Stoke City.^[17] On 24 May, he finished the season on a high, by assisting Junior Stanislas to score the winner, in a 2–1 win over Middlesbrough.^[18]

Collison was chosen as Young Hammer Of The Year by Tony Carr.^[19] Fans at the West Ham fansite Knees up Mother Brown overwhelmingly voted him as their Young Player of the Year.^[20]

2009–10 season[link]

On 23 August 2009 Collison played 89 minutes of the 2009–10 Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur, before learning that his father had been killed in a motorcycle accident, while travelling to the game.^[21] Two days later, he started a League Cup tie against Millwall that went into extra time and ended 3–1 to West Ham. His teammates all wore black armbands to show their support and fans applauded him when the team entered the stadium. The match also featured a number of pitch invasions and violent clashes between fans outside the ground. After full-time, Collison left the pitch in tears visibly upset.^[22] During the post-match interview, manager Gianfranco Zola complimented Collison's character in light of his father's death.^[23] After missing most of September's games due to the recurrence of the knee injury suffered at Wigan last season, Collison returned to training in October and made his comeback in the 9 October, behind-closed-doors friendly against French side Valenciennes, scoring a goal himself,^[24] and then marked his return to league action by making the starting eleven in the away loss at Stoke City eight days later.^[25] He scored his first goals of the season in consecutive matches, against Hull City and Burnley. Having not played since Wales' 1–0 defeat to Sweden on 3 March 2010, on 7 May 2010, it was announced that he would be out for around nine months after undergoing knee surgery having never fully recovered from the cartilage damage he suffered in the 2009–10 season.^[26]

2010–11 season[link]

After fourteen months out through injury, Collison made his first-team return on 7 May 2011 against Blackburn Rovers in a 1–1 draw at Upton Park.^[27]

2011–12 season[link]

Collison celebrating scoring a goal in May 2012 in a 3–0 win against Cardiff City.

On 7 August 2011, he came on for Mark Noble on 74 minutes against Cardiff City at Upton Park in the opening Championship league fixture in a 1–0 defeat. Four days later Collison committed his future to the football club by signing a new long-term deal with West Ham.^[28] On 15 October he scored his first goal of the season in the 4–0 win over Blackpool at Upton Park.^[29] After just over a month out of the first team line up, Collison returned in the final away game of the season against Leicester City with West Ham needing to win to take automatic promotion into the final day of the season. With the score at 1–1, Collison hit a 25-yard shot that beat Kasper Schmeichel giving West Ham the points needed.^[30] Finishing in 3rd place with 86 points West Ham entered the Football League Championship play-offs. On 3 May 2012, Collison scored twice in a 2–0 win against Cardiff City in the first leg of the play-offs semi-final.^[31]

International career[link]

Collison is eligible to play for Wales through his grandfather who was born in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire^[32] and is related to John Gwilliam, a former captain of the Wales rugby union team.^[33] Though born in England, Collison chose to play for Wales due to Welsh ancestry on his mother's side.^[34] His then-West Ham teammate and former Wales captain Craig Bellamy had alerted Wales youth coach Brian Flynn about Collison's eligibility. After observing the nineteen-year-old, Flynn named him in the squad to face the Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21's in a UEFA European U-21 Championship qualifier.

Under-21[link]

In November 2007, Collison made his debut for the Wales Under-21 team in that match and scored in a 4–0 rout over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the European Championship qualifying.^[35] He made further appearances in the 4–2 win over France Under-21 in November 2007,^[36] against Malta Under-21 in February 2008. In March, he scored his second international goal,^[37] against Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21.^[38] He was in the squad that narrowly lost to England Under-21 in the qualification play-offs and were denied a place in the 2009 European Championships.^[39] While in the U21s, he formed a burgeoning partnership with Aaron Ramsey of Arsenal in central midfield^[40] and is likely to continue the partnership in the senior team.^[41]

Senior team[link]

Collison made his senior debut for Wales in an away friendly win against Iceland on 29 May 2008.^[42] Bellamy praised the young midfielder saying, "I've seen him every afternoon at West Ham and he does extra training. If you want to give this career a good go then you get the rewards and that seems to be how Jack is looking at it."^[43] After the death of Collison's father, national team coach John Toshack gave him the choice whether to make himself available for selection. Having played in West Ham's last two games, he declared himself available for the qualifier against Russia. This match would confirm Collison as a full Wales international, as his previous six caps all came in friendlies.^[44] He did not play, however, as he had to attend his father's funeral, which took place on the day of the match. With the recurrence of the knee injury, he was ruled out of Wales' qualifying campaign that ultimately ended with a fourth place finish in the group.

With Collison back to full fitness, Toshack named him in the 23-man squad for the 14 November friendly against Scotland.^[45] Flynn also named him amongst 11 other senior internationals in the preliminary squad to face the Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21's in a qualifier on 18 November.^[46][47] Collison ended up having to withdraw after picking up a knock during the weekend match against Everton.^[48] In November Collison was in the final nomination for the Welsh Young Player of the Year award along with Simon Church and Aaron Ramsey.^[49]

On 6 September 2011, Collison made his competitive debut in the Euro 2012 qualifier against England and put to rest further speculation about his future at the international level.^[50][51]

Honours[link]

Individual[link]

• Young Hammer of the Year: 2008–09
• BBC London Young Footballer of the Year: 2009^[52][53]

Club[link]

West Ham United

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

Career statistics[link]

As of 5 May 2012.^[54]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jack Collison career stats at Soccerbase
• West Ham United player profile
• Premier League profile

Shane Long

Shane Long playing for Ireland against Serbia in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Shane Patrick Long
Date of birth	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 25)
Place of birth	Gortnahoe, North Tipperary, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	West Bromwich Albion
Number	9
Youth career
1994–2002	Borris,St. Kevins
2002–2004	Saint Michaels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Cork City	1	(0)
2005–2011	Reading	174	(46)
2011–	West Bromwich Albion	32	(8)
National team‡
2006	Republic of Ireland U21
2007–	Republic of Ireland	25	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2012

FIFA UT Rating:75:PACE:88

Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League team West Bromwich Albion and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he was part of the team that secured qualification for UEFA Euro 2012.

Long began his career at Cork City. He later moved to Reading where, among other achievements, he scored three goals in ten substitute appearances during his team's Championship-winning 2005–06 campaign, guided his team into the Fourth round of the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool in a third round replay match in 2010, and later won a player of the season award. He signed for Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in 2011 for a fee of £6m.

Early life[link]

Long was born in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, Ireland.^[2] He was a talented hurler and appeared in two All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (Under 18) semi-finals with Tipperary at Croke Park,^[3] and was regarded as a pacey and promising forward.^[4] Long was also playing football at this time, and started his career in the game with Tipperary club St Kevin's in 1994, joining Saint Michaels in 2002.

Club career[link]

Cork City[link]

Long was discovered and brought to Cork City with a scholarship on 1 July 2004 by Pat Dolan. When ready, Long was called hi to the first team squad for the 2005 season when manager Dolan was replaced by Damien Richardson, and the new manager awarded him his senior League of Ireland début on 25 March 2005 as a substitute for Joe Gamble.^[5] His only other appearance was again as a substitute in the Setanta Sports Cup on 2 May.^[6] However, following Dolan's consultation with his brother, Reading coach Eamonn Dolan, Reading made bids for both Long and Kevin Doyle. Cork were forced to sell Doyle due to a contract clause, but the circumstances surrounding Long's transfer were not disclosed. Long signed as a Reading player on 7 June 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Reading[link]

Shane Long with Reading

In Reading's Championship-winning 2005–06 campaign, Long scored three goals in 10 substitute appearances,^[7] making his first league start on 17 April 2006 in the 3–1 home victory against Stoke City. For the first season, he was mostly second choice in the pecking order behind fellow Irishman Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson and Leroy Lita. He started all of the games in Reading's FA Cup campaign and scored one goal.^[8]

On 4 July 2007, Long signed an improved four-year contract to keep him at Reading until the end of the 2010–11 season.^[9]

On 16 March 2008, in a 2–1 defeat at Anfield against Liverpool Long was involved in an incident as to where he flung his shirt to the ground, citing frustration at his performance and frustration with the match official Andre Marriner, after being subbed by manager Steve Coppell.^[10] In the post match interview, Steve Coppell made a stern point in that "It will not happen again." Long made a full apology on the official club website.^[11]

His 2008-09 season ended happily after scoring an equaliser in a 1–1 draw at Southampton, before ending the season with a brace in a 2–0 victory at Norwich City.^[12]

In 2010 FA Cup third round replay match against Liverpool, Long was fouled by Yossi Benayoun to win a 93rd minute penalty^[13] as Liverpool led 1–0 at Anfield to bring the match into extra time.^[14] Long then scored a glancing header in the 100th minute in front of the Anfield Kop^[15] from a cross supplied by Gunarsson, which sent Reading into the Fourth round of the FA Cup to play at home against Burnley.^[16][17]

On 30 January 2010 Long scored a crucial goal at home to strugglers Barnsley which gifted Reading all three points, in a 1–0 win for the Royals.^[18] The following Saturday his good run of form continued with an opening goal which contributed to a 2–1 win away to Doncaster at the Keepmoat Stadium.^[19] His goalscoring prowess saw no end and on 9 February 2010 he scored a brace in a 2–1 win at home to Plymouth, giving Reading their third consecutive league victory and Long's fourth goal in three games.^[20]

However, on 13 February 2010 in an FA Cup fifth round match at home to West Bromwich Albion, Long was sent off for a careless lunge at West Brom Ivorian defender Abdoulaye Meite.^[21] It was his second straight dismissable offence of the season, the first procured away to Derby County in a Championship match in November.^[22] On 7 March 2010 in Reading's FA Cup Quarter Final against Aston Villa, Long scored a brace in the first half which saw Reading leading 2–0 at half time. However a hat-trick from Norwegian striker John Carew and a strike from Ashley Young in the second half saw Long's brace go to waste as Aston Villa booked themselves a place in the semi-finals.^[23] On 2 May 2010, Long played his 150th game for Reading in the 4–1 Championship win over Preston North End at the Madejski Stadium.^[24]

On 11 September 2010, Long won two penalties and converted the first in Reading's 3–0 win over Crystal Palace.^[25]

On 4 November 2010 Shane Long signed a one year contract extension valid until 2012.^[26]

On 18 December 2010, Long scored twice against Derby County which led to his best goal-scoring form of his life.^[27] He followed up with a brace against Bristol City on Boxing Day.^[28] On 3 January 2011, Long scored another brace to give Reading the three points against Burnley in a 2-1 victory.^[29] On 8 January 2011, Long then hit the only goal in the FA Cup's third round encounter with West Bromwich Albion.^[30]

After an impressive season for Reading, Long won the player of the season award, beating Jimmy Kebe and Jem Karacan.

Long scored two goals for Reading on 17 May 2011 in a 3-0 away win against Cardiff City in the second leg of the Championship Play-Off semi finals. One goal came from the penalty spot and the other a lob after a blocked clearance from Cardiff goalkeeper Stephen Bywater. Long received the Man of the Match award. Long finished the season with 28 goals in 58 matches for club and country; this being his best season in his career to date. After the play-off final defeat against Swansea, chairman John Madejski declared Long to be world class. "What is the value I would place on him? £20m."^[31]

West Bromwich Albion[link]

On 9 August 2011, Long signed for Premier League side West Bromwich Albion on a three-year deal, with a further year’s option.^[32] Although the fee was undisclosed, it is believed to be £4.5m, with add-ons that could eventually rise to £6.5m, which would be a record fee for West Bromwich, surpassing the £4.7m paid for Spanish international midfielder Borja Valero from Real Mallorca in 2008.^[33][34] On 12 August, he was handed the number 9 shirt. Long made his debut on 14 August 2011 in the league opener against Manchester United at home. He marked his debut by scoring an equalising goal that went past Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea. United won the match 2-1.^[35] Long scored again in the fourth minute of his second match, against Chelsea on 20 August 2011, in what proved to be yet another 2-1 defeat. Long scored his third goal in the fifth minute against Sunderland, on 1 October which was currently his seventh game of the season. The match ended 2-2 with James Morrison also scoring on the fourth minute.^[36] On 16 October 2011, Long was named man of the match in the Black Country derby, even though he did not score; the match ended 2-0 to West Brom with Chris Brunt scoring in the eighth minute and Peter Odemwingie scoring in the 76th minute.^[37] Long suffered a chipped bone in his knee after a match against Aston Villa after a robust challenge by Alan Hutton and was ruled out for approximately six weeks. On the 19th of November, weeks before he was predicted injury free, he played 90 minutes against Bolton Wanderers F.C., a game which West Brom won 2-1, with Shane scoring what proved to be the winner with a header against a much more physical opponent in David Wheater. On the 3rd of December Long scored goal off a deflected shot in the last minutes of the West Brom game against QPR earning West Brom a draw by leveling the game at 1-1. Long once again found the net on the 25th of March against Newcastle, clawing back a goal to merely dent Newcastle's three goal lead.

International career[link]

Long's form for Reading in the 2005–06 season earned him four Republic of Ireland U19 caps.^[38] Due to injuries to his Reading team mate Kevin Doyle and Sunderland's Stephen Elliott,^[39] he earned his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland in their 2–1 win away to San Marino on 7 February 2007.^[40]

When Long earned his second cap as a substitute against Slovakia on 28 March 2007 he became the first person to play both hurling and international football at Croke Park, having been part of the Tipperary team for the All-Ireland Minor semi-finals in 2003 and 2004.^[41][42] Long scored his first international goal in a friendly 1–1 draw against Bolivia on 26 May 2007,^[43] and followed this with a brace in Ireland's 4–0 win over Denmark on 22 August 2007. He was nominated as the Football Association of Ireland Young Player of the Year for 2007.^[44][45]

In March 2011, Long was brought on early to replace the injured Kevin Doyle in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia in Dublin.^[46] His performance was rewarded with a start in Ireland's next game against Uruguay in which Long scored the first of Ireland's goals with a header in a 2-3 loss.^[47] On the 26th of May 2012, Shane Long scored when he headed the winner in a 1-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 May 2007	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, USA	Bolivia	1–1	1–1	Friendly
2.	22 August 2007	NRGi Park, Aarhus, Denmark	Denmark	0–3	0-4	Friendly
3.	22 August 2007	NRGi Park, Aarhus, Denmark	Denmark	0–4	0-4	Friendly
4.	8 October 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Russia	2–3	2-3	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5.	17 November 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Norway	1–0	1-2	Friendly
6.	29 March 2011	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Uruguay	1–1	2-3	Friendly
7.	26 May 2012	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Club statistics[link]

Statistics accurate as of 14 May 2012^[48]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Reading

• Football League Championship (1): 2005–06

Individual[link]

• Reading Player of the Season (1): 2010–11
• FAI Young International Player of the Year (1): 2010

References[link]

External links[link]

• Shane Long profile Reading FC
• Shane Long career stats at Soccerbase

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