Cesc Fàbregas – Captain of Arsenal F.C.
Francesc “Cesc” Fàbregas i Soler (born 4 May 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He captains the English Premier League club Arsenal and plays for the Spanish national team.
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Personal information
Full name : Francesc Fàbregas i Soler
Date of birth : 4 May 1987 (1987-05-04) (age 22)
Place of birth : Vilassar de Mar, Spain
Height : 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position : Midfielder / Captain
Club information : Arsenal F.C.
Number : 4
Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16. Following injuries to key midfielders in the 2004–05 season, he established himself as Arsenal’s starting central midfielder and playmaker. He went on to break several of the club’s records, earning a reputation as one of the best young players for his position of his generation.
In international football, the Spaniard’s ntional career began when he represented the Under-17 side at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. As a result of his club performances, he was called up to the senior squad in 2006. He has played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2008, where he helped Spain to become eventual winners in the latter.
Captaincy
In the opening league game of 2009–10 season, Fàbregas scored a brace and managed two assists in Arsenal’s 6–1 away win against Everton. Arsenal went on to secure qualification for the Champions League by beating Celtic over two legs, but their early momentum to the season was disrupted by consecutive league game losses to Manchester United and Manchester City. The team bounced back strongly after this setback, and with Fàbregas being prolific in scoring (9 goals in all competitions) and setting up his teammates (12 assists), it went unbeaten in the next 13 games.
Source: Cesc Fàbregas, Captain of Arsenal F.C., Arsenal Midfielder, English Premier League Football Club information at wikipedia.org
John Terry – Chelsea’s Captain / Defender
John George Terry (born 7 December 1980 in Barking, Greater London) is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League. Terry is also captain of the England national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John George Terry | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1980 (1980-12-07) (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)Chelsea_FC_profile_0-0″>[1] | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Chelsea | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
Career Overview
Terry was voted best defender in the UEFA Champions League in both 2005[2] and 2008, the PFA Players’ Player of the Year in 2005,[3] and was included in the FIFPro World XI for four consecutive seasons, from 2005 to 2008.[4][5][6][7] He was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team.[8] He wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea.
In 2007, he became the first captain to lift the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Manchester United, and also the first player to score a full international goal there, scoring a header in England’s 1-1 draw with Brazil.[9] However, the 2007-08 season saw Terry and Chelsea miss out on three trophies, losing the League Cup Final to Tottenham Hotspur and Premier League and UEFA Champions League to Manchester United with Terry missing a penalty in the Champions League final shootout, sending it to sudden death. Had he scored, the European Cup would have been secured for Chelsea.[10] After the final in Moscow, teammate Frank Lampard described Terry as “a man’s man”.
Source: English Premier League Football Club, Chelsea F.C. Captain, Chelsea F.C. Defender, John Terry information at wikipedia.org.
Robbie Keane – Tottenham’s Captain
Robbie Keane – Captain / Forward / Striker of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. – English Premier League Football Club
Robert David “Robbie” Keane (born 8 July 1980 in Tallaght, Dublin) is the current captain of the Republic of Ireland national football team, and a first-team striker for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. He is the all-time record goalscorer for the Irish national side, as well as the 10th highest goalscorer in Premier League history.
He began his professional career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring twice in his first team debut aged 17. The following season he was the club’s leading goalscorer and scored his first international goal with Republic of Ireland. He changed club frequently between 1999 and 2002, breaking transfer fee records, but his brief spells at Inter Milan and Leeds United were unexceptional. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2002 and played there for six years. The 2007–08 season was the most fruitful of his career as he set a career record of 23 goals in a season, scored a landmark 100th competitive goal for Tottenham and won his first senior honour, the Football League Cup. He moved to Liverpool in July 2008 but he spent only six months at the club and soon returned to Tottenham, where he was made first team captain.
Keane is best known for his performances at Tottenham, where he gained repute as a consistent goalscorer and often finished the season having scored the most goals on his team. Keane’s pedigree was reinforced when he became Ireland’s record goalscorer in 2004 and Steve Staunton appointed him national team captain in 2006.
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert David Keane | |
| Date of birth | 8 July 1980 (1980-07-08) (age 29) | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1995–1997 | Crumlin United Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001 2001–2002 2002–2008 2008–2009 2009– |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Coventry City Internazionale ? Leeds United (loan) Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur |
73 (24) 31 (12) 6 (0) 18 (9) 28 (4) 197 (80) 19 (5) 23 (10) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998– | Republic of Ireland | 93 (40) |
Return to Tottenham
Keane rejoined Tottenham on 2 February 2009, signing for a basic fee of £12 million, potentially rising to £19 million with add-ons.[42] The deal meant that the cumulative transfer fees paid for Keane over his career amounted to around £75 million.[43] He signed a four-year contract with the north London club.[44] Keane was one of three players to make returns to Tottenham during the transfer window, along with Jermain Defoe and Pascal Chimbonda.[28] He was also made Tottenham vice-captain a week later,>[45] after often deputising for Ledley King during his first spell there.[46][47][48][49][50] Keane scored his first goal since his return to the club on 4 March,[51] opening the scoring in the crucial 4–0 home victory against Middlesbrough.[52][53] He followed this up by scoring another vital goal, this time a last-minute equaliser, away to Sunderland in a 1–1 draw on 7 March.[54][55]
Soon after Keane’s return to White Hart Lane, railway service Virgin Trains ran an advertisement with the slogan “A Liverpool to London return faster than Robbie Keane.”[56] On his return to Liverpool on the final day of the season, he scored in a 3–1 defeat.[57] He received a generally warm reception from the fans despite scoring against them.
On 31 July 2009, Robbie captained Tottenham to winning the Premier League Asia Trophy in a pre-season competition in China. He scored twice in the 3-0 win over Hull City inside Beijing National Stadium. On 26 September 2009, Keane scored four goals in a 5-0 win over Burnley.[58] During Tottenham’s Carling Cup Fourth Round match, Keane scored one of two goals against Everton on 27 October 2009 at White Hart Lane
Source: English Premier League Football Club, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Robbie Keane, Captains information at wikipedia.org
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Danny Murphy – Fulham F.C. Captain
Danny Murphy – Captain / Midfielder of Fulham F.C. – English Premier League Football Club
Daniel Benjamin “Danny” Murphy (born 18 March 1977 in Chester, Cheshire) is an English football player. He is a midfielder currently playing for Fulham. He has twice been voted player of the month, once with Liverpool and once with Charlton Athletic.
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Benjamin Murphy | |
| Date of birth | 18 March 1977 (1977-03-18) (age 32) | |
| Place of birth | Chester, England | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Fulham | |
| Number | 13 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–1997 1997–2004 1998–1999 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Crewe Alexandra Liverpool ? Crewe Alexandra (loan) Charlton Athletic Tottenham Hotspur Fulham |
132 (27) 170 (25) 16 (1) 56 (7) 23 (2) 77 (12) |
| National team2 | ||
| 19972001–2003 | England U20 England U21 England |
4 (3) 5 (0) 9 (1) |
Fulham
Murphy signed for Fulham for an undisclosed fee on 31 August 2007.[3][4]
Since joining Fulham Murphy has become a regular starter and kept his place in the team throughout the season and has scored 6 goals in 43 matches. One goal, a rare header scored on 11 May 2008 for a 1-0 win away at Portsmouth ensured Fulham’s Premier League survival at the expense of Birmingham and Reading; the goal coming as manager Roy Hodgson prepared to substitute Murphy.
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson gave Murphy the captain’s armband for the 2008-09 season after he had been captain for most of Fulham’s pre-season games.
Murphy scored his 100th career goal against Newcastle United on 9 November 2008. [1] On 21 March 2009, Murphy scored the first goal from the penalty spot against defending champions and league leaders Manchester United in a sensational 2-0 win at Craven Cottage. The penalty was awarded when Paul Scholes handled the ball, which also resulted in Scholes being sent off.
In 2009, Murphy began writing a twice-weekly blog for eurosport.yahoo.com, in which he gives insight into the Fulham dressing room and opinions on the current issues in football.
On 23 August 2009, Murphy injured himself while attempting an ambitious tackle on Ricardo Carvalho in a home game against Chelsea. This meant that he would miss a game for Fulham for the first time, against Aston Villa.
Source: English Premier League Football Club, Fulham F.C., Fulham Captain, Fulham F.C. Midfielder information at wikipedia.org
Ian Ashbee – Hull City AFC Captain
Ian Ashbee – Captain and Midfielder of Hull City AFC – English Premier League Football Club
Ian Ashbee (born 6 September 1976 in Birmingham) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Hull City. He previously played for Derby County and Cambridge United, and has also played in Iceland, on loan to IR Knattspyrnudeild.[1]
| Ian Ashbee | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Ashbee | |
| Date of birth | 6 September 1976 (1976-09-06) (age 33) | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hull City | |
Hull City
Purchased by manager Jan Mølby in June 2002 in League Two he suffered a nightmare start to his Hull career as he was sent off on his debut. This was, however, due to his no-nonsense approach on the pitch and he soon became a firm favourite with Tigers fans and management alike, with both Mølby and Peter Taylor making him Captain.
The goal he scored against Yeovil Town was the goal that promoted Hull to League One and he was also instrumental in the Tigers’ successful promotion campaign to the Football League Championship in the following season.
Ashbee was, however, cursed by an old injury in the subsequent Championship campaign, being diagnosed with an osteochondral defect, a degenerative bone condition in his femur. He underwent surgery that involved drilling fourteen holes in the bone to stimulate re-growth. He was warned by his doctor that this injury threatened not just his career, but his ability to even walk.[2] Ashbee was on crutches for four months and was ruled out for the majority of the 2005-06 season, nevertheless he remained a favourite amongst many Tigers fans, receiving a standing ovation at the last game of the season against Watford despite being sidelined.
He was also retained as captain by Hull City’s next manager, Phil Parkinson, and his replacement, Phil Brown. But with a poor team performance in their second season in The Championship, finishing just one place outside the relegation zone, Ashbee as captain received a large share of fans’ criticisms that were aimed at the team, despite the outgoing Chairman Adam Pearson suggesting him as a potential Player of the Season.
The 2007-08 season saw vastly improved performances from the team as a whole, culminating in the club reaching its first ever Wembley final, taking on Bristol City for a place in the Premier League, a game which they won 1-0. This means that Ashbee has captained City to promotion from the bottom division of the Football League to the top. Andy Dawson, Boaz Myhill and Ryan France are the other players to have helped take Hull up through the four divisions.[3] On 16 August 2008 Ashbee was captain of the Hull City side that won its first ever top-flight game 2–1 against Fulham, completing an achievement thought to be unique in English football: captaining the same team in all four divisions of the Football League, bottom to top.[4]
Towards the end of the 2008-09 season, in a fixture against Aston Villa on 4 May, Ashbee suffered another career-threatening injury, rupturing a posterior cruciate ligament in his knee. It was initially thought that he would return to action in the Autumn, however on 18 August 2009 it was reported that Ashbee required further surgery on the knee and would likely miss the entire 2009-10 season.[5][6]
Source: Ian Ashbee, Hull city Midfielder, Captaion of Hull City AFC, Hull City Association Football Club, English Premier League infomation at wikipedia.org