Charles Joseph Hart – Goalkeeper – Manchester City
Charles Joseph Hart – Goalkeeper – Manchester City
Charles Joseph “Joe” Hart (born 19 April 1987 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English football goalkeeper with Manchester City. He is a regular for the England Under-21 team and has been capped as a full international for England.
Personal information
Full name : Charles Joseph Hart
Date of birth : April 19, 1987 (1987-04-19) (age 21)
Place of birth : Shrewsbury, England
Height : 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing position : Goalkeeper
Current club : Manchester City
League : English Barclays Premier League
Manchester City
With Hart in Belgium preparing to make his fifth appearance for the England U19 squad, in the Elite qualifying round for the 2006 UEFA U-19 Championship,[3] it was announced that the move to Manchester City had taken place.[4] England lost the match to Serbia and Montenegro and failed to qualify.
On 22 May 2006, City paid an initial £600,000 for Hart, but, depending on appearances, the fee could rise to a total of £1,500,000.
Hart made his debut for City on 14 October 2006 after injuries ruled out Andreas Isaksson and Nicky Weaver for the Premier League match against Sheffield United. He kept a clean sheet in the match, which finished goalless.
Hart was selected by Stuart Pearce in the preliminary England Under-21 30-man squad for Euro 2007, and later made the final 23. In the team’s final friendly before the finals, Hart was selected for his first Under-21 start, and played the full 90 minutes in a 5–0 win over Slovakia at Carrow Road. However, Hart took no part in the finals, with Scott Carson playing in all of England’s four fixtures. Hart will be eligible for the U21s until the end of the Euro 2009 finals.
Former Manchester City manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson named Hart as Manchester City’s number 1 ahead of Andreas Isaksson. After his performance against Newcastle, Eriksson touted him as “one of the biggest talents in this country as a goalkeeper”, and that he had the potential to become an England international in the future.[5] Only months later, he made his England debut against Trinidad & Tobago on 1 June 2008.
After The Departure Of Andreas Isaksson Joe Hart Took the vacant number 1 jersey when the official 08/09 squad numbers were announced on 05 August 2008.
Tranmere Rovers
Hart spent the whole month of January 2007 on loan to League One club Tranmere Rovers. He made 6 appearances and conceded 8 goals. He was then named in his then-club manager Stuart Pearce’s first squad in his part-time role as England U21 coach, alongside another goalkeeper uncapped at U21 level, Ben Alnwick. He was not chosen to start the match on 6 February 2007 against Spain, but did come on as a substitute late in the game.
Blackpool
In April 2007, Hart joined Blackpool on loan as cover for the injured trio of Rhys Evans, Paul Rachubka and Lewis Edge. He kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 win for Blackpool at Huddersfield Town on 9 April 2007, in his first game for the Seasiders.[6] Blackpool won all five games in which Hart appeared, including a 6–3 win at Swansea City in his final game,[7] and he helped them claim a place in the end-of-season play-offs.
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Leslie Mark Hughes – Manchester City Manager
Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE (born 1 November 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales), nicknamed Sparky, is a former Welsh international football player and currently manager of Manchester City. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals.
During his playing career, he was most notable for his two spells at Manchester United, but he also turned out for FC Barcelona of Spain, Bayern Munich of West Germany, as well as the English clubs Chelsea, Southampton, Everton and finally Blackburn Rovers, before retiring in 2002.
His reign as Wales manager was his first managerial post; he was appointed in 1999 and remained in the role until 2004, failing to reach a World Cup or European Cup finals during his reign of the National team.
Personal information
Full name : Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE
Date of birth : 1 November 1963 (1963-11-01) (age 44)
Place of birth : Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales
Height : 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position : Striker (retired)
Current club : Manchester City (manager)
Manchester City
On 2 June 2008, Manchester City sacked manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. Hughes was reported to be the first choice of City owner Thaksin Shinawatra to replace Eriksson. However, interest was also reported from Chelsea, who had recently sacked their manager, Avram Grant. Despite the reported interest from Chelsea which never culminated in anything, Blackburn Rovers confirmed on their website on 2 June that they had “reluctantly” agreed to allow Hughes to talk to Manchester City.
The following day, Blackburn confirmed that they had agreed a compensation package for Hughes to take over as manager of Manchester City, and he was appointed as head coach on 4 June 2008 on a three year contract. [1] Following the appointment, Manchester City’s executive chairman Garry Cook stated that “The Club intends to invest in new players as well as securing the long term services of key members of the current first team squad. Mark has already identified some of the players and backroom staff that he wants to see here at City, and we will begin the process of recruiting them immediately.”[
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Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City Football Club, a member of the English Barclays Premier League Football Clubs, is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League.
Full name : Manchester City Football Club
Nickname(s) : The Citizens, The Blues, City
Founded : 1880, as St Mark’s (West Gorton)
Ground : City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England (Capacity: 47,726[1])
Chairman :Thaksin Shinawatra
Manager : Mark Hughes
League : English Barclays Premier League
Originally formed in 1880 as St. Marks (West Gorton), they then became Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 before changing their name to Manchester City F.C. in 1894. The club has won the League Championship twice, the FA Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the European Cup Winners Cup once. The club’s most successful period was during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when they won several major trophies under the management team of Joe Mercer and his assistant Malcolm Allison, and with great players such as Colin Bell and Francis Lee.
However, the club has not won a major honour since 1976. The club’s decline led to relegation twice in three years in the 1990s, meaning they spent one year in the third tier of English football. However, the club has since regained top flight status, the level at which they have spent the majority of their history.
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