Asa Hall

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Asa Hall
Personal information
Full name	Asa Philip Hall
Date of birth	29 November 1986 (1986-11-29) (age 22)
Place of birth	Sandwell, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Luton Town
Number	14
Youth career
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham City
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2008 2006 2007 2008 2008–	Birmingham City → Boston United (loan) → Ashford Town (Kent) (loan) → Shrewsbury Town (loan) Luton Town	00 0(0) 12 0(0) 10 0(0) 15 0(3) 42 (10)
National team2
2005 2005	England U19 England U20	01 0(0) 01 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00 2 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Asa Philip Hall (born 29 November 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for Luton Town. He plays in midfield.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Birmingham City 2.2 Luton Town 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Born in Sandwell, West Midlands, Hall started his youth career as a 7-year-old playing for Abbey Colts (later to become Halesowen Town) under the guidance of coach and manager Pete Evans, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers at the age of 12.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

[edit] Birmingham City

Hall moved from Wolves to Birmingham City.^[1], signing his first professional contract at the age of 17,^[2] and by 18 was a regular in the reserve team.^[3] Birmingham's Academy director Stewart Hall described him as "the outstanding prospect in the under-18 group" and he was expected to challenge for a first team place.^[1] In March 2005 he made his debut for England under-19s,^[4] and at the end of the 2004–05 season he was named Birmingham's young player of the season.^[5] Later that year he played for England under-20s.^[6]

He spent three months on loan at League Two side Boston United in the 2005–06 season where he made 12 appearances in the Football League.^[7] He signed a one-year contract with Birmingham before the 2006–07 season,^[8] spent the last month of the season on loan at Ashford Town (Kent),^[9] and signed a further year's contract with Birmingham before the 2007–08 season.^[10]

In January 2008, Hall joined Shrewsbury Town of League Two on loan for the remainder of the season.^[11] He made his debut for the Shrews on 19 January 2008 against Morecambe, and scored the first goal in a 2–0 win.^[12] Hall was offered a permanent deal with Shrewsbury by their manager Gary Peters before his sacking in March. In May, when Hall was released by Birmingham, Peters' replacement Paul Simpson also offered him a contract. The player appeared keen to sign but eventually rejected the offer.^[13]

[edit] Luton Town

Hall joined Luton Town in August 2008.^[14] He has been a regular member of the first team,^[15] and helped the club reach the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in 2009, scoring in the penalty shootout to defeat Brighton & Hove Albion in the semi-final.^[16].

[edit] Honours

Luton Town

• Football League Trophy winner: 2008–09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Asa Hall career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Hall, Asa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-11-29
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sandwell, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH