Tom Huddlestone
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Thomas Andrew Huddlestone | |
| Date of birth | 28 December 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | |
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2005 2005– 2005–2006 |
Derby County Tottenham Hotspur → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) |
88 (0) 71 (4) 13 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2005–2009 | England U21 | 33 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Thomas Andrew "Tom" Huddlestone, IPA: [ˈhʌdɫstən], (born 28 December 1986 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur.
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[edit] Club career
Huddlestone made his Derby debut on the opening day of the 2003-04 season in a 3-0 home defeat to Stoke City, but despite the defeat, he was voted Man of the Match.[2]
Huddlestone signed for Tottenham in January 2005 for a fee reported to be worth up to £3 million, but remained at Derby until the summer.[2][3] Huddlestone spent a few months of the 2005-06 season on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring his first league goal, ironically at Derby, before returning to make his début for Tottenham as a substitute in the 1-0 defeat away at Fulham on 31 January 2006[4]
His first start for Tottenham came on 14 September 2006, away to Slavia Prague in the UEFA Cup, a game which Tottenham won 1-0. His first goal for Spurs came in the Carling Cup 4th Round match against Port Vale on 8 November 2006. Huddlestone scored 2 goals in this match, his second goal proving decisive in extra time, taking Tottenham through to the quarter finals of the competition. Huddlestone got his first league goal for Spurs on 17 December 2006 against Manchester City with an excellent half-volley on 24 minutes, hit first-time after assisting with team mate Calum Davenport's first goal with a free-kick.[5]
Huddlestone established himself as one of the most promising young English central midfielders in the premiership towards the end of the 2006-07 season and head coach Martin Jol compared Tom Huddlestone with German legend Franz Beckenbauer due to his playmaking abilities, ferocious shot power and versatility [6].
On 25 December 2006, he signed a new four and a half year contract - keeping him at the club until 2011.[7] Tom signed a new and improved five-year contract on 30 June 2008 committing his future to Tottenham Hotspur until 2013. [8] He came on as a substitute as Spurs beat Chelsea in the 2008 Football League Cup Final.
[edit] International career
He is a regular in the England under-21s. He played twice in the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship before a red card for dissent ruled him out of the semi-final and final.[9]
He was called up into the England squad by coach Fabio Capello to face United States and Trinidad and Tobago in friendlies, but remained an unused substitute.
[edit] Attributes
He is known for his large figure which makes him a presence in midfield, though despite this, it does not seem to be the dominant attribute he possesses. He also has a superb passing range, which has led to comparisons with former team-mate Michael Carrick and more recently to Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle. He also has a powerful strike on him that has brought him a few long range goals from midfield for Tottenham Hotspur.
[edit] Honours
Tottenham Hotspur
[edit] Career stats
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cups | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Games | Goals | Assists | Games | Goals | Assists | Games | Goals | Assists | Games | Goals | Assists | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 08-09 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3 |
| 07-08 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 8 | |
| 06-07 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 5 | |
| 05-06 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Club Total | 75 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 113 | 9 | 17 | |
| Wolves (on loan) | 05-06 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Club Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Derby County | 04-05 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 48 | 0 | 1 |
| 03-04 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 45 | 0 | 1 | |
| Club Total | 88 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 2 | |
| Career Totals | 176 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 219 | 9 | 19 | |
[edit] Personal life
Tom Huddlestone grew up in Nottingham and he attended Greenwood Dale School in Sneinton, Nottingham.
[edit] References
- ^ "Huddlestone official profile". http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/huddlestone-tom/index.html.
- ^ a b Player Profile - Tom Huddlestone
- ^ Spurs agree deal for Huddlestone
- ^ Huddlestone to stay at Molineux.
- ^ Man City 1 - 2 Tottenham
- ^ Huddlestone: Size not important
- ^ Huddlestone agrees new Spurs deal
- ^ New deal for Tom
- ^ "Huddlestone handed two-game ban". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6764825.stm. Retrieved on June 18 2007.
[edit] External links
- Tom Huddlestone career stats at Soccerbase
- Player Profile at Tottenham Hotspur Official Website
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