Joe Partington
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Michael Partington | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Portsmouth | ||
| 2006–2007 | Bournemouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007– | Bournemouth | 36 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Wales U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Wales U19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2009– | Wales U21 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:51, 23 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Joseph Michael "Joe" Partington (born 1 April 1990 in Portsmouth) is a Wales Under-21 international footballer. Partington signed for Portsmouth Youth in 2001 after being spotted playing for Gosport & Fareham under 11's. He joined the Welsh under 16's in 2005 and was part of the successful Victory Shield squad who were joint winners with England in 2005. He currently plays for Bournemouth in Football League One as a central midfielder.
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[edit] Club career
Partington joined Bournemouth in June 2006 after being released by Portsmouth He made his first team debut for Bournemouth on 9 February 2008, against Luton Town.[1] Bournemouth won the game 4–1. Partington came on as a late substitute for Marvin Bartley.
On 5 April, Partington scored his first professional goal. This was a crucial goal at The Liberty Stadium in the 90th minute against top of the league side Swansea City. Moments after, Bournemouth scored another goal from Jo Kuffour to win the game 2–1.
On 7 May, Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond announced he had offered Partington, along with youth yeam goalkeeper Ryan Pryce and winger Josh McQuoid a professional contract with the club. Partington made his full first team debut against Bury on 20 December, scoring Bournemouth's second goal of the game in the 44th minute.
On 29 October 2010, Partington joined Eastbourne Borough of the Conference National on an initial one-month's loan in order to gain some first team experience.
AFC Bournemouth manager Lee Bradbury offered Partington a new and improved two-and-a-half year contract on 4 February 2011 which he accepted. This will keep him at the club until the end of the 2012–13 season,
[edit] International career
Partington chose to play for Wales, qualifying through his Welsh mother. He made his debut for the Wales Under-19 team in July 2007 against Chile. Aged only 17 years and 4 months he was made captain of the Welsh Under-19 team for the game against Turkey in the Milk Cup and has captained his country at this level nine times since.[2] His first Welsh goal came in a 3–1 defeat against Hungary.
On 2 February 2009 he was called into the Wales Under-21 team for the first time by manager Brian Flynn for a friendly against Northern Ireland on 10 February. Due to the Northern Ireland game being cancelled he made his under-21 debut on 31 March 2009 against Luxembourg at Llanelli's Parc y Scarlets. Partington captained the Welsh under 21s for the first time on 17 November 2010 in a 1–0 win against Austria Under-21 team.
[edit] References
- ^ "Partington's push for senior start". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 19 January 2008. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/cherries/clubnews/display.var.1978074.0.partingtons_push_for_senior_start.php.
- ^ "Partington targeting Welsh dream". BBC Sport. 15 January 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7831822.stm.
[edit] External links
- Joe Partington player profile at afcb.co.uk
- Joe Partington career stats at Soccerbase
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