Leighton Baines

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Leighton Baines
Leighton Baines
Baines playing for Everton
Personal information
Full name Leighton John Baines[1]
Date of birth 11 December 1984 (1984-12-11) (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Kirkby, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Everton
Number 3
Youth career
Liverpool
Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2007 Wigan Athletic 145 (4)
2007– Everton 153 (10)
National team‡
2004–2007 England U21 16 (1)
2010– England 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2011

Leighton John Baines (born 11 December 1984) is an English footballer who plays for Everton and the England national football team.

He started his career with Wigan Athletic, with whom he won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 Football League Cup Final. He joined Everton in 2007, helping them reach the 2009 FA Cup Final. He has played for England at under-21 and senior levels.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Youth career

Baines began his career as a left-winger at the Liverpool Centre of Excellence.[3] He also represented the Merseyside boys team, but his career went no further at Liverpool. After interest from Wolverhampton Wanderers he joined Wigan Athletic.[4]

[edit] Wigan Athletic

Baines made his debut for Wigan Athletic in 2002, and was a member of the team that won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season. He was a regular in the first-team when Wigan earned promotion to the Premier League in 2004–05. That season saw Baines score his first goal for the club, a long-range shot against Ipswich Town.

Baines is believed to be a pessimist and often doubts his own footballing ability, when he secured promotion with Wigan, he doubted he was good enough to play in the Premier League: "We won promotion to the Premier League and, straight away, I was thinking, 'Where am I going to go now?' I should have been celebrating but I spent a large part of that summer worrying about what it would be like spending the next year on the bench and in the reserves."[3]

Baines signed a new contract with Wigan in February 2005 despite being linked to a number of FA Premier League clubs, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton,[5] and extended his contract again after impressive displays in his first season in the Premier League. Whilst at Wigan he started in the 2006 League Cup Final defeat to Manchester United.

[edit] Everton

In July 2007 Baines rejected a move to Sunderland, after their bid of a reported £6 million was accepted by Wigan.[6] In the following month he signed for Everton for an initial fee of £5 million, with another £1 million in add-ons, dependant on Baines' appearances for Everton.[7][8]

He did not play regularly in his first season, making just 29 appearances in all competitions, due to an injury and the good form of Phil Jagielka and Joseph Yobo at centre back which kept Joleon Lescott at left back.[citation needed] His second season at Everton saw an increase in Baines's playing time. Due to an injury to Yobo, Lescott moved to the centre of defence and Baines played at left back. He was voted Player of the Month at Everton two months in a row in the 2008–09 season.[citation needed] Baines scored his first ever Everton goal against Portsmouth on 21 March, at Fratton Park, after 57 games (in all competitions) without scoring. On 30 August 2009, he scored a last minute penalty in a 2–1 win over his former team Wigan. A month later, he captained Everton for the first time in a UEFA Europa League match against AEK Athens F.C..[9] He also scored a late penalty in a 3-1 FA Cup game against Carlisle United.

In the 2010–11 campaign Baines played every minute of Everton's Premier League games,[10] as well as scoring seven goals in all competitions. His contribution was rewarded with the club's Player of the Season, Players' Player of the Season, and Goal of the Season awards.[11] Two of those goals were free kicks against Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. The goal against Chelsea was voted Everton Goal of the Season. He also contributed 11 assists throughout the season and was 5th overall in the League and was the league's highest assisting defender.

[edit] International career

He made his début for England under-21 in a 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification game in Austria in September 2004 under Peter Taylor.[4]

In the following campaign he scored a vital goal for the England under-21 team against Germany on 6 October 2006, securing a 1–0 win in the first leg of a UEFA European U21 Championship play-off. He played all four of England's matches in the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship finals. In total he played 16 times for the under-21 team and scored one goal.

With Wayne Bridge retiring from international duties, Baines was called up to the senior England squad for the first time in March 2009,[12] and made his full international debut in a friendly against Egypt at Wembley Stadium on 3 March 2010, playing the full 90 minutes of a 3–1 win for England.[13] He was selected in a provisional squad of 30 players for the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[14] but did not make the final squad of 23 players to be taken to South Africa,[15] with Aston Villa left-back Stephen Warnock, who had not played in the warm-up games, taken in his place.[16] Baines made his competitive international debut on 4 June 2011, replacing the injured Ashley Cole in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland, assisting Ashley Young for England's equalizing goal.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

As of match played 18 February 2012.[17]
Club Season League League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other[18] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wigan Athletic 2002–03 Division 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 — 2 0 12 0
2003–04 Division 1 26 0 1 0 1 0 — — 28 0
2004–05 Championship 41 1 0 0 1 0 — — 42 1
2005–06 Premier League 37 0 2 0 4 0 — — 43 0
2006–07 35 3 1 0 1 0 — — 37 3
Wigan total 145 4 6 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 162 4
Everton 2007–08 Premier League 22 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 — 29 0
2008–09 31 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 — 39 1
2009–10 37 1 2 1 1 0 8 0 — 48 2
2010–11 38 5 4 2 2 0 — — 44 7
2011–12 25 3 3 1 3 0 — — 31 4
Everton total 153 10 17 4 7 0 14 0 0 0 191 14
Career total 298 14 23 4 16 0 14 0 2 0 353 18

[edit] International

England national team
Year Apps Goals
2010 2 0
2011 3 0
Total 5 0

[edit] Personal life

Baines was born and raised to a working-class family in Kirkby, Merseyside.[19] He began playing football at a local Liverpool primary school but, age 10, had trouble playing for a Sunday League team because he was shy.[20] He has two children with his wife, Racheal.[21][22]

Leighton attended All Saints RC High School in Kirkby.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Wigan Athletic
Everton

[edit] Individual

Everton

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 36. ISBN 1852916656. 
  2. ^ "Leighton Baines Official Profile at Everton FC". http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/leighton-baines. 
  3. ^ a b Taylor, Daniel (29 September 2007). "Baines thriving after test of his fragile nerve". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/sep/29/newsstory.everton. 
  4. ^ a b "The boy's a bit special". FourFourTwo. December 2004. 
  5. ^ "Baines commits to Latics". Sky Sports. http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=254724&plid=12745&clid=111&cpid=10. Retrieved 23 September 2006. 
  6. ^ "Baines rejects Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. 25 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6288856.stm. Retrieved 25 July 2007. 
  7. ^ "Baines joins Everton". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_2643417,00.html. Retrieved 6 August 2007. 
  8. ^ "Everton capture Baines from Wigan". BBC Sport. 7 August 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6934188.stm. Retrieved 7 August 2007. 
  9. ^ "Everton revived on Europa League stage". 17 September 2009. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000037/match=2000779/index.html. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  10. ^ Doyle, Paul (2011-05-26). "Number-crunching makes grim reading for Arsenal's defence". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/26/premier-league-opta-statistics. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  11. ^ "Baines' Glorious Treble". 20 May 2011. http://www.evertonfc.com/history/player-of-season. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  12. ^ "Everton star Leighton Baines eager to make the most of Wayne Bridge's England snub". Daily Mail (London). 2 March 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1254605/Everton-star-Leighton-Baines-eager-make-Wayne-Bridges-England-snub.html. 
  13. ^ McNulty, Phil (2010-03-03). "England 3–1 Egypt". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8545630.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
  14. ^ "Capello names surprise Cup squad". BBC News. 11 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8673706.stm. 
  15. ^ "World Cup 2010: Walcott left out of England squad". BBC Sport. 2010-06-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8713742.stm. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
  16. ^ Bernstein, Joe (16/01/2011). "It's not for kids". London: Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1347576/Its-kids-Leighton-Baines-axed-World-Cup-squad-Fabio-Capello-outside-toy-shop.html. 
  17. ^ "Leighton Baino Career Stats". Soccerbase. 28 November 2010. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=30558. Retrieved 28 November 2010. 
  18. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy
  19. ^ Maddock, David (9 May 2009). "Everton's Leighton Baines turned to his family in dark times". The Daily Mirror. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Everton-s-Leighton-Baines-turned-to-his-family-in-dark-times-article29973.html. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 
  20. ^ Lawton, Matt (2 December 2006). "The Fear of Failure That Is Driving Baines On". The Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-420045/The-fear-failure-driving-Baines-on.html. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 
  21. ^ Lutz, Tom (3 March 2010). "England v Egypt – as it happened". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/03/england-egypt-live. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 
  22. ^ Doyle, Ian. "Leighton Baines – I'm a mummy's boy". Daily Post. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/everton-fc/2009/05/09/leighton-baines-i-m-a-mummy-s-boy-55578-23581302/. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 

[edit] External links

England squad – 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
England
Everton F.C. – current squad
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