Nicholas Montgomery
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
Nicholas Anthony Montgomery[1] |
| Date of birth |
(1981-10-28) 28 October 1981 (age 30) |
| Place of birth |
Leeds, England |
| Height |
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Playing position |
Defensive midfielder |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Sheffield United |
| Number |
4 |
| Youth career |
|
Sheffield United |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 2000– |
Sheffield United |
352 |
(9) |
| National team‡ |
| 2003 |
Scotland U21 |
2 |
(1) |
| 2005 |
Scotland Futures |
1 |
(0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:00, 26 February 2012 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC) |
Nicholas Anthony Montgomery (born 28 October 1981 in Leeds, England) is an English-born Scottish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Football League One club Sheffield United.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Sheffield United
Montgomery supported Leeds United as a child and started his professional career by coming through the youth ranks at Sheffield United. He made his début for The Blades at Carrow Road against Norwich City on 21 October 2000.[3] He has now established himself as a regular in the first-team with a total of almost 300 appearances for club. Montgomery scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 home victory of Birmingham City in November 2001.[4]
Montgomery was an integral member of the 2005–06 squad that saw the Blades being promoted back to the Premier League. As a result of his hard work over the season, he was runner-up to Phil Jagielka in the club's Player of Year awards.
During the 2009–10 season Montgomery played a main role in an injury plagued Sheffield United squad eventually winning player of the season, including scoring his first league goal for four seasons in the Blades 3–0 home victory against Blackpool[5] in March 2010. A few months of speculation followed as to whether he would leave the club but on 2 June 2010 he signed a new 3 year deal with the club after turning down Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, despite being a life long Leeds fan.[6]
[edit] International career
Despite being born in Leeds, Montgomery is eligible to play for Scotland after turning down an opportunity to play for England after interest from Sven Goran Erikson. He then later featured for the Scotland U21 side in 2003. He made his début in a 1–0 victory over Austria on 29 April scoring from 50 yards and his second and last appearance in another 1–0 victory, this time over Croatia on 18 November of that year. He subsequently appeared for a team of Scotland Futures in 2005, featuring in a 2–0 defeat of Poland in December.[7]
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Montgomery, Nicholas Anthony |
| Alternative names |
Montgomery, Nick |
| Short description |
footballer |
| Date of birth |
1981-10-28 |
| Place of birth |
Leeds , England |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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