Nicky Weaver
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas James Weaver | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Burnley | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1997 | Mansfield Town | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–2007 | Manchester City | 172 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Charlton Athletic | 67 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Dundee United | 18 | (0) |
| 2010– | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2000 | England U21 | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:46, 28 January 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Nicholas James "Nicky" Weaver (born 2 March 1979) is an English footballer who plays for Burnley as a goalkeeper. Weaver is a former England under-21 international.
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[edit] Career
Born in Sheffield, Weaver was bought by Manchester City from Mansfield Town on the recommendation of goalkeeping coach Alex Stepney. He made his competitive Manchester City debut in the first match of the 1998–99 season against Blackpool, keeping a clean sheet. Over the course of the season Weaver kept a total of 26 clean sheets, breaking the club record for clean sheets in a season. Weaver was the hero for Manchester City in the 1999 Second Division Play-Off final versus Gillingham after his penalty save clinched promotion, prompting him to go on a 'crazy run' around the Wembley pitch. Around this time, Weaver was tipped to receive full international honours for England after becoming an England under 21 international.[1]
Since 1999 Weaver has been blighted by injury, and he did not start any games in the 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. He did play the last fifteen minutes of the 2004–05 season, when Stuart Pearce surprisingly substituted Claudio Reyna for Weaver so the regular City goalkeeper David James could play in attack against Middlesbrough.
Weaver's return to fitness resulted in injury once again during the close season of 2005, ruling him out of the start of the season. In Autumn 2005 Weaver went on loan to Sheffield Wednesday, the team he had supported since childhood,[2] in an attempt to return to full fitness.
While at Wednesday, Weaver made 14 appearances, beginning with a 2–1 victory at home to Derby County and ending with a 3–0 defeat away at Leeds United. He also played in the Steel City derby away at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United, where Wednesday were beaten 1–0. He was the only Sheffield born player in the entire fixture.[3]
Before the 2006–07 season, Manchester City sold James to Portsmouth, bought Andreas Isaksson as a replacement and gave Isaksson the number 1 shirt. However, an injury to Isaksson meant Weaver played the first game of the season on 20 August 2006, his first senior start for the club in nearly three years, and Weaver's improved form led to him starting all but one of the Manchester City games in the rest of 2006.
On 4 July 2007, out of contract Weaver signed for Charlton Athletic on a free transfer. Following his release from Charlton.[4] Weaver signed for Dundee United on 5 August 2009 on a short-term contract.[5]The United fans took to him instantly and he played in every league match before his contract expiry in early January 2010.
On 27 January 2010, Weaver signed an initial six-month contract with Burnley on a free transfer subject to international clearence.
[edit] Career statistics
- After 2 January 2010.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Lg Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mansfield Town | 1995–96 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1996–97 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Manchester City | 1997–98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 1998–99 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
| 1999–00 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 51 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 2005–06 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Manchester City | 2006–07 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 |
| Total | 172 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 207 | 0 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2007–08 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 48 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 22 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |
| Dundee United | 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Career total | 272 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 310 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Seaman not ready to retire". BBC Sport. 28 May 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/teams/england/767682.stm. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ Gary Haines (25 August 2007). "Iwelumo double caps stunning fightback". Charlton Athletic F.C.. http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?matchid=4239&type=m. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ Ian Appleyard (15 January 2008). "Vintage Steel City derby: December 2005". Yorkshire Post. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sheffield-utd/Vintage-Steel-City-derby-December.3674409.jp. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ "Charlton sign Todorov and Weaver". BBC Sport. 4 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6271722.stm. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ "Nicky Weaver joins United". Dundee United F.C.. 2009-08-05. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=2&nid=3269&cd=2009. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
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