Ross Turnbull

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Ross Turnbull
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Personal information
Full name Ross Turnbull[1]
Date of birth 4 January 1985 (1985-01-04) (age 27)
Place of birth Bishop Auckland, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Chelsea
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2002 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2009 Middlesbrough 27 (0)
2003 → Darlington (loan) 1 (0)
2004 → Barnsley (loan) 3 (0)
2004 → Bradford City (loan) 2 (0)
2004–2005 → Barnsley (loan) 23 (0)
2005–2006 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 29 (0)
2007 → Cardiff City (loan) 6 (0)
2009– Chelsea 2 (0)
National team
2001 England U16 1 (0)
2001–2002 England U17 4 (0)
2002–2003 England U18 5 (0)
2003–2004 England U19 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:40, Sunday 14 March 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Ross Turnbull (born 4 January 1985) is an English footballer who is currently playing his club football for Chelsea as a goalkeeper in the Barclays Premier League.

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[edit] Early life

Ross attended Byerley Park Primary School and Woodham Community Technology College. He grew up supporting Newcastle United.[3] He played as a midfielder for his hometown team Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre AFC but was turned into a goalkeeper by coach Arthur Vickerstaff. He had trials with North-East sides Darlington and Sunderland but instead joined Middlesbrough's Academy.[4]

[edit] Career

[edit] Middlesbrough

After coming through the club's youth ranks, Turnbull signed a professional contract with Middlesbrough in 2002. He represented England U20 in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Turnbull playing for Middlesbrough in 2008

In July 2007, Turnbull signed a season-long loan deal at Football League Championship side Cardiff City.[5] He was signed as a replacement for long-serving Neil Alexander, who left the club after a contract dispute, and began the season as first choice goalkeeper for the club. However, due to some errors in his opening games he was replaced for the 2–2 draw with Preston North End by Michael Oakes and spent the remainder of his loan spell on the bench before he was recalled by Middlesbrough on 5 October 2007 following an injury to second choice keeper Brad Jones. The recall was made by mutual consent between the teams.[6] After being recalled, Turnbull played in two of Middlesbrough's games in the absence of first choice goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer who had broken his thumb in training. One was the win over Arsenal at the Riverside Stadium on 9 December 2007, the score being 2–1.

After more than 11 years with Middlesbrough, Mark Schwarzer left the club during the summer of 2008 to join Fulham.[7] Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate decided not to buy a new goalkeeper and allow Turnbull and Jones to fight it out for the number one position.[citation needed] Although Jones played the first game of the season, Turnbull was in goal for Middlesbrough's 2–1 defeat at Liverpool the following week, when Jones injured himself in the warm-up.[8] In June 2009 Turnbull rejected a contract offer from Middlesbrough, and informed the club that he would leave when it expired at the end of the month.[9]

[edit] Chelsea

On 2 July 2009, Turnbull joined Chelsea on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract.[10] Turnbull announced that he would not sit by as a permanent second place keeper to regular starting goalkeeper Petr Čech and that he would fight for his own first team place.[11] His first involvement in the first team was after being named on the bench for Chelsea's first game of the 2009–10 season against Hull City at Stamford Bridge, which finished 2–1 in favour of Chelsea. Turnbull had a Chelsea reserves debut to forget when he made a series of blunders as the team lost 4–0 to Aston Villa.[12]

He made his first team debut against Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup, coming on for the injured Henrique Hilário after 23 minutes, a game which Chelsea won 4–0.[13] He made his first start in the UEFA Champions League 2–2 draw against APOEL.[14] He made his premier league debut against West Ham United as Petr Cech and Henrique Hilario were both respectively injured. The following Tuesday, he started for Chelsea against Inter Milan at Stamford Bridge, in which he conceded a goal with Inter winning 1–0 but otherwise had a decent performance.[15]

He was not part of the matchday squad who defeated Portsmouth in the 2010 FA Cup Final, but still recevied a winner's medal.[16] He did not play enough games that season to earn a Premier League medal.[16]

[edit] Personal life

He has a daughter, Maisy, born in 2008. He attended Woodham Community Technology College.[17]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Chelsea

Middlesbourgh young player of the year 2007-08 Named in Team of the tournament at the European under 20's championship

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.com/post84BMDSearchStart.action?redef=0&searchType=B. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
  2. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~28985,00.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
  3. ^ "John Terry says Chelsea’s teenage talents can fire Blues into the future". Mail Online (dailymail.co.uk). 2010-09-22. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1313997/John-Terry-says-Chelseas-teenage-talents-Blues-future.html. Retrieved 2010-09-22. "was a huge Newcastle fan before turning professional with local rivals Middlesbrough… my family were supporters too and we had season tickets when we were younger so I’ll be looking forward to the game,’ Turnbull said. Everyone likes to play against their boyhood team, so I’m looking forward to it." 
  4. ^ Fay, Chris (2009-07-04). "So proud – the junior club where it all began for Ross". The Northern Echo. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4475144.So_proud_____the_junior_club_where_it_all_began_for_Ross/. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  5. ^ "Bluebirds swoop for Boro keeper". BBC Sport. 2007-07-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6917379.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
  6. ^ "Ross Returns From Loan Spell". Middlesbrough F.C.. http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,1~1128170,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-05. 
  7. ^ "Fulham complete Schwarzer signing". BBC Sport. 2008-05-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/7414143.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-24. 
  8. ^ Hughes, Ian (2008-08-23). "Liverpool 2–1 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7565060.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-24. 
  9. ^ "Turnbull to Leave Boro". Sky Sports. 2009-06-05. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5365568,00.html. 
  10. ^ "Chelsea bring in keeper Turnbull". BBC Sport. 2009-07-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8131653.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
  11. ^ Dall, James (2009-07-08). "Turnbull up for the fight". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5421778,00.html. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
  12. ^ "Reserve report: Chelsea 0 Aston Villa 4". Chelsea F.C.. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/TheReservesNews/0,,10268~1768932,00.html. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
  13. ^ Dawkes, Phil (2009-10-28). "Chelsea 4 – 0 Bolton". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8323104.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
  14. ^ McNulty, Phil (2009-12-08). "Chelsea 2 – 2 Apoel Nicosia". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8399422.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
  15. ^ "Chelsea 0 – 1 Inter (agg. 1 – 3)". BBC. 16 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8568613.stm. Retrieved 17 March 2010. 
  16. ^ a b David Hytner (24 July 2010). "Chelsea's keepers of the faith demand more recognition". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/24/petr-cech-hilario-turnbull-chelsea. Retrieved 13 February 2011. 
  17. ^ Walsh, David (2008-11-09). "Boro’s got talent in Ross Turnbull". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article5114510.ece. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 

[edit] External links

Chelsea F.C. – current squad
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