Stephen Warnock

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Stephen Warnock
Warnock.jpg
Warnock playing for Liverpool
Personal information
Full name Stephen Warnock[1]
Date of birth 12 December 1981 (1981-12-12) (age 30)
Place of birth Ormskirk, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Aston Villa
Number 3
Youth career
1994-2002 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2007 Liverpool 40 (1)
2002 → Bradford City (loan) 12 (1)
2003–2004 → Coventry City (loan) 44 (3)
2007–2009 Blackburn Rovers 88 (5)
2009– Aston Villa 58 (1)
National team‡
2008– England 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:33, 15 October 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa as a left-back.

He has been capped by England twice and was part of the nation's squad at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Warnock previously played for Liverpool, Coventry City, Bradford City and Blackburn Rovers.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Liverpool

Warnock during Jamie Carragher Testimonial Match (2010)

Warnock was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire where, in his childhood, he played for Rufford Colts (based at St Bede's RC High School) and also played for St Bede's RC High School. Following his time spent in the Liverpool youth academy and England Youth set up, with his first international cap in the u16s, he had loan spells at Bradford City (where he scored his first career goal against Sheffield Wednesday)[3] and Coventry City. He made his first team Liverpool debut against Grazer AK in 2004, during the first leg of a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Warnock impressed on a number of occasions during his debut season of 2004–05. His good form resulted in the more experienced and renowned Harry Kewell being dropped on several occasions. In his second season (2005–06), he was asked to play primarily at left-back, in rotation with the Norwegian John Arne Riise. Warnock scored his only goal for the club against Fulham in a 5–1 win on 15 March 2006,despite making 67 first team appearances for Liverpool.[4]

[edit] Blackburn Rovers

In a media speculated swap deal, Blackburn's captain Lucas Neill was speculated to change clubs with Warnock in both summer 2006 and winter 2007. Eventually Neill took a higher pay deal at West Ham, while on 22 January 2007 Warnock joined Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee believed to be £2.5m. He made his debut in the FA Cup fourth round, impressing in the 4–0 victory over Luton Town.

On 31 January 2007, he played his first Premier League match for Rovers against Chelsea.[5] He was dismissed for the match after two cautions in the 2–1 victory over Sheffield United on 3 February 2007. Warnock scored his first goal for Blackburn in the 3–0 victory over Portsmouth on 25 February 2007.

On 11 April 2009, before Blackburn Rovers' match against Warnock's former club Liverpool, Stephen presented a flower display displaying the numbers '96' in reference to the 96 Liverpool supporters who lost their lives in the Hillsborough Disaster on the 15 April 1989. Before the kick off Warnock presented the flowers in front of famous Spion Kop on behalf of Blackburn Rovers. This was greeted with chants of 'Stephen Warnock' from the Kop and a minute silence took place shortly afterward.[citation needed]

[edit] Aston Villa

On 26 August 2009, it was confirmed that Aston Villa were in talks with Blackburn Rovers over a possible move for Warnock to the Villa Park club.[6] The next day it was confirmed that Warnock had signed a four-year contract with Villa to wear the number 25 shirt.[7] He scored his first goal for Villa in the League Cup semi final second leg victory over former club Blackburn on 20 January 2010, which ended 6-4 to Aston Villa. Since Wilfred Bouma got released from his contract at Aston Villa, Warnock was given the number 3 shirt, a more traditional left-back number, for the starting eleven and he started Villa's opening Barclays Premier League game of the new 2010-2011 season against West Ham United and also completed the full 90 minutes in a 3-0 victory at Villa Park. On 13 November 2010, he started and played the full 90 minutes against Manchester United in the 2-2 draw at Villa Park. From December 2010 onwards, Warnock was out of favour with Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier and was forced to play with the reserve side. Warnock was widely expected to leave the club in the summer transfer window, with a number of teams reportedly interested in his signature. However, new boss Alex McLeish stated that he was impressed with Warnock's "phenomenal" attitude, and stated he would be given a clean slate, as with other players excluded by Houllier, all but guaranteeing his place in the squad.[8] On 15 October 2011, Warnock scored his first league goal away at Manchester City.

[edit] International career

Despite having made relatively few first team appearances for Liverpool, Warnock was called in to the senior England squad for the first time on 29 August 2005, due to lack of cover in the squad at left back. He was again called into the squad by England coach Fabio Capello in May 2008 for the friendlies against the United States and Trinidad and Tobago.[9] He made his England debut against the latter on 1 June coming on as a substitute for Wayne Bridge in the 84th minute.[10][11]

After impressing with Aston Villa in the early 2009–10 season Warnock received a call up to the international squad once more for a friendly against Egypt. On 11 May 2010, Warnock was named in the 30 man provisional squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On 1 June he was named in the final 23 man selection. Due to the widely accepted adeptness of Ashley Cole at left-back, Warnock did not feature in any of England's matches during their short-lived run in the World Cup.[12] He received a call up for friendly against France and played the last 20 minutes of the match at Wembley in which England were defeated 2-1.

[edit] Club career statistics

[13]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2002/03 Bradford City First Division 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
2003/04 Coventry City First Division 44 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 49 3
2004/05 Liverpool Premier League 19 0 1 0 4 0 7 0 31 0
2005/06 20 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 29 1
2006/07 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7 0
2006/07 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 13 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 20 1
2007/08 37 1 0 0 2 0 5 1 44 2
2008/09 37 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 43 3
2009/10 Aston Villa Premier League 30 0 6 0 5 1 0 0 41 1
2010/11 19 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22 0
2011/12 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1
Total England 232 10 20 0 22 1 24 1 298 12
Career total 232 10 20 0 22 1 24 1 298 12

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club honours

Liverpool

Aston Villa

[edit] Personal honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 429. ISBN 9781845964740. 
  2. ^ http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~22743,00.html Premier League Player Profile Retrieved 10 March 2011
  3. ^ "Sheff Wed 2–1 Bradford". BBC. 18 October 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2313873.stm. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  4. ^ "Liverpool 5–1 Fulham". BBC. 15 March 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4804438.stm. Retrieved 3 September 2009. 
  5. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3674.php. Retrieved 7 February 2007. 
  6. ^ "Warnock Latest". Aston Villa F.C.. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10265~1769494,00.html. Retrieved 26 August 2009. 
  7. ^ "Warnock Signs". Aston Villa F.C.. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10265~1779654,00.html. Retrieved 27 August 2009. 
  8. ^ "Warnock impresses". Aston Villa F.C.. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2393192,00.html. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 
  9. ^ "Warnock shock at England call-up". BBC Sport. 12 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/7396325.stm. Retrieved 3 June 2008. 
  10. ^ "Progress pleases Gerrard". TheFA.com. June 2, 2008. http://www.thefa.com/England/MensSeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/2008/EnglandTT_Gerrard.aspx. Retrieved 4 March 2010. 
  11. ^ Jim Barrett of West Ham United went off injured eight minutes into his only cap, in 1928, and Brighton's Peter Ward played the same amount of time after coming on in the 85th minute of his only appearance, against Australia in 1980. "TheFA.com Archive". TheFA.com. http://www.thefa.com/England/MensSeniorTeam/Archive.aspx?x=162. Retrieved 31 August 2009. [dead link]
  12. ^ "TheFA.com Announcement". TheFA.com. http://www.thefa.com/England/News/2010/Squad_010610. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 
  13. ^ http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10303~22743,00.html

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