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Revision as of 23:46, 11 October 2011

Wayne Hennessey
Hennessey playing for Wales
Personal information
Full name Wayne Robert Hennessey
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 1
Youth career
000?–2003 Manchester City
2003–2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006– Wolverhampton Wanderers 120 (0)
2006 → Bristol City (loan) 0 (0)
2007 → Stockport County (loan) 15 (0)
International career‡
200? Wales U17 6 (0)
200? Wales U19 7 (1)
2005–2009 Wales U21 6 (0)
2007– Wales 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:10, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:40, 8 Sep 2011 (UTC)

Wayne Robert Hennessey (born 24 January 1987) is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Early career

Hennessey, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, and raised in Beaumaris, Anglesey, was educated at Ysgol David Hughes and in 2001 he moved to Connah`s Quay High School due to easier traveling to Manchester at the time. Hennessey began as a trainee at Manchester City but was released in 2003, whereupon he joined the youth academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers. After progressing through the ranks, he signed professional forms in April 2005.

After remaining in Wolves' reserve and youth teams during the 2005–06 season, Hennessey was sent on trial with Bristol City in July 2006[2] with a view to a loan move to gain first team experience but was recalled to Wolves after an injury to their first-choice goalkeeper Matt Murray. He did go back to Bristol City in August 2006, however, on a one month loan deal,[3] but he only made two appearances and returned to his parent club early due to an arm injury.[4]

Stockport County — record breaker

To gain first-team football, Hennessey joined League Two side Stockport County in January 2007 on a one-month loan.[5] On his senior debut against Boston United, he kept a clean sheet and after keeping another five clean sheets in successive matches, his loan spell was extended by an extra month.[6]

He went on to set a Football League record of nine successive clean sheets and wins.[7] Stockport broke the 119-year-old record,[7] when they beat Swindon Town 3–0 on 3 March 2007.[7] After this accomplishment, he was named the League Two Player of the Month for February 2007.[8] His feat also means he now holds County's record for the longest period without conceding a goal, beating Harry Hardy's 85-year-old record. His record now stands at 857 minutes, from the start of his competitive club debut, against Boston United on 13 January 2007, until Oliver Allen of Barnet scored on 10 March 2007. He therefore did not concede in his first nine-and-a-half matches of competitive club football.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Hennessey was recalled by Wolves in April 2007 after another injury to first-choice Matt Murray,[9] and found himself on the substitutes bench for several games. When Murray broke his shoulder on the eve of Wolves' Championship play-off semi-final first leg against local rivals West Bromwich Albion, Hennessey stepped in to make his Wolves debut.[10]

With Murray sidelined for the whole of the 2007–08 season with yet another injury, Hennessey became firmly established at the club's number one, being an ever-present in the league. The season also saw him sign a new deal which will keep him at Molineux until Summer 2012.[11]

He was ranked 22nd in the Top 50 Football League Players by FourFourTwo magazine,[12] named in the 2007–08 PFA Championship Team of the Year as well as being named 2007–08 season Player of the Year for Wolves.[13]

The 2008–09 season saw a strong start for Hennessey and Wolves with eight victories out of the first nine league games. This fine run ended against promotion rivals Reading with a 3–0 loss begun by an own goal from Hennessey.[14] Soon after manager Mick McCarthy dropped him to the bench, citing mental fatigue as the reason.[15] Reserve keeper Carl Ikeme deputised and impressed enough to leave Hennessey on the sidelines an injury ruled him out for the majority of the season. Hennessey then retained his place in goal for the remainder of the season which culminated with promotion to the Premier League as champions after a five year absence.[16]

Hennessey began the club's 2009–10 Premier League campaign as first choice goalkeeper, making his 100th senior appearance for the club in a 2–2 draw at Stoke City in October 2009.[17] However after conceding 4 goals in two successive games, he was replaced by the more experienced Marcus Hahnemann and remained on the bench for the rest of the season. Wolves survived relegation and Hennessey returned to the starting line-up in November 2010, with his good form for the rest of the season seeing him cement his place as the club's first-choice keeper.

He is signed to the Molineux club until Summer 2015.[18]

International career

Hennessey made his full international debut for Wales in a 2–2 friendly draw against New Zealand on 26 May 2007 and has since established himself as his country's first-choice goalkeeper.[19]

He has also been capped at Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level. He once scored for the Under-19 side with a 40-yard free kick against Turkey.[20]

He is a cousin of 1960s Wales international Terry Hennessey.[21]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Player Profile: Wayne Hennessey Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (Retrieved: 5 August 2009)
  2. ^ Alex Dunn (28 July 2006). "Stockport Robins admit McAllister interest". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  3. ^ Mark Buckingham (11 August 2006). "Robins to sign young keeper". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  4. ^ Johnson eager to bring in keeper
  5. ^ "Hatters sign goalkeeper Hennessey". BBC Sport. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  6. ^ "Stockport extend Hennessey loan". BBC Sport. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  7. ^ a b c Jason Tomas (4 March 2007). "Leeds deeper in gloom as Nicholls says he wants away". The Observer. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  8. ^ "Hennessey's heroics secure award". BBC Sport. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  9. ^ "County lose Hennessey". Sportbox.tv. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  10. ^ "Murray out with broken shoulder". BBC Sport. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  11. ^ "New Deals For Young Duo". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 18 January 2008.
  12. ^ "FourFourTwo 50 Best Football League Players". FourFourTwo. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  13. ^ "Hennessey Scoops Player Of The Season Titles". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 2 May 2008.
  14. ^ "Wolves 0–3 Reading". BBC Sport. 30 September 2008.
  15. ^ "Hennessey needs a rest – McCarthy". BBC Sport. 6 October 2009.
  16. ^ "Wolves 1–0 Doncaster". BBC Sport. 3 May 2009.
  17. ^ "Wayne Hennessey is one appearance away from Wolverhampton Wanderers landmark". Birmingham Mail. 30 October 2009.
  18. ^ "Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey signs new deal at Wolves". BBC Sport. 5 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Wayne Hennessey out to establish himself as Wales' No 1 goalkeeper". South Wales Echo. 9 October 2009.
  20. ^ Stuart Brennan (16 January 2007). "Hennessey puts County strikers in shade". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  21. ^ "Nardiello follows in father's footsteps". Daily Mail. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

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