Kris Commons
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kristian Arron Commons | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Derby County | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
Kristian Arron "Kris" Commons (born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 30 August 1983) is an English born Scottish International winger who currently plays for Derby County in the Football League Championship.
Domestic career
Stoke City
Commons started his football career at Stoke City. He signed a professional contract with the club on his 17th birthday and made his debut in a 3-2 Football League Trophy defeat away to Blackpool on October 16 2001. However, shortly after making his first team debut, he was out injured for a year due to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Commons managed to come back from this and made a total of 46 appearances for the club in all competitions (22 of which were starts), scoring five goals, the first of which came in a 1-1 draw against Norwich on August 28 2002. His good form and promise led to him moving to Nottingham Forest in a £300k deal on July 1 2004.
Nottingham Forest
Commons made his Nottingham Forest debut in a 2-0 League Cup victory over Scunthorpe on August 25 2004 an scored his first goal for the club in a 3-0 away win at QPR in the FA Cup. The FA Cup far proved to be a successful competition for Commons, if not the club, during his time in Nottingham as he was named the FA's Player of the round for Round One of the FA Cup, with over 60% of the votes, after his hat-trick and match winning display against Yeading. In doing so, he became the first player to win the award twice in different seasons having also won it in 2005 after his performance in the 5th round against Tottenham.
Commons endured an injury plagued 2006/07 season but still managed to hit 13 goals in all competitions, in an, ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to the club's League One promotion dream alive, including a vital goal against leaders Scunthorpe United. He had a particularly productive last 6 matches scoring 6 and chipping in with a further 4 assists, though Forest ultimately came unstuck in the Playoff Semi Finals against Yeovil. Despite rumours that he was going elsewhere on a Bosman deal, Commons signed a new 1 year deal with Forest on the 2 July 2007[1] and made his 100th league Forest appearance in the opening game of the 2007-08 campaign which finished 0-0 at home to A.F.C. Bournemouth. Forest eventually won promotion back into the second tier as runners up to Swansea, following a 3-2 home victory against Yeovil, the team who had denied them promotion 12 months earlier. He was named in the League 1 team of the year along with fellow team mate Julian Bennett. As Commons' contract began to run out it was rumoured that he would reject an offer of a new contract, despite Forest's promotion, and move to Forest's fierce rivals Derby County[2]. As expected Commons informed Forest manager Colin Calderwood that he would not like to stay at the City Ground and left the club on a free transfer following the completion of his contract.
Derby County
In June 2008 it was announced that Commons had signed for Derby County on a free transfer. He made his first appearance in a Derby shirt against Mansfield Town in July 2008.[3] and made his full league debut against Doncaster on August 9 2008. He scored his first goal for the club from a free kick in the 3-2 defeat to Blackpool.[4] Commons scored his first home goal against Sheffield Wednesday on the 15th November 2008.[5] On January 7 2009 Commons scored the only goal in the first leg of the Carling Cup Semi Final against Manchester United.[6]
International career
Despite being born in Mansfield, England, Commons qualifies to play for Scotland through his Scottish grandparents. On 12 August 2008, Commons was named in the Scotland squad for the friendly against Northern Ireland on 20 August.[7] He made his international debut in that game, coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute for James Morrison.[8]
Commons made his competitive debut for Scotland in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Macedonia on 6 September 2008, again coming on as a substitute, this time for Paul Hartley.[9] His first fill 90 minutes in International football came when in Scotland's 1-0 home defeat to Argentina on November 19 2008.
Personal life
Commons was educated at Quarrydale School, Sutton In Ashfield.
- ^ "Commons pens new Forest contract". BBC Sport. 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
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- ^ ""Derby complete deal for Commons"". BBC Sport. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
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- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7711448.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7808017.stm
- ^ Commons and Barr given Scots call BBC Sport - Retrieved August 12 2008
- ^ Moffat, Colin (2008-08-20). "Scotland 0-0 Northern Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ McGuigan, Thomas (2008-09-06). "Macedonia 1-0 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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