Sean Scannell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sean Scannell | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007– | Crystal Palace | 58 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2007 | Republic of Ireland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009– | Republic of Ireland U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2008– | Republic of Ireland U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2008– | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:03, 14 November 2009 (UTC) | |||
Sean Scannell (born 17 September 1990, in Croydon, London) is an Irish association football player who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He is primarily a striker but can also play on the right wing if needs be.
He is the brother of Southend United player Damian Scannell[1] and as a youngster growing up played for Addiscombe Corinthians. He attended Ashburton Community School from 2002 to 2007 where he was a regular in the school team.
Club career
Scannell made his debut for Crystal Palace on 4 December 2007, coming on as a substitute for Franck Songo'o. In his home debut against Sheffield Wednesday on 15 December, he again came on to replace Songo'o in the second half and scored a 90th minute winner, his first senior goal in a 2-1 victory for Crystal Palace.
Following this, Scannell was offered a two and a half year professional contract with Palace, and in order to beat off interest from, among others, Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton and Blackburn Rovers, chairman Simon Jordan placed his value at £3million. Scannell signed the contract at the beginning of the new year, and celebrated by scoring Palace's second goal in a 3-0 victory at Molineux against Wolverhampton Wanderers the following weekend.
Scannell is described as an exciting player with searing pace[2] and is one of many talents to emerge from Palace's academy in the last few years. He has also won the Crystal Palace Young Player of the Year Award 2008.[citation needed]
At the end of the 2008-2009 season, and still only 18 years old, Sean was voted Championship Apprentice of the Year due to the outstanding potential he demonstrated throughout the season. [1].
In the 2009/2010 season, Scanell has found it hard to cement a place in the crystal palace starting XI. Competition from young talents such as Victor Moses and Fred Sears have kept him predominantly to the substitute bench.
International career
Scannell is of Irish and Jamaican heritage. His good form with Palace led to him being recognised by Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni, who called Scannell into his first 40-man squad and later into his final 28-man squad.[3]. Despite playing for various Republic of Ireland youth teams, he is yet to play for the national side's First XI.
Honours
- 2007 Republic of Ireland Young Player of the Year
- 2008 Crystal Palace Young Player of the Year
- 2008 Crystal Palace VP Youth Player of the Year which was given by VP'S Tony Laws
- 2008-2009 Championship Apprentice of the Year
Club career statistics
- (correct as of 12 December 2009)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[4] | Europe | Play-Offs | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2007/08 | 11 (13) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| Crystal Palace | 2008/09 | 18 (7) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| Crystal Palace | 2009-10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2007-present | 57 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 5 | 0 |
| Career totals | 57 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 5 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "icNetwork - Local and regional news, sport, entertainment and classifieds across the UK". Iccroydon.icnetwork.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Barber, David (2007-12-12). "Scannell settles it". TheFA.com. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Scannell revelling in international experience
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
External links
- Sean Scannell player profile at cpfc.co.uk
- Sean Scannell at Soccerbase