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David Martin
Personal information
Full name David Edward Martin
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Number 36
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Wimbledon 2 (0)
2004–2006 Milton Keynes Dons 17 (0)
2006–2010 Liverpool 0 (0)
2007 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 10 (0)
2008–2009 → Leicester City (loan) 25 (0)
2009 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
2009 → Leeds United (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2003 England U17
2005 England U19
England U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:15, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

David Edward Martin (born 22 January 1986 in Romford, London Borough of Havering), is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper with Leeds United on loan from Liverpool. He has played for the England under-17, England under-19 and England under-20 teams.

Martin is the son of former West Ham United player, Alvin Martin. His brother, Joe is also a footballer with Blackpool.

Club career

Martin started his career as a youth-team player with Tottenham Hotspur where he originally played as defender.[2] He moved to Wimbledon in 2003, and moved to Milton Keynes Dons in August 2004 when Wimbledon were relocated to Milton Keynes and renamed. He made his debut in 2004 and went on to make 25 appearances for the club, including 15 league appearances.

After a successful trial period,[3] he signed for Liverpool on 12 January 2006. He was an unused substitute in Liverpool's Carling Cup game against Reading on 25 October 2006.[2] In his first season playing for Liverpool Reserves he kept eight clean sheets out of 13 starts, and became a regular starter in the reserve team. And when Charles Itandje was injured he was an unused substitute in a number of first team matches.[4]

On 23 February 2007 he was signed by Football League Two club, Accrington Stanley on loan for a month.[5] However, he was injured within five minutes of his debut, without even touching the ball, against Lincoln City, damaging his ankle which ruled him out for the rest of his loan spell and he returned to Liverpool.[6] After regaining his fitnes he returned to Accrington on loan for the rest of the season,[7] making his comeback in a 1–0 win over Torquay United,[8] and helping the club avoid relegation to the Conference National.[9]

On 6 November 2007 Martin was on the bench when Liverpool beat Turkish club, Beşiktaş 8–0 at Anfield in their UEFA Champions League group match.[10] He was a member of the Liverpool reserve team which was Premier Reserve League Northern champions and Premier League National champions in the 2007-08 season.[citation needed] In May 2008 he signed a new contract with Liverpool until June 2010.[2]

Leicester City Loan

On 4 August 2008, Martin joined League One team Leicester City on a six-month loan,[11] making his debut in a 1-0 home win over Stockport on August 12.[12] In December, Martin's loan deal at Leicester was extended until the end of the season.[13] He revealed on 30 January 2009 that he wanted a permanent move to Leicester, having made 13 clean sheets in 26 appearances for the club.[14] Martin made a total of 25 league appearances as Leicester secured their promotion as league champions, but was unable to secure a permanent deal with the club.

Return To Liverpool

Rafa Benitez named Martin in Liverpool's 28-man squad for the 09/10 Champions League group stage.[15]

Tranmere Rovers Loan

On 16 October 2009 he joined Tranmere Rovers on loan for a month.[8] Martin competed for the number one jersey with Luke Daniels and played 3 league games for Tranmere before returning to Liverpool. Martin was an unused substitute against Southampton.

Leeds United Loan

26 November, Martin joined Leeds United on loan until 28 December, he will provide cover for the injured Shane Higgs and provide competition with Casper Ankergren and Alan Martin. Liverpool decided to not allow Martin to be available for Leeds' FA Cup games. Martin was named on the bench against Oldham Athletic meaning he replaced Alan Martin as Leeds' sub goalkeeper whilst Shane Higgs is injured. Martin was again unavailable for Leeds in the FA Cup, in the replay against Kettering Town with the winner facing Manchester United at Old Trafford. Martin was named on the bench against Brentford, he took his place on the bench ahead of Alan Martin.

Martin made his debut for Leeds in the JPT Semi final at Elland Road against Accrington Stanley[16]. On Christmas eve Martin extended his loan by a further month (January 30th), and Liverpool also gave him permission to play for Leeds against Manchester United in the FA Cup. The loan extension was largely to do with Leeds number 1 Shane Higgs suffering a further setback in his recovery from injury.

International career

Martin played for the England under-17 at the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in 2003.[17] He played for the England under-19 team at the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in 2005, when England were runners-up to France Under 20's in the final held at Windsor Park, Belfast Northern Ireland.[18] He has also been capped once by the England under-20 team.[2]

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup League Cup Other[19] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2003-04 Wimbledon Division 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
2004-05 MK Dons League One 15 0 3 0 1 0 ? ? – 19 0
2005-06 2 0 0 0 0 0 ? ? – 2 0
2004-06 Total 17 0 3 0 1 0 4[20] 0 – 25 0
2005-06 Liverpool Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006-07 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
2007-08 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
2006- Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006-07 Accrington Stanley League Two 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 10 0
2008-09 Leicester City League One 25 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 – 30 0
2009-10 Tranmere Rovers League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
2009-10 Leeds United League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1 0
2003- Career Total 55 0 6 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 69 0
  • NOTE: teams in Italics indicate loan period

Honours

Leicester City
Liverpool FC
  • Reserve premier division Champions 2007-08
  • North Reserve premier Champions 2007-08

References

  1. ^ "David ESPN profile".
  2. ^ a b c d "1st team squad profiles: David Martin". Liverpool F.C. 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  3. ^ "Liverpool look at Dons goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  4. ^ Hunter, Steve (2007-11-13). "David Martin: My uture LFC hopes". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  5. ^ "Accrington sign Liverpool keeper". BBC Sport. 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  6. ^ "Accrington rue injury to Martin". BBC Sport. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  7. ^ "Accrington retain Martin on loan". BBC Sport. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  8. ^ a b Hunter, Steve (2007-03-19). "Reds on loan watch". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 2008-05-30. Cite error: The named reference "lfc155331070319-1435" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ Platt, Mark (2007-05-01). "Stanley boss hails Reds duo". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  10. ^ "Liverpool look at Dons goalkeeper". UEFA. 2003-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  11. ^ "Leicester sign Liverpool keeper". BBC Sport. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  12. ^ "Leicester 1-0 Stockport". BBC Sport. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  13. ^ "David Martin Profile". LCFC.co.uk. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 209-01-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "Martin eyes permanent Foxes move". BBC Sport. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  15. ^ REDS NAME CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SQUAD
  16. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8410647.stm
  17. ^ "Liverpool look at Dons goalkeeper". UEFA. 2003-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  18. ^ "France claim European U-19 glory". BBC Sport. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  19. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Johnstone's Paint Trophy & Football League play-offs
  20. ^ "David Martin at Soccerbase". Soccerbase.com.

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