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Victor Moses
Personal information
Full name Victor Moses[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Second striker / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2007 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Crystal Palace 58 (11)
2010– Wigan Athletic 72 (8)
International career‡
2005 England U-16 1 (0)
2006–2007 England U-17 15 (9)
2008–2009 England U-19 12 (2)
2010 England U-21 1 (0)
2012– Nigeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:57, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Victor Moses (born 12 December 1990) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic. Moses can play in a variety of positions, but in the first-team games he has taken part in so far, Moses has mostly played as a left winger. Born in Nigeria, he has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, but opted to play for the Nigerian national football team as opposed to being fully capped at the English level.

Club career

Crystal Palace

Born in Nigeria, Moses moved to England at the age of 11.[3] He attended Stanley Technical High School (now known as the Harris Academy) in South Norwood, during which time he was scouted playing football in the local Tandridge League, where scouts from Crystal Palace approached him, with the club's Selhurst Park stadium just streets away from his school. The scouts were so impressed that he was offered a place in the Eagles' academy, which he accepted.

Moses in action for Crystal Palace

Shortly after Moses joined their academy, Palace recommended him to the fee-paying Whitgift School in Croydon where former Palace player and coach Steve Kember and former Arsenal and Chelsea star Colin Pates had been coaching the school football team, in the hope that the higher quality coaching and facilities at Whitgift would further improve his development as a player.

He first came to prominence at 14 after scoring 50 goals for Palace's under-14s side he played along side Joe Szekeres for 3 years scoring over 100 goals between them, as well as helping Whitgift win many School Cups, including a National Cup, scoring all five goals in the final against Healing School of Grimsby at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester.[3]

He made his debut in The Championship on the 6th of November 2007 away from home against Cardiff. In the Palace first team Moses settled down well, scoring 3 times in his first season and settling into the squad well. In the close season Moses committed his future to Palace, signing a four-year contract to take him through until 2012,[4] but the following season failed to ever really get going however, and despite a sustained period of starting matches he only managed to score twice.

Wigan Athletic

It was the 2009–10 season where he really came to prominence, when a run of five goals in eight games for the Eagles saw him become the hottest property of the January transfer window. On the final day of it he completed a £2.5 million transfer to Premier League side Wigan Athletic after Palace went into administration.[5] He made his debut on 6 February 2010 as a substitute against Sunderland in a 1–1 draw.[6] On 20 March 2010, Moses came on as a substitute against Burnley and got his first assist for the club, setting up team mate Hugo Rodallega for an injury time winner.[7] He scored his first goal for Wigan on 3 May 2010 against Hull City.[8]

Moses picked up two injuries at the start of the 2010–11 season,[9] and found it difficult to make it back into the first-team due to increased competition for places. He scored his first league goal of the season on 13 November 2010 in a 1–0 win against West Bromwich Albion.[10]

Following the departure of Charles N'Zogbia, Moses became a regular starter for Wigan in the 2011–12 season. On 10 December 2011, he scored his first goal of the season against West Bromwich Albion – his first goal since scoring against the same team last season.

During the summer transfer window in 2012 it was revealed that Wigan had turned down a £4 million offer from Chelsea F.C. for Moses. [11]

International career

England

U-16 and U-17 level

Despite originally hailing from Nigeria Moses has chosen to represent his adopted home of England, featuring for the under-16 team, in which he won the Victory Shield in 2005, and under-17 level. He travelled with the squad to the 2007 UEFA European U-17 Championship in Belgium, scoring three times (including the only goal in the semi-final win over France) to help John Peacock's side to the competition final, where they were narrowly beaten by a single goal by Spain, though Moses managed to finish as the competition's top scorer and collect the Golden Boot for doing so.

That same summer the squad travelled to South Korea for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Moses finished as the Young Lions' top scorer, netting three times in the Group B fixtures, but sustained an injury in the victory over Brazil that ruled him out of the competition. Moses' teammates went on to reach the quarterfinal stage.

U-19s

Since that tournament he has been promoted to the under-18 squad, and following his goalscoring exploits for Palace's first-team, he was promoted to the under-19 side without appearing sufficiently for the U-18s to actually collect a cap. He went with the U-19s to the 2008 UEFA European U-19 Championship in the Czech Republic, playing two matches and picking up one assist as the Young Lions failed to make it out of Group B. Speculation grew as Stuart Pearce snubbed him that Moses would return to play for Nigeria in the 2010 World Cup, this move never materialised. On 14 January 2011, he was called up the Nigerian national squad for the first time, for a friendly in February against Guatemala in the United States, but has not decided if he will accept the invitation.[12]

U-21s

Moses was promoted to the under-21 squad at the beginning of the 2010-2011 Premier League season and made his debut against Uzbekistan in a 2–0 win.[13]

Nigeria

Moses was selected to play for Nigeria against Guatemala in February 2011, but the friendly was cancelled.[14] He accepted a call-up in March 2011 for Nigeria's games against Ethiopia and Kenya.[15] However, he was ruled out of those games because his application to FIFA to switch nationalities was not received in time. It was announced on 1 November 2011, that FIFA had cleared Moses and Shola Ameobi to play for Nigeria.[16] He made his Eagles debut as a substitute on 29 February 2012 against Rwanda.

Club career statistics

As of 7 May 2012
Club League Season League Cup[17] Europe Play-Offs Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Crystal Palace Championship 2007–08 13 3 3 1 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 16 3 3
2008–09 27 2 1 5 0 0 - - - - - - 32 2 1
2009–10 18 6 2 3 0 0 - - - - - - 21 6 2
Total 2007–2010 58 11 6 9 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 69 11 6
Wigan Athletic Premier League 2009–10 14 1 3 - - - - - - - - - 14 1 3
2010–11 21 1 3 5 1 0 - - - - - - 26 2 3
2011–12 37 6 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 38 6 6
Total 2010–present 72 8 12 6 1 0 - - - - - - 78 9 12
Career totals 130 19 18 15 1 0 - - - 2 0 0 147 20 18

International career statistics

As of 1 March 2010
National team Season Friendly Victory Shield Euro Championship World Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England U16 2005–06 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England U17 2006–07 8 3 – – 4 3 3 3 15 9
England U19 2008–09 1 0 – – 11 2 0 0 12 2
England U21 2010 1 0 – – 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career totals 10 3 2 0 15 5 3 3 30 11

Honours

References

  1. ^ Premier League clubs' squad lists 2010/11
  2. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b Kelso, Paul (2005-05-20). "14-year-old asylum seeker becomes school's football hero". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-07-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Moses Signs Four Year Deal". Crystal Palace F.C. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  5. ^ Liew, Jonathan (2010-01-31). "Victor Moses joins Wigan Athletic as Crystal Palace fire sale begins". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-01-31. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  6. ^ "Sunderland 1–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  7. ^ "Victor-ious". 22 March 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Wigan 2–2 Hull". BBC. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  9. ^ http://www.clicklancashire.com/my-click/my-real-life/127932-wigan-athletic-winger-victor-moses-wants-tottenham-hotspur-shot.html
  10. ^ Witcoop, Darren (14 November 2010). "Moses and N'Zogbia lead Wigan out of wilderness". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  11. ^ "Victor Moses ends goal drought as Wigan Athletic overcome West Brom". The Guardian. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  12. ^ "Ameobi snubs England for Nigeria". http://supersport.com/. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  13. ^ http://thefa.com/England/mens-under-21s/News/match-centre/2010/EnglandvUzbekistan/Teamsheets?p=ts&mid=102750
  14. ^ Ameobi, Moses get Nigeria call, kickoff.com, 2011-01-14
  15. ^ Victor Moses gets late Nigeria call
  16. ^ "Fifa clears Shola Ameobi, Moses to play for Nigeria". BBC Sport. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  17. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

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