James Berrett

James Berrett
Personal information
Full name	James Trevor Berrett
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Carlisle United
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2007	Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2010	Huddersfield Town
2010–	Carlisle United
International career
2006–2007	Republic of Ireland U18
2007–	Republic of Ireland U19
2008–	Republic of Ireland U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2012 (UTC)

James Trevor Berrett (born 13 January 1989 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for League One side Carlisle United and the Republic of Ireland U21 as a midfielder.

Career

Huddersfield Town

Breakthrough to first team

Berrett is a product of the Huddersfield Town academy, he made his début at Boundary Park when he came on as a 69th minute substitute in the 1–1 draw with Oldham Athletic in April 2007.

Berrett made his full debut in Huddersfield's third round FA Cup win over Premier League side Birmingham City on 5 January 2008. The following week he made his first full league debut in Huddersfield's 3–1 defeat at home to Gillingham.

His first goal for the Terriers came in the 3–2 win against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium on 22 March 2008.

On 13 May, he signed a new two-year deal at the Galpharm Stadium. On 6 August, he scored to give Huddersfield the lead in their centenary match against Arsenal at the Galpharm Stadium where Town lost 2–1 in the end.

2008–09

Since Stan Ternent's departure as Huddersfield manager, caretaker boss Gerry Murphy has deployed Berrett in a sweeper role as part of a back five. Then, following Lee Clark's decision to revert to the 4–4–2 formation, Berrett found himself out of the team again, but following an illness to Anthony Pilkington, just before the game against Crewe Alexandra in February 2009, he got back in the starting line-up and scored a goal, but Huddersfield lost the match 3–1.

He signed a contract extension which will keep him at the Galpharm until 2012.

2009–10

Berrett made nine appearances only stating two with seven coming off the bench in the 2009–10 season. He made his first appearances of the season coming on as a sub in Huddersfield's League Cup second round tie away at Newcastle United coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute for Lee Peltier. His first start of the season came in Huddersfield's 1–0 away defeat at Colchester United on 3 October. His first home game didn't come until 12 December 2009, when he came on as a 90th minute substitute in Huddersfield's 2–1 home win over Gillingham.

Carlisle United

After being put on the transfer list by manager Lee Clark, Berrett left the Galpharm to join fellow League One side Carlisle United on a free transfer on July 6, 2010. Also, Berrett is known for his ' long range goals ' this comes after goals from in between 35–50 yards. Berrett is Carlisle United's main set piece taker. On June 11th it was confirmed that Berrett was signing a new 2-year deal with Carlisle.

International career

Berrett has three caps for the Republic of Ireland Under-18 team, and helped them win the Four Nations Tournament in Portugal.

He also has three caps for the Republic of Ireland U-19 team. The last of those coming on 25 March 2008, against France U-19's.

On 2 May 2008, he received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland U-21 team for their Intercontinental Cup matches in Malaysia with team-mate Michael Collins. On 15 May 2008, he made his debut for the Ireland Under-21's in a 3s–1 win over Malaysia Under-23's.

Honours

Football League Trophy (1): 2011

External links

James Berrett player profile at htafc.com
James Berrett at Soccerbase

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