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This article is about the English footballer. For the British Labour politician, see Antony Gardner. For the President of Liberia, see Anthony W. Gardiner.
Anthony Gardner
Personal information
Full name Anthony Gardner
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 5
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Anthony Gardner (born 19 September 1980 in Stafford) is an English football player who currently plays as a defender for Hull City. A tall centre-back, he has represented England and been bought and sold for millions in the domestic transfer market, however his career has been dogged with injuries, limiting his appearances.

Club career

Port Vale

Gardner started his career with Port Vale, where he scored four goals in 45 matches in all competitions, débuting in October of the 1998-99 season.

Tottenham Hotspur

Gardner signed for Tottenham Hotspur in January 2000, as a £1 million pre-emptive replacement for Sol Campbell, where he worked his way up through the reserves before making his début as a substitute against Derby County in March 2001. He suffered knee ligament damage at the back end of the season which ruled him out until December. Gardner scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-2 victory over local rivals West Ham United in September 2002.

More recently, Gardner was on the fringes of the Tottenham Hotspur team, playing 17 league matches in 2005-06[1] due to injury,[2] and just a handful of matches in 2006-07.[3]

At the beginning of the 2007-08 season, Gardner found himself on the teamsheet due to the ongoing injuries of Ledley King and Michael Dawson. He did manage to make an impact - in vain - by scoring his team's only goal in their second Premier League game of the season at home to Everton on 15 August 2007, which Spurs went on to lose 3-1. On 25 October 2007, he was injured playing against Getafe in the UEFA Cup. He was stretchered off with a suspected broken ankle in the 42nd minute, being replaced by Michael Dawson.

On 31 January 2008, Gardner signed for Everton on loan for the remainder of the 2007-08 season,[4] but didn't make a single appearance for the blues.

Hull City

Prior to the 2008-09 season, Gardner was loaned to Hull City.[5] The initial deal was to last until January 2009,[6] but Hull had the option of purchasing him at any point during the loan period.[7] Hull exercised their purchase option to make the loan move permanent in August for a fee of £2.5 million, which at the time was a club record signing.[8]

On 23 March 2009, it was revealed that Gardner would miss the remainder of the season after x-rays revealed four fractured vertebrae in the base of his spine.[9] The injury was sustained in the 2-1 defeat to Arsenal in the FA Cup at The Emirates on 17 March 2009.[10]

International career

Gardner has previously represented England at under-21 level, gaining one cap under David Platt.

Gardner began to impress during season 2003-04 and earned his full England debut as cover for Gareth Southgate in March 2004.[11] Since this substitute appearance against Sweden, Gardner has not featured for the England senior team again - he was called up for the 2005 two-game tour of the USA, but was ruled out due to a foot injury.

References

  1. ^ "Tottenham 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved April 14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Anthony Gardner Tottenham Hotspur Player Profile". 4thegame.com. Retrieved April 15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Tottenham 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved April 14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Everton seal Gardner loan switch". BBC Sport. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  5. ^ "Gardner eager to shine for Tigers". BBC Sport. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  6. ^ "Hull sign Spurs' Gardner on loan". BBC Sport. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  7. ^ "Gardner: It was an easy decision". Hull Daily Mail. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  8. ^ "Hull make Gardner record signing". BBC Sport. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  9. ^ "Gardner will miss rest of season". BBC Sport. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  10. ^ Brooks, James (March 23 2009). "Gardner - X-Ray reveals broken back". hull.vitalfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-05-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Anthony Gardner". BBC Sport. 11 November, 2003. Retrieved 2009-05-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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