David Prutton
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| David Prutton | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas Michael Prutton | |
| Date of birth | September 12, 1981 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Hull, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Nickname | Prutts | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Nottingham Forest | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998-2003 2003-Present 2007- |
Nottingham Forest Southampton →Nottingham Forest (on loan) |
143 (7) 82 (3) 6 (0) |
| National team | ||
| England U-21 | 25 (?) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David Prutton, (born September 12, 1981 in Hull, England), is an English football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Nottingham Forest in the Football League One.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Prutton initially came through the hugely successful Nottingham Forest youth system and made 155 appearances for the club where his career started. Having starred for Nottingham Forest and in the England under-21 squad the versatile midfielder was signed by Southampton, then of the Premiership, on the final day of the transfer window for £2.5 million in 2003.
[edit] Southampton
Prutton is a versatile player, having played across the midfield and at right-back for Southampton, and despite being a very important player in the 2002-03 season missed out on the FA Cup Final as he was cup-tied having played for Nottingham Forest against West Ham in the third round. Despite only being at Southampton for less than four months Prutton played 12 games for Southampton and impressed in Gordon Strachan’s squad.
In the 2003-04 season Prutton featured heavily for Southampton, playing 30 games and scoring one goal against Charlton Athletic, on the last day of the season.
The 2004-05 season was one to forget, despite scoring 2 goals and playing 28 games in all competitions. Following Southampton's home game with Arsenal on 26 February 2005, Prutton was charged by the FA on two counts for the events following his red card for a tackle on Robert Pirès. First was for his failure to leave the field of play promptly following his dismissal and his attempt to remonstrate with the assistant referee, during which he pushed the referee on at least one occasion. The second charge relates to his threatening words and/or behaviour towards a match official. Prutton was handed a 10-match ban and fined £6,000 after admitting the two charges of improper conduct [1]. Prutton returned on the final day of the season for Southampton's game against Manchester United, which the side needed to win to stay in the Premiership. Southampton lost the game 1-2 and the club were relegated to the Football League Championship.
In 2005-06 the versatile midfielder’s season was marred by a broken metatarsal which he picked up in September against Queens Park Rangers.
A lack of first team opportunities forced him to seek employment elsewhere and in January 2007 he left Southampton to return to Nottingham Forest. In total he played 94 games for The Saints, scoring 5 goals.
[edit] Return to Nottingham Forest
Narrowly beating the transfer deadline, David Prutton re-joined his old club in January 2007 on a season long loan, with a view to a permanent move if Forest are promoted.[2] He had turned down offers from Championship clubs Leeds United and his hometown club, Hull City[citation needed].
[edit] External links
| Nottingham Forest F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Smith | 3 Chambers | 4 Gary Holt | 5 Morgan | 6 Breckin | 7 Prutton | 8 Commons | 9 Tyson | 10 Dobie | 11 Grant Holt | 14 Lester | 15 Henry | 16 Clingan | 17 Perch | 20 Pedersen | 21 Curtis | 23 Agogo | 25 James | 27 Hughes | 29 Bennett | 37 McGugan | 38 Redmond | 39 Bencherif | –– Wright | Manager: Calderwood |
