Jimmy Bullard
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| Jimmy Bullard | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Bullard | |
| Date of birth | October 23, 1978 (age 28) | |
| Place of birth | Newham, England | |
| Height | 5' 10" / 1.78 m | |
| Nickname | The Bulldog, Margaret Thatcher Bully, The Bullard Twins |
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| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Fulham | |
| Number | 21 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2006 2006- |
Gravesend & Northfleet West Ham United Peterborough United Wigan Athletic Fulham |
? (?) 0 (0) 66 (11) 145 (10) 4 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James "Jimmy" Bullard (born October 23, 1978) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Fulham.
Bullard started his career at Gravesend & Northfleet before signing for West Ham United. He was released by West Ham United in 2001 and after a three-week trial was handed a three year contract at Peterborough. However, he played only one full season at Posh before signing for Wigan Athletic in March 2003 for £275,000.
Bullard quickly established himself in the Wigan first team and helped them secure promotion to the Premiership in 04/05 and helped them to the 2006 League Cup Final.
On Saturday February 11, 2006 Bullard was honoured by Sky's morning football show Soccer AM for running the length of the pitch in an attempt to score when the floodlights went out during Wigan's League Cup semi-final home leg against Arsenal and leapfrogging a pile of players in a goal mouth scramble. They decided to re-name the studio doors and they are now known as Jimmy Bullard's Back Door.
On 28th April 2006 it was announced Bullard would sign for Fulham at the end of the 2005/06 season after a £2.75 million offer from the London club triggered a release clause in his contract.
He has already become a cult figure at Fulham with his high work rate, skills and charisma winning man of the match awards in two out of the first three games of the season. His first goal for Fulham came against Bolton when he scored a last minute penalty to level the scores at 1-1. Three days later, after he scored a 28-yard curling free kick against Sheffield United in a 1-0 win, Fulham boss Chris Coleman hailed Jimmy Bullard as "the best £2million we ever spent".
Although English by birth, Bullard was reported by the BBC in the run-up to the 2006 World Cup to be contemplating an international call-up from Germany, having made his interest known to national coach Jürgen Klinsmann.[1] He qualifies for the German national team through his grandmother.
On 9th September 2006, Bullard dislocated his kneecap in a match against Newcastle United that will keep him out for 6 to 8 weeks.[2]
On 12th September 2006, it was revealed that Bullard would in fact be out for up to 9 months with cruciate knee ligament damage.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4822128.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5308194.stm
- ^ http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=415718&CPID=8&clid=54&lid=4161&title=Bullard+faces+nine+months+out
[edit] External links
| Fulham F.C. - Current Squad |
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2 Volz | 3 Bocanegra | 4 Queudrue | 5 Christanval | 6 Knight | 7 Rosenior | 8 Brown | 9 Helguson | 11 Montella | 12 Laštůvka | 13 Radzinski | 14 Bouba Diop | 15 John | 16 Jensen | 17 Elliott | 19 Pearce | 20 McBride | 21 Bullard | 22 Routledge | 23 Dempsey | 24 Pembridge | 25 Davies | 26 Collins | 27 Elrich | 28 Milsom | 29 Niemi | 32 Omozusi | 37 Smertin | Manager: Coleman |
