Joe Hart

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Joe Hart
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Hart
Date of birth	April 19, 1987 (age 19)
Place of birth	Shrewsbury, England
Height	6 ft 3 in / 1.9 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Tranmere Rovers (on loan from Manchester City)
Number	26
Youth clubs
up to 2005	Shrewsbury Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 - 2006 2006- 2007	Shrewsbury Town Manchester City → Tranmere Rovers (loan)	54 (0) 01 (0) 06 (0)
National team2
2005- 2007-	England U19 England U21	05 (0) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Joe Hart (born April 19, 1987 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English Football (soccer) goalkeeper with Tranmere Rovers on loan from Manchester City, following a move from League Two club Shrewsbury Town on May 22, 2006. He also plays for the England Under-19 team.

Contents 1 Shrewsbury Town 2 Manchester City 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Shrewsbury Town

Hart made his debut for his hometown club on April 20, 2004, a day after turning seventeen. He played 90 minutes in the Conference match against Gravesend & Northfleet. Four days later he conceded four at Morecambe.

Hart didn't play again until April of the following year. With Shrewsbury back in the Football League (the newly-renamed League Two) and struggling, Hart played six matches and conceded four goals.

From the start of the 2005-06 season, Hart made the step up into the first team, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper, claiming the No. 1 shirt. He played a full 46 match league season, conceding 55 goals. Despite conceding more than one goal per game, Hart won plaudits for his personal performances, winning his first England U-19 cap in October 2005, as a substitute against Poland.

Hart also found admirers in the Premiership, with several top-flight scouts attending matches. On November 30, 2005, the Shropshire Star newspaper reported that Everton goalkeeping coach Chris Woods had been present at Town's previous league match, a 4-3 loss at Rochdale. Shrews boss Gary Peters said, "Everton have been to watch him, but you could say the same about Arsenal, Chelsea and every other team in the Premiership."

Speculation about his future continued for the duration of the season, and with the presence of their goalkeeping coach Tim Flowers at several matches, Manchester City became the most likely of his suitors.

On February 7, 2006, Hart was announced as the top League Two player in the PFA Fans' Player of the Month Awards for January 2006. ^[1] Football fans voted him as the best player in the division via the website givemefootball.co.uk.

At the PFA Awards ceremony on March 23, 2006, it was announced that Hart had been voted by his fellow professionals as League Two's best goalkeeper for 2005-06, earning him a place in the PFA League Two Team of the Year. ^[2]

[edit] Manchester City

With Hart in Belgium preparing to make his fifth appearance for the England U19 squad, in the Elite qualifying round for the 2006 UEFA U-19 Championship,^[3] it was announced that the move to Manchester City had taken place.^[4] England lost the match to Serbia and Montenegro and failed to qualify.

City paid an initial £600,000 for the player, but depending on appearances, the fee could rise to a total of £1,500,000.

Hart debuted for City on 14 October 2006 after injuries ruled out Andreas Isaksson and Nicky Weaver. He kept a clean sheet in the match, a 0-0 draw against Sheffield United in the FA Premier League and has now replaced Kasper Schmeichel as City's 3rd choice goalkeeper.^{[citation needed]}

He spent the whole month of January 2007 on loan to League One club Tranmere Rovers. He made 6 appearances and conceded 8 goals. He was then named in his club manager Stuart Pearce's first squad in his part-time role as England U21 coach, alongside another goalkeeper uncapped at U21 level, Ben Alnwick. He was not chosen to start the match, on 6 February 2007, against Spain, but did come on as a substitute late in the game.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player Profile at skysports.com
• Joe Hart career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at 4thegame.com

Tranmere Rovers F.C. - Current Squad
1 Ward | 2 Stockdale | 3 Tremarco | 4 McLaren | 5 Cansdell-Sheriff | 6 McAteer | 7 Mullin | 8 Zola | 9 Taylor | 10 Greenacre | 11 Ellison | 12 Jennings | 14 Thompson | 15 Goodison | 16 McCready | 17 James | 18 Harrison | 19 Davies | 20 Henry | 21 Jones | 22 Johnston | 23 Shuker | 24 Achterberg | 25 Curran | 26 Hart | Manager: Moore