John Welsh (footballer)
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| John WELSH | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Welsh | |
| Date of birth | January 10, 1984 (age 23) | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, UK | |
| Height | 5'7" / 1.69 m | |
| Nickname | Welshy | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hull City | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-2006 Aug 2005-Jan 2006 Jan 2006-Present |
Liverpool → Hull City (loan) Hull City |
4 (0) 20 (2) 30 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004- | England U21 | 8 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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John Welsh (born January 10, 1984 in Liverpool) is an English football player who plays for Hull City. He wears the number 19 shirt for the club. He was also captain of the England under-20 team, and has been capped 8 times for the under-21s. He represented England U20 at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
[edit] Player Profile
Welsh joined Liverpool F.C. at the age of 10. He progressed through the ranks and trained with the Liverpool first team squad at their Melwood training ground from the middle of the 2001-02 season. He plays in central midfield and is comparable in style to Steven Gerrard.
In the 2002-03 season John Welsh played only one game for the first team - his début match against Ipswich on December 4, 2002 in a League Cup fourth round tie at home - when he replaced Vladimír Šmicer in the 83rd minute. Also, John Welsh has been amongst the substitutes for a number of European games.
His first game in Premiership was against Arsenal on October 4, 2003, when he replaced Salif Diao in the 82nd minute, but he couldn't help his team avoid defeat — they lost 2-1, and unfortunately for Welsh, his first act was to be booked for a foul on Ray Parlour.
After three starts and seven substitute appearances in all competitions for Liverpool, in August 2005, John went on a season-long loan to Championship side Hull City. The club were impressed, and in November 2005 agreed a deal which saw Liverpool take promising young winger Paul Anderson in exchange. The swap took place on January 4, 2006.
However, three minutes into a match against Preston on March 10th 2007, Welsh dived into a dagerous tackle with Preston's Neil Mellor, a former Liverpool team mate of Welsh. As a result, Welsh was carried off on a stretcher, and it later transpired that he had broken both his tibia and fibia in his right leg. He will now be out for around six months as a result.
[edit] Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Hull City | 2005-06 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Liverpool | 2004-05 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
[edit] External links
| Hull City A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Myhill | 2 Doyle | 3 Dawson | 4 Ashbee | 5 Coles | 6 Turner | 7 Elliott | 8 Barmby | 9 Forster | 10 McPhee | 12 Duke | 14 Parlour | 16 Delaney | 17 Bridges | 19 Welsh | 20 Windass | 21 Ricketts | 22 Marney | 23 Collins | 24 Livermore | 26 Vaz Té | 27 Peltier | 28 Fry | 29 France | 33 Plummer | 34 Featherstone | 36 Aspden | 37 Wilkinson | Manager: Brown |
