Leighton Baines

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Personal information
Leighton Baines
Date of birth	December 11, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Kirkby, Liverpool, England
Height	1.70 m
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Wigan Athletic
Number	26
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-	Wigan Athletic	137 (3)
National team²
2004-2006	England U21	011 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:33, 25 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Leighton Baines (born December 11, 1984 in Liverpool) is an English footballer, who currently plays at left-back for Wigan Athletic. He has won ten caps for the England Under 21 team.

Baines made his debut for Wigan Athletic in 2002, and soon became an established member of the Wigan Athletic first team, and was a regular when Wigan earned promotion to the Premiership in 2004-05, in which he scored his first goal for the club, a spectacular strike from long-range against Ipswich.

Baines committed his future to Wigan in February 2005 despite being linked to a number of Premiership clubs, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton,^[1] and extended his contract again after impressive displays in his first season in the Premiership.

He scored a vital goal for England against Germany on October 6, 2006, securing a 1-0 win in the first leg of a UEFA European U21 Championship play-off.

He is lovingly referred to amongst the Latic's fans as "The People's Champion," after helping 9 stranded Wigan fans get home after a recent league game against Chelsea.

[edit] References

^ Baines commits to Latics. skysports.com. Retrieved on September 23, 2006.

[edit] External links

Leighton Baines career stats at Soccerbase

Wigan Athletic F.C. - Current Squad
1 Filan \| 2 Granqvist \| 4 Jackson \| 5 Hall \| 6 de Zeeuw \| 7 Camara \| 8 Kilbane \| 9 Heskey \| 10 McCulloch \| 11 Johansson \| 12 Pollitt \| 13 Kirkland \| 14 Landzaat \| 15 Aghahowa \| 16 Valencia \| 17 Boyce \| 18 Scharner \| 19 Taylor \| 20 Folan \| 21 Cywka \| 22 Cotterill \| 24 Skoko \| 25 Unsworth \| 26 Baines \| 27 Hæstad \| 28 Nash \| 31 Montrose \| 32 Owens \| 36 Waterhouse \| Manager: Jewell