Michael Duberry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Michael Duberry | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 14, 1975 (age 31) | |
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Nickname | The Doob | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Reading | |
| Number | 29 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–1999 1995 1999–2005 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007– |
Chelsea → Bournemouth (loan) Leeds United → Stoke City (loan) Stoke City Reading |
87 (1) 7 (0) 57 (4) 15 (0) 80 (1) 2 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Michael Duberry (born 14 October 1975 in Enfield) is an English footballer.
Duberry started at Chelsea where he was a trainee and made his debut during the 1993-94 season, before a brief loan period with Bournemouth. Duberry made a total of 115 appearances for Chelsea and scored 3 goals, including one in a 2-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford in 1996. He won the League Cup, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup with Chelsea, all in 1998, but faced stiff competition for a place in the side from the likes of Marcel Desailly and Frank Leboeuf. Seeking regular football, Duberry eventually requested a transfer and moved to Leeds United in June 1999 for £4.5 million.
However, he again failed to break into the first team, as the likes of Jonathan Woodgate, Dominic Matteo and the legendary Lucas Radebe took Leeds to the Champions League semi-finals. He was involved in a court case with Leeds team-mates Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer. The first season in which he played regularly for Leeds was 2003-04, as by this time crippling debt had forced the sale of Woodgate and Radebe's age was beginning to tell. Unfortunately, however, Duberry failed to impress in a defence often made up of loan signings (such as Zoumana Camara and Didier Domi) and then youth-team players (such as Frazer Richardson and Matthew Kilgallon).
When Leeds suffered relegation to the Football League he stayed on for a season until Leeds manager, Kevin Blackwell allowed him to move to Stoke City where he went on to become a first team regular and club captain.
On 31 January 2007 Duberry signed for Reading, who invoked a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave Stoke for a Premier League club if a set fee was received, rumoured to be in the region of £800,000.[1] He made his league debut for Reading on 24 February 2007 in their 2-0 defeat away to Middlesbrough.[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Michael Duberry profile at readingfc.co.uk
- Michael Duberry career stats at Soccerbase
| Reading F.C. - Current Squad |
|---|
|
1 Hahnemann | 2 Murty | 3 Shorey | 4 Sidwell | 5 Sonko | 6 Gunnarsson | 7 Little | 8 Lita | 9 Doyle | 10 Hunt | 11 Oster | 12 Kitson | 14 Halls | 15 Harper | 16 Ingimarsson | 17 Convey | 19 Seol | 22 Bikey | 23 de la Cruz | 24 Long | 25 Bennett | 27 Brown | 28 Halford | 29 Duberry | 32 Federici | 47 Máté | –– Andersen | –– Bozanic | Manager: Coppell |
 |
This biographical article related to an English football defender is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories: 1975 births | Living people | A.F.C. Bournemouth players | Chelsea F.C. players | English footballers | Stoke City F.C. players | Leeds United AFC players | Reading F.C. players | FA Premier League players | Football (soccer) defenders | People from Enfield | English football defender stubs
