Showing posts with label Southampton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southampton. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2012

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain


Profile Football Stars | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | Scoring twice in his first three games for the club, Oxlade-Chamberlain Became the youngest English goal scorer in the UEFA Champions League history and has also claimed a regular place in the England Under-21s team. Mark David Alexander "Alex" Oxlade-Chamberlain Often nicknamed "The Ox", is an English footballer plays for Arsenal WHO as a winger. After rising to prominence with Southampton during the 2010-11 season, he signed for Arsenal in August 2011.


During the match he scored the second goal of Southampton's 2-0 victory, his first senior goal. On 20 August 2010, Shortly after his 17th birthday, Oxlade-Chamberlain signed his first professional contract lasting for three years. Oxlade-Chamberlain finished the season with 10 goals and was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year for the 2010-11 season.


Still at Southampton when Their 2011-12 season started on 6 August, on 8 August 2011 it was Announced That Oxlade-Chamberlain had signed for Premier League club Arsenal. On 20 September 2011, Oxlade-Chamberlain scored his first goal for Arsenal in the 58th minute of a League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town, with a drive from 25 yards. Arsenal won 3-1. Oxlade-Chamberlain started his first Premier League match for Arsenal in a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at the Emirates on 22 January 2012, contributing an assist to a Robin van Persie goal. On 4 February 2012, Oxlade-Chamberlain Celebrated his first two goals in a Premier League home game against Blackburn Rovers finished the which 7-1 to Arsenal.


Oxlade-Chamberlain was called up to England Under-18 squad for the match against Poland the which took place on 16 November 2010 at Adams Park. England won the match 3-0 and Oxlade-Chamberlain played the first 45 minutes before he was substituted. England lost the match 1-0 with the Italians scoring from a penalty two minutes from time On 10 November 2011, Chamberlain put in another man of the match performance as The Young Lions trounced Iceland again, this time 5 -0, to REMAIN top of Group 8.


Personal information
Full name Mark David Alexander
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Date of birth 15 August 1993 (age 18)
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger

Club information
Current club Arsenal
Number 15

Youth career
2000-2010 Southampton

Senior career
Years Team s)
2010-2011 Southampton 36 (9)
2011 - Arsenal 8 (2)

National team
2010 England U18 1 (0)
2011 - England U19 3 (0)
2011 - England U21 8 (4)


Honours

Individual
     PFA Team of the Year: 2010-11 League One

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Theo Walcott


Profile Football Stars | Theo Walcott | Walcott won the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2006. On 30 May 2006, Walcott Became England's youngest ever senior football player with an age of 17 years and 75 days. Theo James Walcott is an English footballer of Jamaican descent WHO plays for Arsenal and the England national team.  Walcott is a product of the Southampton F.C. Academy.  FIFA World Player of the Year winner Lionel Messi, Walcott has described as "one of the most dangerous players I have ever played against."


Walcott was born in Stanmore, London, but grew up in Compton, Berkshire. He Attended Compton Church of England Primary School and The Downs School, playing football for the local village team and later for Newbury. Walcott scored more than 100 goals in his one and only season for Newbury, before leaving there for Swindon Town.


Walcott made his full first team debut away to Leeds United on 18 October 2005, scoring his first senior goal in the same game. On 16 August, Walcott scored his first goal of the season in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Udinese, giving a vital 1-0 win to Arsenal to carry on into the second leg of the tie. Walcott scored again in the second leg and helped Arsenal secure qualification for the lucrative group stage of the competition for the 14th straight season. In the 8-2 defeat at Manchester United, Walcott scored the first goal Arsenal's Premier League of Their 2011-12 campaign. Walcott scored his first goal of 2012 in the 3-2 defeat at Swansea City, chipping the ball over Swans Goalkeeper Michel Vorm. On 26 February he scored two goals in the North London derby as neighbors Defeated Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur.


On 6 September 2008, Walcott made his first competitive start in a World Cup qualifier against Andorra, and in the following match against Croatia on 10 September he opened his senior international goals tally and Became the youngest player in history to score a hat-trick for England. Over the summer of 2009, Walcott participated in England Under-21 team's European Cup campaign Despite protestations from his club manager, Arsène Wenger. Walcott returned to the international fold on 3 March 2010 in a friendly against Egypt.


Walcott started England's friendly against Mexico and Japan Victories in May 2010. However, on 1 June 2010, it was Announced That Walcott had been left out of England's 23-man World Cup squad by Fabio Capello. On 4 July, a few days after England's exit from the World Cup, Lionel Messi said he was shocked by That Walcott's exclusion as he believed That Walcott Could have made the difference against Germany and Algeria. In January 2011, Capello admitted he had That made a mistake in not selecting Walcott for the 2010 World Cup. Walcott has been INVOLVED with the UK Charities Build a School and Best Beginnings.


Personal information
Full name Theo James Walcott
Date of birth 16 March 1989 (age 22)
Place of birth Stanmore, London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Winger / Forward

Club information
Current club Arsenal
Number 14

Youth career
1999-2000 Newbury
2000 Swindon Town
2000-2004 Southampton

Senior career
years Team
2004-2006 Southampton 21 (4)
2006 - Arsenal 140 (23)

National team
2004-2005 England U16 4 (0)
2005-2006 England U17 14 (0)
2006 England U19 1 (0)
2006-2010 England U21 20 (6)
2006 - England 22 (3)


Honours

Club
Southampton
Runner-up:
     FA Youth Cup: 2005

Arsenal
Runner-up:
     Football League Cup: 2007, 2011

International
England U-21
Runner-up:
     UEFA U-21 Championship 2009

Individual
     BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award: 2006


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