Ben Alnwick
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| Ben Alnwick | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Robert Alnwick | |
| Date of birth | January 1, 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Number | 27 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Sunderland | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004–2007 2007– 2007 2008 |
Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur → Luton Town (loan) → Leicester City (loan) |
19 (0) 0 (0) 4 (0) 8 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | England U21 | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Benjamin Robert "Ben" Alnwick (born January 1, 1987 in Prudhoe, England) is a football goalkeeper currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
Ben has a younger brother called Jak Alnwick, also a goalkeeper, currently playing for Sunderland and has also been capped at under-16 and under-18 level for England.[1]
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Sunderland
Alnwick started his career at Sunderland, and came to prominence at at the climax of their 2004-05 Football League Championship-winning season, replacing the injured Thomas Myhre for Sunderland's last three games. His performances against Leicester City and West Ham, the games that won Sunderland promotion to the Premiership and Championship win respectively, were impressive.
In November 2005, he spent a stint as the number one goalkeeper at Sunderland, replacing Kelvin Davis. Despite impressing, particularly in Sunderland's 3-2 defeat to Tottenham where he made a penalty save from Robbie Keane,His last game was at the tyneside derby where he saved a penalty again but this time from Michael Owen as The Black Cats lost 4-2. Alnwick was dropped in favour of Kelvin Davis. After the departure of Davis to Southampton, Alnwick was given the no.1 shirt for the 2006-07 season.
After a disappointing start to the season 2006-07 season, Alnwick was relegated to the substitutes bench in favour of Darren Ward by new boss Roy Keane.
[edit] Tottenham Hotspur
Just two days after the January transfer window had opened in January, Alnwick joined Tottenham Hotspur for £900,000 in a deal that could rise to £1.3m and saw Márton Fülöp going the other way for £500,000. In September 2007 he was loaned to League One side Luton Town on a three-month loan deal.[1] He was recalled from Luton in October, due to an injury to Paul Robinson.[2] However on Monday January 7, 2008 he joined Leicester City on loan until the end of the season.[3]
Alnwick made his league debut in an M69 Derby on January 12, keeping a clean sheet as Leicester won 2-0.[4] He managed two more clean sheets against Norwich City and Crystal Palace before finally conceding two goals to Blackpool on 2nd February, losing 2-1.[5]
[edit] International career
Alnwick received his first call-up to the England under-21 squad ahead of the August 15, 2006 match against Moldova.
Alnwick was named in Stuart Pearce's first squad as England U21 coach, alongside another uncapped goalkeeper, Joe Hart. He was not chosen to start the match, on February 6, 2007, against Spain.
Alnwick was named in the first England U21 squad to play at the new Wembley against Italy U21s on March 24 2007, but he remained an unused sub. He was also named in England's squad for the U21 European Championships in Holland.
[edit] Sex Tape Scandal
On December 7, 2006, tabloid newspaper The Sun reported Alnwick, along with team-mates Chris Brown and Liam Lawrence had filmed themselves in an orgy with a brunette girl referred to as 'Stevie', (Stevie Leigh Mason - Miss Sunderland). In the video, Brown is said to give "Match of the Day" style commentary as his team-mates perform sexual acts on the girl. Former Sunderland midfielder Martin Woods also features on the tape partially clothed performing a sex act on himself. Two other men were also present.[6]
On December 8, The Sun reported that the girl in the video was just 16 years old, with the girl claiming she had no idea she was being filmed.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Luton sign Tottenham goalkeeper", BBC Sport, 2007-09-27. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ^ "Spurs recall Alnwick from Luton", BBC Sport, 2007-10-26. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ^ "Alnwick arrives", Leicester City Football Club, 2008-01-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
- ^ "Leicester 2-0 Coventry", BBC Sport, 2008-01-12. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ^ "Blackpool 2-1 Leicester", BBC Sport, 2008-02-02. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
- ^ Keane fury over roasting romp
- ^ Girl in footie roast was just 16
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