Martin Cranie

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Martin Cranie
Personal information
Full name Martin James Cranie
Date of birth 23 September 1986 (1986-09-23) (age 21)
Place of birth    Yeovil, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Portsmouth
Number 20
Youth clubs
Southampton
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2007
2004
2006–2007
2007
2007–
2007		 Southampton
→ Bournemouth (loan)
→ Yeovil Town (loan)
→ Yeovil Town (loan)
Portsmouth
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)		 16 (0)
03 (0)
08 (0)
04 (0)
02 (0)
06 (0)   
National team2
2007– England U21 05 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 20:43, 17 October 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Martin James Cranie (born 23 September 1986 in Yeovil, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Portsmouth.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Southampton

Cranie attended Buckler's Mead Community School in Yeovil, Somerset between the years 1998 and 2003 after completing his primary school education at Birchfield Community School.

He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town.

In 2005, Cranie spent time on loan at Bournemouth, making three appearances for the club.

On November 7, 2006, he joined Yeovil Town on loan until January. [1] After spending 2 months back with Southampton, on March 2, 2007 he returned to Yeovil on loan until Easter.[2] He made his first and only 2006–07 appearance for Saints in the second leg of the play-off semi-final against Derby County where he acquitted himself well although his side were defeated on penalties.

[edit] Portsmouth

Cranie signed for Portsmouth on June 26, 2007, where he rejoined his former manager Harry Redknapp.[3]

He made his Portsmouth debut in the first home game of the 2007–08 season against Manchester United on August 15 2007 where he had a solid performance at right back.

On October 6, after three appearances for Portsmouth, Cranie agreed to join Queens Park Rangers on a three month loan. QPR, bottom of the Championship, were interested in Cranie when he was with the Saints.[4] His loan was ended, however, due to suffering a broken leg after just six appearances for the London side.[5]

[edit] International career

On August 16, 2007 Cranie was called up for the England U-21 squad. [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Loan deal for Cranie. saintsfc.co.uk. Retrieved on November 7, 2006.
  2. ^ Cranie returns to Yeovil. saintsfc.co.uk. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Cranie joins Pompey. saintsfc.co.uk. Retrieved on June 26, 2007.
  4. ^ "QPR agree loan signing of Cranie", bbc.co.uk, 6 October 2007. Retrieved on October 8. 
  5. ^ "Broken leg ends Cranie's QPR loan", bbc.co.uk, 7 November 2007. Retrieved on November 16. 
  6. ^ Agbonlahor in England U21 squad. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on August 18, 2007.

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