Steve Sidwell

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Steve Sidwell
Personal information
Full name Steven James Sidwell
Date of birth 14 December 1982 (1982-12-14) (age 25)
Place of birth    Wandsworth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current club Chelsea
Number 9
Youth clubs
Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2003
2001–2002
2002
2002–2003
2003–2007
2007–		 Arsenal
→ Brentford (loan)
→ KSK Beveren (loan)
→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
Reading
Chelsea		 000 0(0)
030 0(4)
000 0(0)
012 0(5)
168 (29)
015 0(0)   
National team2
England U21 005 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982 in Wandsworth, London) is a professional footballer for Chelsea in the English Premier League.

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[edit] Football career

[edit] Arsenal

Sidwell was part of the Arsenal youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2000 and 2001. He had successful loan spells with Brentford and Brighton, but couldn't break into the Arsenal first team.

[edit] Reading

Sidwell moved to Reading for an undisclosed fee on a four-and-a-half year deal in January 2003 he was ment to join Charlton Athletic but decided to go to Reading[1] In 2004, Four Four Two Magazine voted him the best player outside the Premier League.

A vital part of Reading's Championship-winning 2005–06 squad, in April 2006 Sidwell was named in the Championship Team of the Year[2] by the Professional Footballers' Association, keeping the place he had been given the previous year.

In the summer of 2006, Sidwell rejected a contract extension,[3] and it was rumoured that he might be sold to Everton, Charlton Athletic[4] or Manchester City,[5] as his contract was due to run out at the end of the 2006–07 season. Reading decided to keep Sidwell for their inaugural season in the Premier League, and risk losing him without a transfer fee when his contract ran out.

Over the course of the 2006–07 season, he was linked with a number of high profile clubs. After the last game of the 2006–07 season, Reading manager Steve Coppell confirmed that Sidwell had left the club and knew who he had signed for, but refused to say.[6]

[edit] Chelsea

Sidwell joined Chelsea on 1 July 2007 on a free transfer Reading,[7] and was given squad number 9 for the 2007–08 season.[8] In his first interview after joining Chelsea, Sidwell stated that he had not come to Chelsea to 'make up the numbers', and that he believed training and playing alongside top players like Michael Essien and Frank Lampard would only help him improve.[9]

He made his debut for Chelsea in a 2-1 win over Mexican side Club América in a friendly match in Stanford, California, during Chelsea's summer 2007 tour of the United States. His Premiership debut for Chelsea came on 12 August 2007 in a 3-2 victory against Birmingham City when he replaced Florent Malouda in 83rd minute,[10] and he scored his first goal for the club on 26 September 2007, in a 4-0 win away to Hull City in the third round of the Football League Cup.[11]

At the end of the Premier League 2007-08 season, Sidwell became linked to a few other Premier League clubs. These clubs included Everton, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough. On Wednesday 21 May 2008 there was speculation that Aston Villa had reached an agreement for the midfielder at a value of £5 million and will be moving to Aston Villa. [1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Personal life

Sidwell married Krystell on 19 June 2005. Within days of returning from their honeymoon, Steve had a tattoo of the wedding vows he had written for Krystell placed on his back.[12] Their son Harry was born in April 2006.[citation needed]


[edit] External links

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1 Čech • 2 Ivanović • 3 A. Cole • 4 Makélélé • 5 Essien • 6 Carvalho • 7 Shevchenko • 8 Lampard • 9 Sidwell • 10 J. Cole • 11 Drogba • 12 Mikel • 13 Ballack • 14 Pizarro • 15 Malouda • 17 Sinclair • 18 Bridge • 20 Ferreira • 21 Kalou • 22 Ben Haim • 23 Cudicini • 24 Wright-Phillips • 26 Terry • 33 Alex • 35 Belletti • 39 Anelka • 40 Hilário • ¬ Bosingwa • Manager: Vacant


Persondata
NAME Sidwell, Steven James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 14 December 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Wandsworth, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH