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Joe Hart
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Joe Hart

Personal information
Full name
Charles Joseph John Hart
Date of birth
19 April 1987 (1987-04-19) (age 22)
Place of birth
Shrewsbury, England
Height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position
Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club
Birmingham City(on loan from Manchester City)
Number
25
Senior career1
Years
Club
App (Gls)*
2003–20062006–200720072009–
Shrewsbury TownManchester City→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)→ Blackpool (loan)→ Birmingham City (loan)
054 (0)050 (0)006 (0)005 (0)008 (0)
National team2
2005–20072007–20092008–
England U19England U21England
005 (0)021 (0)001 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 17:56, 06 October 2009 (UTC).2 National team caps and goals correctas of 21:55, 29 June 2009 (UTC).* Appearances (Goals)
Charles Joseph John "Joe" Hart (born 19 April 1987) is an English football goalkeeper with Birmingham City, on loan from Manchester City. He is a regular for the England Under-21 team and has been capped as a full international for England.
Contents[hide]
1 Club career
1.1 Shrewsbury Town
1.2 Manchester City
1.3 Loaned to Tranmere Rovers and then Blackpool
1.4 Return to Manchester City
1.5 Birmingham City
2 International career
3 Career statistics
4 References
5 External links
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Shrewsbury Town
Hart was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and attended Oxon Primary School, followed by Meole Brace School Science College in Shrewsbury, where he was Head Boy in his final year.[1] Whilst he was still a Year 11 student at the school, he travelled with the first team squad of his hometown club, Shrewsbury Town, to Exeter City on 1 February 2003. He was a non-playing substitute on that occasion and fulfilled that role again versus Rochdale at Gay Meadow on 1 March 2003, still some six weeks short of his sixteenth birthday. This match yielded Shrewsbury's final victory in a season that culminated in relegation to the Conference. During the one season that Shrewsbury spent in the Conference, Hart made his senior debut on 20 April 2004, a day after his seventeenth birthday. He played 90 minutes in the match against Gravesend & Northfleet. Four days later, he conceded three at Morecambe.
Hart did not play again until April of the following year, as Scott Howie dominated goalkeeping duties. With Shrewsbury back in the Football League (the newly-renamed League Two) and struggling, Hart played six matches and conceded four goals.
From the start of the 2005–06 season, Hart made the step up into the first team, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper, claiming the Number 1 shirt. He played a full 46 match league season, conceding 55 goals. Despite conceding more than one goal per game, Hart won plaudits for his personal performances, winning his first England U-19 cap in October 2005, as a substitute against Poland.
Hart also found admirers in the Premiership, with several top-flight scouts attending matches. On 30 November 2005, the Shropshire Star newspaper reported that Everton goalkeeping coach Chris Woods had been present at Town's previous league match, a 4–3 loss at Rochdale. Shrews boss Gary Peters said "Everton have been to watch him, but you could say the same about Arsenal, Chelsea and every other team in the Premiership". Speculation about his future continued for the duration of the season, and with the presence of their goalkeeping coach Tim Flowers at several matches, Manchester City became the most likely of his suitors.
On 7 February 2006, Hart was announced as the top League Two player in the PFA Fans' Player of the Month Awards for January 2006.[2] Football fans voted him as the best player in the division via the website givemefootball.co.uk. At the PFA Awards ceremony on 23 March 2006, it was announced that Hart had been voted as League Two's best goalkeeper for 2005–06 by his fellow professionals, earning him a place in the PFA League Two Team of the Year.[3]
[edit] Manchester City
With Hart in Belgium preparing to make his fifth appearance for the England U19 squad, in the Elite qualifying round for the 2006 UEFA U-19 Championship,[4] it was announced that his move to Manchester City had been completed.[5] England lost the match to Serbia and Montenegro and failed to qualify.
On 22 May 2006, City paid an initial £600,000 for Hart, but, depending on appearances, the fee could rise to a total of £1,500,000.
Hart made his debut for City on 14 October 2006 after injuries ruled out Andreas Isaksson and Nicky Weaver for the Premier League match against Sheffield United. He kept a clean sheet in the match, which finished goalless.
[edit] Loaned to Tranmere Rovers and then Blackpool
Hart spent the whole month of January 2007 on loan to League One club Tranmere Rovers. He made 6 appearances and conceded 8 goals. He was then named in his then-club manager Stuart Pearce's first squad in his part-time role as England U21 coach, alongside another goalkeeper uncapped at U21 level, Ben Alnwick. He was not chosen to start the match on 6 February 2007 against Spain, but did come on as a substitute late in the game.
In April 2007, Hart joined Blackpool on loan as cover for the injured trio of Rhys Evans, Paul Rachubka and Lewis Edge. He kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 win for Blackpool at Huddersfield Town on 9 April 2007, in his first game for the Seasiders.[6] Blackpool won all five games in which Hart appeared, including a 6–3 win at Swansea City in his final game,[7] and he helped them claim a place in the end-of-season play-offs.
[edit] Return to Manchester City

Hart playing for Manchester City in 2008
On his return from a successful loan spell at Blackpool, former Manchester City manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson, named Hart as Manchester City's number 1 ahead of Andreas Isaksson. After his performance against Newcastle, Eriksson touted him as "one of the biggest talents in this country as a goalkeeper", and that he had the potential to become an England international in the future.[8] Only months later, he made his England debut against Trinidad & Tobago on 1 June 2008.
After Isaksson's departure to PSV Eindhoven, Hart took the vacant number 1 jersey when the official squad numbers for the 2008–09 season were announced. However, his position as first-choice keeper was taken by Shay Given upon the Irishman's arrival at the club in January 2009.
[edit] Birmingham City
Having played no games for City since Given's arrival, rumours began to emerge of a loan move away from Manchester.[9] City secured the transfer of Stuart Taylor from Aston Villa on 23 June 2009,[10] paving the way for Hart to leave. The following day it was announced that Hart would spend the 2009–10 Premier League season on loan to newly-promoted Birmingham City.[11] He made his debut for the Blues in Birmingham's opening match of the season, a 1–0 defeat to Manchester United.
[edit] International career
Hart was selected by Stuart Pearce in the preliminary England Under-21 30-man squad for Euro 2007, and later made the final 23. In the team's final friendly before the finals, Hart was selected for his first Under-21 start, and played the full 90 minutes in a 5–0 win over Slovakia at Carrow Road. However, Hart took no part in the finals, with Scott Carson playing in all of England's four fixtures. Hart will be eligible for the U21s until the end of the Euro 2009 finals.
Having been a regular in the England U21 squad, Hart was called up by Fabio Capello to the full England squad for the friendly matches against USA and Trinidad & Tobago. An unused substitute against USA, he made his debut against Trinidad & Tobago, on 1 June 2008 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Coming on at half time for David James with England 2-0 up, he saw little action,[citation needed] England eventually running out 3-0 winners.
However, Hart's senior England debut has not netted Shrewsbury Town the expected bonus of £500,000 from Manchester City, as negotiated at part of his transfer in 2006, because it was not a competitive match.[12]
He received a second call-up by Fabio Capello to face Czech Republic on 20 August 2008, but was not brought on. Joe has been called up to the next England squad due to a drop-out from Blackburn Rovers keeper Paul Robinson.[13]
[edit] Career statistics
Last updated after match played 13 September 2009.[14]
Club performance
League
Cup
League Cup
Continental
Total
Season
Club
League
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
England
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europe
Total
2003–04
Shrewsbury Town
Conference National
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2004–05
League Two
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
2005–06
46
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
50
0
2006–07
Manchester City
Premier League
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2006–07
Tranmere Rovers (loan)
League One
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
2006–07
Blackpool (loan)
League One
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
2007–08
Manchester City
Premier League
26
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
2008–09
23
0
1
0
0
0
9
0
33
0
2009–10
Birmingham City (loan)
Premier League
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
Career Total
120
0
6
0
5
0
9
0
140
0
[edit] References
^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_city/article5162765.ece
^ "PFA Fans' Player of the Month Awards for January 2006". givemefootball.co.uk. http://www.givemefootball.com/display.cfm?article=7790&type=1. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
^ "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
^ "Hunter makes two changes". thefa.com. http://www.thefa.com/England/U19s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2006/05/Eng19s_EuroSquadChanges.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-13.
^ "Goalkeeper Hart to join Man City". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5006544.stm. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
^ "Huddersfield 0-2 Blackpool". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6513593.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
^ "Swansea 3-6 Blackpool". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/6603011.stm. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
^ Sky Sports - Eriksson backing for Hart
^ "Brum to take Hart". The Sun. 12 June 2007. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2477255/Brum-to-take-Hart.html. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
^ "Man City swoop for keeper Taylor". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8115411.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
^ "Hart seals Birmingham loan move". BBC Sport. 24 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8081307.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
^ "Town In Wait For Extra Hart Money". Shropshire Star. http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/07/01/town-in-wait-for-extra-hart-money/. Retrieved July 1 2008.
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8293515.stm
^ "Joe Hart All time playing career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=34502. Retrieved 14 September 2009