Andy Welsh

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Andy Welsh
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Welsh
Date of birth	{{{dateofbirth}}}
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Leicester City (on loan from Sunderland)
Number	23
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001-2004 2002 2004- 2006 2006-	Stockport County → Macclesfield Town (loan) Sunderland → Leicester City (loan) → Leicester City (loan)	75 (3) 6 (2) 21 (1) 10 (1) 1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15/09/2006.

Andy Welsh (born November 24, 1983 in Manchester, England) is a football left winger, at Leicester City FC on loan from Sunderland A.F.C.

Welsh was signed from Stockport County in November 2004 after a three-day trial with the club. Welsh was signed for an initial fee of £15,000, though this could rise up to £35,000 depending on appearances.

Welsh made his debut for Stockport in October 2001, going on to make 85 appearances in his three years at the club. Upon signing for Sunderland he was allocated the vacant number 11 shirt, and made his debut in the 3-2 defeat to Preston North End on New Years Day in 2005, replacing Marcus Stewart in the 68th minute.

Welsh made his first start for Sunderland a week later on January 8, 2005, scoring a free kick in a 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace. Welsh went on to make 8 appearances that season, scoring again against QPR at Loftus Road on April 2.

Welsh retained the number 11 shirt the following season, starting the season for the first team in place of injured defender George McCartney. However, Welsh was controversially sent off in only the second game of the season against Liverpool at Anfield on August 20, 2005, although the decision was later overturned on appeal.

Welsh found himself out of the Sunderland team after Christmas, and many thought he had played his last game for the club after he was loaned to Championship club Leicester on March 1, 2006. Welsh went on to make 10 appearances for the Foxes, scoring 1 goal.

Four days after playing his last game for Leicester, Welsh was back at Sunderland, playing in the clubs last two games against Fulham and Aston Villa under new caretaker manager Kevin Ball. Following the transfer of popular winger Julio Arca to Middlesbrough in the summer, Welsh was expected to start the season as first choice left midfielder, however, new chairman/manager Niall Quinn decided to strip Welsh of his regular number 11 shirt, instead allocating him the number 17 jersey. Welsh has yet to play in the 06/07 season, after picking up an injury in pre-season.

[edit] External links

• Andy Welsh career stats at Soccerbase

Leicester City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Douglas | 2 Maybury | 3 Kisnorbo | 4 Kenton | 5 McCarthy | 6 Hughes | 7 Hume | 8 Williams | 10 Johnson | 11 Tiatto | 12 Fryatt | 13 Henderson | 14 McAuley | 15 Johansson | 16 Low | 17 Stearman | 18 Hammond | 19 O'Grady | 20 Wesolowski | 21 Sheehan | 22 Sylla | 23 Welsh | 25 Logan | 26 Dodds | 27 Porter | 28 Gradel | 29 Lycett | 32 King | 33 Odhiambo | -- Chambers | Manager: Kelly