David Prutton
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| David Prutton | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas Prutton | |
| Date of birth | September 12, 1981 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Hull, England | |
| Nickname | Prutts | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Southampton | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Nottingham Forest | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1998-2003 2003- |
Nottingham Forest Southampton |
143 (7) 80 (2) |
| National team | ||
| England U-21 | 25 (?) | |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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David Prutton, (born 12 September 1981 in Hull, England), is an English football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Southampton in the Football League Championship.
Prutton initially came through the hugely successful Nottingham Forest youth system and made 155 appearances for the club where his career started. Having starred for Nottingham Forest and in the England under-21 squad the versatile midfielder was signed by Southampton, then of the Premiership, on the final day of the transfer window for £2.5 million in 2003.
Prutton is a versatile player, having played across the midfield and at right-back for Southampton, and despite being a very important player in the 2002-03 season missed out on the FA Cup Final as he was cup-tied having played for Nottingham Forest against West Ham in the third round. Despite only being at Southampton for less than four months Prutton played 12 games for Southampton and impressed in Gordon Strachan’s squad.
In the 2003-04 season Prutton featured heavily for Southampton, playing 30 games and scoring one goal against Charlton Athletic, on the last day of the season.
The 2004-05 season was one to forget, despite scoring 2 goals and playing 28 games in all competitions. Following Southampton's home game with Arsenal on 26 February 2005, Prutton was charged by the FA on two counts for the events following his red card for a tackle on Robert Pirès. First was for his failure to leave the field of play promptly following his dismissal and his attempt to remonstrate with the assistant referee, during which he pushed the referee on at least one occasion. The second charge relates to his threatening words and/or behaviour towards a match official. Prutton was handed a 10-match ban and fined £6,000 after admitting the two charges of improper conduct [1]. Prutton returned on the final day of the season for Southampton's game against Manchester United, which the side needed to win to stay in the Premiership. Southampton lost the game 1-2 and the club were relegated to the Football League Championship.
In 2005-06 the versatile midfielder’s season was marred by a broken metatarsal which he picked up in September against Queens Park Rangers.
Prutton is a popular figure around St. Mary's and does lots of work in the community.
Prutton also appeared on TV show Soccer A.M recently.
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1 Davis | 2 Östlund | 3 Pelé | 4 Sarmiento | 5 Lundekvam | 6 Powell | 7 Skácel | 8 Wright-Phillips | 9 Rasiak | 10 Wright | 11 Svensson | 12 Lička | 14 Idiakez | 15 Jones | 17 Belmadi | 18 Dyer | 19 Makin | 20 Prutton | 21 Baird | 22 Bale | 23 Viáfara | 26 Miller | 28 Białkowski | 29 Surman | 35 McGoldrick | 38 Sparv | 41 Lallana | Manager: Burley |
A different David Prutton is an author of the best-selling E-Book "The Affiliate Handbook" found at http://www.theaffiliatehandbook.com
