Grant Leadbitter
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| Grant Leadbitter | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grant Leadbitter | |
| Date of birth | 17/01/1986 | |
| Place of birth | Chester-le-Street, England | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sunderland | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2003- 2005 |
Sunderland → Rotherham United (loan) |
18 (1) 5 (1) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Grant Leadbitter (born January 7, 1986 in Chester-le-Street) is an English footballer who currently plays for Sunderland.
Leadbitter's first professional appearance for Sunderland came as a substitute in a League Cup defeat against Huddersfield Town in September 2003, though he has been at the club ever since 1993. For two years unable to obtain a regular first-team place at the club, he was loaned to Rotherham United in September 2005. After his loan stay in Rotherham, he finally gained attraction from the manager, and started in several Premiership games for the Black Cats in February 2006.
He is an England international on all levels up to the Under-20s. He was in the England side which lost the final of the Under-19 European Championships.
| Sunderland A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Alnwick | 2 Wright | 3 Nyatanga | 5 Cunningham | 6 Caldwell | 8 Whitehead | 10 S. Elliott | 11 Murphy | 12 Nosworthy | 13 Ward | 15 D. Collins | 16 Hysén | 20 Brown | 23 Leadbitter | 24 Carson | 26 R. Elliott | 27 Varga | 28 Kavanagh | 29 Hartley | 30 Richardson | 31 Connolly | 32 Fülöp | 33 Wallace | 34 Yorke | 36 Miller | Manager: Keane |
