Justin Hoyte

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Justin Hoyte
Personal information
Full name	Justin Raymond Hoyte
Date of birth	November 20, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	5'11"
Position	Full Back
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Number	31
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002- 2005-2006	Arsenal → Sunderland (loan)	15 (0) 27 (1)
National team**
2004 —	England U21	09 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 15:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC).

Justin Raymond Hoyte (born November 20, 1984 in Leytonstone, London) is an English football player who currently plays for Arsenal.

[edit] Club career

Hoyte signed professional terms in May 2003. Hoyte is primarily a right-back, but can play anywhere across the back. He is an England U-21 international player with eight caps (as of August 2006). He will be eligible for the U-21s until summer 2007.

He made his debut as an 89th minute substitute in Arsenal's 6-1 Premiership victory over Southampton in May 2003. Being down the pecking order, his first few appearances for Arsenal were mostly restricted to League Cup matches, though in 2004-05 he made five league appearances, four of them as starts.

During the summer of 2005, Hoyte was linked with a loan move to Ipswich Town, but Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger made clear he wanted the defender to play Premiership football. Therefore Hoyte instead joined Sunderland, on August 31, 2005 and played for the Black Cats for the entire 2005-06 season, making 31 appearances and scoring 1 goal against Newcastle United in April 2006. He returned to Arsenal at the end of the season.

With Ashley Cole absent from the Arsenal team due to his protracted transfer to Chelsea, and Gaël Clichy's injury, Hoyte has started the 2006-07 season as Arsenal's left back, starting against both Dinamo Zagreb and Aston Villa. However, he was widely seen as a temporary measure. This is proven so when Willam Gallas signed for Arsenal a few weeks later and was installed as the left back with Hoyte moved back to the right side of defence to cover for the injured Emmanuel Eboue. His first few performances were shaky but have improved as he got more games under his belt. As of October 14, 2006 he has played 25 times for Arsenal.

[edit] Family sporting ties

Justin Hoyte's brother, Gavin, is a youth player at Arsenal, who also plays as a defender.

Justin's mother is Wendy Hoyte one of Great Britain's greatest sprinters. Father is Les Hoyte a coach at Arsenal and a former sprinter. Nephew of Trevor Hoyte former international sprinter.

[edit] External links

• Justin Hoyte career stats at Soccerbase

Arsenal F.C. - Current Squad
1 Lehmann | 2 Diaby | 4 Fàbregas | 5 Touré | 6 Senderos | 7 Rosický | 8 Ljungberg | 9 Baptista | 10 Gallas | 11 van Persie | 12 Lauren | 13 Hleb | 14 Henry | 15 Denílson | 16 Flamini | 17 Song | 19 Gilberto | 20 Djourou | 21 Poom | 22 Clichy | 24 Almunia | 25 Adebayor | 27 Eboué | 30 Aliadière | 31 Hoyte | 32 Walcott | Manager: Wenger