Michael Oakes
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| Michael Oakes |
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Michael Oakes |
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| Date of birth | October 30, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Northwich, England | |
| Nickname | Oaker | |
| Position | Goalkeeper | |
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| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Number | 1 | |
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| 19??-1991 | Aston Villa F.C | |
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| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1991-1999 1993-1994 1999-present |
Aston Villa F.C. Scarborough F.C (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers |
52 (0) 1 (0) 199 (0) |
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Michael Oakes (born October 30th, 1973, Northwich, England) is a footballer. His position is goalkeeper. Currently he plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Previously he has played for Scarborough and Aston Villa.
Michael joined Wolves in October 1999 for £450,000, and soon ousted long-serving Mike Stowell as undisputed number one at Molineux. He remained as the first-team goalkeeper until September 2002, when he suffered a shoulder injury and was replaced by rookie Matt Murray. Murray's impressive form kept Oakes out, and he was not in the starting line-up for Wolves' play-off success against Sheffield United at the Millennium Stadium in May 2003. However, the fortunes of the two keepers turned in August 2003, when Murray was struck down by a back injury, and Oakes stepped into the breach for Wanderers' inaugural Premiership campaign. He performed admirably in what was a tough season, but was controversially replaced by new signing Paul Jones in January 2004. Oakes regained his place in October 2004 after Jones received heavy criticism from the Molineux faithful.
His subsequent form, however, was not as impressive as it had previously been, and he once again lost his place in October 2005, to Dutch custodian Stefan Postma. Postma has since been released, but the return to fitness of Murray means that Oakes is set to continue as deputy in 2006/7.
He is the son of former Manchester City footballer Alan Oakes.
| Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Oakes | 2 Clyde | 3 Collins | 4 Olofinjana | 5 Breen | 6 Craddock | 7 McNamara | 8 Henry | 9 Cort | 10 Bothroyd | 11 Clapham | 12 Edwards | 13 Johnson | 14 Potter | 15 Rósa | 16 M. Davies | 17 Clarke | 18 C. Davies | 19 Finkler | 20 Murray | 22 Gobern | 24 Gyepes | 25 Jones | 26 Little | 27 Mulgrew | 28 Ricketts | 29 O'Connor | 30 Ikeme | 31 Hennessey | 32 McIndoe | 33 Riley | 37 Kightly | Manager: McCarthy |
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