Nigel Quashie

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Nigel Quashie
Personal information
Full name	Nigel Quashie
Date of birth	20/07/1978
Place of birth	Nunhead, England
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	West Bromwich Albion
Number	7
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1995-1998 1998-2000 2000-2005 2005-2006 2006-	QPR Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Southampton West Bromwich Albion	58 (3) 43 (2) 148 (13) 37 (5) 26 (1)
National team
2004-	England Under-21 Scotland	14 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC).

Nigel Quashie, (born July 20, 1978 in Nunhead, London), is a Scottish soccer player, born in Peckham, he attended the St. Thomas the Apostle College. He currently plays as a midfielder for English club West Bromwich Albion.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Queens Park Rangers 1.2 Nottingham Forest 1.3 Portsmouth 1.4 Southampton 1.5 West Bromwich Albion 2 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Queens Park Rangers

Quashie began his career in London with Queens Park Rangers F.C., making his League debut against Manchester United F.C. at Old Trafford in December 1995, impressing despite his club's 2-1 defeat. He was used sparingly for the remainder of that campaign before breaking into the starting side on a regular basis in the 1997-98 season.

After several impressive performances for QPR Quashie was awarded with England Under-21 and 'B' honours.

[edit] Nottingham Forest

Quashie joined then FA Premiership side Nottingham Forest F.C. for a fee of £2.5million at the start of the 1998-99 season, but struggled as they were comfortably relegated.

Despite settling into the team, and providing some good performances, Nottingham Forest missed out on promotion the following season.

[edit] Portsmouth

For the next season, 2000-01, Portsmouth F.C. paid a cut-price £600,000 to take him to Fratton Park and he soon became an important player. He was a vital player in the 2002-03 season, during which Portsmouth won the First Division championship. During the season Quashie was the club's vice-captain.

Despite missing three months of the 2003-04 Premiership season, Quashie remained an important player as Portsmouth claimed 13th place. His assured performances also had the Scottish national football team taking note. Eligible for either the Scottish or English national sides, Quashie opted for the Scots, and made his debut against Estonia. He scored a goal in his second game - a 4-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago, which cemented his place as a first team regular for both club and country.

[edit] Southampton

On January 17, 2005 Quashie rejoined former Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp at Southampton F.C. for a fee of £2.1m. After the transfer of Jason Dodd, he became the club's captain, but he was unable to prevent the Saints being relegated at the end of the 2004-05 season.

[edit] West Bromwich Albion

He joined West Bromwich Albion on 31 January 2006 for £1.2million on a three-and-a-half-year contract and at the end of the season achieved the rare distinction of being relegated in two successive seasons, the third time in all.

[edit] External links

• Nigel Quashie career stats at Soccerbase

West Bromwich Albion F.C. - Current Squad
1 Zuberbühler | 2 Watson | 3 Robinson | 4 Perry | 5 Clement | 6 Davies | 7 Quashie | 8 Greening | 9 Ellington | 10 Hartson | 11 Gera | 12 Chaplow | 13 Steele | 14 Albrechtsen | 15 Kamara | 17 Carter | 18 Gaardsøe | 19 Koumas | 20 McShane | 21 Phillips | 23 Forsyth | 25 Hoult | 27 Elvins | 28 Hodgkiss | 30 Daniels | 33 Nardiello | Manager: Mowbray