Paul Hall (footballer)

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Paul Hall
Personal information
Full name Paul Hall
Date of birth July 3, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth England Manchester, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Nickname Ninja
Position Striker
Club information
Current club Chesterfield
Number 11
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1990-1993
1993-1998
1998-2000
1999
1999-2000
2000
2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
2004-2005
2005-
Torquay United
Portsmouth
Coventry City
Bury (loan)
Sheffield United (loan)
West Bromwich Albion (loan)
Walsall (loan)
Walsall
Rushden & Diamonds
Tranmere Rovers
Chesterfield
93 (1)
188 (37)
10 (0)
7 (0)
4 (1)
4 (0)
2 (1)
49 (9)
112 (26)
55 (13)
64 (18)
National team
1997-2002 Jamaica Jamaica

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.

Paul Hall (born 3 July 1971 in Manchester, England), is a professional English born Jamaican footballer, who currently plays for Chesterfield in League One. He is a striker who can also play on the right wing.

Hall began his career back in 1990 with Torquay United and spent three season with the club before being spotted by Portsmouth, who paid £70,000 for his services.

Hall was to spend five happy seasons with the Fratton Park outfit, and after some impressive displays Hall gained a call up to the Jamaica national football team to participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

After some impressive performances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Hall moved to Coventry City for a fee of £300,000, but after only making 10 appearences in his two seasons with the club, Hall found himself being loaned out to various clubs. Hall was loaned out to Bury, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion and Walsall.

It was Walsall who eventually signed Hall from Coventry City on a free transfer, after making 55 appearences and scoring 9 goals Hall was on the move again, this time to Rushden & Diamonds where he made a big impression.

Hall spent three seasons with Rushden & Diamonds making 112 appearences and scoring 26 goals he earned a move to Tranmere Rovers where he played 55 times and scored 13 goals.

For the start of the 2005/2006 season Hall signed on a free for Chesterfield.

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Jamaica Jamaica squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Jamaica

1 Barrett | 2 Malcolm | 3 Dawes | 4 Dixon | 5 Goodison | 6 Simpson | 7 Cargill | 8 Gayle | 9 Williams | 10 Boyd | 11 Whitmore | 12 Sewell | 13 Lawrence | 14 Ricketts | 15 Gardner | 16 Earle | 17 Lowe | 18 Burton | 19 Sinclair | 20 Powell | 21 Brown | 22 Hall | Coach: Simões

Chesterfield F.C. - Current Squad

1 Roche | 2 Bailey | 3 O'Hare | 4 Picken | 6 Niven | 7 Shaw | 8 Allott | 9 Allison | 10 Larkin | 11 Hall | 12 Davies | 14 Nicholson | 15 Downes | 16 Folan | 17 Kovács | 18 Smith | 19 Hazell | 20 Jackson | 21 Lowry | 22 Jordan | 23 Hurst | 24 Wiggins-Thomas | 25 Standing | 26 Hughes | Manager: McFarland