Paul Rachubka

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Paul Rachubka
Personal information
Full name	Paul Rachubka
Date of birth	May 21, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	San Luis Opispo, California, U.S.A.
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Huddersfield Town
Number	1
Youth clubs
	Manchester United
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-2002 2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004-	Manchester United Royal Antwerp (Loan) Oldham Athletic (Loan) Charlton Athletic Burnley (Loan) Huddersfield Town (Loan) Milton Keynes Dons (Loan) Northampton Town (Loan) Huddersfield Town (Loan) Huddersfield Town	1 Unknown 16 0 0 13 4 10 3 60
National team
?	England U-20	?
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02/12/2006.

Paul Rachubka is an American professional footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town in the English League One as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Football career

He began his career in Europe signing as a youngster for Manchester United but only made one first team appearance in his two years at the club. During his time there, Rachubka was loaned out to Manchester United's Belgian feeder club, Royal Antwerp and to lower-division English team Oldham Athletic.

Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager was willing to sell the American though, and when Charlton Athletic bid £200,000 it was too good to turn down for a player who was essentially an untested goalkeeper. Whilst at Charlton, Rachubka was loaned out to a number of clubs including Burnley, Huddersfield Town and Northampton Town.

After his contract expired with the London club, Rachubka took the option to re-sign for one of his old clubs, Huddersfield Town in 2004, the club for which he still plays. Rachubka was the first choice goalkeeper at the Galpharm Stadium until Matt Glennon was signed during summer 2006 and seized his chance.

[edit] International career

He was in the England U-20 team that played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch and Andy Johnson. However, the team finished bottom of their the group, with three defeats without scoring. Rachubka started the last game against Japan U-20.

Huddersfield Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Rachubka | 2 Holdsworth | 3 Adams | 4 Hudson | 5 Mirfin | 6 N. Clarke | 7 Brandon | 8 Worthington | 9 Abbott | 10 Taylor-Fletcher | 11 Schofield | 12 Ahmed | 14 T. Clarke | 15 McAliskey | 16 McIntosh | 17 McCombe | 18 Beckett | 19 Collins | 21 Hardy | 22 Young | 23 Booth | 27 Glennon | 30 Hand | 31 Skarz | -- Eastwood | Manager: Jackson