Tyrone Mears

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Tyrone Mears
Personal information
Date of birth	February 18, 1983
Place of birth	Stockport, England
Nickname	Tye
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	West Ham United
Number	2
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-present	Manchester City Preston North End West Ham United	1 (0) 70 (4) 4 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006-09-30.

Tyrone Mears (born February 18, 1983 in Stockport, England) is a professional English football player who currently plays as a defender for West Ham United F.C.

Mears came through the ranks at Manchester City, however upon Man City's promotion to the FA Premier League in 2002, Mears' first-team opportunities became limited, and was sold to Preston North End for £200,000. Mears only made 1 appearance for City, replacing their now-manager Stuart Pearce as a substitute in the 84-minute against Nottingham Forest on 30 March 2002.

Mears signed for West Ham United for an initial £1million on 5 July 2006, but the deal could potentially rise to £1.9million depending on appearances and future international recognition with England.

In the 2005-2006 season whilst at Preston North End, instead of having his surname Mears on the back of his shirt it said his nickname "Tye", A rare occurrence in English football.

He attended North Chadderton School for his secondary school education.

[edit] External links

• Statistics at soccerbase.com
• [1] at BBC.co.uk

West Ham United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Carroll | 2 Mears | 3 Konchesky | 4 Gabbidon | 5 Ferdinand | 6 McCartney | 7 Dailly | 8 Sheringham | 9 Ashton | 10 Harewood | 11 Etherington | 12 Cole | 14 Pantsil | 15 Benayoun | 16 Mascherano | 17 Mullins | 18 Spector | 19 Collins | 20 Reo-Coker | 21 Green | 23 Walker | 24 Noble | 25 Zamora | 26 Newton | 29 Bowyer | 30 Tomkins | 31 Stokes | 32 Tévez | Manager: Curbishley