Ben Alnwick
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| Ben Alnwick | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Benjamin Robert Alnwick | |
| Date of birth | January 1, 1987 (age 20) | |
| Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Number | 17 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004-2007 2007- |
Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur |
19 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2006- | England U21 | 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ben Alnwick (born January 1, 1987 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England) is a football goalkeeper currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. He made a name for himself at the climax of Sunderland AFC's (2004-05) Football League Championship-winning season, replacing the injured Thomas Myhre for Sunderland's last three games. His performances against Leicester City and West Ham, the games that won Sunderland promotion to the Premiership and Championship win respectively, impressed the fans greatly.
In November 2005, he enjoyed a stint as the number one goalkeeper at Sunderland, replacing Kelvin Davis. Despite impressing, particularly in Sunderland's 3-2 defeat to Tottenham where he made a superb penalty save from Robbie Keane, Alnwick was dropped in favour of Kelvin Davis, though his performances have won him plenty of accolades on Wearside. After the departure of Davis to Southampton F.C., Alnwick was given the no.1 shirt for the 2006-07 season.
Alnwick received his first call-up to the England under-21 squad ahead of the August 15, 2006 match against Moldova.
After a disappointing start to the season 2006-07 season, Alnwick was relegated to the substitutes bench in favour of Darren Ward by new boss Roy Keane.
On December 7, 2006, tabloid newspaper The Sun reported Alnwick, along with team-mates Chris Brown and Liam Lawrence had filmed themselves in an orgy with a brunette girl referred to as 'Stevie' (Stevie Leigh Mason - Miss Sunderland), In the video, Brown is said to give "Match of the Day" style commentary as his team-mates perform sexual acts on the girl. Former Sunderland midfielder Martin Woods also features on the tape, but remains fully clothed, along with two other men. In reference to the watching men, Brown reportedly comments “Here's the boys — the watching faithful — every week without fail.”[1]
On December 8, The Sun reported that the girl in the video was just 16 years old, with the girl claiming she had no idea she was being filmed.[2]
Just two days after the January transfer window had opened in January, Alnwick joined Tottenham Hotspur for £900,000 in a deal that could rise to £1.3m and saw Márton Fülöp going the other way for £500,000.
Alnwick was named in Stuart Pearce's first squad as England U21 coach, alongside another goalkeeper uncapped at U21 level, Joe Hart. He was not chosen to start the match, on 6 February 2007, against Spain.
Alnwick was named in the first England U21 squad to play at the New Wembley against Italy U21s on 24th March 2007, but he remained and un-used sub.
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