Boaz Myhill
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| Boaz Myhill | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Glyn Oliver Myhill | |
| Date of birth | November 9, 1982 (age 24) | |
| Place of birth | Modesto, CA, United States | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Nickname | Bo | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hull City | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001–2003 2002 2002 2002-2003 2003 2003 2003- |
Aston Villa →Stoke City (loan) →Bristol City (loan) →Bradford City (loan) →Macclesfield Town (loan) →Stockport County (loan) Hull City |
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0) 15 (0) 2 (0) 151 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Glyn Oliver Myhill (born November 9, 1982 in Modesto, California, United States), more commonly known as Boaz Myhill, is a football (goalkeeper) with Hull City.
Born to an American father and an English mother from Shropshire, Myhill moved to England at the age of one and developed a talent for football at an early age. He joined Aston Villa at 12, and worked with Mark Bosnich, David James, Peter Schmeichel and Peter Enckelman at Villa Park, although he was never to make a first team appearance for the Premier League club.
He instead spent time on loan at Stoke City and Bristol City, again not making a first-team appearance, until he was loaned in November 2002 to Bradford City, where his less-than-ideal debut saw him let in 5 goals as Bradford were defeated 5-0 by Sheffield United at Valley Parade.
A more productive loan spell at Macclesfield Town saw him play 16 games, bringing him to the attention of Hull City manager Peter Taylor, who signed him for the Tigers on 13 December 2003 for a fee of £50,000 (at which time he had been on loan once again, this time at Stockport County).
Since signing for Hull, Myhill's progress has won over the Hull fans as he quickly became their first-choice 'keeper and played a key part in two back-to-back promotion seasons, which took Hull up from the old Third Division to the Football League Championship, missing only one league match in the 2004-05 season.
In the 2005-06 season, Myhill was again in fine form and again missed only one league game, through suspension after a controversial sending off for handling the ball outside his area in a game against QPR. In one memorable match at Stoke he saved two penalties, prompting chants of "Myhill for England" from the travelling fans. At the end of the season he was named as the club's Player Of The Year, and was the highest-ranked goalkeeper in FourFourTwo magazine's list of the top 50 Football League players. He was rewarded with a new, improved contract running until June 2008.
Myhill has also made international appearances for the England Youth and England U20 teams. As well as England and the United States, he is also eligible to play for Wales, although it is believed that he turned down the offer to play for Wales in early 2006, instead choosing to wait for a possible England call up.
[edit] External links
- Boaz Myhill profile at hullcityafc.co.uk
- Boaz Myhill career stats at Soccerbase
| Hull City A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Myhill | 2 Doyle | 3 Dawson | 4 Ashbee | 5 Coles | 6 Turner | 7 Elliott | 8 Barmby | 9 Forster | 10 McPhee | 12 Duke | 14 Parlour | 16 Delaney | 17 Bridges | 19 Welsh | 20 Windass | 21 Ricketts | 22 Marney | 23 Collins | 24 Livermore | 26 Vaz Té | 27 Peltier | 28 Fry | 29 France | 33 Plummer | 34 Featherstone | 36 Aspden | 37 Wilkinson | Manager: Brown |
