James Vaughan (striker)
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| James Vaughan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Vaughan | |
| Date of birth | July 14, 1988 (age 18) | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Everton | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2003-2006 | Everton F.C. Academy | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004- | Everton | 7 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James Vaughan (born July 14, 1988 in Birmingham, England) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Everton F.C.
As a youngster he excelled in both football and rugby union and was in the youth set up at Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Club. He was spotted by an Everton scout while playing in the Preston area. He was a member of the 2002 Milk Cup winning squad and voted by his fellow team-mates as the Under-16s player of the season for 2003/4.
Vaughan scored a number of goals for the reserve team during the 2004/05 season, catching the eye of the manager. He was named among the substitutes for the first time on Saturday, February 19th for the FA Cup Fifth Round tie against Manchester United and was also named in the Toffees’ 16 a week later for the 3-1 win at Aston Villa. His 73rd-minute substitute appearance against Crystal Palace on April 10, 2005, ensured that the 16-year-old from Birmingham broke Joe Royle’s record as the club’s youngest first-team player by 11 days, as he was just 16 years and 271 days old.
Then his 84th-minute strike not only made him Everton’s youngest-ever scorer, surpassing Wayne Rooney at 16 years 360 days, but he also overtook James Milner as the Premiership’s youngest scorer, who previously held the record at 16 years 357 days.
Vaughan signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2005, agreeing a two year contract. Early in the 2005/06 campaign, however, he sustained a knee ligament injury whilst on international duty with England Under-18s. A series of complications sidelined him for the remainder of the campaign and did not have the chance to establish himself as a regular in the senior squad. In an interview last year, he said one of his main footballing assets was his pace. He is believed to be able to do 100 metres in 11.7 seconds.[citation needed]
Vaughan made his return for Everton reserves on August 29, 2006 against Newcastle. He played 63 minutes scoring a goal in the process. Just two weeks later, Vaughan received a great morale boost when he was called up to the England under 19 squad.
In that U-19's game against Switzerland, for a further boost to his return, Vaughan came on as a second half substitute and scored a 90th minute goal with a header that won the match for England, 3-2. He got his long awaited 2nd Everton goal in the 93rd minute of a 2-0 win over West Ham.
In March 2007 Vaughan made his first Premiership start for Everton in their 1-0 victory over Arsenal.
[edit] Career stats
| Season | Club | App | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | Everton | 2 | 1 | |
| 2005-06 | Everton | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006-07 | Everton | 4 | 1 |
[edit] External links
| Everton F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Wright | 2 Hibbert | 3 Naysmith | 4 Yobo | 6 Arteta | 7 Van der Meyde | 8 Johnson | 9 Beattie | 11 McFadden | 15 Stubbs | 16 Lescott | 17 Cahill | 18 Neville | 19 Valente | 21 Osman | 22 Vaughan | 23 Pistone | 24 Howard | 26 Carsley | 28 Anichebe | 30 Ruddy | 36 Boyle | 37 Fernandes | 38 Anderson | 41 Viðarsson | Manager: Moyes |
