Kevin Nolan
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| Kevin Nolan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Anthony Nolan | |
| Date of birth | June 24, 1982 (age 24) | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6' 0") | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bolton Wanderers | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997-2001 | Bolton Wanderers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-Present | Bolton Wanderers | 235 (36) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002-2004 | England U21 | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kevin Nolan (born June 24, 1982 in Liverpool) is a former England Under-21 international footballer who currently captains Bolton Wanderers of the FA Premier League.
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[edit] Career
Nolan was brought up in a football playing family, and wanted to be a footballer from a young age. By the age of 14, he was playing for the City of Liverpool's schoolboys team. As a child, he supported Liverpool, although, conversely, his favourite players were Éric Cantona and Lee Sharpe of Liverpool's rivals, Manchester United.
He was asked to come to a Bolton youth team session by a friend, and was soon signed up to the club's books. At the age of 16 he was handed a year-to-year contract, co-inciding with the opening of Bolton's academy. At the age of 17 he signed professional terms and made his first team debut.
In his first season in the Premiership (2001-02), Nolan scored 8 goals in the league including 2 at Leicester City on the opening day of the season. The following season Nolan's only goal was the winner at Old Trafford in the game which Bolton recorded their second shock win at the ground. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been seen scouting Nolan. In his third season he amassed a total of 12 goals as Bolton had their best season for 45 years.
Kevin Nolan has previously been called-up to the England Under-21s, but also has Irish ancestry, so could also play for the Republic of Ireland at the full international level. Some commentators have acknowledged that Nolan could be a future candidate for the England squad.[1] There were reports in a local paper, The Bolton News, that he could play for Holland, due to distant Dutch ancestry.
[edit] Personal life
Nolan has been in a relationship for the last nine years. He became engaged in the summer of 2005 He and his fiancee welcomed a daughter, Jasmine Elizabeth, in November 2006. Nolan grew up in Toxteth, Liverpool and was educated at the Liverpool Blue Coat School.
[edit] Statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Bolton Wanderers F.C. | 1999- | 214 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 39 |
| Total | 214 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 39 | |
[edit] Trivia
- Nolan is the assistant manager of a Sunday League team in Liverpool called Nicosia, for whom a lot of his family play.[2]
- He has a column on the BBC Sport website for the 2006-2007 English Premiership season.
- Kevin Nolan's trademark goal celebration is his distinctive hand gesture.
[edit] Criticism
Nolan, along with the rest of his Bolton team, have in the past often been accused of a dull and negative style of football. He has disputed this; saying that if a team wins, it doesn't matter how they play.
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4755020.stm
- ^ Kevin Nolan column, BBC Sport, October 12, 2006.
[edit] External links
| Bolton Wanderers F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Al Habsi | 2 Hunt | 4 Nolan | 5 Méïté | 6 Speed | 7 Stelios | 8 Campo | 9 Pedersen | 11 Gardner | 12 Walker | 14 Davies | 15 Thompson | 16 Andranik | 17 Fortune | 21 Diouf | 22 Jääskeläinen | 23 Tal | 24 O'Brien | 25 Faye | 26 Ben Haim | 27 César | 29 Harsányi | 31 Sinclair | 39 Anelka | 41 Fojut | 46 Jamieson | Manager: Allardyce |
