Matt Derbyshire
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| Matt Derbyshire | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Anthony Derbyshire | |
| Date of birth | April 14, 1986 (age 20) | |
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Number | 27 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003- 2005-2006 2006 |
Blackburn Rovers → Plymouth Argyle (loan) → Wrexham (loan) |
16 (2) 12 (0) 16 (10) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007- | England U21 | 1 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Matt Derbyshire (born 14 April 1986 in Blackburn) in an English footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers as a forward.
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[edit] Club Career
Derbyshire joined Blackburn from local club Great Harwood Town in 2003 for a small fee, having scored 18 goals in 9 appearances. He rejected a move to Manchester United in favour of Blackburn as he felt his first team opportunities would be greater there.
He has had loan spells at Plymouth Argyle but did not manage to score in any of his 13 games, resulting in Mark Hughes ending the player's loan early. He then joined Wrexham on loan for the final 3 months of the season where he made a name for himself hitting the net on 10 occasions from 16 appearances.
He opened his senior goal account for the first team in a 3-0 against Wigan Athletic on 1 January 2007 before extending his tally further with the opener away to Everton in a 4-1 FA Cup Third Round victory on January 7. He made his first Premiership start against Arsenal on the 13th January. He scored his third goal in four games against Manchester City on 20 January 2007.
He continued his impressive form for Blackburn scoring two goals against Luton in the FA Cup 4th Round on 27 January 2007 and providing an assist for another.
[edit] International Career
On 1 February 2007, Derbyshire was called up to the England under-21 squad by new manager Stuart Pearce, for the match against Spain on Tuesday 6 February 2007. Derbyshire was subsequently injured (thigh strain) playing for Blackburn against Sheffield United on 3 February, and therefore missed joining up with the squad.
Was the 3rd English player to score at Wembley as he scored on his debut at the England v Italy game
[edit] Career statistics
(correct as of 12 March, 2007)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[1] | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Plymouth (loan) | 2005-06 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrexham (loan) | 2005-06 | 16 | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | - |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2004-05 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 2006-07 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | |
| Career totals | 51 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||||
[edit] External links
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Friedel | 3 Khizanishvili | 4 Todd | 5 Tugay | 6 Nelsen | 7 Emerton | 8 Savage | 9 Nonda | 10 McCarthy | 11 Bentley | 12 Gamst Pedersen | 13 Enckelman | 14 Reid | 15 Mokoena | 16 Henchoz | 17 Jeffers | 18 Gallagher | 19 Dunn | 20 Ooijer | 21 Samba | 22 Warnock | 23 Brown | 25 Berner | 27 Derbyshire | 28 Fielding | 29 Treacy | 30 Roberts | 31 Peter | 32 Nolan | 33 Gray | Manager: Hughes |
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