Matthew Connolly

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Personal information
Matthew Connolly
Date of birth	September 24, 1987 (age 19)
Place of birth	Barnet, London, England
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Number	33
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005- Nov 2006-Jan 2007	Arsenal → Bournemouth (loan)	0 (0) 5 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007-01-04. * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Connolly (born 24 September 1987 in Barnet) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Arsenal.

He started his career as a youth at Arsenal, eventually making the reserve side. In September 2006 he was made captain of Arsenal's reserves.^[1] He made his first-team debut for Arsenal on October 24, 2006, starting a Carling Cup third round match against West Bromwich Albion.

On November 23, 2006 Arsenal announced he was going on loan to Bournemouth until January 2, 2007.^[2] In total he played seven games for Bournemouth (five in League One and two in the FA Cup), and scored his first goal at senior level in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, on December 5, 2006. He returned to Arsenal as scheduled at the start of January 2007, ^[3] and came on as substitute for Armand Traoré against Liverpool in the League Cup Quarter-Finals on January 9.

[edit] References

^ Banfield: 'The senior players impressed me'. Arsenal.com.
^ Connolly joins AFC Bournemouth on loan. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
^ Cherries v Bees. Vitalfootball. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.

[edit] External links

Matthew Connolly career stats at Soccerbase

Arsenal F.C. - Current Squad
1 Lehmann \| 2 Diaby \| 4 Fàbregas \| 5 Touré \| 6 Senderos \| 7 Rosický \| 8 Ljungberg \| 9 Baptista \| 10 Gallas \| 11 van Persie \| 13 Hleb \| 14 Henry \| 15 Denílson \| 16 Flamini \| 19 Gilberto \| 20 Djourou \| 21 Poom \| 22 Clichy \| 24 Almunia \| 25 Adebayor \| 27 Eboué \| 30 Aliadière \| 31 Hoyte \| 32 Walcott \| 33 Connolly \| 43 Randall \| 45 Traoré \| Manager: Wenger