Paul Hall (footballer)

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Paul Hall
Personal information
Full name	Paul Hall
Date of birth	July 3, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nickname	Ninja
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chesterfield
Number	11
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1993 1993-1998 1998-2000 1999 1999-2000 2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-	Torquay United Portsmouth Coventry City →Bury (loan) →Sheffield United (loan) →West Bromwich Albion (loan) →Walsall (loan) Walsall Rushden & Diamonds Tranmere Rovers Chesterfield	093 0(1) 188 (37) 010 0(0) 007 0(0) 004 0(1) 004 0(0) 002 0(1) 049 0(9) 112 (26) 055 (13) 073 (18)
National team
1997-2002	Jamaica
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:59, 21 January 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Hall (born 3 July 1972 in Manchester, England), is a professional English born Jamaican footballer, who currently plays for Chesterfield in League One. He is a striker who can also play on the right wing.

Hall began his career back in 1990 with Torquay United and spent three season with the club before being spotted by Portsmouth, who paid £70,000 for his services.

Hall was to spend five happy seasons with the Fratton Park outfit, and after some impressive displays Hall gained a call up to the Jamaica national football team to participate at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

After some impressive performances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Hall moved to Coventry City for a fee of £300,000, but after only making 10 appearances in his two seasons with the club, Hall found himself being loaned out to various clubs. Hall was loaned out to Bury, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion and Walsall.

It was Walsall who eventually signed Hall from Coventry City on a free transfer, after making 55 appearances and scoring 9 goals Hall was on the move again, this time to Rushden & Diamonds where he made a big impression.

Hall spent three seasons with Rushden & Diamonds making 112 appearances and scoring 26 goals. This earned him a move to Tranmere Rovers where he played 55 times and scored 13 goals.

For the 2005/06 season Hall signed on a free for Chesterfield for whom he was the top scorer with 15 goals in 47 league and cup starts.

[edit] External links

• Paul Hall career stats at Soccerbase

	Jamaica squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Barrett | 2 Malcolm | 3 Dawes | 4 Dixon | 5 Goodison | 6 Simpson | 7 Cargill | 8 Gayle | 9 Williams | 10 Boyd | 11 Whitmore | 12 Sewell | 13 Lawrence | 14 Ricketts | 15 Gardner | 16 Earle | 17 Lowe | 18 Burton | 19 Sinclair | 20 Powell | 21 Brown | 22 Hall | Coach: Simões

Chesterfield F.C. - Current Squad
1 Roche | 2 Bailey | 3 O'Hare | 4 Picken | 6 Niven | 7 Shaw | 8 Allott | 9 Allison | 10 Larkin | 11 Hall | 12 Davies | 15 Downes | 18 Smith | 19 Hazell | 20 Jackson | 21 Lowry | 22 Jordan | 23 Boertien | 25 Holmes | 26 Critchell | 27 Grimaldi | 28 Ward | –– Rizzo | Manager: Richardson