Chris Eagles

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Chris Eagles
Personal information
Full name Christopher Mark Eagles
Date of birth 19 November 1985 (1985-11-19) (age 22)
Place of birth    Hemel Hempstead, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Right/left Winger
Club information
Current club Manchester United
Number 33
Youth clubs
 ?–2000
2000–2003		 Watford
Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–
2005
2005
2006
2006–2007		 Manchester United
→ Watford (loan)
→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
→ Watford (loan)
→ Nijmegen (loan)		 06 (1)
13 (1)
25 (3)
17 (3)
15 (1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Mark Eagles (born 19 November 1985 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire) is an English footballer whose most favoured position is as an attacking right-sided midfielder. He has been on Manchester United's books throughout his career, but he has not yet broken into the first team a regular basis, and most of his professional appearances have been for various loan clubs. His nickname at Old Trafford is The Hairdresser.

Originally coming through the youth system at Watford, he left when he was 14 to join the Manchester United academy. The compensation owed to Watford for this move would later form part of the package which took Danny Webber in the opposite direction.[1]

Eagles made his first-team debut for United on 28 October 2003 as a second-half substitute for Kieran Richardson in an extra-time win away to Leeds United in the League Cup.[2] He played once more that season, this time as a substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo as United lost 2-0 away to West Bromwich Albion in a 4th round League Cup tie.[3]

Eagles was loaned to Watford on 21 January 2005,[4] for whom he made 13 appearances and scored one goal (against Gillingham[5]). He was also loaned to Sheffield Wednesday for the first half of the 2005-06 season.[6] He scored his first goal for Sheffield Wednesday in their derby match against Leeds.[7] He ended his loan spell with a total of three goals for Wednesday.

On 6 January 2006, Eagles was again loaned to Watford,[8] making his debut against Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup, with the Hornets going down 3-0. In his first league appearance for Watford against Stoke City, he scored the only goal of the match for Watford.[9] His winning goal in the 1-0 away win at Brighton & Hove Albion on 18 February from 50 yards (almost the halfway line)[10] - reminiscent of David Beckham's goal for Manchester United vs Wimbledon a decade earlier - won him the club's prestigious goal of the season award.

Despite an obvious shortage in central midfielders at the club, on 31 August 2006, the day after fellow United team mate Giuseppe Rossi agreed to go out on loan to Newcastle United, Eagles agreed to spend four months on loan at Dutch outfit Nijmegen, in order to gain more experience.[11]

On 21 December 2006, Eagles decided to take the option of returning to Manchester United after struggling at NEC Nijmegen to get many games.[12] He only made 11 appearances for NEC, with the majority coming as a substitute. On 13 March 2007, Eagles featured in the second half for United in an exhibition match at Old Trafford against Marcello Lippi's Europe XI.

On 28 April 2007, Eagles scored his first senior goal (in the 93rd minute) for United in a 4-2 Premier League win over Everton after coming on as a second half substitute, putting Manchester United five points clear in their race for the Premiership title.On 20 July 2007 during Manchester United's Asian Tour, he scored for United in the friendly match against FC Seoul. He also scored a spectacular 35 yard volley in a friendly match against Shenzhen FC 4 days later, bringing his total in the Asia Tour to 3 goals in 5 games. Eagles recently stated that he wants to offer further help to his team-mates by featuring in the first team set-up in the 07-08 season.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Webber poised for Watford. BBC Sport (2004-07-04). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  2. ^ Leeds 2-3 Man Utd. BBC Sport (2003-10-28). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  3. ^ Baggies bounce United out. BBC Sport (2003-12-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  4. ^ Eagles moves to Watford on loan. BBC Sport (2005-01-21). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  5. ^ Watford 2-0 Gillingham. BBC Sport (2005-02-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  6. ^ Owls swoop to take Eagles on loan. BBC Sport (2005-06-20). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  7. ^ Sheff Wed 1-0 Leeds. BBC Sport (2005-09-13). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  8. ^ Eagles returns to Hornets on loan. BBC Sport (2006-01-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  9. ^ Watford 1-0 Stoke. BBC Sport (2006-01-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  10. ^ Brighton 0-1 Watford. BBC Sport (2006-02-18). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  11. ^ Deadline deals as they happened. BBC Sport (2006-09-01). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  12. ^ Man Utd gain work permit for Dong. BBC Sport (2006-12-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  13. ^ "Eagles hoping to soar", ManUtd.com, 2007-08-29. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 

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Persondata
NAME Eagles, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1985-11-19
PLACE OF BIRTH Hemel Hempstead, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH