Clint Hill (footballer)

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Clint Hill
Personal information
Full name Clinton Scott Hill
Date of birth October 19, 1978 (1978-10-19) (age 29)
Place of birth    Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Crystal Palace
Number 4
Youth clubs
Tranmere Rovers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–2002
2002–2003
2003–2008
2007-2008
2008-		 Tranmere Rovers
Oldham Athletic
Stoke City
→ Crystal Palace (loan)
Crystal Palace		 140 (16)
17 (1)
80 (3)
13 (3)
15 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Clinton Scott "Clint" Hill (born October 19, 1978 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English footballer, currently playing for Crystal Palace in The Championship. His most natural position is at centre-back, although he can also play at left-back as well.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Tranmere Rovers & Oldham Athletic

Hill began his career as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers, where he made his debut during a 2–2 draw against Nottingham Forest in the 1997–98 season. By the 1998–99 season Hill had become a regular starter in the Tranmere side and was part of the team which played in the 2000 League Cup final at Wembley against Leicester City, however Hill was sent off during the game and Tranmere lost the match 2–1. Hill made 140 appearances during his five years in the Tranmere first team.

A £250,000 move to Oldham Athletic in 2002 [1] saw him make just 17 league starts in one season before it was cut short when Hill broke his leg during a League Cup tie against Crystal Palace in December 2002, which kept him sidelined for the remainder of the 2002–03 season. Clinton scored one league goal for the Latics, ironically against Tranmere. Hill was then given a £120,000 move to Stoke City during the summer of 2003. [2]

[edit] Stoke City

Hill's first season at Stoke was disrupted with injury and he was forced to sit out a lot of the 2003–04 season,[3] making only nine first team starts and three substitute appearances. However Hill impressed during his second season at Stoke with his defensive ability and won the club's player of the year award for the 2004–05 season.

However Hill's career at Stoke since has been hindered by recurring knee injuries, he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament towards the end of the 2004–05 season which prevented him from playing again until late into the 2005–06 season,[4] however he made an immediate impact on his return, forging a strong partnership with Michael Duberry in central defence.

He found himself unable to hold down a regular first place during the 2006–07 season, with Danny Higginbotham and Michael Duberry preferred to him as first choice central defenders and Andy Griffin occupying the left-back slot. He played the majority of his appearances during the 2006-07 season as a stand-in left-back. However Hill's season was brought to a premature end when he required a further operation on the same knee he injured in 2005.

He remained at Stoke for the first half of the following season, although he joined Crystal Palace on loan in October. Ironically, his last outing for Stoke was a late appearance as a substitute in a victory at Palace.

[edit] Crystal Palace

Hill's move to join Neil Warnock's Eagles was for was an initial two months. After impressing hugely, he then made the move permanent for an undisclosed fee in January 2008.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hill seals Oldham move", BBC Sport, 2002-07-15. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. 
  2. ^ "Hill joins Oldham exodus", BBC Sport, 2003-07-15. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. 
  3. ^ "Stoke suffer Hill heartache", BBC Sport, 2003-12-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. 
  4. ^ "Hill knee surgery shock for Stoke", BBC Sport, 2005-05-19. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. 
  5. ^ "Hill makes Palace move permanent", BBC Sport, 2008-01-16. Retrieved on 2008-01-16. 

[edit] External links

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Crystal Palace F.C. – current squad

1 Flinders • 2 Lawrence • 3 Craig • 4 Hill • 7 Fletcher • 8 Scowcroft • 9 Freedman • 10 Morrison • 11 Ifill • 12 Speroni • 14 Watson • 16 Danns • 19 Soares • 20 Butterfield • 23 Fonte • 28 Derry • 30 Bostock • 32 Kuqi • 34 Hills • 35 Wiggins • 36 Spence • 38 Wilkinson • 39 Dayton • 43 Moses • 44 Scannell • 48 Robinson • Manager: Warnock


Persondata
NAME Hill, Clinton Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hill, Clint
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978-10-19
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH