James McEveley
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| James McEveley | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | James Michael McEveley | |
| Date of birth | November 2, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Left Back | |
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| Current club | Derby County | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Everton Blackburn Rovers |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2007 2003–2004 2005 2005–2006 2007– |
Blackburn Rovers → Burnley (loan) → Gillingham (loan) → Ipswich Town (loan) Derby County |
18 (0) 4 (0) 10 (1) 19 (1) 44 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004 2006 2007– |
England U-21 Scotland B Scotland |
1 (0) 2 (0) 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James Michael "Jay" McEveley (born November 2, 1985 in Liverpool, England) is a football player who currently plays for Derby County F.C. as a left-back.
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[edit] Blackburn Rovers
Despite starting his career with Everton, where he played in the same youth team as Wayne Rooney, McEveley never played for the club and moved to Blackburn Rovers, where he was seen as a potential star of the future. He made his first team debut against Walsall as part of a 2–2 draw in the League Cup. In order to gain competitive match experience McEveley was sent out on loan three times whilst at Blackburn, spending time at Burnley F.C. in December 2003, where he made six appearances for Burnley before suffering a knee injury, Gillingham and Ipswich Town. He intermittently featured in the Blackburn first team during this time, including in a match against Liverpool in October 2004 when his challenge resulted in a broken leg for Djibril Cisse. Though the challenge was legal and appeared innocuous, the gruesome footage of the incident shocked many.[1].
[edit] Derby County
As he struggled to hold down a regular place at Blackburn, McEveley signed on a permanent deal with promotion chasing Derby County during the January 2007 transfer window for a fee rumoured to be in the region of £600,000. Replacing previous regular left back Mo Camara, McEveley settled in well and played regularly for the rams as they eventually finished third and earned promotion to the Premiership following a 1-0 win over WBA in the Championship Playoff Final at the newly completed Wembley Stadium. McEveley played regularly for Derby upon their return to the Premiership and scored his first goal for Derby County against Liverpool in a 1-2 home defeat. He sustained knee ligament damage in the 1-0 loss to Bolton on 2 January 2008 after a heavy tackle from Kevin Davies which was expected to keep him out for 4 months, though he returned 6 weeks later to play in Derby's 2-0 defeat away to Wigan Athletic at the end of February 2008.
[edit] International career
He represented England U-20 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, but has since chosen to represent Scotland at the U-21 level[2] and B level.[3] McEveley made his debut for Scotland in the 1–0 win over the South African National squad on 22 August 2007. He won his third cap during the 1-1 draw with Croatia at Hampden Park, significant as manager George Burley's first match with the side. McEveley was a second half substitute in this match.
[edit] References
- ^ "Cisse 'faces anxious injury wait'", BBC Sport website.
- ^ "Anglo McEveley switches to Scots", BBC Sport website.
- ^ "Rep of Ireland B 0-0 Scotland B", BBC Sport website.
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