Joe Gamble

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Joe Gamble
Personal information
Full name Joseph Gamble
Date of birth January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14) (age 26)
Place of birth    Flag of Ireland Cork, Ireland
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Cork City
Number 8
Youth clubs
1997
1998
Leeds AFC Cork
Cork City Youths
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2000
2001-2004
2004-present
Cork City
Reading
Cork City
1 0(0)
0 0(0)
? (?)   
National team2
2001
2006
2006-present
Republic of Ireland U21
Republic of Ireland B
Republic of Ireland
08 0(1)
01 0(0)
02 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of where published.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 26, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Joe Gamble is an Irish International central midfield footballer for Cork City, Ireland.

[edit] Early career

He originally made his debut for the club in the Super Cup against Bohemians FC in July 2000. Soon after he signed for Reading F.C..

[edit] Cork City F.C.

Following an unhappy spell in England he returned to Cork City FC in 2004. He quickly established himself in the City first team and was a mainstay in the team that won the Eircom League Premier Division in November 2005.

He has recently been linked with a move to Bohemians but is likely to remain at Cork City following the recent takeover.

[edit] International recognition

In his early career at Cork City and Reading, Gamble made eight appearances for the Republic of Ireland under-21s, scoring once. The goal came as part of a 3-2 win against Denmark at his 'home' stadium, Turners Cross.

In 2006 Joe was nominated on the eircom League team of the season and was shortlisted for player of the year. His displays for 'City did not go unnoticed by Ireland manager Steve Staunton and in May 2006 he was called up to the Irish International team. He manned the substitutes bench in a match against Chile, but a poor performance saw Staunton unwilling to experiment late in the game. Gamble later played for the Republic of Ireland B team against Scotland in November 2006 alongside teammate Roy O'Donovan. In doing so he became only the third City player ever to do so.

On Tuesday May 15th 2007 it was announced that Joe Gamble had again been drafted into Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland squad to travel to America in order to take part in friendly matches against Ecuador and Bolivia. He made his debut against Ecuador on May 23rd, 2007 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, coming on as a second half substitute. Having suitably impressed, he started the game 3 days later against Bolivia.


Persondata
NAME Gamble, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 14 January 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Cork, Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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