Joe Partington
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| Joe Partington | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Joseph Michael Partington  |
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| Date of birth | 1 April 1990 | |
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | |
| Playing position | Midfield | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bournemouth | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2001-2006 2006-2008 |
Portsmouth Bournemouth |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2007-present | Bournemouth | 6 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006 -2007 2007 - |
Wales U17 Wales U19 |
2 (0) 7 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Joe Partington (born 1 April 1990) is an English football player with Welsh dual nationality on his mothers side. Partington signed for Portsmouth Youth in 2001 after being spotted playing for Gosport & Fareham under 11's. He joined the Welsh under 16's in 2005 and was part of the successful Victory Shield squad who were joint winners with England in 2005. He currently plays for Bournemouth in Football League One as a central midfielder.
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[edit] Club career
Partington joined A.F.C. Bournemouth in June 2006 after being released by Portsmouth F.C. He made his first team debut for Bournemouth on 9 February 2008, against Luton Town. Bournemouth won the game 4-1. Partington came on as a late substitute for Marvin Bartley.
On 5 April 2008, Partington scored his first professional goal. This was a crucial goal at The Liberty Stadium in the 90th minute against top of the league side Swansea City. Moments after, the cherries stunned the home crowd by clawing back another goal from Jo Kuffour to win the game 2-1.
On 7 May 2008, Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond announced he had offered Partington, along with Youth Team goalkeeper Ryan Pryce and winger Josh McQuoid a professional contract with the club.
[edit] International career
Partington made his debut for the Wales Under-19 team in July 2007 against Chile. Aged only 17 years and 4 months he was made captain of the Welsh Under-19 team for the game against Turkey in the Milk Cup and has captained his country four times since. His only Welsh goal so far came in a 3-1 defeat against Hungary.
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