John Welsh (footballer)

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John Welsh
Personal information
Full name	John Joseph Welsh
Date of birth	January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5'7" / 1.69 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hull City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2006 2005-2006 2006- 2008	Liverpool → Hull City (loan) Hull City → Chester City (loan)	04 0 (0) 20 0 (2) 30 0 (1) 06 0 (0)
National team2
2004-2007	England U21	08 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 12, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

John Welsh (born January 10, 1984 in Liverpool) is an English football player who plays on loan for Chester City from Hull City. He was also captain of the England under-20 team, and has been capped eight times for the under-21s. He represented England U20 at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Contents 1 Player Profile 2 Career statistics 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Player Profile

Welsh joined Liverpool at the age of 10. He progressed through the ranks, becoming captain of the Reserve Team in the process. Welsh trained with the Liverpool first team squad at their Melwood training ground from the middle of the 2001-02 season. He plays in central midfield and is comparable in style to Steven Gerrard.

In the 2002-03 season John Welsh played only one game for the first team - his début match against Ipswich on December 4, 2002 in a League Cup fourth round tie at home - when he replaced Vladimír Šmicer in the 83rd minute. Also, John Welsh has been amongst the substitutes for a number of European games.

His first game in Premiership was against Arsenal on October 4, 2003, when he replaced Salif Diao in the 82nd minute, but he couldn't help his team avoid defeat — they lost 2-1, and unfortunately for Welsh, his first act was to be booked for a foul on Ray Parlour.

After three starts and seven substitute appearances in all competitions for Liverpool, in August 2005, John went on a season-long loan to Championship side Hull City. The club were impressed, and in November 2005 agreed a deal which saw Liverpool take promising young winger Paul Anderson in exchange. The swap took place on January 4, 2006.

However, three minutes into a match against Preston North End on March 10, 2007, Welsh dived into a tackle with Preston's Neil Mellor, a former Liverpool team mate. Welsh was carried off on a stretcher, and it later transpired that he had broken both the tibia and fibia in his right leg, ruling him out for many months.

On 31 December 2007, Chester City announced they would be signing Welsh on loan when the transfer window reopened the following day. ^[1] He made his Chester debut on 1 January 2008, in a 2–0 home defeat to Grimsby Town, and spent the rest of the month in Chester's starting line-up before returning to Hull.

[edit] Career statistics

Club Performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
2002-03	Liverpool	Premier League	0	0	-		1	0	-		1	0
2003-04			1	0	-		-		1	0	2	0
2004-05			3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
2005-06	Hull City	Championship	32	2	-		1	0	-		33	2
2006-07			18	1	-		3	0	-		21	1
2007-08	Chester City	League Two
Total	England		54	3	1	0	7	0	2	0	64	3
Career Total			54	3	1	0	7	0	2	0	64	3

[edit] External links

• John Welsh career stats at Soccerbase

[edit] References

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