Justin Hoyte

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Justin Hoyte
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Personal information
Full name Justin Raymond Hoyte
Date of birth November 20, 1984 (1984-11-20) (age 23)
Place of birth    London, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Arsenal
Number 31
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-
2005-2006
 Arsenal
→ Sunderland (loan)		 34 (1)
27 (1)   
National team2
2004-2007 England U21 18 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:31, 05 April 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Justin Raymond Hoyte (born November 20, 1984 in Leytonstone, London) is an English football player who currently plays for Arsenal. His younger brother, Gavin Hoyte, also plays for Arsenal. His cousin is English sprinter Chris Clarke.

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[edit] Club career

Hoyte has been with Arsenal since he was 11 years old, making his way up through the academy, youth and reserve teams, he signed professional terms with Arsenal in May 2003. He is primarily a right back, but has also been used at left back for Sunderland and Arsenal. More recently, he has also appeared at centre back for Arsenal in the Carling Cup.

He made his début as an 89th minute substitute in Arsenal's 6-1 Premiership victory over Southampton in May 2003. Being down the pecking order, his first few appearances for Arsenal were mostly restricted to League Cup matches, though in 2004-05 he made five league appearances, with four of them being starts. The first of which was at Norwich City, where he played centre back as a last minute replacement for Pascal Cygan, who was injured in the warm up.

During the summer of 2005, Hoyte was linked with a loan move to Ipswich Town, but Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger made clear he wanted the defender to play Premiership football. Therefore Hoyte instead joined Sunderland, on August 31, 2005 and played for the Black Cats for the entire 2005-06 season, making 31 appearances and scoring 1 goal against Newcastle United in April 2006. He returned to Arsenal at the end of the season.

With Ashley Cole absent from the Arsenal team due to his protracted transfer to Chelsea and Gaël Clichy's injury, Hoyte started the 2006-07 season as Arsenal's left back, starting against both Dinamo Zagreb and Aston Villa. However, he was widely seen as a temporary measure. When Gaël Clichy came back from injury Hoyte moved back to his preferred right side of defence to cover for the injured Emmanuel Eboué.

His first goal for Arsenal came on January 2, 2007 at home against Charlton Athletic. He created history when, slotting the ball past Scott Carson, he became the first Englishman to score for Arsenal in the new Emirates Stadium.

On 19 July 2007, the Daily Mirror published that Aston Villa were set to make a £4.5 million offer to Arsenal for Hoyte; after manager Martin O'Neill prioritised bringing in someone to fill the right back position. However Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger publicly announced "Hoyte is going nowhere"[citation needed] and with Eboue now slotting onto the right wing, it leaves him competing with Bacary Sagna for the right back place.[citation needed] As of 14 April 2008 he has played 67 times for Arsenal in all competitions.

[edit] International career

Hoyte was capped 18 times for the England U-21 team, and played all four matches at the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship. He took part in the epic semi-final shootout against hosts Netherlands, missing his first but scoring his second penalty as England lost 13-12. His sole goal for the team also came against the Netherlands, in November 2006.[1]

[edit] Club career statistics

(Correct as of 14 April 2008)
Club Season League Cup* Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Arsenal 2002–03 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2003–04 1 0 ? 2 0 ? 0 0 0 3 0 ?
2004–05 5 0 ? 5 0 ? 2 0 ? 12 0 ?
2005–06 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2005–06 Sunderland (loan) 27 1 ? 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 ?
2006–07 22 1 ? 8 0 ? 5 0 ? 35 1 ?
2007–08 5 0 0 8 0 ? 2 0 0 15 0 ?
Total Arsenal 34 1 ? 24 0 ? 9 0 ? 67 1 ?
Grand Total| 61 2 ? 27 0 ? 9 0 ? 97 2 ?

(* FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield)

[edit] Career honours

Arsenal

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gordon Tynan. Netherlands U21 0 England U21 1: Hoyte gives England's senior team an example to follow. The Independent. Retrieved on June 21, 2007.
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Arsenal F.C. – current squad

2 Diaby • 3 Sagna • 4 Fàbregas • 5 Touré • 6 Senderos • 7 Rosický • 9 Eduardo • 10 Gallas • 11 van Persie • 13 Hleb • 15 Denílson • 17 Song • 19 Gilberto • 20 Djourou • 21 Fabiański • 22 Clichy • 24 Almunia • 25 Adebayor • 26 Bendtner • 27 Eboué • 30 Traoré • 31 J. Hoyte • 32 Walcott • 34 Gibbs • 35 Nordtveit • 36 Randall • 37 Rodgers • 38 Simpson • 39 Lansbury • 40 Mannone • 41 G. Hoyte • 42 Mérida • 43 Barazite • 44 Ogogo • 45 Dunne • 46 Gilbert • 47 Steer • — Vela • Manager: Wenger
Persondata
NAME Hoyte, Justin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoyte, Justin Raymond
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1984-11-20
PLACE OF BIRTH Leytonstone, London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH