Kris Renton

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Kris Joseph Renton (born July 12, 1990) is a young Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Norwich City.

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[edit] Norwich City

[edit] Youth team at Norwich

Having been spotted playing in the summer of 2006 in Scotland playing for Musselburgh Windsor by Academy scout Karl Brady, Renton began the 2006/07 season in the youth team. He spent some time away though, being named in the Ireland Under 17s for a European Under 17 Championship qualifying tournament in Baku in Autumn 2006, but made his debut at that level for Scotland Under 17s in February 2007 against Northern Ireland.[1]

Towards the end of the campaign, he progressed into the Reserves at Norwich, making his debut on February 21, 2007 against local rivals Ipswich. He scored his first goal for the second string on April 24, 2007 against Southend. [2]

[edit] Senior appearances

He was named on the bench for the first time on March 31, 2007 against Colchester. Should he have played, he would have broken Ryan Jarvis' record as Norwich's youngest ever player, at just 16 years and 262 days.[3] Norwich Academy manager Ricky Martin said that Renton's call up to the first team provided a massive incentive to other players in the youth side. [4] City manager Peter Grant told the club's website that Renton was due to make his debut as a second half substitute in the Colchester game, but Grant was unwilling to throw on a debutant with the side struggling in the course of a 3-0 defeat.[5]

He did however make his debut in the 2-1 win at Leicester coming on in injury time at the end of the second half, on April 14, 2007, making him the youngest ever player to appear for Norwich City, beating Jarvis' record by 6 days, aged 16 years 276 days.[6] Renton made his full debut three days later at Burnley, replacing the injured Darren Huckerby in starting line-up after he hurt his back in the warm up. [7]

For the start of the 2007/08 season, Renton was back playing with the Reserves and the Under 18s, and was scoring regularly.[8] But against Chelsea Under 18s on October 6 he suffered a broken leg, which is expected to keep him out for an extended period of time. [9]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Renton call is boost for youngsters. EDP News. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
  2. ^ Southend Res 0, Norwich City Res 3. EDP News. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
  3. ^ Colchester United 3-0 Norwich City. Norwich City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  4. ^ Renton call is boost for youngsters. EDP News. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
  5. ^ Renton Hopes For Debut. Norwich City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  6. ^ Leicester City 1-2 Norwich City. Norwich City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  7. ^ Burnley 3-0 Norwich City. Norwich City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  8. ^ Renton bags brace as City win. Norwich City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  9. ^ Injury blow for Renton. Norwich City F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

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