Liam Rosenior

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Liam Rosenior
Personal information
Full name	Liam James Rosenior
Date of birth	9 July 1984 (1984-07-09) (age 23)
Place of birth	Wandsworth, London, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Right back / Winger
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	19
Youth clubs
2001–2003	Bristol City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2003 2003–2007 2004 2007–	Bristol City Fulham → Torquay United (loan) Reading	22 (2) 79 (0) 10 (0) 17 (0)
National team2
2005 2005–2007	England U20 England U21	04 (1) 07 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:59, 4 June 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Liam James Rosenior (born 9 July 1984 in Wandsworth, England) is a professional footballer currently playing for Reading in the English Premier League. He is the son of ex-Brentford manager Leroy Rosenior, and spent time on loan at Torquay United, where his father was manager, during their most recent promotion season (2003–2004).

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Interests 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Club career

He started his career with Bristol City as a promising midfielder. Arguably his best moment came when he scored the winner in a 2-0 victory for Bristol City against Carlisle United in the 2003 LDV Vans Trophy Final at the Millennium Stadium. This would prove to be his last appearance for City as Fulham soon snapped him up.

Rosenior soon became popular amongst Fulham fans due to his Afro hairstyle. During a match against Manchester City Rosenior made a seemingly impossible goal line clearance while the score was at 1-1, Fulham going on to win the game 2-1 with Steed Malbranque scoring in the last minute. Rosenior later told reporters that he was able to clear the ball in that manner due to his Afro hairstyle.^[1]

He signed a four-year extension to his Fulham contract in July 2006, but left Fulham for Reading on 31 August 2007 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract, with Seol Ki-Hyeon going the other way.^[2] His debut for Reading came in a 2-1 defeat to Sunderland on 15 September 2007,^[3] and he scored his first goal for Reading in a 7-4 defeat to Portsmouth on 29 September 2007, although it was initially awarded to Stephen Hunt.^[4]

[edit] International career

Rosenior was called up to the England U21 squad in March 2005, and made his début in a 2-2 draw with Germany U21 on 25 March 2005,^[5] closely followed by a second cap in a 2-0 win over Azerbaijan U21 on 29 March 2005^[6] His performances earned him a call up to the England U20 squad for the Toulon Tournament in June 2005, where he played three times and scored one goal.^[7]

However, it would be over a year and a half before he would add to his England U21 caps, with the next one coming against Holland U21 on 14 November 2006.^[8] Rosenior made it into the squad for the 2006 European U21 Championship, but only made one appearance, as a substitute against Holland U21.^[9] Due to his age, this would prove to be his seventh and last appearance for the England U21 team.

[edit] Interests

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• Rosenior likes the band Keane and was spotted at one of their concerts recently. He also likes rap music.
• His favourite film is The Pacifier.
• His favourite sport other than football is table tennis.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Liam Rosenior profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Liam Rosenior career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Rosenior, Liam James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	9 July 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wandsworth, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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