Matthew Connolly

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Matthew Connolly
Personal information
Full name Matthew Thomas Connolly
Date of birth September 24, 1987 (1987-09-24) (age 20)
Place of birth    Barnet, London, England
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Queens Park Rangers
Number 16
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005–2008
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–		 Arsenal
→ Bournemouth (loan)
→ Colchester United (loan)
Queens Park Rangers		 00 (0)
05 (1)
16 (2)
19 (0)   
National team2
2007– England U21 00 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 29 April 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 15 November 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Connolly (born 24 September 1987 in Barnet) is a footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers having moved there from Arsenal on 2 January 2008.

He started his career as a youth at Arsenal, eventually making the reserve side. In September 2006 he was made captain of Arsenal's reserves.[1] He made his first-team debut for Arsenal on October 24, 2006, starting a Carling Cup third round match against West Bromwich Albion.

On November 23, 2006 Arsenal announced he was going on loan to Bournemouth until January 2, 2007.[2] In total he played seven games for Bournemouth (five in League One and two in the FA Cup), and scored his first goal at senior level in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, on December 5, 2006. He returned to Arsenal as scheduled at the start of January 2007, [3] and came on as substitute for Armand Traoré against Liverpool in the League Cup Quarter-Finals on January 9.

On July 9, 2007 Arsenal announced he would be spending the whole of the 2007-08 season on loan to Colchester United,[4] although he eventually was recalled midway through the loan on January 2, 2008.[5] The same day, his transfer to Queens Park Rangers was announced, after finding first team chances too difficult.[6]

In the meantime, in November, he received his first call-up to the England U-21 squad, where he joined Arsenal teammate Theo Walcott.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Banfield: 'The senior players impressed me'. Arsenal.com.
  2. ^ Connolly joins AFC Bournemouth on loan. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
  3. ^ Cherries v Bees. Vitalfootball. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
  4. ^ Matthew Connolly joins Colchester United on loan. Arsenal. com.
  5. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Colchester United | Colchester to lose on-loan Gunner
  6. ^ Sky Sports | Football | Premier League | News | Connolly links up with QPR
  7. ^ Arsenal.com: Matt Connolly called up for Under-21 action

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Persondata
NAME Connolly, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1987-09-24
PLACE OF BIRTH Barnet, London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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