Michael Oakes

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Michael Oakes
Personal information
Full name Michael Christian Oakes
Date of birth October 30, 1973 (1973-10-30) (age 34)
Place of birth    Northwich, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
19??–1991 Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991–1999
1993–1994
1999–2007
2007–2008		 Aston Villa
→ Scarborough (loan)
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City		 052 (0)
001 (0)
199 (0)
011 (0)   
National team2
1994–1996 England U21 006 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael Christian Oakes (born October 30, 1973, Northwich, England) is a footballer. His position is goalkeeper. He is currently without a club after being released by Cardiff City. He is the son of former Manchester City footballer Alan Oakes.

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[edit] Footballing career

[edit] Club career

Having made his way through the youth system before joining the first team at Aston Villa (in which time he was loaned to Scarborough), Oakes joined Wolves in October 1999 for £450,000, and soon ousted long-serving Mike Stowell as number one at Molineux. He remained as the first-team goalkeeper until September 2002, when he suffered a shoulder injury and was replaced by rookie Matt Murray. Murray's impressive form kept Oakes out on his return, and he was not in the starting line-up for Wolves' play-off success against Sheffield United at the Millennium Stadium in May 2003.

However, the fortunes of the two keepers turned in August 2003, when Murray sustained a back injury, and Oakes stepped into the breach for Wanderers' inaugural Premiership campaign. He performed admirably in what was a tough season, but was controversially replaced by new signing Paul Jones in January 2004.

Oakes regained his place in October 2004, but his subsequent form was not as impressive as it had previously been and he once again lost his place in October 2005, to Stefan Postma. Although Postma was later released, Murray's return to fitness meant that Oakes continued as deputy in 2006-07. He was given a free transfer in May 2007. Upon his release, Oakes drew Murray praised his former colleague, stating that "I learned a lot from him and he has always been very supportive of me. Whoever signs him is going to have a top keeper."[1]

In July 2007 Oakes signed for Cardiff City on a one year-deal[2]. He began the season on the bench but due to several errors from Ross Turnbull in previous matches he was moved into the starting line-up for the 2-2 draw against Preston North End on 22 September. With Turnbull returing to Middlesbrough, where he was loaned from, Oakes found his only competition to be Irishman David Forde and continued in the number one spot. However on 27 October Cardiff signed goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on loan from Manchester City which again relegated him to the bench. However on 31 October Oakes returned to the starting line-up for the Carling Cup 2-1 defeat Liverpool due to Schmeichel being ineligible after playing in the competition earlier in the season for Manchester City. After Schmeichel returned to Man City in early January Oakes was called upon again by Cardiff for the 3-1 FA Cup win over Chasetown and the 1-0 league win over Sheffield Wednesday, but this was followed by the news of Peter Enckelman signing on loan fron Blackburn Rovers for the rest of the season. He kept his place, however, for the following game at West Bromwich Albion but was replaced by Enckelman soon after, before being released at the end of the season.[3]

[edit] International career

Internationally, Oakes played for England under 21's 6 times during the mid 1990s.

[edit] Club stats

As of 18 May 2008

Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Scarborough (loan) 1993-94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Aston Villa 1996-97 20 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 23 0
1997-98 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1998-99 23 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 28 0
Subtotal 52 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 61 0
Wolves 1999-00 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
2000-01 46 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 51 0
2001-02 48 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 50 0
2002-03 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2003-04 21 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 25 0
2004-05 35 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 38 0
2005-06 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Subtotal 253 0 11 0 11 0 5 0 280 0
Cardiff City 2007-08 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
Total 264 0 13 0 13 0 5 0 295 0

[edit] Honours

Cardiff
2007-08

[edit] References

  1. ^ Top Man
  2. ^ Cardiff capture goalkeeper Oakes
  3. ^ "Hasselbaink and Fowler could go" BBC Sport Retrieved on 21 May 2008

[edit] External links


Persondata
NAME Oakes, Michael Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oakes, Michael
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Northwich, Cheshire England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH