Nick Montgomery

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Nick Montgomery
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Anthony Montgomery
Date of birth October 28, 1981 (1981-10-28) (age 26)
Place of birth    Leeds, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sheffield United
Youth clubs
Trainee
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000– Sheffield United 227 (7)   
National team2
2003
2005		 Scotland U21
Scotland Futures		 002 (0)
001 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 January 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 26 November 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nicholas Anthony Montgomery (born October 28, 1981 in Leeds, England) is a footballer who plays in a midfield position for Sheffield United.

A former Scotland U21 international, Nick is also used as a man-marker on occasions.

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[edit] Playing Career

[edit] Sheffield United

Coming through the youth ranks at Bramall Lane, Montgomery made his debut at Carrow Road against Norwich City[2] on October 21, 2000. He has now established himself as a regular in the first team with more than 200 League and Cup appearances for the Blades. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 home defeat of Birmingham City in November 2001.[3]

Nick was an integral member of the 2005/06 squad that saw the Blades being promoted back to the FA Premier League. As a result of his hard work over the season he was runner-up to Phil Jagielka in the club's Player of Year awards.

[edit] International Career

Despite being born in Leeds, Nick Montgomery is eligible to play for Scotland and featured for the Scotland U21 side in 2003. He made his debut in a 1-0 victory over Austria on 29th April and his second and last appearance in another 1-0 victory, this time over Croatia on 18 November of that year. He subsequently appeared for a team of Scotland Futures in 2005, featuring in a 2-0 defeat of Poland in December.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official profile at SUFC.
  2. ^ "Norwich 4-2 Sheff Utd", BBC Sport, 2000-10-21. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. 
  3. ^ "Sheff Utd 4-0 Birmingham", BBC Sport, 2001-11-17. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. 
  4. ^ The Scottish FA Website

[edit] External links

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Sheffield United F.C. – current squad

1 Kenny • 3 Naysmith • 5 Morgan • 6 Beattie • 7 Shelton • 8 Stead • 9 Hulse • 10 Webber • 11 Hendrie • 13 Bennett • 14 Carney • 15 Speed • 16 Kilgallon • 17 Montgomery • 18 Tonge • -- Zeyn Alabidyn S-Latef • 19 Gillespie • 20 Armstrong • 22 Lucketti • 24 Sharp • 26 Geary • 28 Quinn • 31 Law • 33 Ehiogu • –– Seck • Manager: Blackwell


Persondata
NAME Montgomery, Nicholas Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montgomery, Nick
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-10-28
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds , England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH