Peter Enckelman

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Peter Enckelman
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Personal information
Date of birth March 10, 1977 (1977-03-10) (age 31)
Place of birth    Turku, Finland
Height 6ft 2in
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club N/A
Number N/A
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995–1999
1999–2004
2003
2004–2008
2008		 TPS Turku
Aston Villa
→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)
Blackburn Rovers
→ Cardiff City (loan)		 72 (0)
52 (0)
00 (0)
02 (0)
16 (0)   
National team2
2000– Finland 11 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:31, 15 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 2 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Peter Enckelman (born March 10, 1977 in Turku) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who is currently without a club. He is the son of Göran Enckelman.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Aston Villa

Enckelman signed for his first English club, Aston Villa, from his hometown team, TPS Turku in February 1999. Signed due to fellow goalkeeper David James' recurring injury problems, but only played one game and was dropped after many howlers against Birmingham City. He made his debut during a 3-1 defeat against Arsenal on September 11, 1999 as a second-half substitute, his first start coming three days, and a single fixture, later against Chester City in the League Cup.

As James left the team, Enckelman was pleased when he was called upon in some of the later fixtures, as he expected to be seeing some more first-team action. However, the signing of former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel put a considerable damper on things, as, apart from the matches in Aston Villa's Intertoto Cup campaign of that season, he was left with virtually no playing time. It was only when Graham Taylor took over as manager that Enckelman was installed as first choice keeper, as Schmeichel was sold to Manchester City.

Enckelman was the culprit for a fatal defensive error in a hotly contested local derby (Birmingham City v Aston Villa (3-0) at 16 September 2002); as Olof Mellberg took a quick defensive throw-in to the keeper, Enckelman took his eye off the ball and as he was unable to control it, it slid under his foot and rolled in to the goal. There is some debate over whether the goal should have stood, as the rules state that a goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in, and it's clear that Enckelman did not touch the ball. However, the incident obviously caused great embarrassment to Enckelman, and led to further controversy when a rival fan charged onto the pitch and approached Enckelman, before making a fairly offensive gesture directly to his face. The fan was later arrested and jailed, and Enckelman was praised for his "refusal to retaliate".

[edit] Blackburn Rovers

Following this incident, Enckelman found himself unpopular amongst Aston Villa fans, and was sold to Blackburn Rovers in 2004. At Blackburn, he was considered second choice behind Brad Friedel, and on 19 May 2008 he was told that his contract with the club would not be renewed.[1]

[edit] Cardiff City

On 10 January 2008, he joined Football League Championship side Cardiff City on loan until the end of the 2007-08 season[2] becoming Cardiff's third loan goalkeeper of the year after Ross Turnbull and Kasper Schmeichel. He made his debut for Cardiff on 29 January as a substitute in a 3-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers after Michael Oakes was forced to be taken off after taking a blow to the face. He remained the club's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the season, playing in four of the club's FA Cup matches, including the 2008 FA Cup Final, but a mistake from Enckelman resulted in the only goal of the game for opponents Portsmouth.[3]

Both Cardiff and Enckelman have indicated that they would like to make his deal at the club permanent.[4][5]

[edit] Personal life

He has a keen interest in motorsport, and in January 2007 the Encke Sport team was announced with plans to contest the British Touring Car Championship.

[edit] Honours

Aston Villa
2000
Cardiff City
2008

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Enckelman released by Blackburn" BBC Sport Retrieved on 20 May 2008
  2. ^ "Cardiff snap up keeper Enckelman" BBC Sport Retrieved on 10 January 2008
  3. ^ "McPhail laments cruel cup defeat" BBC Sport Retrieved on 18 May 2008
  4. ^ "Enckelman wants Cardiff stay" Yahoo Sport Retrieved on 9 May 2008
  5. ^ "Cardiff plan long Enckelman stay" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 10 May 2008

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