Ross Turnbull

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Personal information
Ross Turnbull
Full name	Ross Turnbull
Date of birth	4 January 1985 (1985-01-04) (age 23)
Place of birth	Bishop Auckland, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Middlesbrough
Number	21
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002– 2003 2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2007	Middlesbrough → Darlington (loan) → Barnsley (loan) → Bradford City (loan) → Barnsley (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Cardiff City (loan)	05 (0) 01 (0) 03 (0) 02 (0) 23 (0) 29 (0) 06 (0)
National team
	England U20
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ross Turnbull (born 4 January 1985 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham) is an English football goalkeeper. He plays for Middlesbrough.

[edit] Career

After coming through the club's youth ranks, Turnbull signed a professional contract with Middlesbrough in 2002. He represented England U20 in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

In July 2007 it was announced that Turnbull had signed a season long loan deal at Football League Championship side Cardiff City.^[1] He was signed as a replacement for long-serving Neil Alexander, who left the club after a contract dispute, and began the season as first choice goalkeeper for the club but due to some errors in his opening games he was replaced for the 2–2 draw with Preston North End by Michael Oakes and spent the remainder of his loan spell on the bench before he was recalled by Middlesbrough on 5 October 2007 following an injury to second choice keeper Brad Jones. The recall was made by mutual consent between the teams.^[2] After being recalled, Turnbull played in two of Middlesbrough's games in the absence of first choice goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer who had broken his thumb in training. One was Boro's win over Arsenal at the Riverside Stadium on the 9 December 2007, the score been 2–1.