Tom Huddlestone

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Personal information
Tom Huddlestone
Full name	Thomas Huddlestone
Date of birth	December 28, 1986 (1986-12-28) (age 21)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfield/Defender
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	22
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2005 2005–2006 2005–	Derby County Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) Tottenham Hotspur →	88 (0) 13 (1) 53 (4)
National team²
2005–	England U21	26 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Huddlestone (born December 28, 1986 in Nottingham) is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur. He can play in defence or midfield.

1 Club career
2 International Career
3 Trivia
4 Honours
5 Career stats
6 Personal Life
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Club career

The North London club acquired his services from Derby County in July 2005 for an initial fee of £600,000 with possible add-ons taking the fee to around £2M, rumoured to be around £2.5 million^[1]. He had made his Derby début on the opening day of the 2003-04 season in a 3-0 defeat to Stoke City, but despite the defeat, he was voted Man of the Match.^[2]

Huddlestone signed for Tottenham in January 2005 for a fee reported to be worth up to £2.5million, but remained at Derby until the summer.^[2]^[3]

Huddlestone spent a few months of the 2005-06 season on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring his first league goal, ironically at Derby, before returning to make his début for Tottenham as a substitute in the 1-0 defeat away at Fulham on 31 January 2006^[4]

His first start for Tottenham came on September 14, 2006, away to Slavia Prague in the UEFA Cup, a game which Tottenham won 1-0.

His first goal for Spurs came in the Carling Cup 4th Round match against Port Vale on November 8, 2006. Huddlestone scored 2 goals in this match, his second goal proving decisive in extra time, taking Tottenham through to the quarter finals of the competition.

Huddlestone got his first league goal for Spurs on 17 December 2006 against Manchester City with an excellent half-volley on 24 minutes, hit first-time after assisting with team mate Calum Davenport's first goal with a free-kick^[5].

On 25 December 2006, he signed a new four and a half year contract - keeping him at the club until 2011.^[6]

[edit] International Career

He is a regular in the England under-21s. He played twice in the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship before a red card for dissent ruled him out of the semi-final and final.^[7]

He was called up into the England squad by coach Fabio Capello to face USA and Trinidad and Tobago in friendlies, but remained an unused substitute.

[edit] Trivia

He is known for his large figure which makes him a presence in midfield, though despite this, it does not seem to be the dominant attribute he possesses. He also has an excellent passing range, which has led to comparisons with former team-mate Michael Carrick and more recently to Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

Carling Cup: 2007-08

[edit] Career stats

**All-Time Club Performance**
Club	Season	League		Domestic Cups		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
Tottenham Hotspur	07-08	28	3	6	1	9	0	43	4
	06-07	21	1	8	2	6	0	35	3
	05-06	4	0	-	-	-	-	4	0
Club Total		53	4	14	3	15	0	82	7
Wolves (on loan)	05-06	13	1	-	-	-	-	13	1
Club Total		13	1	0	0	0	0	13	1
Derby County	04-05	45	0	3	0	-	-	48	0
Derby County	03-04	43	0	2	0	-	-	45	0
Club Total		88	0	5	0	0	0	93	0
Career Totals		154	5	14	3	9	0	188	7

^{Correct as of 01 June 2008}

[edit] Personal Life

Tom Huddlestone grew up in Nottingham and he attended Greenwood Dale School in Sneinton, Nottingham.

[edit] References

^ New deal for teen starlet
^ ^a ^b Player Profile - Tom Huddlestone
^ Spurs agree deal for Huddlestone
^ Huddlestone to stay at Molineux.
^ Man City 1 - 2 Tottenham
^ Huddlestone agrees new Spurs deal
^ Huddlestone handed two-game ban. BBC Sport. Retrieved on June 18, 2007.

[edit] External links

Tom Huddlestone career stats at Soccerbase
Player Profile at Tottenham Hotspur Official Website

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