| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain[1] |
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| Date of birth | 15 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Wigan | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2010 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | Southampton | 36 | (9) |
| 2011– | Arsenal | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011– | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011– | England U21 | 7 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alexander Mark David "Alex" Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 15 August 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Wigan as a winger. After rising to prominence with Southampton during the 2010-11 season, he signed for Arsenal in August 2011. Scoring twice in his first three games for the club, Oxlade-Chamberlain became the youngest English goalscorer in Champions League history and has also claimed a regular place in the England Under-21s team.
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Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Oxlade-Chamberlain joined the Southampton Academy at the age of seven and made his professional debut in 2010. On 2 March 2010, he made his first team debut for Southampton, at 16 years 199 days, coming off the bench in a 5–0 victory over Huddersfield Town[3] and became the club's second youngest ever appearance maker behind Theo Walcott.[4] Oxlade-Chamberlain appeared as an 82nd minute substitute for Jason Puncheon on 8 May 2010 in the final game of the season against Southend United.[5] At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Oxlade-Chamberlain made his first competitive start on 10 August against Bournemouth in the first round of the League Cup. During the match he scored the second goal of Southampton's 2–0 victory, it was his first senior goal.[6]
On 20 August 2010, shortly after his 17th birthday, Oxlade-Chamberlain signed his first professional contract lasting for three years.[7] His first league start came in a 2–0 loss at home to Rochdale on 4 September 2010. His first league goal came in a 2–1 victory over Oldham on 23 October 2010, which proved to be the match winner, and he scored two more goals and also got an assist in a 4–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge on 2 November 2010, when he was voted Man of the Match in a league game for the first time.[8]
Oxlade-Chamberlain finished the season with 10 goals and was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year for the 2010–11 season.[9] He was subsequently the subject of transfer speculation and in June his father, Mark Chamberlain, stated he was eager for his son to join Arsenal "as soon as possible" to "continue his development".[9]
Still at Southampton when their 2011–12 season started on 6 August, on 8 August 2011 it was announced that Oxlade-Chamberlain had signed for Premier League club Arsenal.[10] Although neither club involved revealed details of the contractual arrangements, press sources indicated that the fee was a £12 million initial payment which could rise to £15 million with "add-ons".[11][12]
He made his Arsenal début on 28 August 2011, in the 8–2 defeat at Manchester United, as a 62nd minute substitute for Francis Coquelin,[13] thus becoming the 150th player to represent Arsenal in the Premier League.[14] On 20 September 2011, Oxlade-Chamberlain scored his first goal for Arsenal in the 58th minute of a League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town, with a drive from 25 yards.[15]
On 28 September 2011, Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the opening goal on his Champions League debut against Greek side Olympiacos in the 8th minute, running diagonally onto an Alex Song long pass and past several defenders before finishing into the corner of the goal. In doing so, he became the youngest Englishman to score in the Champions League, taking over from teammate Theo Walcott.[16]
Oxlade-Chamberlain was called up to England Under-18 squad for the match against Poland which took place on 16 November 2010 at Adams Park.[17] England won the match 3–0 and Oxlade-Chamberlain played the first 45 minutes before he was substituted.[18] He was then called up to the England Under-19 squad to face Germany on 8 February 2011,[19] but on 2 February he was promoted into the England Under-21 side for a friendly match away to Italy on 8 February.[20] In the match, he came on as a 60th minute substitute, replacing Henri Lansbury. Shortly after his introduction, he showed a great turn of pace to create a chance as he raced past the Italian full-back and hit the byline, but no England player could reach his cross. In turn, he had a chance from a cross by Josh McEachran, but could only hit a weak shot at the goalkeeper. England lost the match 1–0 with the Italians scoring from a penalty two minutes from time.[21]
Oxlade-Chamberlain made his first start for the Under-21s against Azerbaijan on 1 September 2011 and claimed two assists in a lively performance.[22] He also made an impressive cameo performance against Israel on 5 September, coming on in the second half to claim three assists (including winning a penalty) to push England from a 1–0 deficit to an impressive 4–1 comeback victory. [23] A month later he scored a hat-trick against Iceland as England won 3–0 in Reykjavik.[24] On 10 November 2011, Chamberlain put in another man of the match performance as The Young Lions again trounced Iceland, this time 5-0, to remain top of Group 8.
Oxlade-Chamberlain is the son of former Stoke City, Portsmouth and England international player Mark Chamberlain.[25] His uncle, Neville Chamberlain, was also a professional footballer.
The Sun revealed that Oxlade-Chamberlain nearly chose rugby over football when he was offered a trial at London Irish. Oxlade-Chamberlain played rugby at scrum half or full back. "My senior school didn't play football. It was a rugby and cricket school and as I was on a sports scholarship I was forced to play rugby. I played scrum-half or full-back and I was all right at it. I got a trial for London Irish but couldn't do it because Southampton wouldn't let me."[26]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Southampton | 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 8 | |
| Club total | 36 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 8 | |
| Arsenal | 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 37 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 8 | |
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