Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matthew Philip Heath | ||
Date of birth | 1 November 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Colchester United | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2001–2005 | Leicester City | 50 | (6) |
2003–2004 | → Stockport County (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Coventry City | 32 | (1) |
2006–2007 | → Leeds United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Leeds United | 43 | (4) |
2008 | → Colchester United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2008– | Colchester United | 80 | (4) |
2009 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2009 | → Southend United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 31 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Matthew Philip "Matt" Heath (born 1 November 1981 in Leicester) is an English footballer, playing for Colchester United. His position is centre half.
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Heath began his career at his hometown club Leicester City in 2001. He made sixty appearances for the club, scoring six goals and gaining Premier League experience during his time at the Walkers Stadium. He was also loaned out to Stockport County in the 2003–04 season to gain first-team experience. Heath played a total of 13 league games in the Premier League as Leicester suffered relegation to the Championship. Nonetheless, he believed the club could regain promotion in May 2004.[1]
Heath scored against Coventry City for Leicester in a 3–0 win in the 2004–05 season before being signed by Coventry City for a nominal fee in 2005, by his former Leicester boss Micky Adams.
On 9 November 2006 he joined Leeds United on loan.[2] He made his Leeds debut in the 3–0 victory over Colchester United on 11 November 2006. Heath played in nearly all of Leeds matches during his loan spell playing in central defence with the likes of Ugo Ehiogu and Matthew Kilgallon. Heath was not eligible to play in Leeds' 2–1 victory against Coventry City due to a clause in his loan contract. Heath's loan spell at Leeds came to an end on 1 January 2007 and returned to Coventry City, but the following day he was free transferred to Leeds United, with a permanent contract until the end of the season.[3] Heath's contract came to an end in June 2007 and was released, however, he re-signed a new contract at Elland Road shortly after[4] with wages of £2,200 per week.
In March 2008, Heath was told by manager Gary McAllister that he could look for a club to go out on loan to, as he was behind the likes of Rui Marques, Ľubomír Michalík, and Paul Huntington in the Leeds United centre-back pecking order. Heath only featured once for Leeds since McAllister joined the club.[5]
After being loaned out to then-Football League Championship side Colchester United for the remainder of the season, Heath joined them on a permanent basis on 13 May.[6]
On 2 March 2009, Heath joined Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for a month.[7] Heath scored on his debut for the Albion against Leyton Orient on 8 March 2009, and went on to play six games during his loan spell.
On 30 July 2009 Heath joined Southend United on an initial one month loan deal.[8] Heath returned to Colchester after his loan spell expired. 30 January Heath was given a rare start for Colchester against his former club Leeds United, a game in which Heath gave away a penalty which was dispatched by his former teammate Jermaine Beckford.
On 4 May 2011 Heath signed a new year 1 deal after impressing under new U's boss John Ward.
Heath married 25 year old Theatre graduate Joanna Montagu in Surrey on 6 June 2009.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other[10] | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City | 2001–02 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2002–03 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
2003–04 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Stockport County (loan) | 2003–04 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Leicester City | 2004–05 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
Total | 50 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6 | ||
Coventry City | 2005–06 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
2006–07 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Leeds United (loan) | 2006–07 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
Leeds United | 2006–07 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
2007–08 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
Colchester United (loan) | 2007–08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 50 | 4 | ||
Colchester United | 2008–09 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 2008–09 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
Colchester United | 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Southend United (loan) | 2009–10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Colchester United | 2010–11 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
2011–12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
Total | 80 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | 0 | 95 | 5 | ||
Career total | 238 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 | – | 11 | 0 | 275 | 18 |
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