Paul Digby

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Paul Digby
Personal information
Full name	Paul Andrew Digby^[1]
Date of birth	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Barnsley
Number	17
Youth career
2006–2012	Barnsley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2011–	Barnsley	6	(0)
National team^‡
2013–	England U19	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:31, 17 August 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:04, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Paul Andrew Digby (born 2 February 1995 in Sheffield,^[2] South Yorkshire, England) is an English footballer playing as a midfielder for Barnsley in Football League Championship.

Career

Digby started his career in the youth team at Barnsley and won the Most Promising Academy player in 2008, whilst playing the club's under-13 side.^[3] Paul won the award again in 2011 after his fine showings for the under 16's.^[4] He signed a two-year scholarship with the club in the summer of 2011. He was brought into first-team action on 27 September 2011 in a 1–1 draw with Derby County in the Football League Championship. He came on for the injured David Perkins in the 33rd minute - 33, ironically, being his squad number also.^[5]

References

↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
↑ "First Year Scholars 2011/2012". 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
↑ "Paul Digby named Most Promising Academy Player for 2008". 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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↑ "Debutant Digby wants more". 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

External links

Paul Digby career stats at Soccerbase
England profile at TheFA

v t e Barnsley F.C. – current squad

1 Steele 2 Hassell 3 Ramage 4 Kennedy 5 Nyatanga 6 Cranie 7 O'Brien 8 Dawson 9 Proschwitz 10 O'Grady 12 Hunt 14 Lawrence 15 Frimpong 16 Jennings 17 Digby 18 Jones 19 Cywka 20 Pedersen 21 Mellis 22 M'voto 23 Etuhu 26 Patterson 27 McLaughlin 28 Scott 29 Cofie 30 Dibble 31 Turner 32 Rose 33 Shea 34 Fox 42 McCourt — Woods Manager: Wilson

Persondata
Name	Paul Digby
Alternative names	Diggers
Short description	english footballer
Date of birth	2 February 1995
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Date of death
Place of death

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