Andre Wisdom

Andre Wisdom

Wisdom in 2012
Personal information
Full name Andre Alexander Shaquille Wisdom[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
(on loan from Liverpool)
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2008 Bradford City
2008–2012 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012– Liverpool 14 (0)
2013–2014 → Derby County (loan) 34 (0)
2014–2015 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 24 (0)
2015– → Norwich City (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2008 England U16 2 (0)
2009–2010 England U17 15 (3)
2010–2012 England U19 10 (0)
2011–2013 England U21 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2013

Andre Alexander Shaquille Wisdom (born 9 May 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Norwich City on loan from Liverpool as a defender.

Wisdom began his career at Bradford City before signing for Liverpool in 2008. He has also played for and captained the England youth teams at various levels, winning the UEFA European U-17 Championship in 2010.

Club career

Early career

Wisdom was born to Jamaican parents in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and grew up in Chapeltown.[3] He excelled in the junior teams and regularly played a year above his year group up to the under-15s.[4] He signed for Liverpool as a fourteen-year-old in January 2008 for what his Bantams youth team manager Peter Horne implied was an unprecedented fee for a League Two youngster.[4][5] It is believed that City will receive further fees depending on his success at the Premier League club.[6] Bradford also receive a fee each time that Wisdom plays for Liverpool.[7]

Liverpool

Wisdom in 2012

Wisdom progressed through the youth teams at Liverpool before featuring for the club's reserve team. In September 2010, manager Roy Hodgson called up Wisdom to his first team squad for the League Cup match versus League Two side Northampton Town.[8] He was rewarded for his progress with an extension to his contract by newly appointed manager Kenny Dalglish in the summer of 2011.[9]

2012–13

The appointment of Brendan Rodgers in June 2012 would be Wisdom's fourth manager during his time at Anfield and would present him with a fresh opportunity to stake a claim in the first team.[10] In September, Wisdom would travel with several other Liverpool youngsters to Switzerland for their Europa League group tie versus Young Boys. He was named in the starting line-up and scored on his debut as the Reds ran out 5–3 winners on the night.[11] His impressive performance in Europe would lead to further opportunities for him in the first team in the following weeks; starting in the 2–1 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup on 26 September and making his Premier League debut from the start three days later in the 5–2 win away to Norwich City.[12][13] He retained his place in the first-team for the following month, making his first appearance at Anfield in a goalless draw with Stoke City in doing so.[14] He was handed his first taste of a Merseyside derby for the 2–2 draw at Everton on 28 October 2012.

On 9 January 2013, Wisdom signed a new long term contract with Liverpool.[15]

2013–14: Loan to Derby County

On 22 October 2013, Wisdom signed a season-long loan at Championship club Derby County in order to progress his development. He went straight into Derby's back four and made his debut in the 1–1 home draw against Birmingham City on 26 October. An ever-present in the team, he left the club in May 2014 after playing at Wembley against QPR in the Championship play-off final, which Derby lost by the only goal of the game.

2014–15: Loan to West Bromwich Albion

Wisdom playing for West Bromwich Albion in an away match against Chelsea.

On 22 July 2014, Wisdom joined West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan and was assigned the number 2 shirt.[16] Having played 22 games under manager Alan Irvine, after a 0–3 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on 31 January 2015, he fell out of favour with new manager Tony Pulis and lost his starting place.[17]

2015–16: Loan to Norwich City

Having signed a new 4-year contract with Liverpool ahead of the 2015–16 season on 26 May 2015,[18] Wisdom joined Premier League newcomers Norwich City on a season-long loan on 29 July 2015.[19]

International career

England under-16s

Wisdom was called up to the England Under-16 squad for the Victory Shield tournament in the autumn of 2008. He started in the away fixture to Wales in a 1–0 victory at Stebonheath Park on 31 October.[20] He featured again in the tournament a month later as a substitute in the 2–0 victory over Scotland at Sincil Bank as England finished top of the group and took the 2008 Victory Shield title.[21]

England under-17s

The following year, Wisdom was called up to John Peacock's England Under-17 squads for their 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship campaign. England breezed through the qualifying and elite rounds to qualify for the Championship in Liechtenstein. He was selected for the final squad along with fellow Liverpool team mate and captain Conor Coady.[22] He was an ever-present as England maintained their 100% record through to the knock-out round with victories over Czech Republic, Greece and Turkey in the group stage.[23][24][25] England defeated France 2–1 in the semi-final with both goals coming from Ipswich Town striker Connor Wickham as they booked their place in the final for the second time in four years.[26] Wisdom started the final versus Spain and equalised for England on the half-an-hour mark with a header from a corner after initially going a goal down. Wickham put England ahead twelve-minutes later and the score remain unchanged as the Lions won the tournament for the first ever time.[27]

Wisdom would be one of many of the side's youngsters that would provide hope for the nation's future with the senior side crashing out of the World Cup in South Africa four weeks later after a humiliating 4–1 defeat to rivals Germany in the last-sixteen.[28]

England under-19s

After tournament success with the under-16s and 17s, Wisdom continued to progress through the national ranks and joined up with Noel Blake's Under-19 squad during the 2010–11 season. He made his debut versus Slovakia in October and went on to make ten appearances for the side over the following two years. He failed to add to his success at younger age groups after the side failed to qualify for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship tournament and Wisdom missed out on the final squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2012 tournament.[29]

England under-21s

Wisdom was named in a 27-man England Under-21 squad by manager Stuart Pearce in September 2011 for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match versus Azerbaijan Under-21s and the friendly match versus Israel Under-21s.[30] He was joined in the squad by fellow Reds Jonjo Shelvey, Jon Flanagan, Martin Kelly and Jordan Henderson and made his debut at right-back versus Israel in a 4–1 victory, despite failing to have featured for Liverpool at a senior level.[31] He returned to the squad a year later for the crucial Play-off games versus Serbia but withdrew after sustaining a shoulder injury.[32] Wisdom was appointed as captain of the England U21 side in 2013, however in his first game in the role, a qualifier against Finland, he was sent off the pitch with a straight red card after kicking an opponent intentionally.[33] After the completion of a four-match suspension, Wisdom did not return to the squad.[34]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 January 2016.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2012–13[35] Premier League 12020104[lower-alpha 1]1—191
2013–14[36] Premier League 200010——30
Total 14020204100221
Derby County (loan) 2013–14[36] Championship 3401000—3[lower-alpha 2]0380
West Bromwich Albion (loan) 2014–15[37] Premier League 2401010––260
Norwich City (loan) 2015–16[38] Premier League 701030––110
Career total 79050604130971
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Championship play-offs

Honours

England U-16

England U-17

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/05/2010 and 31/05/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Andre Wisdom". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Richard Jolly (17 October 2012). "Andre Wisdom proving to be an apt pupil for Anfield". The National (UAE). Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Bradford Starlet Joins Liverpool". Vital Bradford City. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Andre Wisdom". The Football Association. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Andre Wisdom". LiverpoolHistory.net. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Bradford chairman says League Cup win 'would beat promotion'". BBC Sport. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool 2–2 Northampton". BBC Sport. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Teenager Andre Wisdom signs Liverpool FC contract extension". Liverpool Echo. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers to 'fight for his life'". BBC Sport. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  11. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (20 September 2010). "Young Boys 3–5 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  12. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (26 September 2010). "West Brom 1–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  13. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (29 September 2010). "Norwich 2–5 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (7 October 2010). "Liverpool 0–0 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Wisdom signs new Reds deal". Liverpool FC Official Website. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Albion sign Wisdom on season-long loan". http://www.wba.co.uk/. West Bromwich Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  17. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30963472
  18. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11631330/Liverpool-hand-Kolo-Toure-one-year-contract-extension.html
  19. ↑ "Wisdom heads to Norwich on loan". Liverpool FC. 29 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Afobe Wins it for Lions". the FA. The Fa. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  21. ↑ "Lions Win Victory Shield". the FA. The Fa. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  22. ↑ "UEFA Under-17". UEFA. UEFA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  23. ↑ "Young Lions Make Winning Start". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  24. ↑ "Barkley Banks Semi Spot". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  25. ↑ "Lions claim third group win". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  26. ↑ "Wickham Brace Sends England into Final". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  27. ↑ "Kings of Europe". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  28. ↑ Williams, Richard (10 August 2011). "England's youth offers bright horizon after series of false dawns". the Guardian (London: the Guardian). Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  29. ↑ "England Under-19 Results". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  30. ↑ "England name Under-21s squad". Talksport. Talksport. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  31. ↑ "England Under-21 Results". the FA. the FA. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  32. ↑ "Wisdom and Powell out of England Under-21's play-off with Serbia". Talksport. Talksport. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  33. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGDusbmCoew
  34. ↑ "England U21s' Andre Wisdom signs for West Brom on loan". http://www.thefa.com/. The Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  35. ↑ "Games played by Andre Wisdom in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  36. 1 2 "Games played by Andre Wisdom in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Andre Wisdom in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Andre Wisdom in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

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