Stephen Warnock
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Stephen David Warnock | |
| Date of birth | 12 December 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Ormskirk, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Left Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Liverpool | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–2007 2002 2003–2004 2007– |
Liverpool → Bradford City (loan) → Coventry City (loan) Blackburn Rovers |
67 (1) 12 (1) 44 (3) 87 (5) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2008- | England | 1 (0) |
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Stephen David Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Blackburn Rovers. He has also been capped by England.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Liverpool
Warnock was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire where, in his childhood, he played for Rufford Colts (based at St Bedes RC High School) and also played for St Bedes RC High School. Following his time spent in the Liverpool youth academy and England Youth set up, with his first international cap in the u16's. he had loan spells at Bradford City and Coventry City. He made his first team Liverpool debut against Grazer AK in 2004, during the first leg of a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
Warnock impressed on a number of occasions during his debut season of 2004–05. His good form resulted in the more experienced and renowned Harry Kewell being dropped on several occasions. In his second season (2005–06), he was asked to play primarily at left-back, in rotation with the Norwegian John Arne Riise. Warnock scored his first goal for the club against Fulham in a 5–1 win on 15 March 2006. Warnock made 67 first team appearances for Liverpool scoring only one goal.
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
In a media speculated swap deal, Blackburn's captain Lucas Neill was speculated to change clubs with Warnock in both summer 2006 and winter 2007. Eventually Neill took a higher pay deal at West Ham, while on 22 January 2007 Warnock joined Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee believed to be £1.5m. He made his debut in the FA Cup fourth round, impressing in the 4–0 victory over Luton Town.
On 31 January 2007, he played his first Premier League match for Rovers against Chelsea.[1] He was dismissed for the match after two cautions in the 2–1 victory over Sheffield United on 3 February 2007. Warnock scored his first goal for Blackburn in the 3–0 victory over Portsmouth on 25 February 2007.
On April 11th 2009 before Blackburn Rovers match against Warnock's former club Liverpool, Stephen presented a flower display displaying the numbers '96' in reference to the 96 Liverpool supporters who lost their lives in the Hillsborough Disaster on the 15th of April 1989. Before the kick off Warnock presented the flowers in front of famous Spion Kop on behalf of Blackburn Rovers. This was greeted with chants of 'Stephen Warnock' from the Kop and a minute silence took place shortly afterwards.
[edit] International career
Despite having made relatively few first team appearances for Liverpool, Warnock was called in to the senior England squad for the first time on 29 August 2005, due to lack of cover in the squad at left back. He was again called into the squad by England coach Fabio Capello in May 2008 for the friendlies against the United States and Trinidad and Tobago.[2] He made his debut against the latter on 1 June coming on as a substitute for Wayne Bridge in the 85th minute.[3] Warnock holds the somewhat dubious honor of having the shortest England playing career of just over six minutes.[citation needed]
[edit] Honours
- 2005–06 European Super Cup, with Liverpool
- 2005–06 FA Cup, with Liverpool
- 2008–09 Player of the Season Award, with Blackburn Rovers
[edit] References
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3674.php. Retrieved on February 7 2007.
- ^ "Warnock shock at England call-up". BBC Sport. 2008-05-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/7396325.stm. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Trinidad & Tobago 0-3 England". BBC Sport. 2008-06-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7425208.stm. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
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