Sentences with phrase «as a youth player»

Born in Hebburn, County Durham, George joined Arsenal as a youth player in August 1961.

The Ivorian midfielder took part in trials at Arsenal as a youth player, only to be denied a work permit.

Bentley started his career as a youth player at Arsenal, and for a while was thought of as one of the club's most exciting prospects, though he failed to break into the club's first team at the time due to vast competition for places from the likes of world class players such as Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg.

The 22 - year - old was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, but has spent his entire career on Chelsea's books, having joined the club as a youth player in 2001.

Currently in his third season with Borussia Dortmund, the 25 - year - old began his career as a youth player at Dortmund but made his name playing for Rot Weiss Ahlen in Germany's regional leagues before being snapped up by Borussia Monchengladbach.

The Spanish right back must surely be aware of the Arsenal transfer rumours linking him with a possible return to Barcelona, where he was born and bred and where he spent eight years as a youth player in their La Masia academy.

Huddlestone spent time with both Nottingham Forest and Derby County as a youth player, before moving to Spurs in 2005.

Ozyakup is no stranger to English football having played for Arsenal as a youth player before joining Besiktas for # 350,000 in 2012.

In a report from the Scottish Sun the comments have emerged from Ferguson who compares the young United midfielder to Beckham due to his stature as a youth player.

Having spent time as a youth player at Manchester United, he failed to find his feet at Old Trafford but his form this season has seemingly started to attract attention again.

Olosunde is still playing with the Manchester United reserves, but is still young at 20, and was very talented as a youth player.

Ozil was part of the Bundesliga side academy as a youth player and registered 39 appearances for the club before leaving for Werder Bremen.

The 33 - year - old veteran, who joined the Toffees as a youth player back in 1997, has scored 51 goals in 396 appearances at the club since his first - team debut against Spurs in 2003.

He has been at the club as a youth player since 2009 and made his senior debut in 2013, he hasn't looked back and has been a regular in the team since then.

With the start of another season looming and the excitement of preseason in the air, this column will discuss what's new with the Blues: a new manager, new players - transfers as well as youth players climbing up the ranks - and finally Chelsea's preseason highlights.

Lionel Messi struggled with the physical demands of football during his days as a youth player.

He signed for Bremen as a youth player in 2009, but left for Duisburg in 2011 after only playing for the reserves, Werder Bremen II.

Founded in 2009, our club has grown each year as youth players and their familes come to realize the benefits that the sport of rugby provides.

Our very own little Spanish playmaker Santi Cazorla has revealed to Arsenal fans that he has always intended to go back to his original club Real Oviedo, who were his local club as a youth player.

The Spaniard has also been linked with a move to Barcelona, where he actually started his career as a youth player.

The Spaniard has been heavily linked with a return to the Catalan giants, six years on from leaving them to move to join Arsenal as a youth player.

However, it was as a youth player at Queens Park Rangers in 2010 that he...

As perviously noted, Rafinha struggled at times at Barcelona despite being at the La Liga club since 2006 as a youth player.

As a youth player, I wanted to be like him.

After having started out his career with Barcelona in 2009 as a youth player, he made a couple of appearances for the B team at the Catalan club.