Sentences with phrase «one's first team debut»

He made his Arsenal first team debut in November 1983 just four weeks after his 17th birthday and became a regular player in the 1985 — 86 season, winning the Football League Cup Final, his first major trophy, in 1987.

Lionel Messi joined Barcelona at the age of just 13, first team debut at 17 and never looks back since than.

The French manager gave first team debuts to four youngsters Alex Iwobi, Glen Kamara, Ismael Bennacer and Krystian Bielik throughout the course of the evening.

The 22 year old made his Barça first team debut in a 2014/15 Champions League game against APOEL at the Camp Nou, and has gone on to amass 12 official appearances: four in 2014/15, seven in 2015/16 and one in 2016/17.

An encouraging first team debut.

The club clearly have faith in him, as they handed him a first team debut in the League cup earlier this season.

Despite not making his first team debut for the west London club thus far, Scott has still been able to impress fans with his performances at youth level.

Meanwhile, the Frenchman has made it clear that Bielik is fully fit but is unlikely to make his first team debut this season.

Akpom has been with Arsenal since the age of seven, progressing through their academy to make his first team debut last year in the League Cup loss to Southampton.

Despite being just 19 years old, Upamecano has already managed to make his mark with Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig, making 47 appearances for the German side since his first team debut for them last campaign.

The 27 - year - old, who has ten England caps to his name, moved to West Brom during the summer after making 226 appearances since his first team debut in 2008, winning three FA Cups in that time.

As a 19 year old made his first team debut for the Genovese club and secured their return to Serie A with his first professional goal.

Since making his first team debut for the north London side in 2014, Dier has amassed a fairly decent record, as the England international has bagged eight goals and six assists in 147 games in all competitions.

The Academy graduates join the likes of Jay Spearing, Martin Kelly and Stephen Darby in Rafa's squad for the group stages, after the trio made their first team debut in the Champions League last season away at PSV Eindhoven.

Since making his first team debut for the Scottish champions in 2014, Tierney has slowly become one of the first names on the team sheet at Celtic Park.

Since the end of the 2015/16 season no players from Chelsea's youth ranks have made their first team debut.

He handed the likes of Alvaro Morata, Casemiro and Jese Rodriguez their first team debuts at Real Madrid — a club notoriously famed on buying in the best young talent from across the globe.

He made his first team debut at the Capital One cup last season against West Brom.

However, he was a part of the team that won the FA Youth Cup, and could make his first team debut before the end of the season after being named on the bench several times.

In addition there was a nice message from former Los Cules boss Louis van Gaal, who handed Xavi a first team debut against Valencia in October 1998.

Hailing from Milton Keynes, Alli joined the youth ranks at MK Dons in 2007 and developed there for five years before making his first team debut against Cambridge City in the 2012/2013 FA Cup.

Jack Wilshere has been a part of Arsenal Football Club since he was nine years old and he made his first team debut when he was just 16 - years old, breaking the club record.

Another one plucked from the u-21 set - up, Jones has yet to make his first team debut for the Reds but has represented the national side at youth level and has enjoyed loan spells with Cheltenham Town and Accrington Stanley this season.

A very impressive season with the reserves saw him go on the pre-season tour and score a few goals before making his first team debut the following season, but it has not quite worked out as well as we all hoped, so far at least.

It is all happening very fast for the latest star to burst out of the Arsenal academy, Alex Iwobi only having made his first team debut this season in a Capital One Cup match.

McTominay made his first team debut for Jose Mourinho's side towards the tail end of last season, with the player also having made a handful of appearances for the Red Devils this season in both the Champions League and the EFL Cup.

He is highly impressing since his teen days which earned him his first team debut for Pyunik at the age of seventeen.

Malcolm made his first team debut in 1953 and developed into a ruthless, tough tackling and tenacious man - marker who was assigned to shadow, shackle and stop opposition star players such Jimmy Greaves, Denis Law and Johnny Haynes; England captain Haynes would later describe Malcolm as «a butcher».

With an extensive bag of tricks in his locker, the fleet - footed playmaker enjoyed a fruitful time in the Academy, before making his first team debut and signing his maiden professional contract last season.

A special interview with Norman Whiteside from 2012, to mark the 30th anniversary of his first team debut in 1982.

Joining the club at just 11 years old, Boli made his first team debut with the club during the 2008 season, scoring his first goal against Amiens SC on May 6, 2008.

Weigl made his first team debut for 1860 Munich in 2014/15 and...

Darlow started out his career with Nottingham Forest, making his first team debut for the club in 2011.

A product of Standard Liège's youth system, Preud «homme's talent was obvious from an early age, with the Belgian side confident enough of his abilities to award him his first team debut at the age of 18 while he was still at school following injuries to Christian Piot and the wonderfully named John Paul Crucifix in August, 1977.

He made his first team debut against Burnley on 16 August 1975, and despite being only 17, went on to make 30 appearances that season.

He scored on his first team debut for Rennes in November 2015 and went on to...

If Hawkes does sign for Leeds, don't expect him to make his first team debut anytime soon.

He made his first team debut four days later when he played the second half of the friendly against Manchester City as part of the Herbalife World Football Challenge.

The official Chelsea website caught up with Ola Aina after the defender became the latest Academy graduate to make his first team debut...

He made his first team debut just four weeks after his 17th birthday.

Iwobi signed a long - term deal in October 2015, making his first team debut on 27 October 2015 in a League Cup fixture against Sheffield Wednesday.

He joined Arsenal from Olney Rangers in 2013 and made his first team debut last January, in the FA Cup against Coventry.

It all started when Sebastien Des Pres, who made his first team debut last week, opened the scoring with a brilliant solo goal after four minutes and by the time a quarter of an hour had been played, Blackpool had gone 5 - 0 up.

He joined AC Milan at youth level and made his first team debut at the age of just 16 in the Coppa Italia.

Because of that, the Congolese - born and Rochdale - raised defender has had to bide his time while watching Tim Fosu - Mensah, with whom he struck a formidable central defensive partnership in the youth team, make his first team debut, while an even younger player, Ro - Shaun Williams, has also made appearances on the bench of late.

In the summer of 2014, Winks signed his first professional contract before making his first team debut the same year against FK Partizan at White Hart Lane.

A first team debut is now closer than ever for the talented 20 year old who was on the books of English giants Tottenham Hotspur before his move to Portugal, where he spent time on loan with Portimonense before moving to Porto last summer.

After making his first team debut against Aston Villa at the very end of last season, many of us are hoping that Mauricio Pochettino gives Pritchard a chance but it seems that a number of Championship clubs could be hovering.

From his first team debut in Juventus» most humbling season in Serie B, in 2006 - 2007, a one year stint at Empoli the following year where his promising talent grew, and then back with Madama «s senior team.