Sentences with phrase «top flight appearances»

Adebayor enjoyed a rich vein of form under Sherwood at Tottenham in the second half of the 2013/14 campaign, scoring 11 goals in 20 top flight appearances.

Despite only recently turning 23, Gimenez already has 100 top flight appearances and 39 Uruguay caps to his name, while he also represented La Celeste at one World Cup finals and two Copa America tournaments.

He followed that up with 11 goals in 35 top flight appearances for the Clarets in the 2014/15 season, however he wasn't able to help his side avoid relegation back to the Championship.

Olivier Giroud is a solid option, but doesn't seem to cut it at the highest level, while Theo Walcott isn't the focal point that is needed — and the less said about Danny Welbeck's four goals in 25 top flight appearances last season the better.

Danny Shittu has made a number of top flight appearances over the years for the likes of Watford and Bolton Wanderers.

If we are going to sign a young player with just 31 top flight appearances to his name I would prefer calum chambers oh no we have already signed him.

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He scored once in 18 appearances, as the Reds laboured to a sixth - place finish in the top flight.

The ex-Benfica star managed only nine appearances in the Spanish top flight this term, of which five were starts.

Holt has notched up 70 goals in 129 appearances for the East Anglian side, helping them to back to back promotions and a very satisfactory first season back in the top flight.

The 20 - year - old has made 20 appearances in Serie A this campaign, and not looked out of place in the Italian top flight.

As the midfielder had already been farmed out to Benfica's fierce rivals it could well be that he decides to stay in the country - where he managed seven goals in 27 appearances in the Portuguese top flight - and the Metro have already considered the prospect that he could be used as a makeweight in a deal for Gaitan.

In the current campaign he has scored 21 goals in 28 Eredivisie appearances, helping his team to win the Dutch top flight.

Despite being limited to just seven appearances in England's top flight over the past season, five of those games finished in a clean sheet for Chelsea.

But both DC and OG have well in excess of 250 + top flight league appearances and Costa has a goals / game ratio of 0.39, OG has 0.42.

The league leaders have the worst goal tally of the top six sides in Italy's top flight, and a part of that issue has been a lack of service to Icardi who has scored just four goals in 12 appearances.

Under the former Everton boss, Zaha made just two substitute appearances in the top flight, and his career stagnated.

He has only made 52 top - flight appearances in Spain — 47 for Villarreal since joining them in January 2015.

While this year represents a considerable decline on his first season in England — where he scored six goals and contributed two assists in 30 appearances, his technical prowess, his dynamism and his prodigious energy have only rarely been seen in the top flight.

Former England goalkeeper Seaman made 564 appearances in 13 years at Arsenal, winning the top - flight title in 1991, and the Premier League and FA Cup double in 1998 and 2002.

The 19 - year - old midfielder is a highly regarded prospect after a superb first season in Serie A, during which he made 18 appearances in all competitions and picked up a winners» medal for the club's success in the Italian top flight.

It is reported that he is set to move to Marseille on an initial one - year loan deal, with a $ 7 Million option included, which they can trigger only if they stay in the French top flight, and he picks up X amount of appearances.

The 23 - year - old hitman has bagged 28 goals in 40 appearances for The Clarets and he now wants to test himself in the top flight.

The talented central defender made 27 appearances for Ronald Koeman's team in the last campaign, helping them to qualify for the Europa League through their top flight position.

He has made twenty - four appearances in the Premier League this season, scoring six goals, and helping the Blues reach the summit of the top flight, and win the Capital One Cup.

The Nigerian international has been in stunning form for the Hornets so far this season, netting an impressive 14 goals in 24 appearances in his debut campaign in the top flight.

During the current campaign the Netherlands international has scored 21 goals in 28 appearances in the Dutch top flight.

The midfielder ended his time in the top flight with Manchester City last season, making 38 appearances and netting eight times.

Marking his 300th Premier League appearance, the Spaniard netted for the 46th time in the English top flight when he collected a pass from Pedro before poking home from inside the penalty area.

The 26 - year - old moved to the Italian capital in 2014 from Olympiacos, and has gone on to make 143 appearances for the Serie A giants while establishing himself as one of the top centre - halves in the Italian top flight.

The 27 - year - old is currently on loan at Premier League rivals, West Ham, having made 22 league appearances in the top flight this campaign.

Indeed, the 22 - year - old has impressed again in the French top flight this season, scoring nine goals and contributing five assists in 33 Ligue 1 appearances.

One massive difference though khedira is a world and european champion with over 300 appearances in the top flight in the last 8 years.

Unfortunately for the Belfast - born defender he never made a first - team appearance for the club but he is now playing regularly in the top - flight with Watford.

The 27 men in Southgate's squad have made 3,566 top - flight appearances between them.

The former Montpellier forward has made five Premier League appearances this season, all of which have been as substitute, and his two recent goals against Sunderland are his only top - flight strikes of the campaign.

The youngster has made over 100 Bundesliga appearances since making his debut in January 2011, and in each of the past three years, the Gelsenkirchen - based outfit have finished in the top four of the German top flight.

The 29 - year - old started only seven league games last season, with his 22 appearances off the bench making him the most used top - flight substitute.

On average, though, world champions Germany's 26 - man selection tops Roberto Martínez's 28 - man squad, with 223.92 top - flight appearances per player to the Red Devils» 218.82.

He went on to make 675 appearances for United, the majority of which were in the top flight of English football, and was crowned Player of the Year by supporters at the end of 1966/67 season.

Grot made his debut at NEC in 2015 and despite his age, has already made 30 appearances in the Dutch top flight, the Eredivisie.

Silva signed a contract extension at the Etihad Stadium in November and has five goals and eight assists in 19 top - flight appearances this season, helping City to establish a dominant 15 - point lead at the top of the Premier League.

The 25 - year - old is now only three appearances behind Gavin Peacock and John Spence to become Chelsea's joint - 50th all - time appearance maker since the English top flight was rebranded in 1992.

Valbuena, 32, made 30 Ligue 1 appearances and scored eight goals as Lyon finished fourth in the French top flight this season, while also contributing to their run to the last four of the Europa League.

Mourinho was defending Costa's record of getting booked twice in three league appearance and his controversial behaviour against the Toffees (click here to read more), but his comments about the # 32m summer signing being the best player in the English top flight at the moment does have merit.

Sanchez has contributed two goals and three assists in nine top - flight appearances for United, but he has still received plenty of criticism owing to his tendency to lose the ball on numerous occasions on the attack.

Philippe Coutinho going through process of adaptation at Barcelona, says Guillem Balague Sky Sports Coutinho moved to Barcelona in January from Liverpool for # 146m, scoring three goals and registering two assists in 13 appearances so far for the La Liga side, who are unbeaten in the top flight.

This would be Šemper's only Champions League appearance last season and is currently on loan at NK Lokomotiva in the Croatian top flight with his parent club having previously rejected an offer from Chelsea.

Silva signed a contract extension at the Etihad Stadium in November and has five goals and eight assists in 19 top - flight appearances this season.

A name that has gone under the radar of the Socceroos, but is making consistent appearances in the Dutch top flight Eredivisie, Dougall left Australia in 2014 after being on the youth team books at Brisbane Roar.

They were in the Championship when he first signed for them but made seven appearances for them in the first half of the 2014/15 season in the top flight.