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Alan Thompson
Profile |
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Full
name |
Alan Thompson |
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Born |
22 December 1973 in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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Height/Weight |
6'0", 12st 8b. [2004] |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Signed for
Newcastle United FC from their youth system on 11 March 1991. Signed for
Bolton Wanderers FC for �250,000 on 22 July 1993. On to Aston Villa FC for
�4.5m. on 5 June 1998. Then Glasgow Celtic FC for �2.75m. on 1
September 2000. Loaned to Leeds United AFC on 12 January 2007,
signing permanently on 9 August 2007. Joined Hartlepool United FC on loan
in January 2008 for a month. Announced his retirement on 28 May
2008 at the age of 34; |
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Club honours |
Football League (Coca Cola) Cup runners-up
1994-95; Football League (Endsleigh) Division One Champions 1996-97; Scottish Premier League
Champions 2000-01, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06; Scottish FA Cup Winners 2000-01, 2003-04,
2004-05; Scottish League Cup Winners 2000-01; |
| Individual
honours |
PFA Division One Team of the Year 1996-97; |
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Distinctions |
None. |
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England Career |
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Player
number |
1130th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left/Central Midfielder. |
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Only match |
No. 811, 31 March 2004,
Sweden 1 England 0, friendly match at Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg.
Substituted after 60 min. Aged 30 years 101 days; |
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Major
tournaments |
None. |
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Team honours |
None. |
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Individual
honours |
England U 21 (2 caps).
England U 18. |
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Distinctions |
None. |
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Beyond
England |
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Appointed as an Academy
Coach at Newcastle United FC in July 2008; |
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