Paul Konchesky

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Paul Konchesky
Personal information
Full name	Paul Martyn Konchesky
Date of birth	15 May 1981 (1981-05-15) (age 27)
Place of birth	Barking, London
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	4
Youth clubs
	West Ham United Charlton Athletic
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2005 2003 2005–2007 2007–	Charlton Athletic → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) West Ham United Fulham	149 (5) 012 (0) 059 (1) 033 (0)
National team2
2002–2003 2003–2005	England U21 England	015 (0) 002 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:23, 15 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 09:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Martyn Konchesky (born 15 May 1981 in Barking, London) is a professional English football player currently playing for Fulham in the left-back position. He is a versatile player capable of appearing across the back four or in midfield.

Contents 1 Background 2 Club career 2.1 Charlton Athletic 2.2 West Ham United 2.3 Fulham 3 International career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

Konchesky studied at Eastbrook Comprehensive School in Dagenham, London and played for West Ham United as a boy at the Academy.^[1]

[edit] Club career

[edit] Charlton Athletic

Konchesky joined Charlton Athletic as a trainee in August 1997.^[2] He became the youngest player to appear in the first team for Charlton when he played against Oxford United in August 1997 at the age of 16 years and 93 days^[3][2] but it was not until the 2000–01 season when he made 27 appearances,^[2] that he became a regular in the first team. In June 2003, frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities at his preferred position of leftback, Konchesky made a written request for a transfer, which was accepted by Charlton.^[4] However, firm offers were not forthcoming and in September 2003, Konchesky joined Tottenham Hotspur on one-month loan.^[5] The loan was extended for a further month^[6] and then until January 2004.^[7] Although Konchesky was keen on a permanent move to Tottenham,^[8] no move materialised and a spate of injuries at Charlton led to Konchesky being recalled from loan in December 2003,^[9] when he also came off the transfer list.^[10] In July 2005, Konchesky signed for West Ham United,^[11] having made a total of 169 appearances for Charlton in all competitions, scoring six goals, and 15 appearances for Tottenham.^[2]

[edit] West Ham United

Konchesky joined West Ham United in July 2005^[11] for a fee of £1.5 million.^[2] He made 45 league and cup appearances in the 2005–06 season,^[2] helping West Ham to ninth place in the Premier League and to the 2006 FA Cup Final, where he scored when his cross went straight into the net but later had a spot kick saved as West Ham went down to Liverpool on penalties after drawing 3-3 after extra time.^[12] He lost his place in the first team during the 2006–07 season, making only 25 appearances,^[2] as West Ham slipped into the relegation places and only secured their place in the Premier League on the final day of the season, and left the club in July 2007 having made a total of 70 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring two goals.^[2] After leaving West Ham, Konchesky criticised manager Alan Curbishley, claiming that he made the players unhappy.^[13]

[edit] Fulham

Konchesky signed a four-year contract with Fulham in July 2007 for a fee of up to £3.25 million.^[14]

[edit] International career

Konchesky made 15 appearances for the England national under-21 football team,^[15] and has two caps for senior England team.^[16] He made his England first team debut in a half-time substitution in the friendly against Australia in February 2003^[17] and made a second appearance for England again in a half-time substitution in the friendly against Argentina in November 2005.^[18]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Paul Konchesky career stats at Soccerbase
• Paul Konchesky profile at bbc.co.uk
• Paul Konchesky at FootballDatabase
• Paul Konchesky at 4thegame.com

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