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Following the departure of Gaël Clichy to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gaël Clichy completes transfer from Arsenal to Manchester City|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/04/gael-clichy-transfer-arsenal-manchester-city|publisher=The Guaradian|date=2011-07-04|accessdate=2011-07-04}}</ref>, Wenger comfirmed that Gibbs would be replacing Clichy as first-choice left-back.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Wenger confirms that Gibbs will replace Clichy |url=http://justarsenal.com/wenger-confirms-that-gibbs-will-replace-clichy/8795|publisher=Just Arsenal News|date=2011-07-09|accessdate=2011-07-09}}</ref>
Following the departure of Gaël Clichy to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gaël Clichy completes transfer from Arsenal to Manchester City|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/04/gael-clichy-transfer-arsenal-manchester-city|publisher=The Guaradian|date=2011-07-04|accessdate=2011-07-04}}</ref>, Wenger confirmed that Gibbs would be replacing Clichy as first-choice left-back.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Wenger confirms that Gibbs will replace Clichy |url=http://justarsenal.com/wenger-confirms-that-gibbs-will-replace-clichy/8795|publisher=Just Arsenal News|date=2011-07-09|accessdate=2011-07-09}}</ref>


On 20 September 2011, Gibbs scored his first goal for Arsenal in the 33rd minute of a [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] match against [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsenal 3 - 1 Shrewsbury|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14893648.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=20 September 2011}}</ref> On 16 October 2011 in the 2–1 victory over [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], Gibbs suffered a stomach problem five minutes into the second half and was replaced by [[André Santos]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsenal rocked as Ramsey and Gibbs join Gunners' burgeoning injury list|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2050011/Arsenal-injury-woe-Aaron-Ramsey-Kieran-Gibbs-join-absentee-list.html|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=17 October 2011|date=17 October 2011}}</ref>. On 17 November, Gibbs underwent hernia surgery and was expected to be out for up to six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kieran Gibbs' hernia surgery to keep Arsenal starlet out until Christmas|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/882049-kieran-gibbs-hernia-surgery-to-keep-arsenal-starlet-out-until-christmas|publisher=Metro|accessdate=17 November 2011|date=17 November 2011}}</ref>
On 20 September 2011, Gibbs scored his first goal for Arsenal in the 33rd minute of a [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] match against [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsenal 3 - 1 Shrewsbury|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14893648.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=21 September 2011|date=20 September 2011}}</ref> On 16 October 2011 in the 2–1 victory over [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], Gibbs suffered a stomach problem five minutes into the second half and was replaced by [[André Santos]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsenal rocked as Ramsey and Gibbs join Gunners' burgeoning injury list|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2050011/Arsenal-injury-woe-Aaron-Ramsey-Kieran-Gibbs-join-absentee-list.html|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=17 October 2011|date=17 October 2011}}</ref>. On 17 November, Gibbs underwent hernia surgery and was expected to be out for up to six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kieran Gibbs' hernia surgery to keep Arsenal starlet out until Christmas|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/882049-kieran-gibbs-hernia-surgery-to-keep-arsenal-starlet-out-until-christmas|publisher=Metro|accessdate=17 November 2011|date=17 November 2011}}</ref>

Revision as of 16:09, 5 September 2012

Kieran Gibbs
Personal information
Full name Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 28
Youth career
2001–2004 Wimbledon
2004–2007 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– Arsenal 37 (1)
2008 → Norwich City (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 England U19 9 (0)
2009 England U20 1 (0)
2009–2011 England U21 15 (3)
2010– England 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:54, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs (born 26 September 1989) is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal and was a product of their academy who came to prominence during 2006–07 FA Youth Cup by scoring in the semi-final prior to his first-team breakthrough.[3] He plays as a left back for Arsenal and made his début for the Senior England national team in a friendly against Hungary at Wembley Stadium on 11 August 2010. He attended Riddlesdown High School in Purley, London.

Club career

Gibbs began his career at the Wimbledon academy but moved to Arsenal along with Abu Ogogo and James Dunne when Wimbledon disbanded in 2004 and became Milton Keynes Dons. He played in the centre midfield position and also on the left wing. He has featured regularly for Arsenal's U18 and reserves teams and also played in pre-season friendlies against Barnet and Inter Milan.

Gibbs warming up prior to a match

2007–08 season

In September 2007, Gibbs signed a professional contract with Arsenal,[4] and was named in the club's 2007–08 UEFA Champions League squad and given squad number 34.[5] He made his first-team debut for the club when he started a League Cup match against Sheffield United on 31 October 2007,[6] and made his second appearance coming on as a substitute for Eduardo da Silva in Arsenal's quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers on 18 December 2007.[7][8]

On 31 January 2008, he agreed to go on loan to Norwich City until the end of the 2007–08 season.[9] He returned to Arsenal a match early on 29 April 2008 and retook his place in the Arsenal reserve squad.[10] He went on to make the substitutes bench for Arsenal's first team match against Everton on 4 May 2008 but did not play.[11]

2008–09 season

He featured in Arsenal pre-season games for the 2008–09 season, mostly as a left-back, and was an unused substitute in Arsenal's 1–0 Premier League loss to Fulham on 24 August 2008,[12] and a 3–1 victory over Bolton Wanderers on September. Gibbs continued to play in Arsenal's League Cup campaign and played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal's 6–0 win over Sheffield United in the third round, on 23 September 2008. He also played in the 3–0 win over Wigan Athletic as well as starting in the defeat to Burnley at the quarter final stage.[13][14][15] He made UEFA Champions League debut on 10 December 2008, against FC Porto in Portugal, replacing Abou Diaby.[16] Gibbs made his Premier League debut against Tottenham Hotspur on 8 February 2009, coming on as a substitute for the injured Gaël Clichy.

With Clichy injured, Gibbs made his first Champions League start for Arsenal in the quarter-final second leg against Villarreal CF on 15 April 2009, which Arsenal won 3–0.[17] Gibbs started a FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea and set up Theo Walcott's goal.[18] He was also involved when Arsenal drew with Liverpool on 21 April at Anfield, where he cleared the ball off the line.[19] After an extended run in the first team in Clichy's absence, Gibbs made an appearance in the Champions League semi-final first leg away at Manchester United, which Arsenal lost 1–0. In the second leg, Gibbs made a costly slip when attempting to defend a cross and allowed Park Ji-Sung to score a crucial away goal for United after only seven minutes.[20]

2009–10 season

He started in Arsenal's opening home match of the 2009–10 season against Portsmouth and featured for the whole 90 minutes.[21] With Clichy injured and out for several weeks, Wenger entrusted the left back spot to the youngster. However, on 24 November, Gibbs broke a metatarsal in his right foot in Arsenal's 2–0 Champions League victory over Standard Liege as a result of a lunge from Eliaquim Mangala, sidelining him for the rest of the season.[22]

2010–11 season

Gibbs was used quite frequently in pre-season for Arsenal. He made his first start of the season and completed 90 minutes when he replaced Gaël Clichy at left back against Bolton on the 12th September 2010. In a Carling Cup match at Tottenham, Gibbs started the match, deputizing Gaël Clichy at left back. During the extra time, he suffered a suspected broken metatarsal to his left foot and he was replaced by Clichy. Wenger later said that it was a metatarsal injury again but the one next to the one he had broken last season and Gibbs required a further check. A day later, the club confirmed via their official website that Gibbs had only suffered severe bruising to his left foot and would hopefully only be missing from first-team action for the short term.[23] He made his comeback a week later in a Champions League 3–1 away win against FK Partizan. He conceded a penalty in the second half which was well saved by Łukasz Fabiański.

2011–12 season

Following the departure of Gaël Clichy to Manchester City[24], Wenger confirmed that Gibbs would be replacing Clichy as first-choice left-back.[25]

On 20 September 2011, Gibbs scored his first goal for Arsenal in the 33rd minute of a League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town.[26] On 16 October 2011 in the 2–1 victory over Sunderland, Gibbs suffered a stomach problem five minutes into the second half and was replaced by André Santos[27]. On 17 November, Gibbs underwent hernia surgery and was expected to be out for up to six weeks.[28]

Gibbs returned to training on 31 January 2012.[29] Gibbs made his first start since October against A.C. Milan in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, although he played a fine game Arsenal lost 4–0.[30][31]

Gibbs made his first start since October in the Premier League in the North London derby against Spurs which Arsenal won 5–2.[32] He scored his first league goal for Arsenal on 24 March 2012 in a 3–0 win against Aston Villa at the Emirates.[33] On 13 May 2012 against West Bromwich Albion, the last match of the season, Gibbs came on as a substitute for Gervinho in the 67th minute and made a crucial sliding tackle to prevent Billy Jones from scoring an equaliser in the dying minutes. The match ended 3–2 to Arsenal which secured Arsenal's 3rd place finish ahead of rivals Tottenham Hotspur.[34]

International career

Gibbs making his debut for England against Hungary, 11 August 2010

He was part of England U19 squad that was knocked out in the group stages of 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship but qualifed for 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt as a result finishing third in their group.[35][36][37]

Gibbs was called up for the England U21 squad along with Arsenal team-mate Theo Walcott for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden. He scored two goals in a pre-tournament friendly victory over Azerbaijan in a 7–0 rout at stadium:mk on 8 June 2009[38] and converted his penalty in the tournament semifinal against Sweden. Stuart Pearce recalled Gibbs to the squad for the 2011 European Championship qualifiers. He scored the opening goal in a 6–3 thrashing of Macedonia on 9 October.[39]

On 7 August 2010, Gibbs was called up by Fabio Capello to the Senior squad for the first time for their friendly against Hungary on 11 August.[40] He made his full England debut on 11 August 2010 coming on as a half time substitute for Ashley Cole against Hungary.[41]





Career statistics

Club

As of 3 September 2012[42]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Arsenal 2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
Norwich City (loan) 2007–08 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
Arsenal 2008–09 8 0 0 6 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 0 21 0 2
2009–10 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7 0 1
2010–11 7 0 0 6 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 20 0 2
2011–12 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 22 2 0
2012–13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Total 37 1 0 12 0 3 12 1 2 14 0 1 75 2 6
Career total 44 1 0 12 0 3 12 1 2 14 0 1 82 2 6

Honours

Arsenal FC

Runner-up:

International

Runner-up:

References

  1. ^ "Premier League statistics" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Kieran Gibbs". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  3. ^ Youth Cup: Arsenal 1-0 Man Utd - Report, arsenal.com. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ Gibbs and Dunne delighted by pro contract, arsenal.com. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  5. ^ "2007/08 UEFA Champions League – Matchweek Stats Pack" (PDF). UEFA. 2007-09-16. p. 20. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  6. ^ "Sheff Utd 0–3 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  7. ^ Arsène Wenger’s conveyor belt of talent shows no sign of slowing down, timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  8. ^ Blackburn 2–3 Arsenal (aet), bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  9. ^ "Canaries swoop for Gibbs". Sky Sports.
  10. ^ Reserves: Aston Villa v Arsenal – Preview
  11. ^ Arsenal.com
  12. ^ "Fulham 1–0 Arsenal". Arsenal.com.
  13. ^ – Arsenal 6–0 Sheff Utd, BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  14. ^ – Arsenal 3–0 Wigan , BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  15. ^ – Burnley 0–2 Arsenal , BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  16. ^ Porto pip youthful Arsenal to group summit, uefa.com. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  17. ^ Wenger – Gibbs’ Cup experience is invaluable, arsenal.com. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  18. ^ Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal, arsenal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  19. ^ Liverpool 4–4 Arsenal, arsenal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  20. ^ Winter, Henry (2009-05-05). "Arsenal v AntiManchester United match report". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-04-27. [dead link‍]
  21. ^ Ornstein, David (2009-08-22). "Arsenal 4–1 Portsmouth". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  22. ^ Gibbs to miss rest of the season, arsenal.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  23. ^ http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gibbs-foot-injury-is-only-short-term, arsenal.com. September 22, 2010.
  24. ^ "Gaël Clichy completes transfer from Arsenal to Manchester City". The Guaradian. 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  25. ^ "Wenger confirms that Gibbs will replace Clichy". Just Arsenal News. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  26. ^ "Arsenal 3 - 1 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  27. ^ "Arsenal rocked as Ramsey and Gibbs join Gunners' burgeoning injury list". Daily Mail. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  28. ^ "Kieran Gibbs' hernia surgery to keep Arsenal starlet out until Christmas". Metro. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  29. ^ "Gibbs makes successful return to training". Arsenal. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  30. ^ "Arsenal's Champions League quarter-final hopes are in tatters after they were comprehensively beaten by AC Milan in the first leg of the last 16". BBC News. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  31. ^ "TEAM NEWS: Gibbs makes return from injury for Arsenal against AC Milan". Goal.com. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  32. ^ "Arsenal recovered from two goals down to thrash Tottenham in an enthralling north London derby at Emirates Stadium". BBC News. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  33. ^ "Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa" BBC Sport. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  34. ^ "Arsenal secure Champions League place with victory at West Brom". The Guardian. 13 May 2012. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Text "http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/13/west-bromwich-albion-arsenal-premier-league" ignored (help)
  35. ^ Necid helps Czechs ease past England, uefa.com. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  36. ^ Italy hold out against lively England, uefa.com. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  37. ^ England claim Greek scalp in vain, uefa.com. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  38. ^ "England U21 7–0 Azerbaijan U21". BBC Sport. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  39. ^ "Late rally finally sees England home". uefa.com. 9 October 2009.
  40. ^ "Capello calls up Wilshere, Gibbs and Zamora for England". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Company. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  41. ^ "Gibbs and Wilshere make senior England debuts". 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  42. ^ "Statistics". Soccernet. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
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