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Gary Cahill
Personal information
Full name Gary James Cahill
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2000–2004 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Aston Villa 28 (1)
2004–2005 → Burnley (loan) 27 (1)
2007 → Sheffield United (loan) 16 (2)
2008–2011 Bolton Wanderers 118 (17)
Chelsea 0 (0)
International career‡
2004–2005 England U20 3 (0)
2008-? England U21 3 (0)
2010– England 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:37, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Gary James Cahill (born 19 December 1985 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is an English footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team.

Club career

Early Career

Cahill was born in Sheffield and started playing for the AFC Dronfield youth set-up in Derbyshire, where he played well, was scouted by various club's and subsequently joined the Aston Villa Academy. In 2004, he joined Burnley on a season-long loan and won Burnley's Player Of The Year Award and Young Player Of The Year Award. After performing for Burnley, Cahill made his debut for Aston Villa and broke-through to the first-team. Cahill joined Sheffield United on a three month loan deal, which led to speculation of him leaving Villa.

Bolton Wanderers

On 30 January 2008, he signed for Bolton Wanderers for a fee believed to be in the region of £5 million on a 3-and-a-half deal contract. Cahill performed for Bolton though the year's, cementing a place in the first-team. At the begining of the 2011-12 season, Bolton manager Owen Coyle confirmed that Cahill will not be signing a new contract as his contract was due to expire at the at the end of the season. This led to speculation that Bolton will sell Cahill instead of letting him leave for free. In late December 2011, Bolton confirmed that they had begun talks with Chelsea over the potential sale of Cahill in the 2012 Winter transfer window. A fee was agreed between the two clubs on 30th December 2011.[2]

Chelsea

In late December 2011, Bolton confirmed that they had begun talks with Chelsea over the potential sale of Cahill in the 2012 Winter transfer window. A fee was agreed between the two clubs on 30th December 2011 and reported to be within the region of £7,000,000.[3]

International career

Cahill is an English international. He was eligible to play for either England or Republic of Ireland, but chose to play for England. On 6 February 2007, he made his under-21 debut for England coming on as a substitute at first game at the new Wembley Stadium against Spain. On 4 June 2009, Cahill was called up to the England squad for the match against Kazakhstan. However, he only made his debut on 3 September 2010, coming on as a substitute against Bulgaria, in a 4–0 win. On 29 March 2011, Cahill made his first start for the national team in the 1–1 friendly against Ghana. He scored his first international goal in England's 3-0 win against Bulgaria in a Euro 2012 qualifier. Gary Cahill is a professional footballer who plays for Bolton Football Club .Cahill was one of a number of uncapped players in Stuart Pearce's first squad as England U21 coach. He was not chosen to start the match, on 6 February 2007, against Spain. His first under-21 cap for England was the first game at the new Wembley Stadium, where he partnered Anton Ferdinand at the centre of the England defence. His final of four caps came in the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, where he made one appearance. Cahill was called up to the England squad for the match against Kazakhstan on 4 June 2009 following the withdrawal of Rio Ferdinand,[4] but had to wait over a year for his first cap, until he came on as a second half substitute for Michael Dawson on 3 September 2010 against Bulgaria, in a 4–0 win, at Wembley Stadium.[5] In doing so, he became the first Bolton Wanderers player to play for England since Michael Ricketts in 2002. [6] On 29 March 2011, Cahill made his first start for the national team against Ghana in a friendly that ended 1–1.

Until he played for England he was also eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland through an Irish grandparent.[7] However, his manager at Bolton and former Ireland international, Owen Coyle has said that Cahill only wanted to represent England. [8]

On 2 September 2011, in his first competitive start, Cahill scored his first international goal for England against Bulgaria in the qualifying rounds of the 2012 Euro tournament in the 13th minute.[9] In netting the opening goal, Cahill became the first Bolton Wanderers player to score for England since Ray Parry against Northern Ireland in 1959.[10] After he completed his transfer to Chelsea, Cahill will have the chance to demonstrate his good partnership with England and Chelsea captain John Terry, so that he can secure his England first-team place next to Terry.


International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 September 2011 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria
0–1
0–3
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup1 Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Burnley (loan) 2004–05 27 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 0
Total 27 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 0
Aston Villa
2005–06 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1
2006–07 20 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 0 1
2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 28 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 1 2
Sheffield United (loan) 2007–08 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0
Total 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0
Bolton Wanderers
2007–08 13 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 0 1
2008–09 33 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 4
2009–10 29 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 34 7 2
2010–11 36 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 41 3 0
2011–12 16 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0
Total 127 12 8 13 2 0 4 0 0 144 14 8
Career total 197 16 9 20 2 1 4 0 0 221 18 10

20:09, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[11]

1Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield.

International

Template:Football player national team statistics |- |2010||1||0 |- |2011||6||1 |- !Total||7||1 |} Statistics accurate as of 22:15, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Honours

Aston Villa
  • Goal of the Season Winner: 2005–06
Burnley
  • Player of the Year Winner: 2004–05
  • Young Player of the Year Winner: 2004–05
Bolton Wanderers
  • Players' Player of the Year: 2008–09[12]

References

  1. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Chelsea agree fee with Bolton for defender Gary Cahill". BBC News. 30 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Chelsea agree fee with Bolton for defender Gary Cahill". BBC News. 30 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Rio out of England squad". Sky Sports News. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  5. ^ "England 4–0 Bulgaria". BBC Sport. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Cahill gets England cap". Bolton News. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ "Gary Cahill could get Republic of Ireland call". Lancashire Telegraph. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  8. ^ Ley, JohnNn (2010-08-23). "West Ham United and Avram Grant braced for another winter of discontent". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  9. ^ "Bulgaria 0-3 England". BBC News. 2 September 2011.
  10. ^ http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2440170,00.html
  11. ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/40509/gary-cahill?cc=5901
  12. ^ "Davo Wins Top Award". www.bwfc.co.uk. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
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