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Aaron Justin Lennon (born 16 April 1987 in Chapeltown, Leeds) is an English footballer who currently plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. At 5'5" tall, Lennon is currently the shortest player in the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the fastest players in England.[1]
[edit] Club career[edit] LeedsA right winger, Aaron Lennon began his professional career at Leeds United, where he became the youngest player ever to appear in the Premier League at the age of 16 years and 129 days, coming off the bench at White Hart Lane against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-1 loss in August 2003.[2] He was then carrying on his studies at Leeds' partner school, Boston Spa School. He had been a member of the Leeds United Academy for a long time before breaking into the first team setup. In 2001, he set a record as the youngest player ever to have his boots sponsored when he signed up with Adidas at the age of just 14. Lennon scored his only goal for Leeds against Sunderland on Boxing Day 2004 during 3-2 win. His older brother Anthony was also at the Leeds Academy, but never made it into the first team. [edit] Tottenham HotspurWith Leeds suffering financial difficulties, Lennon made a £1 million move to Tottenham Hotspur in early June 2005 and his Spurs debut came a couple of months later in an August defeat against Chelsea. On 18 March 2006, Lennon scored his first Premier League goal in Tottenham's 2-0 victory over Birmingham City at St. Andrew's, early in the second half. He was nominated by fellow Premiership players for the PFA Young Player of the Year for the 2005–06 season, and subsequently again in the 2006–07 season. The awards ultimately went to Wayne Rooney, and to Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United. Lennon signed a new 5 ½ year deal worth £20,000 a week with Tottenham on 8 January 2007, which will keep him at the club until 2012.[3] He signed a improved deal in March 2009 which contracts him to Spurs until 2014.[4] For the third successive year, in the 2008-09 season, he was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year. The award was ultimately awarded to Aston Villa's Ashley Young. Lennon also won both the Tottenham Hotspur 'Player of the Season' and the 'Young Player of the Season' award in the 2008-09 season. His goals early in the 2009-10 season - against West Ham at Upton Park, and Birmingham City - kept Tottenham at the top of the league table, with four successive wins, their best start to a league season since the 1960-61 season.[5] On saturday the 24th of october Aaron Was injured in the game against Stoke and ended up loseing after Lennon left Tottenham down to ten men as Harry Redkanpp had made all his substitutes. [edit] International careerLennon was called up to the England U-21 team team for the first time in October 2005 and on 8 May 2006, he was picked in England's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, despite being uncapped at senior level. He was named Man of the match in the England B match with Belarus on 25 May 2006 in England's World Cup warm-up match at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, which ultimately England B lost 2-1. He made his full England debut as a second-half substitute in the 6-0 win over Jamaica on 2 June. Lennon came on as a substitute for England in their second group stage game of World Cup 2006 (his first World Cup finals appearance) against Trinidad and Tobago. England scored twice following his and Wayne Rooney's arrival on the field, winning the game 2-0. There were some suggestions amongst fans for him to replace David Beckham on the right side of midfield.[6] Lennon then played in the quarter-final match against Portugal, coming on as a substitute for the injured David Beckham. Lennon was then himself substituted for Jamie Carragher immediately prior to a penalty shootout, which England lost in. Lennon also came on as a substitute against Andorra during a UEFA Euro qualifier and made an instant impact by assisting Peter Crouch's second goal after receiving the ball for the first time. Lennon made his first start for England against Israel in a UEFA Euro qualifier on 24 March 2007 and four days later, he was again selected in the first XI against Andorra. This proved to be Lennon's last appearance for exactly two years as it wasn't until 28 March 2009 that he was selected again by England, starting in a friendly match with Slovakia at Wembley Stadium. Lennon started again for England when they played Ukraine on 1 April 2009 at Wembley Stadium, although Lennon was substituted in both games for Beckham. He was called up for the friendly against Slovenia and the World Cup qualifier versus Croatia, following his fine form for Tottenham,[7] and was named Nationwide Man of the Match for the 5-1 thrashing of Croatia.[8] [edit] Honours[edit] Club
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Categories: 1987 births | Living people | England under-21 international footballers | England international footballers | England B international footballers | English footballers | English Roman Catholics | English people of West Indian descent | Leeds United A.F.C. players | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players | Premier League players | Football (soccer) wingers | 2006 FIFA World Cup players | People from Chapeltown, Leeds | Black British sportspeople | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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