Josh Walker
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Walker
Date of birth	21 February 1989 (1989-02-21) (age 20)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Northampton Town
Number	7
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2007 2008 2009–	Middlesbrough → Bournemouth (loan) → Aberdeen (loan) → Northampton Town (loan)	7 (0) 6 (0) 8 (0) 1 (0)
National team2
2009	England U20	4 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Joshua "Josh" Walker (born 21 February 1989 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English footballer. He plays for Middlesbrough as a defensive midfielder.

Walker is a versatile midfielder, who can also play as a central defender

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Middlesbrough 1.2 Loan moves 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Middlesbrough

Walker is a graduate of the Middlesbrough's productive youth academy along with the likes of Stewart Downing, David Wheater, Lee Cattermole, Stuart Parnaby, Jonathan Franks and James Morrison.

Having been part of Middlesbrough's FA Youth Cup winning team of 2003–04, Walker made his first team debut, scoring the final goal in a 4–2 friendly victory over Carlisle United in July 2005. His league debut came on the last game of the 2005–06 season when Middlesbrough fielded a team largely filled with academy graduates in a 1–0 defeat to Fulham.^[1]

[edit] Loan moves

On 9 March 2007, he signed on loan for Bournemouth for a month.

Walker joined Aberdeen on 29 January 2008, where he is on loan till the end of the 2007–08 season.^[2] It was announced shortly afterwards that he had signed a new one year contract with Middlesbrough, keeping him at the club until June 2009^[3]. Walker scored his first career goal while on loan at Aberdeen on 14 February 2008 against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup Round of 32.^[4]

On 19 November 2009 Walker joined Northampton Town on loan until January 2010.^[5]

[edit] International career

Walker has captained England's U16 and U17 and U20 teams.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Josh Walker career stats at Soccerbase

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