Kerrea Gilbert
Personal information
Full name	Kerrea Kuche Gilbert[1]
Date of birth	28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) (age 22)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Full back
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Number	42
Youth career
2003–2005	Arsenal
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009	Arsenal → Cardiff City (loan) → Southend United (loan) → Leicester City (loan)	02 (0) 24 (0) 05 (0) 34 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:29, 4 May 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kerrea Kuche Gilbert (born 28 February 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for Arsenal as a full back. His given name is pronounced /ˈkɛri/ "Kerry".

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Arsenal 1.2 Cardiff City 1.3 Southend United 1.4 Return to Arsenal 1.5 Leicester City 1.6 Return to Arsenal 2 Career statistics 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Arsenal

Gilbert was born in Hammersmith, Greater London, and until the 2005–06 season he usually played in Arsenal's youth and reserve teams. However, after injuries to various members of Arsenal's defence, Gilbert was drafted in as cover. He made his first team debut on 29 November 2005 against Reading in the League Cup, and on 7 December he played in a UEFA Champions League match against Ajax Amsterdam, coming on as a substitute at left back for the injured Lauren.

With Arsenal's injury problems continuing, he started in Arsenal's FA Cup win over Cardiff City on 7 January 2006 in which he was noted for his pace, which was the start of a six-match run of appearances. He made his FA Premier League debut on 21 January 2006 in a 1–0 away loss at Everton and played in both legs of Arsenal's League Cup semi-final against Wigan Athletic, in which he contributed to the first Arsenal goal by crossing to Thierry Henry, who headed home; Arsenal lost the tie on away goals after drawing 2–2.

However, Gilbert was himself injured in Arsenal's 3–2 home defeat to West Ham United on 1 February 2006, and was ruled out for two months, ending his run in the team. As of April 2006 he has played nine times for Arsenal.

[edit] Cardiff City

On 21 July 2006, Gilbert was loaned to Championship team Cardiff City for the 2006–07 season.^[2] Gilbert began the season as the club's first choice right back and was a regular in the team until December. However, he suffered a minor injury which kept him out for several games. He was replaced by Chris Gunter and was unable to force his way back into the starting line-up, meaning he did not feature as much during the second half of the season. Gilbert made 26 appearances for Cardiff, as they narrowly missed out on the play-offs.

[edit] Southend United

He joined Southend United on a six-month loan deal on 30 July 2007.^[3] He made six appearances for Southend before falling out of favour with manager Steve Tilson. He returned to Arsenal on 3 January 2008.^[4]

[edit] Return to Arsenal

After returning to Arsenal, Gilbert was given the squad number 46 and named as an unused substitute in Arsenal's Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers on 11 February 2008.

[edit] Leicester City

On 10 July 2008, Gilbert joined Leicester City on a season-long loan deal for 2008–09.^[5] He scored his first league goal for Leicester in a 1–1 draw with Stockport County.^[6]

[edit] Return to Arsenal

For the 2009–10 season, Gilbert returned to Arsenal. He appeared in Arsenal's 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup playing the full 90 minutes. Kerrea also appeared in the 2-1 league cup win over Liverpool F.C. He also started in his first european game for four years, in an away fixture to Olympiakos F.C at right back, in what was the youngest ever team to play in the Champions Leauge with the average age of the team just 21, beating the previous record held by Ajax F.C

[edit] Career statistics

(correct as of 9 December 2009)

Club	Season	League		Cup[7]		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	2005–06	2	0	6	0	1	0	9	0
	2006–07	Season out on loan
	2007–08	Season out on loan
	2008–09	Season out on loan
	2009–10	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
Cardiff City	2006–07	24	0	2	0	-		26	0
Southend United	2007–08	5	0	1	0	-		6	0
Leicester City	2008–09	34	1	5	0	-		39	1
Total	2005–	65	1	16	0	2	0	83	1

*NOTE teams in Italics indicates loan spell

[edit] Honours

Leicester City

• League One: 2008–09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kerrea Gilbert career stats at Soccerbase
• arsenal.com profile
• Espn profile

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Persondata
NAME	Gilbert, Kerrea Kuche
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gilbert, Kerrea
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	28 February 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hammersmith, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH