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Kieran Gibbs

Personal information
Full name	Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs
Date of birth	26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) (age 20)
Place of birth	Lambeth, London, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Number	28
Youth career
2001–2004	Wimbledon
2004–2007	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Arsenal	11	(0)
2008	→ Norwich City (loan)	7	(0)
National team‡
2007–2008	England U19	8	(0)
2009	England U20	1	(0)
2008–	England U21	11	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs (born 26 September 1989) is an English professional footballer, who currently plays for Arsenal as a left back. He attended Riddlesdown High School in Purley, South London.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Arsenal career statistics 4 Honours 4.1 Arsenal FC 4.2 International 4.3 Individual 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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. In September 2007, Gibbs signed a professional contract with Arsenal,^[1] and was named in the club's 2007–08 UEFA Champions League squad and given squad number 34.^[2]

He made his first-team debut for the club when he started a League Cup match against Sheffield United on 31 October 2007,^[3] 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.^[4][5]

On 31 January 2008, he agreed to go on loan to Norwich City until the end of the 2007–08 season.^[6] He returned to Arsenal a match early on 29 April 2008 and retook his place in the Arsenal reserve squad.^[7] He went on to make the substitutes bench for Arsenal's first team match against Everton on 4 May 2008 but did not play.^[8]

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,^[9] 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.^[10][11][12] He made UEFA Champions League debut on 10 December 2008, against FC Porto in Portugal, replacing Abou Diaby.^[13]

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.^[14] Gibbs started a FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea and set up Theo Walcott's goal.^[15] He was also involved when Arsenal drew with Liverpool on 21 April at Anfield, where he cleared the ball off the line.^[16]

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, although Arsenal lost 1–0. However, 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. ^[17]

He started in Arsenal's opening home match of the 2009-10 season against Portsmouth and featured for the whole 90 minutes. ^[18] With Clichy injured and out for several weeks, Wenger has entrusted the left back spot to the youngster.

[edit] International career

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.^[19][20][21]

Gibbs was called up for the England U21 squad along with Arsenal team-mate Theo Walcott for up-coming 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden. He scored two goals in England Under 21's 7–0 friendly victory over Azerbaijan at stadium:mk on 8 June 2009.^[22] He then performed impressively in the first two matches of the tournament leading to a possible call-up to the full England team before the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[23]

[edit] Arsenal career statistics

(correct as of 7 November 2009)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup			Carling 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
Arsenal	2009–10	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0

[edit] Honours

[edit] Arsenal FC

[edit] International

UEFA U-21 Championship 2009: Runners up

[edit] Individual

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kieran Gibbs career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Gibbs, Kieran James Ricardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gonner
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1989-09-26
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lambeth, London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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