Matthew Connolly

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Thomas Connolly
Date of birth	24 September 1987 (1987-09-24) (age 22)
Place of birth	Barnet, London, England
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Queens Park Rangers
Number	16
Youth career
2005–2006	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2008	Arsenal	0	(0)
2006–2007	→ Bournemouth (loan)	5	(1)
2007–2008	→ Colchester United (loan)	16	(2)
2008–	Queens Park Rangers	60	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Matthew Thomas Connolly (born 24 September 1987 in Barnet) is a footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers having moved there from Arsenal on 2 January 2008.

He started his career as a youth at Arsenal, eventually making the reserve side. In September 2006 he was made captain of Arsenal's reserves.^[1] He made his first-team debut for Arsenal on 24 October 2006, starting a Carling Cup third round match against West Bromwich Albion.

On 23 November 2006 Arsenal announced he was going on loan to Bournemouth until 2 January 2007.^[2] In total he played seven games for Bournemouth (five in League One and two in the FA Cup), and scored his first goal at senior level in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, on 5 December 2006. He returned to Arsenal as scheduled at the start of January 2007,^[3] and came on as substitute for Armand Traoré against Liverpool in the League Cup Quarter-Finals on 9 January.

On 9 July 2007 Arsenal announced he would be spending the whole of the 2007-08 season on loan to Colchester United,^[4] although he eventually was recalled midway through the loan on 2 January 2008.^[5] The same day, his transfer to Queens Park Rangers was announced, after finding first team chances too difficult.^[6]

In the meantime, in November, he received his first call-up to the England U-21 squad, where he joined Arsenal teammate Theo Walcott.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Matthew Connolly player profile at qpr.co.uk
• Matthew Connolly player profile at cu-fc.com
• Matthew Connolly player profile at arsenal.com part I
• Matthew Connolly player profile at arsenal.com part II
• Matthew Connolly career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Connolly, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1987-09-24
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barnet, London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH