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Ricardo Gardner
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Gardner
Date of birth (1978-09-25) 25 September 1978 (age 33)
Place of birth Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Left winger/Left wingback
Club information
Current club Bolton Wanderers
Number 11
Youth career
19921997 Harbour View
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19971998 Harbour View 10 (2)
1998 Bolton Wanderers 347 (21)
2011 Preston North End (loan) 4 (0)
National team
19972009 Jamaica 109 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC).

Appearances (Goals).

National team caps and goals correct as of 19:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Ricardo Gardner (born 25 September 1978 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is naturally a left winger but can also play in the centre of midfield or at left wingback.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Gardner began his professional career with Harbour View, where he debuted as a starter at only 14-years old. He also, representing Wolmer's Boys' High School, dominated the local high school football leagues and was considered outstanding.[1] His performances for Jamaica during the 1998 World Cup attracted Bolton Wanderers, then playing in what is now known as the Football League Championship to offer Harbour View 1 million for his services.

[edit] Bolton Wanderers

Gardner immediately established himself a place in the first team for Bolton. He came on as a substitute to make his debut against Hartlepool in the League Cup on 25 August 1998,[2] and then made his league debut as a substitute again against West Bromwich Albion on 8 September 1998. In this game, Bolton were reduced to 10 men after the sending off of Guni Bergsson shortly after Gardner came on, but he scored a late winner to give his team a memorable 32 victory over West Brom.[3] He made 22 appearances, half of them starts, in his first year while scoring three goals. In his second season, 19992000, he established a place in the starting eleven, starting 23 of 26 games, that he has held on to since. Although Gardner suffered a cruciate ligament injury that took him out of action at the end of the season, he made a full recovery, and was able to return to the starting line-up in 200001 (scoring in the 2001 Division One Play off Final), playing with the promoted Bolton in the Premier League. Due to a knee injury, Gardner did not make his first appearance in the 200607 season until December.

In November 2007, he scored his first goal at club level in nearly five years when he opened the scoring in Bolton's 22 draw against German giants Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in the UEFA Cup group stage. A year later after being moved from a wing-back role back into midfield he scored in the Wanderers 20 win over local rivals Manchester City.

Gardner made his 400th appearance for Bolton in a 30 defeat to Fulham on 27 April 2011. On 24 May 2011, he was in discussions to extend his Bolton contract into a fourteenth year. Gardner rejected a move to West Ham favouring to sign a new one year contract at Bolton,[4] which he signed on 5 August.[5] He made four league appearances at the beginning of the next season but was sent off for two bookable offences in Bolton's 31 defeat at Swansea City on 29 October and then suffered an injury, making no further appearances that year. At the close of the January 2012 transfer window, he wasn't named in Bolton's twenty five man Premier League squad for the second half of the season meaning he would play no further part in the league campaign.[6] It was later revealed that he had been omitted due to having had an operation on his knee that the Bolton medical staff could not guarantee he would recover from in time to play again that season.[7]

[edit] Preston North End

On 8 March 2011, Gardner went to Preston North End on an emergency one-month loan as cover for Phil Brown's side. Bolton manager Owen Coyle said it was a great chance for Gardner to improve his match fitness after only just recovering from injury.[8]

He made his debut the following day at the left-back position in the 21 loss to Leeds United and played three more games for the club.[9]

[edit] Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
199899 Bolton Wanderers First Division 33 2 1 0 3 1 - 37 3
19992000 29 5 4 0 9 1 - 42 6
200001 35 3 2 0 - - 37 3
200102 Premier League 31 3 2 0 1 0 - 34 3
200203 32 2 - - - 32 2
200304 22 0 - 4 0 - 26 0
200405 33 0 4 0 1 0 - 38 0
200506 30 0 4 0 3 0 7 0 44 0
200607 18 0 3 0 - - 21 0
200708 26 0 - - 4 1 30 1
200809 29 4 1 0 1 0 - 31 4
200910 21 1 3 0 2 0 - 26 1
201011 4 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 0
201011 Preston North End (loan) Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 0
201112 Bolton Wanderers Premier League 4 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 0
Total England 351 20 24 0 27 2 11 1 413 23
Career total 351 20 24 0 27 2 11 1 413 23

Statistics correct as of matches played 29 October 2011[10]

[edit] International career

Gardner rose to international prominence following the 1998 World Cup. Gardner has also been an important player for the Jamaican national team for much of the last decade and has earned his place as the team's captain. He captains every match for the team whenever he plays and he has been from 2005.

[edit] Honours

1998

[edit] Personal life

Gardner is a rastafarian and sports dreadlocks.[1] He is part owner, with Robert Scarlett and Ian Goodison, of a record label, Heart of Love Production,[1] which promotes ragga and dancehall music.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Bibi the 'big dog' now". Jamiaca-gleaner.com. 11 October 2008. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20081011/sports/sports9.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Hartlepool 0 Bolton 3 (Agg: 04)". Sporting Life. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/bolton/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/98/08/25/SOCCER_Hartlepool.html&TEAMHD=bolton&DIV=prem&TEAM=BOLTON--WANDERERS&RH=Bolton--Wanderers&PREV_SEASON=1997. Retrieved 28 March 2012. 
  3. ^ "West Bromwich Albion 2 Bolton Wanderers 3". Sporting Life. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/bolton/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/98/09/08/SOCCER_West_Brom_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=bolton&DIV=prem&TEAM=BOLTON--WANDERERS&RH=Bolton--Wanderers&PREV_SEASON=1997&BID=. Retrieved 28 March 2012. 
  4. ^ http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/9089701.Ricardo_rejects_Sam_to_stick_with_Whites/
  5. ^ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Bibi-says-delighted-with-new-deal-at-Bolton_9389887?.Bibi says delighted with new deal at Bolton
  6. ^ http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/squad-lists-february-2012.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/9515102.Gardner_out_for_season___but_not_for_good/?
  8. ^ "Gardner joins Preston on loan". bwfc.co.uk. 8 March 2011. http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2311129,00.html. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
  9. ^ "Ricardo Gardner". pnefc.co.uk. http://www.pnefc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10362~8211,00.html. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ "Set Me Free Riddim". caribbeanmusicdatabase.com. http://www.caribbeanmusicdatabase.com/album-detail.php?albumid=14. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Aaron Lawrence
Jamaica national football team captain
20082011
Succeeded by
Shavar Thomas

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