Rowan Vine
Personal information
Full name	Rowan Lewis Vine
Date of birth	21 September 1982 (1982-09-21) (age 27)
Place of birth	Basingstoke, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Queens Park Rangers
Number	8
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2005 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2007–2008 2008–	Portsmouth → Brentford (loan) → Colchester United (loan) → Luton Town (loan) Luton Town Birmingham City → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Queens Park Rangers	13 0(0) 42 (10) 35 0(6) 45 0(9) 57 (22) 17 0(1) 18 0(4) 36 0(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:01, 30 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Rowan Lewis Vine (born 21 September 1982 in Basingstoke, England) is an English footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Vine began his career at Portsmouth, making his way through the club's youth scheme. He made his first-team debut in a goalless draw with Sheffield United in December 2000 at the age of 18.^[1] However, he struggled to break through into the side on a regular basis and was loaned out to Division Two side Brentford for the 2002–03 season.

Vine enjoyed a successful campaign at Griffin Park, netting his first ever goal on his debut in a 2–0 win at Huddersfield Town, and going on to score 13 further goals in 44 starts for the Bees.^[1] Despite his impressive season, he was again loaned out, this time to Colchester United for the 2003–04 campaign where he scored 10 league goals in 30 starts.^[1][2]

For the third year running, Vine spent an entire season away from Portsmouth on loan, this time at Luton Town for the 2004–05 season.^[1][3] Vine's nine goals helped the Hatters clinch the League One title. Despite this relative lack of goals for a striker during a season, a section in the Luton News newspaper showed that Vine was the "King of Assists" – one of the main reasons for the Hatters' success.

Vine signed for Luton for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £250,000, on 4 July 2005.^[4] In his first season after his permanent move to the club, he scored 10 goals in 30 games after missing the start of the season with a back injury.^[1] Again, he was near the top of the assist charts, proving his worth further to Luton Town.

On 11 January 2007, a £2.5m deal with Birmingham City saw Vine leave Luton, which later rose to £3m when Birmingham gained promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season.^[5] Vine's only goal in his short stay at St Andrew's came in a 1-0 win over Derby County.^[1][6]

On 2 October 2007, he joined Queens Park Rangers on loan until November 2007;^[7] when this expired, it was extended until 1 January 2008.^[8] Vine signed for Queens Park Rangers on a four-and-a-half-year contract on 8 January 2008 for a fee of £1m.^[9]

Vine suffered a serious fracture of his left tibia and fibula on 3 April 2008 during a training session.^[10] He did not make another first-team appearance until April 2009, and has since been used mainly as a substitute.

[edit] Honours

Luton Town

• Football League One winner: 2004–05

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Rowan Vine career stats at Soccerbase
• Rowan Vine profile at lutontown.co.uk
• Rowan Vine profile at qpr.co.uk

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