Tom Huddlestone
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Andrew Huddlestone
Date of birth	28 December 1986 (1986-12-28) (age 22)
Place of birth	Sneinton, Nottingham, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre Midfield
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	6
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2005 2005– 2005–2006	Derby County Tottenham Hotspur → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	088 0(0) 087 0(5) 013 0(1)
National team2
2005–2009	England U21	033 0(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC+1). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Huddlestone (born 28 December 1986 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Attributes 4 Honours 5 Career stats 6 Personal life 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Club career

Huddlestone made his Derby debut on the opening day of the 2003-04 season in a 3-0 home defeat to Stoke City, but despite the defeat, he was voted Man of the Match.

Huddlestone signed for Tottenham in January 2005 for a fee reported to be worth up to £3 million, but remained at Derby until the summer.^[1] Huddlestone spent a few months of the 2005-06 season on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring his first league goal, ironically at Derby,^[2] before returning to make his début for Tottenham as a substitute in the 1-0 defeat away at Fulham on 31 January 2006.^[3]

His first start for Tottenham came on 14 September 2006, away to Slavia Prague in the UEFA Cup, a game which Tottenham won 1-0. His first goal for Spurs came in the Carling Cup 4th Round match against Port Vale on 8 November 2006. Huddlestone scored 2 goals in this match, his second goal proving decisive in extra time, taking Tottenham through to the quarter finals of the competition. Huddlestone got his first league goal for Spurs on 17 December 2006 against Manchester City with an excellent half-volley on 24 minutes, hit first-time after assisting with team mate Calum Davenport's first goal with a free-kick.^[4]

Huddlestone established himself as one of the most promising young English central midfielders in the premiership towards the end of the 2006-07 season and head coach Martin Jol compared Tom Huddlestone with German legend Franz Beckenbauer due to his playmaking abilities, ferocious shot power and versatility. ^[5] He has also been deployed at centre back on numerous occasions for both Tottenham and the England under-21s.

On 25 December 2006, he signed a new four and a half year contract - keeping him at the club until 2011.^[6] Tom signed a new and improved five-year contract on 30 June 2008 committing his future to Tottenham Hotspur until 2013. ^[7] He came on as a substitute as Spurs beat Chelsea in the 2008 Football League Cup Final.

[edit] International career

He is a regular in the England under-21s. He played twice in the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship before a red card for dissent ruled him out of the semi-final and final.^[8]

He was called up into the England squad by coach Fabio Capello to face United States and Trinidad and Tobago in friendlies, but has yet to play. On 9 November 2009 he was named in Capello's squad for the international friendly against Brazil, to be played in Dubai on 14 November, raising hopes for his first start at senior level for his country.

[edit] Attributes

He is known for his size and his superb passing range which has led to comparisons with former team-mate Michael Carrick and more recently to Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle. He also has a powerful shot that has enabled him score long range goals from midfield, notably when he scored twice from outside the penalty box against Fulham on 26th December, 2007

[edit] Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• Carling Cup: 2007-08
• Barclays Asia Trophy: 2009

[edit] Career stats

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	League			Domestic Cups			Europe			Total
		Games	Goals	Assists	Games	Goals	Assists	Games	Goals	Assists	Games	Goals	Assists
Tottenham Hotspur	09-10	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1
	08-09	22	0	2	3	0	1	6	2	0	31	2	3
	07-08	28	3	7	6	1	0	9	0	1	43	4	8
	06-07	21	1	2	8	2	2	6	0	1	35	3	5
	05-06	4	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	1
Club Total		75	4	13	18	4	3	21	2	2	114	10	18
Wolves (on loan)	05-06	13	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	0
Club Total		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0
Derby County	04-05	45	0	1	3	0	0	-	-	-	48	0	1
	03-04	43	0	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	45	0	1
Club Total		88	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	93	0	2
Career Totals		176	5	15	23	4	3	21	2	2	220	10	20

^{Correct as of 24th AUG 2009}

[edit] Personal life

Tom Huddlestone grew up in Nottingham and he attended Greenwood Dale School in Sneinton, Nottingham.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tom Huddlestone career stats at Soccerbase
• Player Profile at Tottenham Hotspur Official Website

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