Ben Alnwick
Ben Alnwick, the United Kingdom goalkeeper, made 22 appearances for Sunderland. He kept goal across 22 recorded appearances.
Benjamin Robert Alnwick (born 1 January 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper . Alnwick started his career at Sunderland in 2004, having progressed through the club's youth ranks, but never fully established himself in the first team. He left for Tottenham Hotspur in January 2007, having made 19 league appearances, but never made more than a single league appearance for Tottenham. Instead, he spent several loan spells away from the club, at Luton Town , Leicester City , Carlisle United , Norwich City , Leeds United , Doncaster Rovers and Leyton Orient . He switched permanently to Barnsley in July 2012, and made 12 appearances, but was deemed surplus to requirements in September 2013, and his contract was terminated by mutual consent. Alnwick has represented England at under-16 , under-17 , under-18 , under-19 and under-21 levels. — Wikipedia
- Position
- GK
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Prudhoe
- Born
- 1 Jan 1987
- Height
- 185 cm
Alnwick was born in the small Northumberland town of Prudhoe . He spent his boyhood years playing for the Prudhoe youth side. He started his professional career at Sunderland , and came to prominence at the climax of their 2004–05 Football League Championship -winning season, replacing the injured Thomas Myhre for Sunderland's last three games. His performances against Leicester City and West Ham United , the games that won Sunderland promotion to the Premier League and Championship win respectively, were impressive. In November 2005, he spent a stint as the number one goalkeeper at Sunderland, replacing Kelvin Davis . Despite impressing, particularly in Sunderland's 3–2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur where he made a penalty save from Robbie Keane , Alnwick was dropped in favour of Kelvin Davis . After the departure of Davis to Southampton , Alnwick was given the number 1 shirt for the 2006–07 season . After a disappointing start to the season 2006–07 season, Alnwick was relegated to the substitutes bench in favour of Darren Ward by new boss Roy Keane . — Wikipedia
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