Nigel Reo-Coker
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| Nigel Reo-Coker | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker | |
| Date of birth | May 14, 1984 (age 22) | |
| Place of birth | Croydon, London, U.K. | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in / 1.75 m | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | West Ham United | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2002 - 2004 2004 — |
Wimbledon West Ham United |
58 (6) 97 (10) |
| National team** | ||
| 2003 — | England U21 | 15 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker (born May 14, 1984 in Croydon) is an English professional football player. Reo-Coker, a midfielder, currently plays for West Ham United and wears squad number 20.
Reo-Coker came up through the ranks at the London club Wimbledon, and progressed to rank of captain. He also made his debut for the England Under-21s whilst at Wimbledon. In March 2003, Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp agreed a deal to bring Reo-Coker (as well as team mate Jobi McAnuff) to the south coast club in preparation for their first Premiership season. Financial problems at Wimbledon resulted in the players remaining at Selhurst Park, despite the fact that they had already signed contracts with Pompey.
After an impressive first half of the 2003-04 season, he signed for West Ham. He quickly became a regular member of Alan Pardew's first team and scored three times to help them win promotion in 2004-05 through the play-offs. He is currently the club captain.
For England U-21s, Reo-Coker has been captain and has made a total of 11 appearances (up to the end of their 2006 European Under-21 Football Championship qualification campaign). He will still eligible for England U-21s until the end of the 2007 European Under-21 Championship.
Nigel is of Sierra Leonean descent and has stated that he would consider any future call-ups to the West African nation.
In May 2006, Reo-Coker was named as the standby midfield player for England's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. It was believed that if Jermaine Jenas failed to recover from a fractured shin, Reo-Coker would have taken his place in the 23-man squad. However, on May 22 the FA announced that Reo-Coker would himself be replaced, by Phil Neville, as Reo-Coker's back problems made him unable to compete in the World Cup. According to the Sunday Mirror, Reo-Coker is reportedly furious that West Ham chose not to tell him about an alleged £15m last minute transfer day bid from Arsenal for him.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Nigel Reo-Coker career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at 4thegame.com
- Photo and stats at sporting-heroes.net
- Profile at premierleague.com
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1 Carroll | 2 Mears | 3 Konchesky | 4 Gabbidon | 5 Ferdinand | 6 McCartney | 7 Dailly | 8 Sheringham | 9 Ashton | 10 Harewood | 11 Etherington | 12 Cole | 14 Pantsil | 15 Benayoun | 16 Mascherano | 17 Mullins | 18 Spector | 19 Collins | 20 Reo-Coker | 21 Green | 23 Walker | 25 Zamora | 26 Newton | 27 Ephraim | 28 Reid | 29 Bowyer | 30 Tomkins | 32 Tévez | -- Király | Manager: Pardew |
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