Tom Huddlestone
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Thomas Andrew Huddlestone (born 28 December 1986) is an English professional footballer and coach who both plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and fulfils a coaching role for Manchester United's Under-21 team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Andrew Huddlestone[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1986-12-28) 28 December 1986 (age 37)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
Number | 36 | ||
Youth career | |||
Nottingham Forest | |||
0000–2002 | Derby County | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Derby County | 88 | (0) |
2005–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | 144 | (8) |
2005–2006 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2013–2017 | Hull City | 135 | (6) |
2017–2020 | Derby County | 79 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Hull City | 11 | (0) |
2022– | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | England U16 | 7 | (0) |
2002–2003 | England U17 | 6 | (0) |
2004 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
2005 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
2005–2009 | England U21 | 33 | (5) |
2009–2012 | England | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2022- | Manchester United Academy (Under-21 coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 7 May 2022 (UTC) |
Having progressed through the youth ranks at Nottingham Forest and Derby County, Huddlestone began his professional career in 2003 with the latter club. He quickly broke into the first team, and made 88 league appearances before switching to Tottenham Hotspur in 2005. Having spent some of the 2005–06 season on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he made 13 league appearances, he began to break into the Tottenham team during the 2006–07 season, and became a regular player for the club. However, he struggled with injury problems during the 2011–12 season, and fell out of favour. He joined Hull City in August 2013, having made 144 league appearances for Tottenham.
Huddlestone represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-20 levels before making his under-21 debut in 2005. He was a regular for the under-21 team between 2005 and 2009, and made 33 appearances. He made senior full England debut in 2009, and has since gone on to make three further appearances.