Michael Ball (footballer)

Michael John Ball ( born October 2, 1979 in Liverpool) is an English footballer.

Playing career

Ball began his professional career in Everton, where he ran aground with 17 years in 1997 for the first time. In 2001 he made ​​his first and only match for the English national football team. In 2001, over 6.5 million pounds for the Glasgow Rangers. In December 2001, he suffered a torn ACL and fell from 18 months. In the season 2004/ 05 he won with the Rangers, the Scottish Premier League and Scottish League Cup.

At the end of the season he was sold to PSV Eindhoven. He stood there until January 2007 under contract, during this time, however, infrequently used. Then Ball returned to the UK and signed a contract with Manchester City, which ran until the end of the season 2008 /09. In the 2006/07 season ball made ​​negative headlines when he the fallen Cristiano Ronaldo deliberately entered in the derby against Manchester United in the penultimate round in the stomach. He was then banned from the English Football Association for three games. Ball later apologized for the incident.

After a long time without professional contract Michael Ball signed 8 August 2011 a one-year contract with Leicester City. After publishing homophobic statements on 23 January 2012 on Twitter, Ball was terminated without notice the next day by his club.