Michael Gray (footballer)

Michael Gray ( born May 8, 1974 in Sunderland ) is a former English footballer.

Career

The left-back began his football career at the school team of Castle View School. After a very successful games, he went to the youth team of Manchester United and later to the youth of Sunderland AFC. Beginning of the season 1997/98 he came into the first team. Beginning of the season 2003/ 04 Gray moved to Celtic in the first Scottish league. Middle of the season 2003/ 04 he went back to the south of the British Isles, and changed for the first time at Blackburn Rovers. After half a year at the Rovers, he spent a year at Leeds United. Since the beginning of the 2005/06 season he plays again at Blackburn Rovers, a year later he was back on loan from Leeds, before he finally left the Rovers in 2007 and hired at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Before his retirement in May 2010, he then played around 1 ½ years for the second division Sheffield Wednesday last since January 2009.

Gray graduated in 1999 three matches in the English national football team. He made ​​his debut under Kevin Keegan on 28 April 1999 as a substitute on the occasion of the 1-1 draw with Hungary. This was followed by the beginning of June 1999, two last matches against Swedish national football team (0-0 ) and Bulgaria (1:1 ), where he was called in last game in the root formation. Was noteworthy that Gray as the then second division player for a long time the last field player below the English Premier league remained until his David Nugent this gleichtat 2007.