Alan Stubbs
Alan Stubbs 2011
Alan Stubbs ( born October 6 1971 in Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside ) is a former English footballer. The mostly acting as a central defender defender was recently in 2008 at Derby County under contract. Previously, he was since 2001 - with a brief interruption in Sunderland - have been active at Everton. Before that again he had played for many years for the Bolton Wanderers and Scotland for Celtic Glasgow. In Glasgow he reached in 2001 by winning the "triples " from Scottish Cup, FA Cup and League Cup its biggest sporting success, there had also put away health setbacks, than with him twice testicular cancer was diagnosed but in precisely this season. In both cases, Stubbs was able to recover from this sickness. After retiring as an active player Stubbs joined the coaching staff of Everton FC and assisted both in the reserve and in the U-18 youth team since September 2008 Andy Holden.
Sports career
Bolton Wanderers (1990-1996)
After Alan Stubbs was still rejected as a student of Everton, he joined Bolton Wanderers as an alternative to. There he spent the next five years in the third and second division and led his team in 1995 as a captain in the League Cup final in 1994/95. There he lost indeed against Liverpool at Wembley with 1:2, but could console themselves with the promotion to the Premier League and the prospect of its first participation in the English league football. He had the Reading FC defeated in the play- off final at the same site with 4:3. During this time he completed his only game for the English B- team and defeated while a Northern Ireland Reserveelf May 10, 1994 4-2 - but inserts in the A- team were also withheld from him in the subsequent period.
After a year in the elite class Stubbs rose in 1996 with his club as a Table on a direct path back to the First Division from and eventually joined the 1996/97 season for a transfer fee of £ 3.5 million to the Scottish club Celtic on top.
Celtic Glasgow (1996-2001)
In Glasgow he won the Scottish Cup in 1998 and ended with his team so that the nine-year winning streak of the Rangers. In the same year he had already won the League Cup, which he was to repeat two years later. In addition to his defensive qualities he was appreciated by his fit, especially in the build-up play and was also known as distance and free kick taker. In 2001 he won with Celtic and won three trophies in addition to a further League Cup and Scottish Cup edition for the first time the " Scottish FA Cup".
During the 2000/ 01 season was diagnosed with testicular cancer Stubbs, who then broke again for supposedly successful treatment. In May of 2001 he finally celebrated his return to the Celtic team, firing shots even against Hibernian at Easter Road a hit, but then changed her free transfer for 2001/ 02 back to England to Everton. For Celtic, he completed a total of 93 championship games.
Everton, Part 1 (2001-2005)
Stubbs justified his move to Goodison Park mainly to the fact that he had been since early childhood for Everton to play and he also intended to return home with his wife. In his first season as a regular player by Stubbs sat in the new team and replaced primarily Richard Gough, who had ended his career.
Presented in the following three years Stubbs a constant in the defense of FC Everton dar. Although he was sidelined in the 2004/05 season due to a shoulder injury in April 2005, he came into this season in 36 games and his role also appeared in the following season 2005/ 06 secured in Everton. However, it developed disagreements between him and the club's management, which only offered him a one year contract. Above all, cared that later in the public as a " cancer " clause launched contract detail for unrest, as Stubbs assumed that the club wanted to solve in the case of another cancer immediately from the contract.
Sunderland (2005-2006)
August 2, 2005 Stubbs signed for second division champions FC Sunderland a new contract. However, his time there quickly established himself as a big misunderstanding and after a promising start to the season Stubbs took place after a steady form of crisis increasingly common outside of the " first-team " again. Even after half a year the public speculated in January 2006 with a return to Everton when he was seen at Goodison Park. After initial denials, he came in the FA Cup for the last time at the Stadium of Light against Northwich Victoria for the course and joined a short time later the " Toffees " to. Stubbs, of his time at Sunderland as " as six months injury lay-off " described and the controversy surrounding the cancer clause referred to as " unfortunate mistake", also get in Sunderland supporters sustainable unpopular when he confessed the winning goal from Everton's Tim Cahill internally to have cheered, though he had been standing at this time at Sunderland under contract. The match between Everton and Sunderland on 1 April 2006 ( 2:2 ) then developed for Stubbs to a " gauntlet " because he was booed by the fans of the "Black Cats" at every ball contact.
Everton, Part 2 (2006-2008)
At the end of the season 2005/ 06 Stubbs signed at Everton a further one-year contract and could his place - despite the purchase of Joleon Lescott, the extra- switched to the full-back position later - say. He was also one of the key players in the team, who managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup at the end. Another contract extension until the end of the season 2007/ 08 was the "reward" for the performance of this now arrived at an advanced age footballer Alan Stubbs.
Derby County ( 2008)
On 31 January 2008 Stubbs signed a doped on 18 months contract at Derby County and moved to the free transfer Erstligaabstiegskandidaten. The originally planned 18-month contract ended after the descent of the club and a new knee injury prematurely on August 20, 2008. Stubbs then returned to Everton already one month later, to work on the coaching staff of the reserve and youth team.
Achievements
- Scottish champion: 1998, 2001
- Scottish FA Cup winner: 2001
- Scottish League Cup Winners: 1998, 2000, 2001