Anthony Gardner

Anthony Gardner (born 19 September 1980 in Stafford ) is an English professional footballer who is active at Crystal Palace.

Association

Gardner began his career at Port Vale, where he played for the youth and made ​​his debut in the season 1998 /99. In January 2000, the defender moved for a transfer fee of one million pounds to Tottenham Hotspur. His debut in the Premier League gave Gardner in March 2001 as a substitute against Derby County. His first goal for Tottenham was the decisive goal in a 3-2 win against West Ham United in March 2002.

At the end of the season 2000/01 Gardner suffered a serious knee injury, so he in London just 40 games for his club completed in his first three years. The breakthrough Gardner in the 2003 /04 when he was first-team regular and made his debut in the national team. During the 2005/06 season he was injured again on the knee and therefore completed only 18 or 16 games in the next two years.

On 31 January 2008 Gardner walked to the end of the current season 2007/ 08 on loan to Everton. For the " Blues", however, he did not complete a single game at this time. Before the start of the 2008/ 09 Hull City was the nearest rental station for Gardner. The clubs agreed initially on a temporary rental period to January 2009, with Hull City was promised an option to purchase at any time within this period. This purchase option, the Club moved in August 2008 and undertook Gardner for £ 2.5 million fixed. The Englishman signed a contract until 2011.

On 19 August 2011, he moved to Crystal Palace and signed a one-year contract.

National

Gardner made ​​his debut on 31 March 2004 for the English team when he came off the bench in the 0-1 defeat in Sweden in the mid-term break for John Terry. Due to his injury problems more inserts him were previously impossible. In 2005, he had to cancel a trip to the USA national team because of knee problems.