Joe Mattock
Joseph William "Joe" Mattock (born 15 May 1990 in Leicester) is an English football player who stands at Sheffield Wednesday in the English Football League Championship in summer 2012 under contract.
Career
Leicester City
In 2004, he first played for Leicester City in the youth team. In the U -18 it was used regularly and played together with players like Ashley Chambers, Max Gradel, Andy King and Eric Odhiambo. In the season 2006/ 07 he won with them the Premier Academy League, where they won against AFC Sunderland on penalties 4:3. Then he was honored as ' Youth Player of the Season ".
On 14 April 2007, he played in the 1-2 home defeat against Norwich City made his professional debut when he came on in the 78th minute for Gareth McAuley. He got the jersey with the number 30 back A year ago this number was also a young talent, namely James Wesolowski. After operations against Birmingham City, Preston North End and Barnsley FC, the season was over and Mattock was able to record in his first year as a pro four league games for themselves.
During the season 2007/ 08, on 9 November 2007, he signed a new three -year contract with Leicester City. January 14, 2008 his club turned down an offer of an initially unknown Premier League club for him. It turned out that the offer from West Ham United came from. After Leicester relegation at the end of the season Aston Villa expressed an interest in him and his teammate Richard Stearman. While Stearman joined in the summer transfer window to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Mattock remained faithful to his club for another year. Actually, he wanted to go in the summer, but there was at the time none of interested clubs.
On 12 August 2008, he was injured during the League Cup match against Stockport County at the left ankle. Fortunately, this was not broken, he lacked only a few weeks. On August 28, three days before the end of the transfer window refused two offers from Leicester in seven figures for Mattock. On November 28, he was in Nottingham the "BBC East Midlands Football Achievement Award ". On 19 January 2009, he scored his first and only Ligaspieltor for Leicester 's 2-0 victory over Yeovil Town. Leicester City ended the season 2008/ 09 on the first place in the table and thus won the Football League One and rose again.
West Bromwich Albion
On 6 August, while Mattock was on international duty, he was informed by his agent that West Bromwich Albion would have on him. He then asked President Milan Mandarić to release what coach Nigel Pearson did not like. Four days later he was transferred for a fee of one million pounds sterling and signed a four-year contract. A further two days later he played in the 2-0 victory in the League Cup against FC Bury his first game wearing the jersey of the Baggies. Since many Leicester so were very angry, he was booed in November on his return to the Walkers Stadium loudly.
In January 2011, he was awarded by the end of the season at Sheffield United, where he played against Coventry City a few days later his first game.
National
Mattock was a member of the U-19 squad that participated in the U-19 European Football Championships 2008. In the English U-21 national team, he played in qualifying for the European Championship 2009, his debut was in a 2-0 win over Bulgaria's U-21 national team. At the final tournament but he did not participate because he opted for the appearance with the U- 19 team, with whom he became vice - European champion. In the group stage of the tournament he scored his first goal at international level.
Others
On 2 September 2009, indicted for assault on four people.
Title and Awards
- Premier Academy League: 2006/ 07
- Football League One: 2008/ 09
- Leicester City Academy Player of the Season 2007
- BBC East Midlands Football Achievement Award: 2008