John Bostock

John Bostock ( born January 15, 1992, London ) is an English footballer who currently holds a contract with the Belgian second division club Royal Antwerp FC.

Career

Association

Bostock played in the youth of Crystal Palace. He made his debut on 29 October 2007 in the match against Watford in the Football League Championship, the English second division, when he came on in the 72nd minute and was 15 years and 287 days, the youngest player ever for Crystal Palace was used in a professional game. Only a week later he also became the youngest player in the starting of a game of Crystal Palace when he ran aground in the match against Cardiff City from the start.

With his move to Tottenham Hotspur, there were discrepancies between the clubs, so that a court ruled that Tottenham have to pay a transfer fee of the equivalent of almost 800,000 euros. This may come further payments up to an altitude of over 1.6 million euros over the years. November 6, 2008 Bostock made ​​his debut in the match against Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Cup. At 16 years and 295 days he became the youngest player ever to be used for the Spurs. Even in the two knockout games against Shakhtar Donetsk in February 2009 he was employed.

In November 2009, he moved on loan to the third-rate Brentford FC in the Football League One. In his debut against FC Millwall Bostock scored both goals in a 2-2 draw. In August 2010, he was awarded for one season at the Premier League relegation Hull City. In his debut for Hull City in the Football League Championship, he scored in the 2-0 win against Swansea City a remarkable hit, which was later nominated for election to the Goal of the Year. On 31 December 2010 Tottenham announced that the loan is terminated prematurely and Bostock will play again immediately for the Spurs. After he came, however, only a single insert in the FA Cup at Spurs, he joined January 30, 2012 the third division Sheffield Wednesday on loan. There he played until March before Bostock was awarded to the fourth division Swindon Town after four league games for Sheffield until season's end. After the climb, with Swindon Town in the Football League One his loan was extended until January 2013. In February, he finally moved also on loan to Toronto FC in the Canadian Major League Soccer, where he played seven games until the end of May.

On June 7, 2013 it was announced that Bostocks contract with Tottenham Hotspur is dissolved. For the 2013/14 season he then moved to the traditional Royal Antwerp FC in the Belgian Second Division.

National

Bostock played six games for the English U-16 national team. With the U-17 National team, he participated in the 2009 U-17 European Championship in Germany in part. Overall, he ran 25 times for the U -17.

Followed in 2010 to participate in the U-19 European Championship in France, at the Bostock and his team could reach the semi-finals. Overall, he completed nine games for the U-19 selection, in which he was able to achieve two goals.

In March 2013 showed Bostock interest aground in the future for the national team of Trinidad and Tobago.