Kyle Naughton
Kyle Naughton in the jersey of Leicester City (2010)
Kyle Naughton ( born November 11, 1988 in Sheffield ) is an English football player of Irish descent, who stands at Tottenham Hotspur under contract.
Career
Sheffield United
Naughton comes from the Jugendakamedie of Sheffield United, where he played since the age of eight. In the season 2004/ 05 he took part in the training camp of the English U-15 national youth team, and thus became an important player of the academy and reserve teams. As captain, he led his team to the quarter- finals of the FA Youth Cup in season 2006/07.
In January 2008 he was loaned to playing in the Scottish Premier League club FC Gretna and on 16 January he completed his first ever professional league game that is even against the Glasgow Rangers. In Gretna he could assert itself as a regular player, but not prevent the descent that followed at the end of the season. After 19 games and the descent from Gretna FC, he returned to the " Blades" and played his first game for them in August 2008 in the League Cup against Port Vale. In his second outing in the League Cup he came on in the 69th minute for David Carney, scoring in the 83rd minute, the decisive 2-1 winner against Huddersfield Town.
On 20 September, he played his first game in the Football League Championship against Norwich City and only a week later, he made his debut in the starting lineup of Leicester City in a 2-1 victory over Watford FC, where he was elected Man of the Match been. After this performance he could get hold of the trunk space on the position of right-back and has always belonged to the most present players. However, he also got potential for use in right midfield and represented the end of the season for the injured Gary Naysmith on the left side of defense. He was elected by the fans for "Young Player of the Year 2008/ 09 " This, in his view very positive season and even belonged to the PFA Team of the Year 2008 /09 in the Football League Championship.
Tottenham Hotspur
Despite great interest from Everton he signed in July 2009 along with his teammate Kyle Walker a contract with Tottenham Hotspur. His first game he played at the Wembley Cup against FC Barcelona, which ended with a 1-1 draw. His first Premier League game, he completed 23 August 2009 in a 2-1 victory over West Ham United when he came on in the 94th minute for Jermain Defoe.
On 1 February 2010 he was awarded by the end of the season to the Middlesbrough FC, where he played his debut against Ipswich Town Middlesbrough in a 1-1 draw and the fans impressed with his pace and his technique. After fifteen league games ended the loan period and he was awarded again in October 2010, this time in the Football League Championship Leicester City and indeed until January 2011. Just two days later, he completed the 1-1 draw against Hull City his first game and scored only three days later against Leeds United scored his first goal for Leicester and thus the second league goal of his career. After an expansion of the lending agreement until the end of season Naughton played 34 league games for Leicester, scoring 5 goals. As an award for his excellent performance, he was elected for the second time after 2008 /09 the PFA Team of the Year the second division.
On 21 July 2011 Kyle Naughton was transferred for a season on loan to Premier League newly promoted Norwich City. At the end of the loan period, he was able to record 32 league bets.
In the National Team
In November 2008, after only eleven league games, he was on the roster of the English U -21 against the Czech Republic at Bramall Lane. At 2-0, he came on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Martin Cranie the field. Naughton also has the option for the Irish national football team to play because of his ancestry.
Achievements
- PFA Team of the Year 2008 / 09 and 2010/11
- Sheffield United Young Player of the Year 2008/ 09
- Leicester City Young Player of the Year 2010/11