Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker during the U.S. tour in 2010
Kyle Andrew Walker (born 28 May 1990 in Sheffield ) is an English football player who is under contract at Tottenham Hotspur.
Career
Sheffield United
Kyle Walker joined in 1997, so with seven years of the youth academy at Sheffield United in 2008 and got a regular place in the reserve team.
In November 2008 he was awarded for a month at Northampton Town to collect some game experience. On November 15, he completed his first against Oldham Athletic League game of his career. After the loan period was over just one month, both teams agreed to an extension until January 2009, so he came to the end of the loan period to nine league games before he returned to Sheffield United.
After his return, he completed on January 13, 2009 in the third round of the FA Cup his first game against Leyton Orient. After the " Blades" were not a lot of players available by injury problems, Walker got the chance in his first-ever league game immediately to stand on the grid, this was done on April 25 against Swansea City. After two exceptionally good performance in the league, he also retained at the end of the season held his place on the playoff games in which they played against Preston North End and finally against Burnley. He is currently the youngest player of Sheffield United, who ever played at Wembley Through its use.
Tottenham Hotspur
In July 2009 he left with his teammate Kyle Naughton his hometown club and moved with him to Tottenham Hotspur. He changed free transfer, but it was agreed by both sides that Walker is awarded to his old club. There he continued the playoff services and completed by the end of the loan 26 games on the right side of defense. Shortly before the end of the winter transfer window Walker was recalled by Tottenham, as it had given the defender Alan Hutton to the AFC Sunderland just on the same day. However, he came by this recall 28 March 2010 in a 2-0 victory over Portsmouth on his first Premier League game at all.
On 13 September 2010 he signed a one -month loan contract with Queens Park Rangers, who were looking for a defender due to their injury problems. Walker was quickly due to its good performance fan favorite and therefore the loan period was extended to January 3, 2011.
On January 6, 2011 Kyle Walker was awarded until the end of the 2010/11 season at Aston Villa.
In April 2012, Walker was elected to the young professional of the year in England by the professional representation PFA (Professional Footballers Association). 3 May 2012 Tottenham Hotspur announced then that he had extended his contract until 30 June 2017.
In the National Team
Before Walker graduated just a league match, he was nominated in February 2009 for the English U-19 national team, where he made his debut on 10 February in the 0-3 defeat against the U-19 selection in Spain. Overall, he played seven matches for the U- 19th Just over a year later, on 3 March 2010, he completed his U-21 international debut, but even this game was lost with 1-2 against Greece.
On 15 November 2011, Walker made his debut in a friendly against Sweden (1-0 ) for the senior national team of England.
Achievements and titles
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 2012