Nick Powell

Nicholas "Nick" Edward Powell (born 23 March 1994 Crewe) is an English football player on the position of a midfielder who can also be used as a striker. He played at youth level for Crewe Alexandra as well as in the professional team of the club with gaming operations in the fourth-rate English Football League Two.

Career

Career at Crewe Alexandra

His active career as a football player began born in Cheshire Powell youngsters is his home club, the Crewe Alexandra FC. There he played already traded in the U-18 team of the club founded in 1877 and was in his early youth as a great talent in English football at the age of 15 years. After currently (as of September 2010), he is still an integral part of the U -18 team Crewe Alexandra, collected the young midfielder in the season past Tung before the season 2010/ 11 is already some experience in the professional team of English fourth division. He came in July 2010 for the first time for the first team to use when he came as a substitute in a friendly match against the Premier League team FC Blackpool used.

His league and thus pro debut finally gave Powell on August 14, 2010, when he came for about ten years older striker Clayton Donaldson in the 2:3 away defeat against Cheltenham Town in 85 minutes on the lawn. After his debut in professional football again Powell was mainly active in youth, but was already 4 September 2010 for his second league use for Crewe when he came off the bench in 66 minutes for the experienced striker Shaun Miller. The away game against FC Stevenage ended in a 1-1 draw.

For months prior to his competitive debut came Powell in the English sports news when it was announced that Arsène Wenger, in his long-time coach of FC Arsenal, was interested in the promising young Crewe Alexandra's talent. However, it took only a few days until the current interim coach of the professional team, Dario Gradi, verlautbarte that he is not willing to, any of its Academy players to sell.

Move to Manchester Utd.

For the season 2012/13 Powell moved to Manchester United. He signed a four -year contract until 30 June 2016., Where he graduated on 15 September 2012 at the home game against Wigan Athletic his competitive debut and scored his first goal for Manchester United in the 82nd minute when he to 4: 0 - Final met.

On September 2, 2013 Powell was loaned to the end of the season in the Football League Championship at Wigan Athletic.

The path through the English junior selections

Powell's way through the youth teams of his home country England began in 2009, when he was first called up for the England U-16 national team. He made ​​his team debut in the Victory Shield in 2009, when he ran aground in the match against the U- 16 national team of Northern Ireland and played over the full match duration. After a 2-1 victory over the Scottish U- 16 national team in the third and final game of the discharged in a pure group stage tournament England could take the title in itself for the umpteenth time. In addition, Powell was nominated by U-16 coach Kenny Swain in the English national squad of the tournament of Montaigu, an international U-16 Tournament in Montaigu (France), took part in 2010. In the course of the tournament, in which took second place behind Portugal England U-16 after a failed penalty shootout, Powell has been used in several game and scored the 6-0 victory over the U-16 national team of Gabon 's first and only goal for England's U-16 national team. With an insert in the final match against Portugal ended Powell, who had already finished his 16th birthday about two weeks ago, his active career in the U-16 national team.

Soon after, he was drafted into England's U- 17 team, for whom he made ​​his debut on 25 August 2010 in a 2-2 draw against age colleagues from Turkey and it was full playing time in use. Already in his second he scored Powell 's 4-0 win over Australia's U-17 National Team in the 80th minute goal for the 4-0 final score. With a mission and a goal in the 3-1 victory over the age colleague from Portugal, the young actor graduated to date ( as at 4 September 2010) last game for England youth national team. With the victory over Portugal coached by John Peacock troupe also won the FA International U17 Tournament called.

Achievements

  • Winner of the Victory Shield: 2009 ( with England U -16)
  • 2nd place in the tournament from Montaigu: 2010 ( with England U -16)
  • Winners of the FA International U17 Tournament: 2010 ( with England U -17)
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