Ryan Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross at Stoke City

Ryan James Shawcross (* October 4, 1987 in Chester ) is an English footballer. The grew up in Wales and trained at the Academy of Manchester United central defender managed the sporting breakthrough at Stoke City and after he had acted in young age for Welsh U- 15 team, he was in March 2010 for the first time in the squad of English A team appointed.

Sports career

Early Youth (up to 2002)

Shawcross was raised in Buckley in North Wales, only about ten miles from his hometown of Chester. There he played football in the youth team of Buckley Town, a club from the second-rate Cymru Alliance. To this end, he has been active since his primary school days at the " Flintshire Boys" who had already "produced" with Gary Speed ​​, Michael Owen and Ian Rush some top players. As Shawcross was 15 years old, of Wrexham FC selected Flint Shore Boys invited for a trial. There were a large number of contracts, but the young Ryan walked out empty. Just three weeks later, he stood in front of the big Manchester United, who took him to the Academy immediately.

Manchester United ( 2002-07 )

Shawcross went through the junior teams of United and left after 22 appearances for the U-17 in the 2003 /04 in the U-18 team not only follow 21 more games in the following season, but also denied five games for the Reserveelf. In this " second team," he came in the 2005/06 season to ten appearances in the Premier Reserve League and was part of the team that won the reserve league championship. In a league match of the first professional team of Manchester United Shawcross remained but always ignored. In sporting less significant League Cup he came on 25 October 2006 by Substitutes in the 103rd minute of the also debuting Michael Barnes for the course and was able to lower class at Crewe Alexandra after all contribute to its late 2-1 victory.

In order to obtain better match practice under competitive conditions, his club loaned him in January 2007 to the Belgian Royal Antwerp, which has a long- standing cooperation with the "Red Devils " from Manchester ( e). The time remaining in the season 2006 /07 was just as successful for Shawcross with 22 missions and three gates, such as the fact that he contributed in Antwerp with reaching the play-off games. After the end of the season he returned briefly to Manchester back to be awarded only to a short time later, on 9 August 2007 for another six months again - now to the English second division club Stoke City.

Stoke City (since 2007)

At the very first competitive appearance to Shawcross led to the winning goal in a 1-0 away win in the league opener against Cardiff City good one. He made henceforth not only by its physical strengths attention to themselves, but also made technical for a large growing central defender often a good figure. Equally striking, however, was here also that Shawcross sometimes on hard went to the duel as a rough foul on Francis Jeffers showed Sheffield Wednesday that this continued for three months out of action and its players denounced as a " career -threatening ". The sporting achievements led the charge at Stoke City but to want to permanently bind Shawcross in January 2008 to the association. For a direct transfer fee of one million pounds plus a further one million in the case of the rise and further inserts Shawcross finally moved to Stoke-on -Trent. However, a condition of the transfer was a buy-back clause for Manchester United, will be informed of this ex - club at every possible resale and has a Erstkaufsrecht. At the end of the season Shawcross Stoke City finished with the second rank, and rose to the Premier League.

The transition to the highest English league went for Shawcross without major problems and that the combative primarily men of coach Tony Pulis each safe imports in the league in the following two years, was attributed to a not inconsiderable part of the young defender talent and increasing key player so after first two appearances for the English U- 21 team promoted to the attention of the senior team. The sometimes heavy hitters remained during this time still subject to criticism, with two main players of Arsenal FC injured after severe fouls were put out of action. While here Emmanuel Adebayor, who later in the service of Manchester City with an assault on Shawcross ' revenge ' itself, was forced with three weeks to only a relatively small break, Shawn Cross saw ' red - challenge on 27 February 2010 Aaron Ramsey for the fracture of the tibia and fibula and the premature end of the season - Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger castigated the " sinner " for the offense then publicly insinuating this intention and demanded a harsh punishment.

England national team

International, the artist born in England but grew up in Wales Shawcross twice for Welsh U- 15 team. After a vigorous breakthrough at Stoke City he came in January 2008 to his first appointment to the English U- 21 team for the upcoming qualifying game against Ireland and as its development into the Premier League progress, advocated experts - including specially coach Pulis - a early consideration in the senior team.

Increasing uncertainty about Shawcross ' international career came in October 2009, by also the Welsh Association is made ​​hopes for the young defender. Or Welsh representation " the nearest hospital " - - Before the English birthplace had little room left, but the FIFA reiterated in a ruling that a player for a country that has trained him at least five years before the 16th birthday, in principle, should be eligible to play if it has not previously completed a competitive match for another national team.

Nevertheless, England coach Fabio Capello called him in March 2010 for the first time in the squad of the English " Three Lions ". In the friendly against Egypt, the newcomer then sat on the bench but did not play.