Wayne Routledge
Wayne Routledge (2008)
Wayne Routledge Neville ( born January 7, 1985 in Sidcup, London) is an English footballer. The winger is since August 2010 near Swansea City under contract.
Career
Routledge began his professional career at Crystal Palace. Making its debut in October 2001, who he only 16 years old. Its for new face he gave in September 2002, scoring as early as the first minutes the opening goal against Wolves ( Full 4:2 ).
He rose with Palace in 2004 after victories in the Promotion Playoffs on West Ham United and Sunderland in the Premier League on. There go the talent on the right wing during the season eight assists and a goal. A contract offer from Crystal Palace rejects Routledge, after it became clear that the club will descend again from the top division. Due to his age, he was not as free transfer players on the transfer market, despite the expiring contract. The Tottenham Hotspur were in agreement with Routledge, had, however, at Crystal Palace, which initially demanded three million pounds to pay compensation.
On his league debut for Tottenham in August 2005, he broke his leg and fell several months. It was mid-December, his comeback and was awarded for the Ruckründe of the season in the Premier League rivals Portsmouth where he got to 13 league operations. In the season 2006/ 07 he was on loan at Fulham as part of the transfer of Steed Malbranque, who moved from Fulham to Tottenham.
At Tottenham he came after his return from Fulham only sporadically used and therefore he changed the end of January 2008 for a transfer fee of 1.25 million pounds for Premier League rivals Aston Villa. He signed a contract until the summer of 2009.
January 2, 2009 Aston Villa announced the change of Routledge 's representative for Championship Queens Park Rangers. After he there secured a regular place, he was obliged in January 2010 by Newcastle United. The winger signed for the Magpies a contract until the end of June 2013.
Routledge came into the English U-16, U -19 and U-21 selections to use. He stood among others, the first official game at the newly opened Wembley Stadium between the U -21 England and Italy in the starting lineup and scored the intermediate 2-1 hits ( Full 3:3. )