John Welsh (English footballer)

For other people named John Welsh, see John Welsh (disambiguation).

John Welsh

Personal information
Full name	John Joseph Welsh
Height	5 ft 7 in / 1.69 m
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hull City
Number	19
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 12, 2006

John Welsh (born January 10, 1984 in Liverpool) is an English football player who plays for Hull City. He was also captain of the England under-20 team, and has been capped eight times for the under-21s. He represented England U20 at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Player Profile

Welsh joined Liverpool at the age of 10. He progressed through the ranks, becoming captain of the Reserve Team in the process. Welsh trained with the Liverpool first team squad at their Melwood training ground from the middle of the 2001-02 season. He plays in central midfield and is comparable in style to Steven Gerrard.

In the 2002-03 season John Welsh played only one game for the first team - his début match against Ipswich Town on December 4, 2002 in a League Cup fourth round tie at home - when he replaced Vladimír Šmicer in the 83rd minute. Also, John Welsh has been amongst the substitutes for a number of European games.

His first game in Premiership was against Arsenal on October 4, 2003, when he replaced Salif Diao in the 82nd minute, but he couldn't help his team avoid defeat — they lost 2-1, and unfortunately for Welsh, his first act was to be booked for a foul on Ray Parlour.

After three starts and seven substitute appearances in all competitions for Liverpool, in August 2005, John went on a season-long loan to Championship side Hull City. The club were impressed, and in November 2005 agreed a deal which saw Liverpool take promising young winger Paul Anderson in exchange. The swap took place on January 4, 2006.

However, three minutes into a match against Preston North End on March 10 2007, Welsh dived into a tackle with Preston's Neil Mellor, a former Liverpool team mate. Welsh was carried off on a stretcher, and it later transpired that he had broken both the tibia and fibia in his right leg, ruling him out for many months.

On 31 December 2007, Chester City announced they would be signing Welsh on loan when the transfer window reopened the following day. He made his Chester debut on 1 January 2008, in a 2–0 home defeat to Grimsby Town, and spent the rest of the month in Chester's starting line-up before returning to Hull.

Career statistics

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External links

• John Welsh player profile at hullcityafc.net
• John Welsh player profile at liverpoolfc.tv
• John Welsh at Soccerbase