Alex Pearce
| Alex Pearce | ||
 Alex Pearce at Reading FC in 2008
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Alexander James Pearce | |
| birthday | November 9, 1988 | |
| place of birth | Oxford , England | |
| size | 1.88 m | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2001-2006 | Reading FC | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2006-2015 | Reading FC | 212 (14) |
| 2007 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 15 (1) |
| 2007-2008 | → AFC Bournemouth (loan) | 11 (0) |
| 2008 | → Norwich City (loan) | 11 (0) |
| 2008 | → Southampton FC (loan) | 9 (2) |
| 2015– | Derby County | 48 (3) |
| 2016 | → Bristol City (loan) | 7 (0) |
| 2019– | → Millwall FC (loan) | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2006-2007 | Scotland U-19 | 3 (0) |
| 2008 | Scotland U-21 | 2 (0) |
| 2012– | Ireland | 9 (2) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of February 5, 2019 2 As of February 5, 2019 |
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Alexander James Pearce (born November 9, 1988 in Oxford ) is an Irish football player born in England .
Player career
Reading FC
Alex Pearce made his debut on January 9, 2007 in the third round of the 2006/07 FA Cup for Reading FC in a 3-2 home win over Burnley FC . He then played until May 6, 2007 on loan for the English third division club Northampton Town (15 league games / 1 goal). After playing on loan at AFC Bournemouth and Norwich City in the 2007/08 season , he played his first league game for Reading in the 2008/09 Football League Championship on August 23, 2008 (4-2 defeat at Charlton Athletic).
After two more seasons with regular appearances, Alex Pearce (45 league games / 5 goals) established himself in the Football League Championship 2011/12 as a regular in the defense of Reading FC and achieved promotion to the Premier League with his team . He was voted Player of the Month for December 2011 as an award for his above-average performance.
Derby County
On June 8, 2015 Alex Pearce moved to league rivals Derby County on a free transfer and signed a three-year contract.
National teams
Pearce played for Ireland as a pupil and is also eligible to play for Scotland through his Scottish parents. On May 20, 2008 Alex Pearce made his debut for the Scottish U-21 national team in a 1: 4 loss to Norway. He made his debut in the jersey of the Irish national team on September 11, 2012 in a 4-1 win in the friendly against Oman , when head coach Giovanni Trapattoni replaced him in the 46th minute for Marc Wilson from Stoke City and in the 85th minute 4-1 final score scored. Since then, he has been used in six other friendly matches. On May 12, 2016 he was appointed by national coach Martin O'Neill to the provisional 35-player squad for the European Championship 2016 . In the end, however, it was not taken into account for the European Championship finals.
Web links
- Alex Pearce in the database of weltfussball.de
- Alex Pearce in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Alex Pearce in the soccerbase.com database
- Alex Pearce in the soccerway.com database
- Alex Pearce , profile on the Bristol City homepage
- Alex Pearce , profile on the homepage of the Irish Football Association (English)
- International match statistics at eu-football.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reading 3-2 Burnley (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Charlton 4-2 Reading (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Promotion to the Premier League (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Pearce named Player of the Month ( Memento from November 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (The Football League)
- ↑ Alex Pearce join Derby County (BBC Sport)
- ↑ independent.ie: "Reid 'unlikely' to make Irish return under Trapattoni"
- ↑ Ireland - Oman 4: 1 (3: 0) , match report on transfermarkt.de (accessed on September 25, 2012).
- ^ Republic of Ireland - Provisional squad
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pearce, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pearce, Alexander James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , England |