Chris Mepham

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Chris Mepham
Personnel
Surname Christopher James Mepham
birthday November 5, 1997
place of birth Hammersmith ,  England
size 191 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
2008–2012 Chelsea FC
2012-2016 Brentford FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2016-2019 Brentford FC 43 (1)
2019– Bournemouth AFC 24 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2017 Wales U20 1 (0)
2017– Wales U-21 4 (0)
2018– Wales 10 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 2, 2020

2 As of January 2, 2020

Christopher James "Chris" Mepham (born November 5, 1997 in Hammersmith ) is a Welsh football player who has been under contract with the first division AFC Bournemouth since January 2019 . The center- back has been a Welsh international since March 2018 .

Career

society

Brentford FC

At the age of ten, Mepham began playing football at the Chelsea FC youth academy , where he played for four years and was then released. In 2012 he moved to the youth team at Brentford FC , for whom his father Roy had played in the 1960s. On February 2, 2016, he signed his first professional contract with the Bees , but remained in the reserve team. After good performance in the B-Team in the first half of the 2016/17 season, he signed a new contract on January 6, 2017 until 2019. A day later, he played for the first time in a first-team game when he was in the FA Cup -Game against FC Eastleigh in the closing stages for Harlee Dean was substituted on. This mission remained his only one for the professionals this season. For his strong performance at the reserves , he was named B Team Player of the Year within the club .

After center-back Harlee Dean left the club for Birmingham City on August 30, 2017 , the club decided not to sign a substitute and instead promoted Mepham to the first-team squad, who signed a new five-year contract shortly afterwards. Mepham made his first appearance of the season for Brentford on September 19, 2017 in a 3-1 home defeat in the League Cup against Norwich City and directly owed a penalty in this. On September 26, he made his debut in a 1-1 draw with Derby County in the EFL Championship . In his first season as a professional he made 23 appearances and benefited mainly from injuries to central defenders John Egan and Andreas Bjelland . He scored his only goal of the season on March 30, 2018 against Sheffield United .

In the season 2018/19 Mepham launched as the undisputed key players in central defense of the Bees . On Matchday 13, he suffered his first dismissal in the 1-0 home defeat by Bristol City when he received two yellow cards within eight minutes. Before leaving, he made 27 season appearances in Brentford's jersey.

Bournemouth AFC

On January 22, 2019, Mepham moved to the first division AFC Bournemouth for a transfer fee of 13.6 million euros , where he signed a long-term contract. He made his debut in the Cherries jersey on January 30, 2019, when he came on as a substitute for Junior Stanislas in the final 4-0 win over Chelsea FC . In the remainder of the 2018/19 season, he established himself in the regular formation and made twelve more league appearances. On August 10, 2019 (1st matchday), he scored for the Cherries for the first time in the 1-1 draw against Sheffield United .

National team

In 2017, Chris Mepham took the Welsh U-20 national team at the tournament in Toulon , where he came to use one. He also played four games for the U-21s .

In March 2018, Mepham was nominated for the first time in the squad of the Welsh A-selection on the occasion of the China Cup . He made his debut in the 6-0 win against hosts China on March 22, 2018, when he came on for Ben Davies in the 70th minute of the game .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Youth Team player backs football v mnd In: Brentford FC on June 22, 2014 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  2. ↑ Youth team duo sign first professional contracts In: FC Brentford from February 2, 2016 (accessed on February 2, 2019).
  3. ↑ Chris mepham signs contract extension In: Brentford FC, January 6, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  4. ↑ Brentford 5-1 Eastleigh In: BBC January 7, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  5. ↑ 2016/17 Awards winners In: Brentford FC, May 26, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  6. ↑ Brentford hand first team promotion to young defender as Smith outlines plans for the future In: mylondon.news of September 7, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  7. ↑ Chris Mepham signs new long-term contract In: Brentford FC, September 18, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  8. ↑ Brentford 1-3 Norwich City In: BBC, September 19, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  9. ↑ Brentford 1-1 Derby County In: BBC, September 26, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  10. ↑ Chris Mepham - Leistungsdaten 17/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 2, 2019).
  11. ↑ Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United In: BBC, March 30, 2018 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  12. ↑ Brentford 0-1 Bristol City In: BBC October 20, 2018 (accessed February 2, 2019)
  13. ↑ Chris Mepham - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 2, 2019)
  14. ↑ Chris Mepham joins Bournemouth from Brentford for £ 12m In: Sky Sports, January 22, 2019 (accessed February 2, 2019)
  15. ↑ AFC Bournemouth 4-0 Chelsea In: BBC January 30, 2019 (accessed February 2, 2019)
  16. ↑ Chris Mepham - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on July 18, 2019)
  17. ↑ AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Sheffield United In: BBC August 10, 2019 (accessed January 1, 2020)
  18. ↑ Chris Mepham heading to Toulon Tournament In: Brentford FC, May 27, 2017 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  19. ↑ Chris Mepham gets maiden full Wales call-up In: Brentford FC, March 15, 2018 (accessed February 2, 2019).
  20. ↑ Wins for Mepham and Dalsgaard on international stage In: FC Brentford, March 23, 2018 (accessed February 2, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Mepham, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mepham, Christopher James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammersmith , England