James McArthur

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James McArthur
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Personnel
Surname James McFarlane McArthur
birthday October 7, 1987
place of birth Glasgow ,  Scotland
size 178 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
Clyde FC
2003-2005 Hamilton Academical
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2010 Hamilton Academical 168 (10)
2010-2014 Wigan Athletic 129 (11)
2014– Crystal Palace 152 (16)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2008 Scotland U-21 2 0(0)
2010-2017 Scotland 32 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 9, 2019

James McFarlane McArthur (born October 7, 1987 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish football player who plays as a central midfielder for the Premier League club Crystal Palace .

Career

society

Mc Arthur moved in 2003 from the youth team of FC Clyde to Hamilton Academical . He made his debut in January 2005 against Ross County . He established himself in the Hamilton team the following season and scored his first goal in April 2006 against St. Johnstone FC . When he left the club in 2010, he had played almost 200 competitive games for him.

2010 signed a four-year contract with the former English first division club Wigan Athletic on July 23 at DW Stadium for a transfer fee of around 500,000 pounds . On January 31, 2012, McArthur scored his first goal for Wigan with a 3-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur . McArthur extended his contract with Wigan in May 2012, the new contract ran until 2016. On May 11, 2013 McArthur won the FA Cup and played the entire game in a 1-0 win over Manchester City in the final.

In 2014 McArthur moved to the Premier League promoted Crystal Palace for a transfer fee of seven million pounds. McArthur scored his first goal for Palace on December 13 in a 1-1 draw with Stoke City . In May 2018, McArthur completed his 200th game in the Premier League.

National team

On November 16, 2010, McArthur made his debut for the Scottish senior team as a substitute for Charlie Adam in the second half in a game against the Faroe Islands . He scored his first international goal on February 9, 2011 in a Nations Cup game against Northern Ireland .

In total, McArthur completed 32 international matches and scored four goals. He has now ended his national team career.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James McArthur . Youth Football Scotland. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ James McArthur completes move from Hamilton to Wigan , BBC Sport. July 23, 2010. 
  3. ^ Wigan extend contract of Scotland midfielder James McArthur , BBC Sport. May 18, 2012. 
  4. ^ Man City 0-1 Wigan , BBC Sport. May 11th, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Transfer deadline day: Crystal Palace to sign Wigan's McArthur , BBC Sport. September 1, 2014. 
  6. ^ David McDaid: Scotland 3–0 Faroe Islands , BBC Sport. November 16, 2010. 
  7. ↑ James McArthur: Crystal Palace midfielder retires from Scotland duty . In: BBC Sport , October 29, 2018. 
personal data
SURNAME McArthur, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McArthur McFarlane, James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland