James Vaughan

James Vaughan
James Vaughan (2016)
Personnel
Surname	James Oliver Vaughan
birthday	July 14, 1988
place of birth	Birmingham ,  England
size	180 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1994-2004	Everton FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2011	Everton FC	47 0(7)
2009	→  Derby County  (loan)	2 0(0)
2010	→  Leicester City  (loan)	8 0(1)
2010	→  Crystal Palace  (loan)	14 0(5)
2011	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	16 0(4)
2011-2013	Norwich City	5 0(0)
2012-2013	→  Huddersfield Town  (loan)	33 (14)
2013-2016	Huddersfield Town	53 (17)
2015-2016	→  Birmingham City  (loan)	15 0(0)
2016	Birmingham City	0 0(0)
2016-2017	Bury FC	37 (24)
2017	Sunderland AFC	23 0(2)
2018-2019	Wigan Athletic	38 0(5)
2019	→  Portsmouth FC  (loan)	10 0(0)
2019–	Bradford City	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2004-2005	England U17	6 0(2)
2006-2007	England U-19	3 0(3)
2007-2011	England U-21	4 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 30, 2019

James Oliver Vaughan (born July 14, 1988 in Birmingham ) is an English football player . The striker holds the record as the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history.

Athletic career

Adolescence

James Vaughan grew up in the West Midlands and made a name for himself early on for both his speed and his talent for football. After joining Everton FC at the age of six , he scored 103 goals in 29 games as a youth player in the 1998/99 season and at the age of 13 was third fastest in his age group with 11.5 seconds over 100 meters . Supported by his father Dorrington Vaughan - a former professional rugby player for the Preston Grasshoppers - the young James Vaughan also showed himself to be talented in rugby and played, among other things, in the Staffordshire U-14 national team . Those in charge of Everton FC then pushed for a directional decision for the young talent, as the envisaged admission to the club's internal academy was not compatible with the continuation of rugby. Vaughan decided with a heavy heart to give up his passion for rugby and from then on concentrated entirely on football.

Everton FC

He won the Milk Cup with the youth team of Everton FC in 2002 and was voted the best U-16 player by his teammates after the 2003/04 season. Due to his accuracy in the 2004/05 season for the reserve team, he drew the attention of professional coach David Moyes , who nominated him for the first time as a substitute on February 19, 2005 for an FA Cup game against Manchester United . A week later he was again part of the 16-man squad for the game against Aston Villa before he came on April 10, 2005 in the 73rd minute against Crystal Palace with a substitute for his debut. At 16 years and 271 days, he became the youngest ever player to play at Everton, undercutting Joe Royle's previous mark by eleven days. In the 84th minute of the game, he continued to make history when he became the youngest scorer in the history of the Premier League with his goal to make it 4-0. He undercut the previous record of James Milner by 86 days and based on his club Wayne Rooney by three more days - a total of 89.

In the summer of 2005, Vaughan signed his first two-year professional contract. Vaughan, who was given praise as the "new Rooney", injured his knee ligaments early in the season during an international match for the English U-18 team. The resulting complications were so severe that they forced him to take a long break. As a result, he could not make another step towards the professional team during this season and only on August 29, 2006 he came in the reserve selection against Newcastle United to his comeback . Only two weeks later he was back in the English U-19 national team; in this encounter against Switzerland he was substituted on in the second half and made the decision with his header to the 3-2 win in the 90th minute.

During the 2006/07 season Vaughan came back from late November 2006 in the league again and scored on December 3, 2006 in the 93rd minute against West Ham United his long-awaited second goal for Everton. However, he was still not spared physical injuries, with the game against Bolton Wanderers in particular being painful in his memory. After a duel with the opposing Abdoulaye Meïté , an artery tore at Vaughan's foot. As a result, he did not end up permanently injured, but suffered a great shock. In the further course of the season Vaughan scored another three goals, including a goal on the final day of the game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge . At the end of the season, Vaughan also extended his contract with Everton until the summer of 2011; He also received the award for the best young professional in his club and he was appointed by Stuart Pearce in the 23-man squad for the U-21 European Championship in the Netherlands . There he came on June 14, 2007 in England's U-21 team in a 2-2 draw against Italy with a substitute for his debut.

In preparation for the 2007/08 season , Vaughan remained unlucky when he suffered a serious shoulder injury against Preston North End after a duel with Youl Mawéné . This forced him to take another long hiatus and this frustrated the young Vaughan so much that he even thought about ending his career. For the 2009/10 season he moved on loan to the English second division club Derby County .

Norwich City

After further loan deals , James Vaughan moved to the Premier League promoted Norwich City on May 27, 2011 and signed a three-year contract.

Huddersfield Town

On July 3, 2013 Vaughan moved to the second division Huddersfield Town , for which he had already been on loan in the Football League Championship 2012/13 .

Web links

• James Vaughan in the soccerbase.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Vaughan cuts loose again after fright of his life" (The Guardian)
2. ^ "Everton hit by injury to Vaughan" (BBC Sport)
3. ↑ http://www.therams.co.uk/news/Vaughan-s-loan-cancelled-ll-return-Rams-January/article-1448598-detail/article.html
4. ↑ Change to Norwich City Article of May 27, 2011 at bbc.co.uk
5. ↑ James Vaughan: Huddersfield Town sign Norwich City striker (BBC Sport)