Neil Etheridge

Neil Etheridge
Neil Etheridge (2018)
Personnel
Surname	Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge
birthday	February 7, 1990
place of birth	Enfield Town , London ,  England
size	191 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
	Chelsea FC
	Fulham FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2008-2014	Fulham FC	0 (0)
2008-2014	Fulham FC Reserves	11 (0)
2008-2009	→  Leatherhead FC  (loan)	? (0)
2011	→  Charlton Athletic  (loan)	0 (0)
2012	→  Bristol Rovers  (loan)	12 (0)
2013-2014	→  Crewe Alexandra  (loan)	4 (0)
2015	Charlton Athletic	4 (0)
2015-2017	Walsall FC	81 (0)
2017–	Cardiff City	68 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2005	England U-16	1 (0)
2008–	Philippines	62 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 23, 2019 2 As of November 25, 2018

Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge (born February 7, 1990 in Enfield Town , England ) is an English-Filipino football goalkeeper . He has been a Philippine national player since 2008 .

Life

Etheridge was born in Enfield Town, London in 1990. His father is English and his mother Filipina. He attended Court Moor School in Fleet , Hampshire and also played for their soccer team.

Career

In the club

In 2003 Etheridge attended Chelsea FC's soccer school . There he played with Phil Younghusband and James Younghusband , who later also became Filipino national players. Etheridge first played as a striker but switched to the goalkeeper position after the coach asked him to. In 2006 he signed a professional contract with Fulham FC . In 2008 he moved to Leatherhead FC on loan . In 2009 Etheridge was operated on on both knees, which meant that he was out for six months. At the end of the 2009/10 season he signed a new one-year contract with Fulham FC. On September 11, 2010 Etheridge was called to the A-team for the first time after the second goalkeeper, David Stockdale , was injured. In the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers , however, he sat on the bench for 90 minutes. Since the 2011/12 season he was second goalkeeper behind Mark Schwarzer at Fulham FC. He made his debut on December 14, 2011 in the UEFA Europa League in the home game against Odense BK (2-2) in the starting XI.

National team

In 2005 Etheridge took part in the Victory Shield with England's U-16 national team. The trophy was shared between Wales and England . In 2007 he received an invitation from the Philippine national team , but declined because he did not know the language or a player. In spring 2008 he was invited again, this time by PFF President Jose Mari Martinez personally. Martinez and Phil Younghusband were finally able to convince Etheridge and Etheridge decided to play for the Philippine national soccer team from now on.

In 2008 he played all three games in the AFC Challenge Cup qualification. However, the team failed due to their bad goal difference. In the same year he also took part in the AFF Suzuki Cup qualification. The Philippines won two games, drew and lost one. Although they were equal to another team in terms of points and goal difference, they missed the qualification because fewer goals were scored.

Web links

• Neil Etheridge in the database of weltfussball.de
• Neil Etheridge in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Neil Etheridge in the soccerbase.com database
• Neil Etheridge , profile on the homepage of Fulham FC (English)
• Neil Etheridge in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)