Paul Anderson (soccer player)

Paul Anderson
Personnel
birthday	July 23, 1988
place of birth	Leicester ,  England
size	175 cm
position	Winger
Juniors
Years	station
until 2002	Melton Foxes
2002	West Bromwich Albion
2002-2006	Hull City
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2006-2008	Liverpool FC	0 (0)
2007-2008	→  Swansea City  (loan)	31 (7)
2008-2009	→  Nottingham Forest  (loan)	26 (2)
2009–2012	Nottingham Forest	89 (7)
2012-2013	Bristol City	29 (3)
2013–	Ipswich Town	3 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2006	England U-19	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: August 26, 2013

Paul Anderson (born July 23, 1988 in Leicester ) is an English football player who has played for Ipswich Town since 2013 .

Athletic career

Liverpool FC

His youth club Melton Foxes gave him the clearance for a move to West Bromwich Albion , where he should prove himself in a test training. However, the then manager Adrian Boothroyd informed him that although he was not a bad player, it would not be enough for a career as a professional player. Anderson began to seriously doubt whether his future really belongs to football, but his father, ex-Hull City player Phil Anderson encouraged his son to continue working on his dream. Finally, a dream came true for Paul when his favorite club, Hull City, invited him for a trial session and signed him.

In January 2006, Paul Anderson, who came from Hull City as the U18 top scorer, signed a contract with the 2005 Champions League winner, which in exchange for Anderson gave John Welsh to Hull City. Anderson played a major role in the victory of the Liverpool youth team in the 2006 FA Youth Cup . This was one of the reasons why Liverpool extended his contract early in July until 2010. In 2007 Anderson (31 games / 7 goals) was loaned to Swansea City for one year , where he played a key role in the club's promotion to the English second division ( Football League Championship ) and was named Swansea Young Player of the Year .

Nottingham Forest

After lengthy negotiations it was announced on June 26, 2008 that Liverpool would loan Anderson for another year, this time to Nottingham Forest . On June 30, 2009, Nottingham Forest's management announced the final signing of Paul Anderson for a transfer fee of £ 250,000. The contract period was three years.

In the 2009/10 season Anderson was able to earn a regular place at Forest and completed 37 league games in which he scored four goals. As third in the table, his team moved into the play-off semi-finals against Blackpool FC , but lost after two games and narrowly missed promotion to the Premier League . Also in the Football League Championship 2010/11 Anderson (36 games / 3 goals) reached the play-off with his team, but failed again to rise. This time the team failed with 0: 0 and 1: 3 at the later promoted Swansea City .

English national team

On September 5, 2006, Anderson wore the English national jersey for the first and so far only time and played 0-0 with the U19 against the Netherlands.

Web links

• Profile page at Nottingham Forest
• Paul Anderson in the soccerbase.com database
• Data of the individual seasons

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Change to Nottingham Forest article of June 30, 2009 at bbc.co.uk
2. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Paul Makes It Three" ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Nottingham Forest FC)