Paul Konchesky

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Paul Konchesky
Konchesky with Fulham.jpg
Personnel
Surname Paul Martyn Konchesky
birthday May 15, 1981
place of birth Barking , Greater London ,  England
position Full-back (left)
Juniors
Years station
Senrab FC
West Ham United
Charlton Athletic
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1997-2005 Charlton Athletic 149 (5)
2003 →  Tottenham Hotspur  (loan) 12 (0)
2005-2007 West Ham United 59 (1)
2007-2010 Fulham FC 97 (2)
2010-2011 Liverpool FC 15 (0)
2011 →  Nottingham Forest  (loan) 15 (1)
2011-2016 Leicester City 138 (5)
2015-2016 →  Queens Park Rangers  (loan) 34 (0)
2016– Gillingham FC 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2002-2003 England U-21 15 (0)
2003-2005 England 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 1, 2016

Paul Martyn Konchesky (born May 15, 1981 in Barking , Greater London ) is an English football player . The left full-back initially played a long time for various London clubs. During this time, in 2003 and 2005, he also made two short appearances in the English senior team . In 2010 he left the capital for Liverpool . There he did not find his luck, however, and after a short loan period at Nottingham Forest , he was hired by Leicester City in July 2011 , from where he was awarded to the Queens Park Rangers in 2015 .

Athletic career

Charlton Athletic (1997-2005)

Konchesky, who owes his family name to his Polish great-grandfather, grew up in Dagenham and began playing football at the well-known youth club Senrab FC in nearby Wanstead - his teammates included John Terry , Ledley King and Bobby Zamora . In addition, he was a supporter and season ticket holder of West Ham United at a young age . His idol was Julian Dicks , who, like Konchesky, later held the position of left full-back.

Konchesky's first milestone in his career was initially not achieved with the "Hammers", but with the Charlton Athletic club, which is also based in London . He was there after his first experiences in the academy of West Ham United, initially as a "trainee" part of the youth department and even before signing the first professional contract in May 1998, he made his league debut for the professional team on the second match day of the 1997/98 season. At 16 years and 93 days in the game against Oxford United, he became the youngest player used in a competitive game in the club's history of the "Addicks". After a total of four games in the 1997/98 season, which ended with the first division promotion, he completed two league appearances in the 1998/99 season, where he became Charlton's youngest Premier League player with his substitution in the second half against Newcastle United initiated the late winning goal by Martin Pringle . Charlton relegated to the second division after a year to return to the Premier League only a year later. The fact that Konchesky continued to play only sporadically was mainly due to the consistent performance of his competitor Chris Powell . Konchesky was a left-back in the starting line-up in only six league games in the 1999/2000 season. However, he was able to convince with a ball-safe and self-confident style of play as well as with his ability to take part in offensive actions - especially in the interaction on the left side with midfielder John Robinson . During this time he also played regularly for the English U-18 youth team.

In the 2000/01 season Konchesky played 27 competitive games for the first division, but only about half of them from the start and often used as a right-back or in the left midfield. The breakthrough on his traditional left-back position remained denied him; Nevertheless, he screwed his number of stakes in the 2001/02 season in the Premier League to 34 and he was 22 times in the starting line-up. In addition, his first league goal came on December 29, 2001 at Everton (3-0), after he scored for the first time in the league cup against Port Vale (2-0) on September 12, 2001 . His somewhat unsteady situation in the club was not detrimental to his recognition in the English national teams and so the somewhat curious situation arose in the 2002/03 season that he was only in the minority of the league games in the starting team, but still on 12 February 2003 debuted against Australia (by substitution in the second half) for the English senior team. Powell was also one of his competitors for the "Three Lions" and in Charlton he was still mostly used in midfield. There he increasingly developed into a "specialist for the static ball".

Konchesky's dissatisfaction with the fact that he was not allowed to play permanently in the desired left-back position resulted in a request for a transfer clearance in June 2003. This was followed by a commitment for Charlton on matchday one against Manchester City (0: 3) a loan engagement at Tottenham Hotspur . He stayed there for almost four months, played 15 mandatory games (ironically) mostly in left midfield before returning to the "Addicks" and being a regular there for the rest of the 2003/04 season. In his last season 2004/05 he finally seemed to come to terms with the position in left midfield, especially since he was able to better express his offensive qualities and speed there.

West Ham United (2005-2007)

Konchesky as a player for West Ham United.

For the 2005/06 season, however, he moved back to his youth club West Ham United ; the transfer fee was £ 1.5 million. Konchesky was immediately a key player in the "Hammers" on the left, together with Matthew Etherington, who played before him, and in his debut season he made 45 competitive games. He led the team to ninth place in the Premier League and contested the FA Cup final against Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium to Cardiff. There he first scored a goal in the 63rd minute to make it 3: 2, but after the late equalization to 3: 3 after regular time and subsequent extra time, he was one of his team's three misses in the lost penalty shoot-out. During this time he also played his second A international match when he came on as a substitute in the second half against Argentina, as in 2003.

During the 2006/07 season, after a good start, he lost his regular place in January 2007 to George McCartney and only made 25 competitive games. West Ham slipped into the relegation region and only secured relegation on the last day of the game. Ironically, in December 2006, Alan Curbishley became the new West Ham United manager. This was the very Curbishley who had previously trained in Charlton and "ran away" from the Konchesky. There was another break between the two protagonists. Konchesky signed on with Fulham FC and publicly criticized Curbishley.

Fulham FC (2007-2010)

For the 2007/08 season Konchesky moved to Fulham for an initial transfer fee of two million pounds. He signed with the "Cottagers" for four years. Due to his good overview of the game and his strength in duels, he quickly established himself in the new environment and became a regular player on the left side of defense. He made a good name for himself especially in interaction with Clint Dempsey on the left and with his offensive actions, although he rarely scored his own goals. So he had to wait until January 18, 2009 until he scored the first competitive goal for Fulham against his ex-club West Ham United (1: 3) - which in turn was voted "Goal of the Month" by the BBC.

Due to a knee injury at the beginning of 2010 paused Konchesky for two months, but athletic earned him the 2009-10 season another moderate success when he with the "Cottagers" the final in the Europa League reached and in the local finals narrowly Atlético Madrid with Lost 1: 2 after extra time. Due to his consistent performance, he had brought himself into conversation for a comeback in the English national team, but this was not implemented.

Liverpool FC & Nottingham Forest (2010-2011)

In August 2010 Konchesky moved to Liverpool FC . Roy Hodgson , under whom Konchesky had previously played in Fulham, had just taken over the coaching role. The transfer fee was £ 3.5 million, with the simultaneous transfer of the two talents Lauri Dalla Valle and Alexander Kačaniklić for a total of £ 1.5 million from Liverpool to Fulham was priced in. During Hodgson's brief tenure in Liverpool, Konchesky initially made regular appearances, but the change of coach to Kenny Dalglish ensured his quick end with the "Reds". Konchesky had previously faced great criticism from Liverpool supporters and after a loss to Stoke City , insulting comments from his mother on the social network Facebook added fuel to the fire. Under Dalglish, Konchesky was only represented once in the 18-man squad on a matchday and on the last day of the winter transfer period he was loaned to the second division Nottingham Forest until the end of the 2010/11 season.

Konchesky made 15 appearances for Nottingham, scored a goal and then hired in July 2011 for 1.5 million pounds at league rivals Leicester City . Konchesky had previously made two short appearances for England under the chief coach Sven-Göran Eriksson .

Leicester City & Queens Park Rangers (since 2011)

Konchesky signed a three-year contract with the "Foxes" and immediately became a regular player with 42 league appearances in the 2011/12 season. A possible return to the Premier League failed in his second year when he reached the play-off games with Leicester, but was already defeated by Watford FC in the semifinals . In the 2013/14 season he finally succeeded in promotion to the Premier League together with Leicester . For the season 2015/16 he was to the English second division club Queens Park Rangers awarded, which in the pre-season was relegated from the Premier League.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Paul Konchesky: 'We've proved people wrong so far - we want to do it again'" (The Independent)
  2. ^ "Konchesky Stays Cool" (West Ham United)
  3. ↑ a b "Fulham snap up defender Konchesky" (BBC Sport)
  4. ^ "Konchesky's ready for the top" (BBC Sport)
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 172 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 175 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 188 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 174 f .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 1-85291-648-6 , pp. 241 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 249 f .
  11. ↑ "Konchesky seeks move" (BBC Sport)
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 235 .
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 237 .
  14. ↑ "Hammers swoop for defensive trio" (BBC Sport)
  15. ↑ "Reds in seventh heaven" (BBC Sport)
  16. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-84596-111-0 , pp. 235 .
  17. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-2008 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 235 .
  18. ↑ "Curbishley faces tough challenge to win over Konchesky and Reo-Coker" (The Guardian)
  19. ↑ "Curbishley's Konchesky sue threat" (Daily Mail)
  20. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 248 .
  21. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 237 f .
  22. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , pp. 239 .
  23. ↑ The exact wording of Ms. Konchesky read: “To all you Liverpool Scouse scum, take a real look at your team. (...) Stop living in the past. The team are crap. Never should have left Fulham. ", Translated:" To all the Liverpool Scouser- Abschaum, take a close look at your team. (...) Stop living in the past. The crew is crap. Should never have left Fulham. "
  24. ↑ a b "Player profile: Paul Konchesky" (LFCHistory.net)
  25. ^ "Leicester City sign Liverpool defender Paul Konchesky" (BBC Sport)
personal data
SURNAME Konchesky, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konchesky, Paul Martyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Barking , Greater London , United Kingdom