Ryan Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross
Ryan Shawcross at Stoke City
Personnel
Surname	Ryan James Shawcross
birthday	4th October 1987
place of birth	Chester ,  England
size	191 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Buckley Town
	Flintshire Boys
2002-2005	Manchester United
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2006-2008	Manchester United	0 0(0)
2007	→  Royal Antwerp  (loan)	22 0(3)
2007-2008	→  Stoke City  (loan)	26 0(6)
2008–	Stoke City	320 (15)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Wales U-15	2 (?)
2008	England U-21	2 (0)
2012	England	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 7, 2018

Ryan James Shawcross (born October 4, 1987 in Chester ) is an English football player . The central defender , who grew up in Wales and trained at the Manchester United Academy , had his sporting breakthrough at Stoke City and, after having played for the Welsh U-15 team at a young age, he joined the squad of England for the first time in March 2010 National team appointed.

Athletic career

Early youth (until 2002)

Shawcross grew up in Buckley in north Wales , only about ten miles from his native Chester. There he played soccer in the youth team of Buckley Town , a club from the second-rate Cymru Alliance . In addition, he had been active with the “Flintshire Boys” since he was in elementary school, who had already “produced” some top players with Gary Speed , Michael Owen and Ian Rush . When Shawcross was 15 years old, Wrexham FC invited selected Flintshire Boys to practice training. There were a large number of deals signed, but young Ryan received nothing. Just three weeks later, he introduced himself to the great Manchester United, which immediately accepted him into the academy.

Manchester United (2002-07)

Shawcross went through the youth team of United and had after 22 appearances for the U-17 in the 2003/04 season not only 21 more games in the U-18 team in the season, but also played five games for the reserve eleven. In this "second team" he came in the 2005/06 season on ten missions in the Premier Reserve League and was part of the team that won the reserve league championship. In a league game of the first professional team from Manchester United Shawcross was always disregarded. In the less important sporting league cup he came on October 25, 2006 by substitution in the 103rd minute for Michael Barnes, who also made his debut, and was able to contribute to his late 2-1 victory at the low-class Crewe Alexandra .

In order to achieve better match practice under competitive conditions, his club loaned him to the Belgian Royal Antwerp in January 2007 , which has a long-term cooperation with the "Red Devils" from Manchester (e). The remaining time in the 2006/07 season was just as successful for Shawcross with 22 appearances and three goals, as the fact that he contributed to reaching the play-off games in Antwerp. After the end of the season he returned shortly to Manchester, only to be awarded again a short time later on August 9, 2007 for another six months - now to the English second division club Stoke City .

Stoke City (since 2007)

At the very first competitive appearance, Shawcross made a good start with the decisive goal for the 1-0 away win in the league opener against Cardiff City . From then on, he not only drew attention to himself with his physical strengths, but also often cut a good figure technically for a tall central defender. It was also noticeable here, however, that Shawcross sometimes went too hard in the duel, as a serious foul on Francis Jeffers of Sheffield Wednesday showed, which put him out of action for three months and denounced his teammates as "career-threatening". The sporting achievements prompted those in charge of Stoke City to want to tie Shawcross permanently to the club in January 2008. For an instant transfer fee of a million pounds plus another million in the event of promotion and further bets, Shawcross moved permanently to Stoke-on-Trent. One condition of the transfer, however, was a buyback clause for Manchester United, by means of which the ex-club is informed of every possible resale and has a first right of purchase. At the end of the season, Shawcross finished second with Stoke City and was promoted to the Premier League .

The transition to the top English league went without major problems for Shawcross and the fact that the primarily strong-fighting men of coach Tony Pulis safely managed to stay in the league in the following two years was largely attributed to the young defender talent and increasing key player, who So after initially two appearances for the English U-21 selection promoted himself into the field of vision of the senior national team. The sometimes tough style of play remained the subject of criticism during this time, with two Arsenal players in particular being injured after serious fouls. While Emmanuel Adebayor , who later "retaliated" with an assault on Shawcross in the service of Manchester City , was only forced to take a relatively short break at three weeks, Shawncross' red foul on February 27, 2010 on Aaron Ramsey caused the A fracture of the tibia and fibula and its premature end of the season - Arsenal's coach Arsène Wenger then publicly castigated the “sinner” for the offense, alleged that this was an intention and demanded a severe punishment.

English national team

Internationally, Shawcross, who was born in England but grew up in Wales, played twice for the Welsh U-15 team. After his sporting breakthrough at Stoke City, he came in January 2008 for his first appointment to the English U-21 team for the upcoming qualifying game against Ireland and as his development progressed in the Premier League, experts - including especially coach Pulis - advocated one early consideration in the senior national team.

Increasing uncertainty about Shawcross' international career arose in October 2009 when the Welsh Federation also had hopes for the young defender. Previously, the English place of birth - or, according to the Welsh version, “the nearest hospital” - had left little room for maneuver, but FIFA reiterated in a judgment that a player should work for a country that has trained him for at least five years before his 16th birthday should be eligible to play if he has not previously played a competitive game for another senior national team.

Regardless of this, England coach Fabio Capello appointed him for the first time in March 2010 for the English "Three Lions" squad. In the friendly against Egypt , the newcomer was also on the bench, but was not used.

Web links

• Stoke City player profile
• Ryan Shawcross in the soccerbase.com database

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Buckley's multi million pound boys" (BBC North East Wales)
2. ↑ "Shawcross Signs!"  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Stoke City FC)  
3. ^ "Ryan no bad boy" ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Sentinel Sport) 
4. ↑ "Shawcross ties up £ 1m Stoke move" (BBC Sport)
5. ↑ "'We don't have to sell Ryan Shawcross' says Stoke manager Tony Pulis" (The Guardian)
6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 372 .
7. ↑ “Cowards! Angry Wenger accuses hard men of Stoke of setting out to hurt his Arsenal players " (Daily Mail)
8. ^ "Arsène Wenger tears into tackle that shattered Aaron Ramsey's leg" (The Guardian)
9. ↑ "Shawcross gets international call" (BBC Sport)
10. ^ "Stoke boss Tony Pulis tips Ryan Shawcross for England success" (Football.co.uk)
11. ^ "Welsh FA backing eligibility plan" (BBC Sport)
12. ↑ "England 3-1 Egypt" (BBC Sport)