Iain Hume

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Iain Edward Hume
Personal information
Full name	Iain Edward Hume
Date of birth	30 October 1983 (1983-10-30) (age 26)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Barnsley
Number	7
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2005 2005–2008 2008–	Tranmere Rovers Leicester City Barnsley	149 (32) 122 (33) 031 0(6)
National team2
2001–2003 2003–	Canada U20 Canada	018 0(7) 028 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:51, 24 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Iain Edward Hume (born 30 October 1983 in Edinburgh) is a professional Association football player who plays for Barnsley.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hume plays internationally for Canada.

Club career

Tranmere Rovers

Hume, who was linked with moves to Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday prior to signing for Leicester, helped his previous club, Tranmere Rovers claim the scalp of Bolton Wanderers in an FA Cup campaign. He scored the winner in a replay at the Reebok Stadium as Tranmere went on to reach the quarter finals in 2004.

Leicester City

Signed on transfer deadline day at the end of August 2005, striker Hume became Craig Levein's most expensive signing in his first year as manager. The 22-year-old was born in Edinburgh but plays his international football for Canada and has been tracked by Levein for some time. He was bought as a direct replacement for David Connolly who moved to Wigan the same day.

Hume put pen-to-paper on a three-year deal after leaving Tranmere Rovers where he made 176 appearances, scoring 37 goals. His best season for Tranmere was during the 2004-05 campaign where he finished top scorer with 16 goals. He made his debut there at the age of 16 and Levein said: "He is a young player and fits into the profile of the squad. I am excited that we managed to capture him ahead of other interested clubs. He is a player that we have been watching for some time now but we always thought he was out of our price range."

The fee for Hume was an initial £500,000 that could rise to £750,000. He progressed through the youth ranks at Tranmere and spent the last 18 months of his career at Prenton Park under the guidance of former City boss Brian Little. Hume said:

Hume signed a new 3 year deal on June 5, 2007 to stay at the club.^[1] He scored his first goal of the 2007/08 season against Watford on August 25,^[2] and was named in the Championship Team of the Week two days later.^[3] The goal was voted Goal of the Season on April 28, 2008. [1]

Despite scoring a goal in his 100th match for Leicester on December 11, his team still lost 3-1 to Ipswich.^[4] Hume scored his 30th goal for Leicester on 16 February 2008, beating Norwich City 4-0.^[5] He was the club's top goalscorer with 11 league goals as Leicester were relegated at the end of the season.

Barnsley

Despite announcing that he would stay at Leicester, on June 25, Barnsley secured the £1.2m signing of Hume^[6] and he soon signalled his intent to live up to the price tag he had been signed for. He was recently handed the new number 7 shirt, taking the number from Sam Togwell. On the opening day of the season, Hume scored just five minutes into his Barnsley debut away to Queens Park Rangers, however Barnsley lost the game 2-1.

Hume was sent off on his home debut for Barnsley, a 2-1 defeat to Coventry City on 16 August 2008.

Hume then scored his second goal for Barnsley in front of the Oakwell crowd with a stunning strike against Derby County. He then scored the 4th of Barnsley's 4-1 win over local rivals Doncaster Rovers, also at Oakwell, with a curling 30yard strike past Neil Sullivan.

He scored his fourth Reds goal in the home game with rivals Sheffield Wednesday. Barnsley ended up winning 2-1.

Fractured skull incident

On 8 November 2008, he sustained a fractured skull and internal bleeding following an elbow to the head, prior to challenging for the ball, from Chris Morgan against Sheffield United. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He underwent surgery after the incident.^[7]

Sheffield United issued a statement following the injury to Hume:

"Sheffield United are saddened and concerned to hear that Barnsley striker Iain Hume is being monitored in a high dependency unit following last Saturday's fixture, and we wish him a speedy and full recovery."^[8]

On 11 November Hume was moved out of the high dependency unit at Manchester Hospital and into a normal ward. Reds manager Simon Davey visited Iain and said he was "in a bad way, very groggy, but talking". He was released from hospital on 17 November to continue his convalescence at home but subsequently re-admitted after feeling unwell. According to Sky Sports News this was due to an infection which was treated with antibiotics. Following due observation he was discharged once again. Hume has now returned to light training with the Barnsley squad participating in running and finishing activities.

Return to the first team

Hume made his long awaited return to the Reds first team with a 50th minute substitute appearance against Gainsborough on July 21 2009, his first appearance for nearly nine months.

International

Hume played at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, alongside Atiba Hutchinson and Mike Klukowski among others. He was also part of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship Quarter-finalists squad for Canada where he scored three goals and was voted player of the tournament.

He made his senior debut for Canada in a February 2003 friendly match against Libya. By December 2009, he earned a total of 28 caps, scoring 2 goals.^[9] He has represented Canada in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[10].

Coming on as a substitute in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final versus the United States, he made an immediate impact, making his presence known through a few tough tackles and a remarkable goal, snapping Canada's 705-minute scoring drought in matches versus the United States. Minutes later he kept Canada within a goal's reach courtesy of an unbelievable goal-line clearance with his heel, to deny Clint Dempsey an apparent goal.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 2005	Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1-0	1-0	Friendly match
2	21 June 2007	Soldier Field, Chicago, USA	United States	1–2	1-2	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

References

External links

• Iain Hume career stats at Soccerbase
• Iain Hume FIFA competition record

v • d • e Canada squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Sutton • 2 Braz • 3 Pozniak • 4 McKenna • 5 Gervais • 6 Bernier • 7 Hume • 8 Serioux • 9 Gerba • 10 Occean • 11 Brennan • 12 Grande • 13 Hutchinson • 14 De Rosario • 15 Simpson • 16 Leduc • 17 Peters • 18 Dodds • 19 Franks • Coach: Yallop

v • d • e Canada squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Sutton • 2 Braz • 3 Jazić • 4 Reda • 5 Hainault • 6 de Guzman • 7 Stalteri • 8 Harmse • 9 Friend • 10 Gerba • 11 Hastings • 12 Gervais • 13 Hutchinson • 14 De Rosario • 15 Bernier • 16 Nash • 17 Hume • 18 Nakajima • 19 Ribeiro • 20 Pozniak • 21 Ledgerwood • 22 Onstad • 23 Giacomi • Coach: Hart