Phil Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

Personal information
Full name	Philip Nikodem Jagielka[1]
Date of birth	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 29)
Place of birth	Sale, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Everton
Number	6
Youth career
000?–1999	Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2007	Sheffield United	254	(18)
2007–	Everton	143	(4)
National team‡
2002–2003	England U21	6	(2)
2008–	England	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of match played 13 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:28, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Philip Nikodem "Phil" Jagielka (born 17 August 1982) is an English professional footballer who plays for Everton as a defender.

He played regularly in central midfield for his previous club Sheffield United, but generally plays in central defence for Everton. Jagielka started his career with Sheffield United, joining current team, Everton, in 2007 for a fee of £4 million. He is a former England under-21 international, having been capped six times and scoring two goals for the team. He has also gained recognition for both the England B team and the full England team.

An England international with 11 caps, Jagielka was also eligible to represent Croatia through his Zagreb-born father Zlatko.

Early life

Jagielka was born in Sale, Greater Manchester, and played for Holy Family Football Club, a Sunday team affiliated with, although not directly linked to, the school of the same name, from the ages of eight to eleven. He played as a right winger, as he possessed great pace, and even played in games against boys of the school year older than he. However, he first impressed youth scouts whilst playing for his local team Hale Barns United in Altrincham. He predominantly played midfield during his time with the club.^[3] He spent time training with clubs such as Stoke City, Everton and Manchester City, before joining Sheffield United in 1998 at 15 years of age.^[4]

Club career

Sheffield United

Jagielka made his way through the youth ranks at Sheffield United before making his first team debut on 5 May 2000 against Swindon Town in the final League match of the 1999–2000 season, whilst still a trainee. He was rewarded with a professional contract the following day^{[citation needed]} and having progressed well at the start of the following season, he signed a three-year deal with the club in January 2001.^[5]

He established himself in the Sheffield United first-team in the 2002–03 season and started to attract the attention of other clubs, including Leeds United, who were linked with a £6m joint bid for Jagielka and United team mate Michael Brown, but Sheffield United said they would resist any attempts to sign the players.^[6]

Jagielka stated in April 2005 he was happy to stay at United, despite several Premier League clubs being interested in signing him.^[7] United manager Neil Warnock told West Ham United in June 2005 that Jagielka would not be sold,^[8] and in July Wigan Athletic made a £4m bid for Jagielka, after which United upped their valuation of him.^[9] By November, Jagielka had been linked with a £4m move to Bolton Wanderers, but United manager Neil Warnock said there had been no contact from Bolton.^[10]

Jagielka signed a new three-year deal with United in August 2006.^[11] He played as team captain in Chris Morgan's absence.^{[citation needed]} Jagielka gave United their first Premiership victory since April 1994 when he hit a 91st minute half-volley against Middlesbrough for a 2–1 win in September 2006.^[12] Despite being recognised as one of United's key players, chairman Kevin McCabe admitted that Jagielka could be sold if the price was high enough.^[13] In a home match against Arsenal on 30 December 2006, due to a thigh injury to starting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny and with his side 1–0 up, Jagielka was forced to play in goal for the remainder of the match. Arsenal were kept at bay for the remaining thirty-four minutes and Jagielka's late save from Robin van Persie secured the 1–0 victory.^[14] His ability to deputise in goal meant that Neil Warnock was able to – and usually did – do without a substitute goalkeeper on the bench in order to give himself more tactical options (League rules then limited the number of substitutes to 5).

By the end of the 2006–07 season, he had made 133 consecutive league appearances for United,^[15] including every league match in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons and every minute of the 2006–07 season.^[16] When Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season, Jagielka was linked with moves away from United and goalkeeper Paddy Kenny said he believed it was time Jagielka moved on.^[17] New United boss Bryan Robson urged Jagielka to wait for the outcome of the club's relegation arbitration hearing before deciding to leave the club.^[18]

Everton

Jagielka playing for Everton in 2008

Jagielka eventually signed for Everton on 4 July 2007, in a deal worth £4&nbp;million on a five-year contract,^[19] the highest amount ever paid for a Sheffield United player.^[20] He made his home debut at Goodison Park on 31 July 2007 as a second half substitute in a pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen, replacing Joseph Yobo in central defence. After a slow start to his Everton career, Jagielka developed into an important member of the first team. He scored his first Everton goal in the UEFA Cup against AZ Alkmaar.^[21] He scored an own goal against Wigan Athletic, although Everton won 2–1. He put in a succession of man of the match performances in the following games, against Tottenham, Brann and Manchester City.^{[citation needed]} He scored his first league goal for Everton against Reading on 9 February 2008.^[22]

Jagielka started the 2008–09 season as first-choice centre-back, playing every minute of every league game until being injured in a 2–1 home defeat to Manchester City.^{[citation needed]} He won Player of the Month for February and won Everton's fans and club player of the season.^{[citation needed]} Jagielka scored the winning penalty for Everton in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Manchester United, but he was claimed to have fouled Danny Welbeck after 68 minutes, with many claiming it to be a Penalty, which the referee did not award^[23] Soon afterwards he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament playing against Manchester City, and as a consequence missed the 2009 FA Cup Final.

After missing the end of the 2008–09 season and more than half of 2009–10, Jagielka played his first senior fixture since the cruciate ligament injury in an away game against Sporting C.P. in the UEFA Europa League in February 2010, coming on as a substitute for an injured Philippe Senderos.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Jagielka lining up against Switzerland in a Euro 2012 Qualifying match, 9 September 2010

Jagielka is a former member of the England under-21 team, and scored in a 2–0 victory over Slovakia at the Stadium of Light in June 2003.^[24]

On 10 May 2007, Jagielka was named in the England squad for the first time, to play a 'B' international against Albania. Starting on the bench, he replaced future Everton team mate, Phil Neville at right back at the beginning of the second half. On 11 May 2008, Jagielka was named in the senior England squad for the first time [1] for the friendlies with United States and Trinidad and Tobago. He subsequently expressed his delight at the call up [2] and publicly thanked everyone at Everton for their help. On 1 June 2008, Jagielka got his first international cap for the senior team against Trinidad and Tobago after being brought on as a substitute.

Jagielka was once again named in the England squad for the friendly match against European champions Spain, 11 February 2009, and subsequently played for the first 45 minutes, after an impressive string of performances at club level publicly praised by manager David Moyes^[25] after the FA Cup fourth round replay tie between Everton and Liverpool.

Jagielka received his fourth cap when he played in England's first post World Cup 2010 friendly against Hungary on August 11, 2010 at Wembley Stadium where he scored an unfortunate own goal in a 2-1 win.^[26]

On 3 September 2010, Jagielka made his first competitive start, and played for the entirety of the match in a 4-0 win over Bulgaria. He was said to have "read the game brilliantly on a night when he proved his ­credentials".^[27]

He has been called up to the England squad once again for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley Stadium on 12 October.^[28] He was called up again for the Euro 2012 qualifier and Friendly against Wales national football team and Ghana national football team on the 26 March and came on in the 88th minute for Scott Parker. On 12 November, he started as centre-half in a friendly against Spain and gave an exceptional performance as England ground their way to a 1-0 win.
On 28 May 2012, Jagielka was called up for the Euros after Gareth Barry was ruled out of the tournament with an abdominal injury.^[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 May 2012.^[30]

( * ) Include 3 play-off matches

Personal life

Jagielka is of Polish and Scottish descent.^[31][32] His older brother is Stephen Jagielka who plays for Hednesford Town. He also has two sisters, Barbara and Nicola.

Honours

He was named the inaugural Championship Player of the Year for the 2005–06 season.^[33] He was also named in the 2006 PFA Championship Team of the Year.

At the end of the 2008-09 Premier League season, Jagielka was named Everton Player of the Season.

References

External links

• Phil Jagielka career stats at Soccerbase

v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Hart 2 Johnson 3 Cole 4 Gerrard (c) 5 Cahill 6 Terry 7 Walcott 8 Lampard 9 Carroll 10 Rooney 11 Young 12 Baines 13 Green 14 Jones 15 Lescott 16 Milner 17 Parker 18 Jagielka 19 Downing 20 Oxlade-Chamberlain 21 Defoe 22 Welbeck 23 Butland Coach: Hodgson