Tony Hibbert

Tony Hibbert

Hibbert training with Everton in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Anthony James Hibbert
Date of birth	(1981-02-20) 20 February 1981 (age 36)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
1990–1998	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2016	Everton	265	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of match played 30 April 2016.

Anthony James "Tony" Hibbert (born 20 February 1981) is a retired English footballer. Originally a midfielder, Hibbert converted to play at right back. He spent his entire career with Everton, having joined the club in 1991. He made his senior début for Everton in 2001, and went on to make over 300 appearances for the club in all competitions. Hibbert's one-club man status, coupled with his down to earth demeanour, earned him the status of cult figure among Everton fans.

Hibbert was born in Liverpool and brought up in Huyton. Growing up as an Everton supporter, Hibbert joined the club as a boy. He was a member of the Everton youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1998 beating Blackburn Rovers 5–3 on aggregate. Three years later, he made his first team début for the club in a Premier League match against West Ham United on 31 March 2001, in which a high challenge from Stuart Pearce into Hibbert's chest saw Everton earn a penalty. In the 2002–03 season, in the wake of an injury to fellow right-back Steve Watson, Hibbert was a regular member of the Everton first-team. The ACTIM index rated him the best English right back in the 2004–05 season.

He missed the end of the 2005–06 season with a hernia problem and his preparations for the 2006–07 season were hampered after he was infected by cryptosporidium parasite. Hibbert's 2006–07 season was seriously disrupted by injury. He again played regularly in the 2007–08 and in the 2008–09 seasons. He was the victim of a high-profile burglary in 2006.