Wayne Routledge
Routledge warming up for Aston Villa in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Wayne Neville Anthony Routledge | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Sidcup, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Swansea City | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Crystal Palace | 110 | (10) |
| 2005–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Fulham (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Aston Villa | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Queens Park Rangers | 44 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Newcastle United | 34 | (3) |
| 2011 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 2011– | Swansea City | 183 | (16) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2007 | England U21 | 12 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 8 April 2017 (UTC). |
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Wayne Neville Anthony Routledge (born 7 January 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Swansea City. He has represented England at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level.
Routledge was born in Sidcup, London and attended Archbishop Lanfranc School in Croydon.
Routledge began his career at Crystal Palace, making his starting debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the age of 17 in September 2002, and scoring after just one minute on the field. He made his Palace debut in October 2001 in a 1–0 home defeat by West Bromwich Albion, aged only 16. He was England's second ever player to score at the new Wembley Stadium.
He was an important member of the side which won promotion to the Premiership via the play-offs in 2003–04, and he was ever present as Palace battled for their Premiership place in 2004–05 and, although they just failed to avoid the drop, Routledge proved to be an exciting talent on the wing and up front, chipping in with an impressive 8 assists. He was not to leave the top flight, though. After rejecting a contract with the side that developed him as a youngster in January, Tottenham Hotspur signed him on 1 July 2005. The clubs could not come to an agreement over a fee for Routledge so the transfer went to a tribunal. There it was agreed that Palace would receive an initial £1.25m, rising to £2m depending upon appearances in future.
After impressing in the pre-season, his career at White Hart Lane started slowly as he sustained a broken foot on his league debut for the club, but on 12 December 2005 he made his return as a substitute in only his second game for Spurs against Portsmouth.
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