Michael Lumb (footballer)

Michael Lumb

Personal information
Full name	Michael Lumb
Date of birth	9 January 1988 (1988-01-09) (age 23)
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Zenit St. Petersburg
Number	28
Youth career
0000–1998	Aarhus KFUM
1998–2005	Aarhus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2010	Aarhus	115	(2)
2010–	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	(0)
2010–2011	→ Feyenoord (loan)	8	(0)
2011	→ AaB (loan)	14	(0)
National team‡
2004	Denmark U-16	2	(0)
2005	Denmark U-17	2	(1)
2005–2006	Denmark U-18	4	(0)
2006–2007	Denmark U-19	8	(0)
2008	Denmark U-20	1	(0)
2008–	Denmark U-21	6	(0)
2009–	Denmark	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:06, 9 July 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2010

Michael Lumb (born 9 January 1988) is a Danish footballer who is playing for Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Career

Aarhus

Lumb was born in Aarhus, Denmark to a Danish mother and an English father. He is a left back. He came from AGFs 88 Danish Youth Championship-winning team, a side that included Morten Beck Andersen, Frederik Krabbe, Michael Vester, Niels Kristensen, Jesper Blicher and Anders Syberg. Lumb was named the young gun "Shooting Star" of the autumn season 2007/08 by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.

Despite his youth age, Lumb has played more than 100 matches for AGF in the Superliga and First Division.

On 11 January 2010 it was reported on AGF's website that he was moving to Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Russian Premier League.^[1]

Zenit

Lumb signed a three year contract with Sine-Belo-Golubye.^[2] In Zenit, Lumb faced a tough competition for a left back position with likes of Slovak international Tomáš Hubočan, something he was not up for.^[3] Lumb played for the first team just twice in the first half of 2010 season, and the arrival of another international left defender Aleksandar Luković meant he had to move to get any playing minutes.

Lumb was initially loaned out to Dutch side Feyenoord, but the move proved unsuccessful, as he was initially relegated to the bench and then in the stands.^[3] He was subsequently recalled and loaned to his homeland club AaB Fodbold.

Lumb returned to Zenit in summer 2011, to a team that, in addition to Hubočan and Luković, had signed Italy national team left wing-back Domenico Criscito. Lumb spend the rest of the year playing for the reserves, occasionally as a centre-back.

Honours

• Danish U-21 Player of the Year 2008

Zenit St. Petersburg

• Russian Cup: 2010

References

1. ^ Zenit sign Danish defender
2. ^ Zenit registered Bashkirov and Lumb
3. ^ ^{a b} Lumb loaned to AaB

External links

• Profile at the official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website
• AGF profile
• Danish national team profile
• Official Danish league stats

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Name	Lumb, Michael
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Date of birth	9 January 1988
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
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