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Michael Tonge 
Personal information Full name Michael William Eric Tonge[1] Date of birth 7 April 1983 [2] Place of birth Manchester, England Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [3] Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Stoke City Number 23 Youth career Manchester United 1999–2001 Sheffield United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2008 Sheffield United 262 (21) 2008– Stoke City 12 (0) 2009–2010 → Preston North End (loan) 7 (0) 2010 → Derby County (loan) 18 (2) 2010 → Preston North End (loan) 5 (1) National team‡ 2002 England U20 1 (0) 2003–2004 England U21 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:35, 29 December 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC)Michael William Eric Tonge (born 7 April 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City.
Born in Manchester and raised in Astley, Tonge began his football career at Manchester United but moved to Sheffield United at the age of 16 after being released by the Premier League club. Tonge attended Bedford High School in Leigh, Greater Manchester, leaving in 1999.[4] He now plays for Stoke City.
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Career
Sheffield United
Born in Manchester,[2] Tonge was signed as a youth player by manager Steve Bruce when he was released by Manchester United. He was in the Sheffield United first team reckoning by April 2001. He made his first senior start in the last game of the 2000–01 season, a 1–1 draw away at Bolton.[5] Tonge scored his first competitive goal for the Blades in October of the following season, netting the winner in a 1–0 home victory over Crewe.[6]
Good performances led to an England youth international call-up and by the end of 2003 interest from clubs such as Liverpool, especially after scoring two goals to help the Blades to a 2–1 win in the first leg of the Semi-Final of the League Cup against the Merseyside team.[7] In total Tonge went on to spend seven years at The Blades and made more than 300 appearances for the club during that time.
Stoke City
On 1 September 2008 Tonge signed for Premier League side Stoke City for a fee believed to be in region of £2 million, which could eventually rise to £2.5 million. He made his City debut against Everton on the 14 September 2008.[8] Tonge failed to establish himself in the Stoke squad and only made a further nine appearances in the 2008–09 season. After failing to fully settle at Stoke, Tonge left on 19 November 2009 when he signed a loan deal with Preston North End and made his debut on the 23rd November against Newcastle United.[9] Tonge later signed for Derby County on transfer deadline day on loan until end of the season. Tonge scored his first goal for Derby in a 2–0 win over Watford on 6 March 2010.[10]
Following his loan spells Tonge returned to Stoke for pre-season where he scored in games against Newcastle Town and Burnley. Due to his pre-season form he finally made a league appearance for Stoke against Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur, his last league game for Stoke came back in February 2009. After struggling for first team appearances for Stoke, Tonge returned to one of his old clubs Preston North End on a months loan on 17 November 2010 along with fellow Stoke team-mate Danny Pugh.[11] This was extended until 16 January 2011.[12] He scored his first goal for Preston in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff on 4 December 2010.[13]
He was recalled from his loan spell at Preston on 31 December by manager Tony Pulis.[14] Tonge completed a full pre-season prior to the 2011-12 season, playing in all but one of Stoke's games and even managing to get on the scoresheet in the 3-1 friendly win against Austrian side SV Thal.[15] On 18 August 2011 he made his first start of the season in Stoke's 1-0 Europa League play-off win against FC Thun, making his European debut in the progress.[16] On 2 September Stoke announced their 25-man Premier League and 23-man Europa League squads for the first half of the season, Tonge was subsequently left out of both, which meant he was only eligible to play in domestic cup and reserve games.[17] He scored for the Stoke Reserves in their 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest Reserves on the 28 September.[18]
Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other[A] Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Sheffield United 2000–01 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 2 0 2001–02 30 3 2 0 0 0 – 0 0 3 3 2002–03 44 6 4 0 7 2 – 3 0 58 8 2003–04 46 4 3 0 2 0 – 0 0 51 4 2004–05 34 2 5 0 2 1 – 0 0 41 3 2005–06 30 3 1 0 2 0 – 0 0 33 3 2006–07 27 2 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 28 2 2007–08 45 1 3 0 4 0 – 0 0 52 1 2008–09 4 0 0 0 1 0 – 0 0 5 0 Total 262 21 19 0 18 3 0 0 3 0 302 24 Stoke City 2008–09 10 0 1 0 0 0 – – 11 0 2009–10 0 0 0 0 3 0 – – 3 0 2010–11 2 0 1 0 1 0 – – 4 0 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1 0 Total 12 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 19 0 Preston North End (loan) 2009–10 7 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0 Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Derby County (loan) 2009–10 18 2 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 19 2 Total 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 Preston North End (loan) 2010–11 5 1 0 0 0 0 – – 5 1 Total 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Career total 304 24 22 0 22 3 1 0 3 0 352 27 Footnotes
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League play-offs.
References
- ^ "Statistics". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/c2/3b/0,,12306~146370,00.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 616. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ "BBC Sport Football: Squad profiles, Michael Tonge". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/t/tonge_222856.stm. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Bedford High School Alumni". Bedford High School. http://www.bedfordhighschool.co.uk/bedford%20alumni.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "Bolton strike late to deny Blades". BBC Sport. 2001-05-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1310991.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Sheff Utd 1–0 Crewe". BBC Sport. 2001-10-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1620000.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Blades cut down Liverpool". BBC Sport. 2003-01-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2635399.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ Sanghera, Mandeep (14 September 2008). "Stoke 2–3 Everton". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7601906.stm.
- ^ "Tonge seals Preston loan switch". BBC Sport. 2009-11-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/8368123.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ "Derby 2–0 Watford". BBC. 6 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8547995.stm. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ "City Pair Head North". stokecityfc.com. 17 February 2010. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2223583,00.html.
- ^ "Preston extend Danny Pugh and Michael Tonge loan deals". BBC Sport. 18 December 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/9300051.stm.
- ^ "Cardiff 1 - 1 Preston". BBC Sport. 4 December 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/9243988.stm. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Pugh And Tonge Return". stokecityfc.com. 31 December 2010. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2254913,00.html.
- ^ "SV Thal 1 Stoke City 3". stokecityfc.com. 15 July 2011. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2392688,00.html.
- ^ "FC Thun 0 - 1 Stoke". BBC Sport. 18 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/14486521.stm. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Shocks As Potters Announce Premier League and Europa League Squads". stokecity-mad.co.uk. 2 September 2011. http://www.stokecity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/shocks_as_potters_announce_premier_league_and_europa_league_squads_698723/index.shtml. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Mama's Return Sparks Victory". stokecityfc.com. 28 September 2011. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2465938,00.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
External links
- Michael Tonge profile at the Stoke City website
- Michael Tonge career stats at Soccerbase
- BBC Sport profile for Michael Tonge
2002–03 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Shaka Hislop · DF: Denis Irwin · DF: Joleon Lescott · DF: Michael Dawson · DF: Matthew Taylor · MF: Muzzy Izzet · MF: Paul Merson · MF: Michael Brown · MF: Michael Tonge · FW: Paul Dickov · FW: David JohnsonStoke City F.C. – current squad 1 Begović · 3 Higginbotham · 4 Huth · 6 Whelan · 8 Soares · 9 Jones · 10 Fuller · 11 Sidibe · 12 Wilson · 15 Diao · 16 Pennant · 17 Shawcross (c) · 18 Whitehead · 19 Walters · 20 Upson · 23 Tonge · 24 Delap · 25 Crouch · 26 Etherington · 27 Nash · 28 Wilkinson · 29 Sørensen · 30 Shotton · 32 Arismendi · 33 Jerome · 36 Lund · 38 Cuvelier · 39 Woodgate · 40 Palacios · Manager: Pulis
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Manchester
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- England under-21 international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Premier League players
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