Karl Broadhurst

Football player infobox
playername = Karl Broadhurst


fullname = Karl Matthew Broadhurst
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|4|26
cityofbirth = Portsmouth|
countryofbirth = England
height = height|metres=1.85
currentclub = Hereford United
clubnumber = 18
position = Centre back
youthyears = 1993–1998
youthclubs = Bournemouth
years = 1998–2007
2007–
clubs = Bournemouth
Hereford United
caps(goals) = 191 (3)
024 (0)
pcupdate = 10:36, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Karl Matthew Broadhurst (born 26 April, 1980 in Portsmouth) is an English footballer who plays as a central defender.

He came through the youth ranks of Bournemouth, who he joined at the age of 13, making his first team debut in the Worthington Cup against Charlton Athletic in the 1999-00 season. He made his league debut four days later, and quickly established himself in the first team squad. Despite being hampered by a persistent ankle injury which kept him out until October 2000, he made 32 appearances during the 2000-01 season. He was an ever-present the following season until February 2002 when he lost his place in the team, thanks to a broken nose sustained in training and the fine form of Shaun Maher. He regained his place in the team for the first half of 2002-03, and scored his first goal for the club in November 2002. However he then suffered first a broken ankle, and then a dislocated shoulder, which ended his season.

The 2003-04 season saw Broadhurst make 44 appearances, and the first half of the following season was also trouble-free. In February 2005 he was sidelined with a recurring back problem which meant he missed an entire year of first team football, not playing for the first team again until February 2006. After making 30 appearances during the 2006-07 season, his contract was not renewed and he left Bournemouth on 8 May 2007, after a fourteen year association with the club.cite news
title = Bournemouth release nine players
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/6635053.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-05-08
accessdate = 2007-05-10]

On 4 July 2007 he signed for Hereford United. [ [http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/1117583/Three-New-Players-and-Beckwith-Re-signs Three New Players And Beckwith Re-signs] Hereford United official site, 4 July 2007.] He was also made captain for the 2007-08 season.

After a good start to the season at the heart of the Hereford defence, Broadhurst suffered an ankle injury in the FA Cup against Leeds United and is close to returning to the first team.

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* [http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/Player?playerId=1117666 Official Hereford United Profile]
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