Ian Evatt

Football player infobox
playername = Ian Evatt


fullname = Ian Ross Evatt
nickname = Evo
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|11|19
cityofbirth = Coventry
countryofbirth = England
height = height|meters=1.91
currentclub = Blackpool
clubnumber = 6
position = Defender
youthyears =
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years = 1999-2003
2001
2003-2005
2005-2007
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Derby County
→ Northampton Town (loan)
Chesterfield
Queens Park Rangers
→ Blackpool (loan)
Blackpool
caps(goals) = 034 (0)
011 (0)
084 (9)
027 (0)
026 (0)
057 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 15:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
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Ian Ross Evatt (born November 19, 1981 in Coventry, West Midlands) is an English professional football defender who plays for Blackpool, for whom he signed from Queens Park Rangers on January 5, 2007. He signed an 18-month contract, with Blackpool having an option for a further year. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/6235607.stm Blackpool recruit Evatt from QPR] - BBC Sport] He had been on loan at Bloomfield Road since the beginning of the season.

Evatt scored his first goal for Blackpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup against Norwich City on January 27, 2007. His equaliser took the tie to a replay at Carrow Road. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=508255 Soccerbase result] ]

On March 19, 2007, Evatt was named in the Press Association's League One "Team of the Week". [ [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/b/5/0,,10794~66827,00.pdf League One Team of the Week] (.pdf)]

On December 8, 2007, Evatt returned to action, as a 65th-minute substitute for Michael Jackson in the West Lancashire Derby against Preston North End, after two-and-a-half months out injured. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/7122594.stm Preston 0-1 Blackpool] - BBC Sport]

Honours

Blackpool
*League One play-off final winner: 2006-07

Notes

References

* [http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10432~5657,00.html Ian Evatt profile] at blackpoolfc.co.uk
* [http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10373~5657,00.html Ian Evatt profile] at qpr.co.uk
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* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=4688 Profile at PlayerHistory.com]