Matthew Upson

Matthew Upson
Matthew Upson
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Personal information
Full name Matthew James Upson
Date of birth 18 April 1979 (1979-04-18) (age 32)
Place of birth Hartismere, Eye, Suffolk, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Stoke City
Number 20
Youth career
Ipswich Town
1994–1996 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–1997 Luton Town 1 (0)
1997–2003 Arsenal 35 (0)
2000 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 1 (0)
2001 → Crystal Palace (loan) 7 (0)
2002 → Reading (loan) 14 (0)
2003–2007 Birmingham City 113 (5)
2007–2011 West Ham United 131 (4)
2011– Stoke City 5 (0)
National team‡
1998–2000 England U21 12 (2)
2003–2010 England 21 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:17, 6 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Matthew James Upson (born 18 April 1979) is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League. He is a central defender and he has played for England at full international level including at the 2010 World Cup.

Upson started his career with Bedfordshire club Luton Town before he joined Premiership side Arsenal for a fee of £2 million in May 1997. Upson struggled to force his way into the first team at Highbury making 57 appearances in 6 seasons and also spent time out on loan at Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Reading.

Upson joined Birmingham City in 2003 where he enjoyed regular first team football. However following Birmingham's relegation in 2006 he went on to join West Ham United for £7.5 million in January 2007. He was made captain in 2009 following the departure of Lucas Neill. At the end of the 2010–11 West Ham were relegated to the Championship and Upson left after his contract had expired. Upson signed a two year contract with Stoke City in August 2011.

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Club career

Luton Town

Upson was born in Hartismere, Eye, Suffolk. Originally at the Ipswich Town Centre of Excellence, he joined Luton Town as a trainee in 1994.[2] after Ipswich Town's youth coach Terry Westley moved to Luton Town. He signed professional forms in April 1996,[3] making his sole appearance for the senior team as an 88th minute sub against Rotherham United in August 1996.

Arsenal

He joined Arsenal in May 1997 in a £2 million deal.[2] However, faced with the longevity of Arsenal's existing centre backs, Tony Adams, Steve Bould and Martin Keown, and struck by injury problems of his own, Upson rarely had a chance to break into the first team. After spending a year out of the game recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained in 1999, Upson only made a handful of first team appearance for Arsenal, in between loan spells at Nottingham Forest in 2000 and Crystal Palace in 2001.[4][5]

In 2001–02, his final full season at Arsenal however, Upson did make 22 appearances; these included 14 in the league, earning him a Premier League winners' medal, but a broken leg in February 2002 ruled him out for the rest of the season and Arsenal's FA Cup-winning run as they won the Double. After recovering from his broken leg, Upson joined Reading in September 2002 on a three-month loan.[6] It was at Reading where Upson scored his first professional career goal, in a 3–1 loss at Cambridge United in the League Cup.[7] With Arsenal's newly-established centre back pairing of Sol Campbell and Kolo Touré keeping him out of the side, he was bought by Birmingham City in January 2003. He played 57 times for Arsenal in all competitions, never scoring.

Birmingham City

Birmingham City completed the signing of Upson from Arsenal in January 2003, for a fee of £1 million rising to £3 million depending on appearances.[8]

He suffered a leg injury whilst preparing for the local derby against Aston Villa in April 2006 and subsequently missed the rest of the season as Birmingham City were relegated to The Championship. Upson remained with the club while he worked on regaining his fitness and returned to action in December in the Blues' 3–0 victory over Plymouth Argyle, scoring the second of the three goals.

West Ham United

Upson warming-up for a West Ham game, October 2009

On 18 January 2007, Birmingham rejected West Ham United's bid for Upson of £4 million, also rejecting an improved bid of £6 million a few days later. An offer of £6 million, with the potential to rise to £7.5 million depending on appearances, was accepted on the last day of the transfer window, and Upson agreed a four-and-a-half-year contract with West Ham.[9] Birmingham City's manager Steve Bruce later claimed that he did not want to sell Upson, but was forced to do so by the club's managing director Karren Brady.[10]

Upson suffered a calf injury less than 30 minutes into his West Ham United debut against Aston Villa, which West Ham lost 0–1.[11] He then lasted just 11 minutes of his comeback game before coming off injured against Tottenham Hotspur in a 4–3 loss at Upton Park in March 2007.[12]

Upson completed his first full game for West Ham in the 2–0 home defeat to Manchester City in August 2007. One week later he made his first appearance as West Ham captain in the 1–0 away win against former club Birmingham City.[13] On 29 December 2007 Upson scored his first goal in West Ham colours when he headed in the winning goal against Premier League champions Manchester United.[14]

In July 2008, Upson's squad number of 6 was retired by the club in memory of Bobby Moore, after which he took the number 15 shirt.[15] In August 2009, following the departure of Lucas Neill, Upson was appointed captain of West Ham.[16] He captained West Ham through a difficult 2009–10 campaign in which he scored a goal in the opening game against Wolverhampton Wanderers and two more against Stoke City and Portsmouth.

Following West Ham's relegation from the Premier League in May 2011, new manager Sam Allardyce announced on 1 June that Upson had left the club, after his contract had expired.[17]

Stoke City

Upson joined Stoke City on a two year contract on 9 August 2011.[18][19] Following his move to the Britannia Stadium Upson revealed that playing in the UEFA Europa League was one of the main reasons he decided to join Stoke.[20] Upson made his debut for Stoke in a 1–0 victory over FC Thun in the Europa League.[21] He scored his first goal for Stoke City in the 2nd leg against Thun in a 4–1 victory at the Britannia Stadium.[22]

International career

Upson won twelve caps for the England U21 team and scored two goals.[23] His performances for Birmingham City in the 2002–03 season led to his selection for the England senior squad and he made his debut for England against South Africa in May 2003. He won seven full caps while a Birmingham player.[3]

Upson was named in Fabio Capello's first provisional England squad for the February 2008 friendly against Switzerland at Wembley.[24] He was named in the starting line-up to partner Rio Ferdinand, winning his eighth England cap nearly four years after his last appearance. He was named in the starting line-up against Kazakhstan for his 10th cap, after John Terry picked up an injury, playing for the full 90 minutes.

Upson scored his first goal for England on 19 November 2008 in a friendly match against Germany.[25] The match finished 2–1 to England and Upson picked up ITV's man of the match award. Upson was included in England's squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On 23 June, making his World Cup debut, he played in the third match of the group stage, against Slovenia after being an unused substitute in the first two games.[26] On 27 June he scored the only England goal against Germany in the 2010 World Cup, in a 4-1 defeat which eliminated England from the tournament in the round of 16. It was Upson's second goal for England and his second against Germany, having previously scored in a friendly in 2008. This goal also made him England's joint top scorer for the 2010 World Cup, tying with Steven Gerrard and Jermain Defoe on one goal each.[27]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 November 2008 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany  Germany 0–1 1–2 Win Friendly
2 27 June 2010 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa  Germany 2–1 4–1 Loss 2010 FIFA World Cup

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 August 2011[28]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Luton Town 1996–97 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Arsenal 1997–98 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
1998–99 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
1999–2000 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 13 0
2000–01 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
2001–02 14 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 22 0
2002–03 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 35 0 4 0 8 0 10 0 57 0
Nottingham Forest (loan) 2000–01 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2000–01 7 0 0 0 0 0 – 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Reading (loan) 2002–03 14 0 0 0 1 1 – 15 1
Total 14 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 1
Birmingham City 2002–03 14 0 0 0 0 0 – 14 0
2003–04 30 0 2 0 1 0 – 33 0
2004–05 36 2 2 0 2 0 – 40 2
2005–06 24 1 1 0 4 0 – 29 1
2006–07 9 2 3 0 0 0 – 12 2
Total 113 5 8 0 7 0 0 0 128 5
West Ham United 2006–07 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
2007–08 29 1 2 0 2 0 – 33 1
2008–09 37 0 2 0 2 0 – 41 0
2009–10 33 3 1 0 1 0 – 35 3
2010–11 30 0 1 0 3 0 – 34 0
Total 131 4 6 0 8 0 0 0 145 4
Stoke City 2011–12 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 12 1
Total 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 12 1
Career Total 307 9 18 0 25 1 16 1 366 11

International

As of August 2011[29]

England national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 6 0
2004 1 0
2008 5 1
2009 6 0
2010 3 1
Total 21 2

Honours

Arsenal

Personal life

Upson's girlfriend is British runner Ellie Darby. They have one son together, called Elijah.[30]

References

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Preceded by
Lucas Neill		 West Ham United Captain
2009–2011		 Succeeded by
Kevin Nolan
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