Victor Moses

Football player infobox
playername = Victor Moses


fullname = Victor Moses
height = height|m=1.78
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1990|12|12
cityofbirth = Lagos
countryofbirth = Nigeria
currentclub = Crystal Palace
clubnumber = 11
position = Winger, Attacking midfielder, Striker
youthyears = 2004-2007
youthclubs = Crystal Palace
years = 2007-
clubs = Crystal Palace
caps(goals) = 19 (4)
nationalyears = 2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-
2008-
nationalteam = England U16
England U17
England U18
England U19
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
15 (9)
0 (0)
7 (0)
pcupdate = 15:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 07:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Victor Moses (born December 12 1990) is a Nigerian born English footballer, who currently plays for Crystal Palace. Moses can play in a wide variety of positions, but in his first-team games he has taken part in so far, Moses has played as a left winger, and he now wears the number 11 shirt. Despite being born in Nigeria he moved to England at the age of 5, after the mysterious deaths of his parents.

Football career

Crystal Palace

Moses attended Stanley Technical High School (now known as the Harris Academy) in South Norwood, during which time he was scouted playing football in the local Tandridge League, where scouts from Crystal Palace approached him, with the club's Selhurst Park stadium just streets away from his school. The scouts were so impressed that he was offered a place in the Eagles' academy, which he accepted.

Shortly after Moses joined their academy, Palace recommended him to the fee-paying Whitgift School in Croydon where former Palace player and coach Steve Kember and former Arsenal and Chelsea star Colin Pates had been coaching the school football team, in the hope that the higher quality coaching and facilities at Whitgift would further improve his development as a player.

He first came to prominence at 14 after scoring an outstanding 50 goals for Palace's under-14 side, as well as firing Whitgift to a Schools Cup win, scoring all five goals in the final. [cite news
date=2005-05-20
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/may/20/football.immigration
title=14-year-old asylum seeker becomes school's football hero
publisher=guardian.co.uk
accessdate=2008-07-23]

Moses has caught the eye of many top clubs with such exploits, and Palace chairman Simon Jordan has said on numerous occasions that Chelsea have tried to sign the youngster. Moses burst onto the first-team scene aged just 16 [cite news
date=2007-11-06
url=http://www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10323~37783,00.html
title=Cardiff City vs Crystal Palace
publisher=cpfc.co.uk
accessdate=2008-07-23] during the 2007-08 season under Neil Warnock, and by the end of that campaign had scored for the first-team and even became a fans' favourite, leading to reports that Arsène Wenger was interested in signing Moses for Arsenal. In response however, Moses committed his future to Palace, signing a four-year contract to take him through until 2012 [cite news
date=2008-07-28
url=http://www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10323~37783,00.html
title=Moses Signs Four Year Deal
publisher=cpfc.co.uk
accessdate=2008-07-28] .He scored his first goal of the 2008/2009 Championship season against Ipswich at Portman Roadon 27th September 2008 which was televised on Sky Sports 1 in which Moses was also named man of the match and was also publicly praised by ex-Palace player John Salako after the match.

Club career statistics

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England

U-16 and U-17 level

Moses has played for England at under-16, at which level he won the Victory Shield in 2005, and under-17 level. He travelled with the squad to the 2007 UEFA European U-17 Championship in Belgium, scoring three times (including the only goal in the semi-final win over France) to help John Peacock's side to the competition final, where they were narrowly beaten by a single goal by Spain, though Moses managed to finish as the competition's top scorer and collect the Golden Boot for doing so.

That same summer the squad travelled to South Korea for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Moses finished as the Young Lions' top scorer, netting three times in the Group B fixtures, but sustained an injury in the victory over Brazil that ruled him out of the competition. Moses' teammates went on to reach the quarterfinal stage.

U-19s

Since that tournament he has been promoted to the under-18 squad, and following his goalsocring exploits for Palace's first-team, he was promoted to the under-19 side without appearing sufficiently for the U-18s to actually collect a cap. He went with the U-19s to the 2008 UEFA European U-19 Championship in the Czech Republic, playing two matches and picking up one assist as the Young Lions failed to make it out of Group B, though Brian Eastick's side did manage to secure qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be contested in Egypt, and Moses will hope to be part of Brian Eastick's squad in the summer of 2009.

Honours

* 2005 - Victory Shield
* 2007 - UEFA U-17 European Championships - runners-up
* 2007 - UEFA U-17 European Championships - Golden Boot winner

References

Victor Moses is good player and a youngest atack midfielder in crystal palace reserves.

External links

* [http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10323~42181,00.html Victor Moses player profile] at cpfc.co.uk
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