Alan Thompson (footballer)

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Alan Thompson
Personal information
Full name Alan Thompson
Date of birth 22 December 1973 (1973-12-22) (age 33)
Place of birth    Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Leeds United
Number 8
Youth clubs
Newcastle United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991–93
1993–98
1998–2000
2000–07
2007
2007–		 Newcastle United
Bolton Wanderers
Aston Villa
Celtic
→ Leeds United (loan)
Leeds United		 016 0(0)
157 (37)
046 0(4)
158 (37)
011 0(2)
006 0(1)   
National team2
2004 England 001 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Alan Thompson (born 22 December 1973 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Leeds United. He plays in midfield and has been capped once by England (against Sweden in 2004).

Thompson previously played for Celtic, joining them in 2000 for £2.75 million from Aston Villa during Martin O'Neill's first season. His other former clubs are Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United, the latter of which is his hometown club and the team he supported as a boy. Thompson scored for Bolton at Wembley in the 1995 League Cup Final in a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.

Thompson scored the only goal in the 2005 Scottish Cup final for Celtic against Dundee United to give Celtic's outgoing manager O'Neill his seventh trophy whilst in charge of the club.

Thompson scored the winning goal against Rangers in two separate Old Firm derby matches. He had mixed fortunes in Old Firm games, however, being sent off twice.

Under Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, Thompson went out of favour and found very limited first team opportunities, often not even securing a place on the substitutes' bench. On 12 January 2007, Thompson secured a loan move to Leeds United until the end of the 2006-07 Championship season in a bid to play first-team football. Thompson scored in his debut for Leeds against West Bromwich Albion in the 3-2 defeat on 20 January 2007. In his next game he once again scored a trademark free kick with the winning goal against Hull City in a 2-1 victory. Thompson left Leeds at the end of the 2006-07 season after his loan period and Celtic contract ended. His agent commented "He was very happy at Leeds, and there's a chance he could go back there."[1].

Thompson eventually signed for Leeds and was made club captain for the 2007-08 season[2] and he confirmed that he had signed a one year deal on 9 August 2007. He scored from a free kick against Southend in the first home league game of the season.

Thompson was made Acting Assistant Manager after the departure of Gus Poyet.[3]

  1. ^ Thompson open to Leeds stay. SkySports.com (2007-06-20). Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  2. ^ Let's Get Busy. LeedsUnited.com (2007-08-06). Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  3. ^ Spurs Pick Poyet To Assist Ramos. bbc.co.uk (2007-10-29). Retrieved on 2007-10-29.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jonathan Douglas		 Leeds United Captain
2007 –		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
v • d • e
Leeds United A.F.C. – current squad

1 Ankergren • 2 Richardson • 3 Huntington • 4 Douglas • 5 Marques • 6 Heath • 7 Prutton • 8 Thompson • 9 Beckford • 10 Constantine • 11 Westlake • 12 Martin • 14 Howson • 17 Carole • 18 Bayly • 19 Flo • 20 Kandol • 22 Hughes • 23 Weston • 24 Clapham • 25 Lucas • 26 Parker • 27 Gardner • 28 Delph • 29 Elliott • 30 da Costa • 32 de Vries • 33 Kishishev • 34 Madden • Manager: Wise
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