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Russell Hoult
Personal information
Full name	Russell Hoult
Date of birth	November 22, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Stoke City
Number	25
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1995 1991 1992 1993-1994 1994 1995 1995-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2007 2005 2007-	Leicester City → Lincoln City (loan) → Blackpool (loan) → Bolton Wanderers (loan) → Lincoln City (loan) → Derby County (loan) Derby County → Portsmouth (loan) Portsmouth West Bromwich Albion → Nottingham Forest (loan) Stoke City	010 (0) 002 (0) 000 (0) 004 (0) 015 (0) 015 (0) 108 (0) 010 (0) 030 (0) 190 (0) 008 (0) 000 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Russell Hoult (born November 22, 1972 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire) is an English goalkeeper currently with Stoke City.

Contents 1 Playing Career 2 Sex Scandals 3 References 4 External links

Hoult began his career at Leicester City, where he was usually a reserve and was sent on loan to Lincoln City (twice), Blackpool (where he did not make a first team appearance) Cheltenham Town F.C. (when they were playing non-league football) and Bolton Wanderers.

Hoult signed for Derby County in 1995 and went on to help them win promotion to the Premiership in 1996. He remained with the club until January 2000, when he was loaned to Portsmouth. This transfer was made permanent two months later and he remained with the club until the following January, when he left to join West Bromwich Albion.

Hoult played key roles in helping West Brom win promotion to the Premiership in 2002 and 2004, and was a regular player in the side which escaped relegation in 2005. However, after being a regular in goal for West Brom for several seasons and having been mentioned as a possibility for England honours at one time, Hoult lost his place at the start of the 2005/06 season due to injury. Second choice to Chris Kirkland, who manager Bryan Robson had signed on a 12 month loan from Liverpool, Hoult was loaned to Nottingham Forest. However, he was recalled during his second month with the club following an injury to Kirkland.

Following the club's relegation and Kirkland's return to Liverpool (and subsequent sale to Wigan Athletic) goalkeeping duties for the 2006/07 season were shared between Hoult and Pascal Zuberbuhler until reports about his personal life surfaced in national newspapers.

On January 31 2007, Hoult was transfered to Stoke City on free transfer after being sacked by West Brom.

Hoult, a married man, has on a number of occasions been the subject of public revelations concerning his sexual conduct. In 2000 he was fined £300 for kerb crawling ^[1]. He was also cleared of sending indecent letters to a 15-year old girl after his lawyer told magistrates that they were "No worse than "saucy seaside postcards"^[2]. In 2005 he was revealed to have sent 10 nude photographs of himself to his mistress and in January 2007 he was suspended by West Bromwich Albion after footage of him involved in an orgy was leaked onto the Internet allegedly with him wearing a club polo shirt^[3].

1. ^ Goalkeeper arrested in kerb-crawling blitz
2. ^ Letters were not indecent
3. ^ Keeper's porn vid own goal

• Russell Hoult career stats at Soccerbase

Stoke City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Simonsen | 2 Hoefkens | 3 Broomes | 4 Eustace | 5 Fortune | 6 Hill | 8 Parkin | 9 Sidibe | 10 Fuller | 14 Higginbotham | 15 Péricard | 16 Hendrie | 17 Russell | 18 Diao | 19 Matteo | 20 Griffin | 21 Martin | 22 Buxton | 23 Lawrence | 24 Delap | 25 Hoult | 26 A. Pulis | 27 Zakuani | 28 Wilkinson | 30 Paterson | 31 Dickinson | 32 Vass | 34 Rooney | 36 Hazley | 37 Thomas | Manager: T. Pulis