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Wayne Henderson
Personal information
Full name	Wayne Henderson
Date of birth	16 September 1983
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Preston North End
Number	13
Youth clubs
2000–2001	Cherry Orchard
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2006 2004 2004 2004 2004-2005 2005 2006-2007 2007-	Aston Villa → Tamworth (loan) → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) → Notts County (loan) → Notts County (loan) → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Preston North End	00 (0) 03 (0) 03 (0) 09 (0) 02 (0) 16 (0) 36 (0) 00 (0)
National team2
2006-Present	Republic of Ireland	04 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 16:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Wayne Henderson (born 16 September 1983) is an Irish goalkeeper, currently playing for Preston North End.

Born in Dublin, Henderson comes from a family of goalkeepers. His father Paddy played for Shamrock Rovers in the 1960s, and older brothers Dave and Stephen played with great success in the League of Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s. His nephew Stephen currently plays for Aston Villa.

Henderson played schoolboy football for Dublin side Cherry Orchard, before joining Aston Villa in 2001. He did not play for Villa's first team, but he wore the number 1 shirt in their FA Youth Cup win in 2002. During his time at Villa, Henderson was loaned out several times: to Tamworth in March 2004; Wycombe Wanderers (April–May 2004), Notts County (August to October 2004 and December 2004 to January 2005), and Brighton and Hove Albion (August to December 2005).

Following his loan spell at Brighton, he was purchased by the club in January 2005 for £20,000, which would have risen to £35,000 if they stayed in the Football League Championship in the 2005–2006 season.

On 30th January 2007, Henderson handed in a transfer request at the Seagulls after losing his first-team place to Michel Kuipers, and on 31 January he joined Preston North End for a fee of £150,000, which could rise to £250,000 depending on first-team and international appearances.

Henderson represented Republic of Ireland U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, and is currently the first-choice goalkeeper for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 football team.

On 16 February 2006 Henderson received his first senior call up to the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut on 1 March 2006, playing in the second half of the 3–0 win over Sweden. He received his second cap in the 0-1 defeat to Chile, although keeping a clean sheet.

Henderson was also called up to face the Czech Republic in a Euro 2008 qualifer in October 2006; the final score was 1–1, and against San Marino in a Euro 2008 qualifier, finishing 2 - 1 to Ireland though Henderson was to blame for the San Marino goal.

• Wayne Henderson career stats at Soccerbase

Preston North End F.C. - Current Squad
1 Lonergan | 2 Alexander | 3 Davidson | 4 Pugh | 5 Mawene | 7 Sedgwick | 8 Ricketts | 9 Agyemang | 10 Nugent | 11 Dichio | 12 St Ledger | 13 Henderson | 14 Chilvers | 15 Whaley | 16 McKenna | 17 Ormerod | 18 Hill | 20 Pergl | 23 L. Neal | 24 Anyinsah | 25 Nowland | 27 Soley | 28 Wilson | 30 C. Neal | 32 Parillon | 33 Mellor | 34 McGrail | Manager: Simpson