Profile Kieran Gibbs

Personal information :

Full name : Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs
Date of birth : 26 September 1989
Place of birth : Lambeth, London, England
Height : 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position : Left back
Current club : Arsenal
Number : 28
Youth career :
2001–2004 Wimbledon
2004–2007 Arsenal
Senior career :
2007 Arsenal
2008 Norwich City (loan)
National team :
2007–2008 England U19
2009 England U20
2009 England U21
2010 England

Club career

Gibbs originated his career at the Wimbledon academy but shifted to Arsenal along with Abu Ogogo and James Dunne as shortly as Wimbledon disbanded in 2004 and became Milton Keynes Dons. He played in the core midfield location and also on the retired wing. He has featured routinely for Arsenal's U18 and parks teams and also played in pre-season friendlies against Barnet and Inter Milan.

2007–08 season

In September 2007, Gibbs gestured a businessman contract with Arsenal, and was dubbed in the club's 2007–08 UEFA Champions League squad and given squad figure 34. He prepared his first-team debut for the club as shortly as he began a League Cup suit against Sheffield United on 31 October 2007, and prepared his second arrival emanating on as a substitute for Eduardo da Silva in Arsenal's quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers on 18 December 2007. On 31 January 2008, he matched to go on lend to Norwich City until the end of the 2007–08 season. He returned to Arsenal a suit early on 29 April 2008 and retook his position in the Arsenal park squad. He went on to produce the substitutes bench for Arsenal's first team suit against Everton on 4 May 2008 but did not play.

2008–09 season

He featured in Arsenal pre-season sport for the 2008–09 season, largely as a left-back, and was an unused substitute in Arsenal's 1–0 Premier League loss to Fulham on 24 August 2008, and a 3–1 victory across Bolton Wanderers on September. Gibbs lasted to play in Arsenal's League Cup campaign and played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal's 6–0 win across Sheffield United in the third around, on 23 September 2008. He also played in the 3–0 win across Wigan Athletic as well as beginning in the defeat to Burnley at the quarter final stage. He prepared UEFA Champions League debut on ten December 2008, against FC Porto in Portugal, displacing Abou Diaby. Gibbs prepared his Premier League debut against Tottenham Hotspur on eight February 2009, emanating on as a substitute for the injured Gaël Clichy. With Clichy injured, Gibbs prepared his first Champions League begin for Arsenal in the quarter-final second leg against Villarreal CF on 15 April 2009, which Arsenal won 3–0. Gibbs began a FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea and establish Theo Walcott's goal. He was also interested as shortly as Arsenal drew with Liverpool on 21 April at Anfield, where he swept the ball off the line. After an prolonged run in the first team in Clichy's absence, Gibbs prepared an arrival in the Champions League semi-final first leg away at Manchester United, however Arsenal no where 1–0. However, in the second leg, Gibbs prepared a dear slip as shortly as attempting to protect a traverse and permitted Park Ji-Sung to score a vital away target for United afterwards merely seven minutes.

2009–10 season

He began in Arsenal's opportunity home suit of the 2009–10 season against Portsmouth and featured for the entire 90 minutes. With Clichy injured and out for a figure of weeks, Wenger has entrusted the retired rear dot to the youngster. However, on 24 November, Gibbs snapped a metatarsal in his right foot in Arsenal's 2–0 Champions League victory across Standard Liege as a effect of a lunge from Eliaquim Mangala, sidelining him for the relax of the season.

2010–11 season

Gibbs was accustomed moderately regularly in pre-season for Arsenal. Arsene Wenger has stated that Gibbs shall obtain a figure of sport this season. He also said it is possible that Gibbs shall play in midfield. He prepared his first begin of the season and ended 90 minutes as shortly as he displaced Gaël Clichy at retired rear against Bolton on the 12th September 2010. In a Carling Cup suit at Tottenham, Gibbs began the suit, deputizing Gaël Clichy at retired back. During the extra time, he suffered a suspected breached metatarsal to his retired foot and he was straightly displaced via Clichy. Wenger subsequent said that it was a metatarsal injury again but the one following to the one he had breached final season and Gibbs needed a further check. A day subsequent, the club relievedly confirmed by mechanism of their official website that Gibbs had merely suffered severe bruising to his retired foot and would hopefully merely be absent from first-team movement for the brief term. He prepared his comeback a week subsequent in a Champions League 3-1 away win against FK Partizan. He granted a punishment in the second half which was well saved via Łukasz Fabiański.

International career

He was fraction of England U19 squad that was knocked out in the team phases of 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship but qualifed for 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt as a effect finalising third in their group. Gibbs was paged upward for the England U21 squad along with Arsenal team-mate Theo Walcott for up-coming 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden. He scored pair targets in a pre-tournament friendly victory across Azerbaijan in a 7–0 rout at stadium:mk on eight June 2009 and translated his punishment in the tournament semifinal against Sweden. Stuart Pearce remembered Gibbs to the squad for upcoming 2011 European Championship qualifiers. He scored the opportunity target in a 6–3 thrashing of Macedonia on 9 October. On seven August 2010, Gibbs was paged upward via Fabio Capello to the Senior squad for the first time for their friendly against Hungary on 11 August.[30] He prepared his full England debut on 11 August 2010 emanating on as a half time substitute for Ashley Cole against Hungary.