Henri Lansbury
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| Henri Lansbury | ||
| File:HenriLansbury.jpg | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Henri George Lansbury | |
| Date of birth | 12 October 1990 | |
| Place of birth | Enfield, London, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Arsenal | |
| Number | 42 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1999–2007 | Arsenal | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2007– 2009 |
Arsenal → Scunthorpe United (loan) |
0 (0) 16 (4) |
| National team | ||
| 2006–2007 2007– |
England U17 England U19 |
15 (6) 7 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Henri George Lansbury (born 12 October 1990 in Enfield, London) is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal.
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[edit] Career
Lansbury has been at Arsenal since 1999, and has featured regularly for both the club's under-18 and reserve sides. To date he has only featured in the League Cup for Arsenal's first team; he was named in the squad for their match against Liverpool on 9 January 2007, but did not feature. He was on the substitute's bench for a second time on 25 September 2007, this time against Newcastle United, and again did not play.[1] He finally made his first team debut on 31 October 2007, in Arsenal's 3–0 League Cup win over Sheffield United, when he was brought on to replace Theo Walcott in the 83rd minute.[2]
He was described by Alan Smith, a former Arsenal striker, as having "huge potential".[3] On 1 July 2008 he signed his first professional contract with Arsenal.[4] He missed the second half on the 2007–08 season due to glandular fever but returned to fitness in time to participate in pre-season training and the 2008 pre-season friendly games.He has played on the right side of the field in all of these games (four times as a right winger and once as a right back) instead of in his favoured central midfield position. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger also confirmed that Henri would be playing in the League Cup competition in the 2008–09 season, and indeed he came on as a substitute in Arsenal's 6-0 win over Sheffield United in the third round of that competition, as well as their 3-0 win over Wigan and the quarter final away at Burnley.[5][6][7]
On January 31, 2009, Lansbury went on loan to Scunthorpe United for one month.[8][9] An impressive late substitute appearance in the Cup marked Lansbury's 'Iron' debut and days later, he was given his full debut against Swindon in the league, where he marked the occasion with a well taken finish to put Scunthorpe 2-0 up, they however went on to lose 4-2. He scored his second league goal in another away defeat, this time against Peterborough. His third goal, and the first that he scored in a winning match for Scunthorpe came against Colchester, he carefully rounded the Colchester defence before adding a marvelous finish. During his time with Scunthorpe, Lansbury created an almost telepathic like partnership with Gary Hooper, adding a handful of assists to add to his impressive midfield goals to games ratio.
He scored on what was to be his last game for Scunthorpe United, against Cheltenham Town, on what was considered a goal worth of the Premier League. Unfortunately, in the third minute of injury time, Yuri Berchiche, a youth player for Cheltenham on loan from Arsenal's rivals Tottenham, tackled Henri very hard, requiring him to be stretchered off with an oxygen mask, he was applauded with a standing ovation by the Scunthorpe fans, Berchiche was hurled with abuse, to such an extent that Scunthorpe skipper Cliff Byrne pushed him over, and Cheltenham manager Martin Allen decided to take Berchiche off without replacing him. At first Henri was suspected to have a broken leg, but this was later dispelled, he will not play for Scunthorpe in the play offs regardless, as he returned to Arsenal.
Lansbury featured in the FA Youth Cup Final for Arsenal, helping them win the trophy over Liverpool, assisting Sanu on the first goal and Jay Emmanuel Thomas on the fourth goal in the first leg 4-1 victory.
[edit] Statistics
- (Correct as of 12 December 2008)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Arsenal | 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arsenal | 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Arsenal
- FA Youth Cup: 2009
- FA Premier Academy League: 2009
[edit] Scunthorpe
- League One Playoff Final: 2009
[edit] International
[edit] Individual
[edit] References
- ^ "Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7008002.stm.
- ^ "Sheff Utd 0-3 Arsenal". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7065196.stm.
- ^ Smith, Alan. "Arsenal now young, gifted and English". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/01/09/sfnars109.xml.
- ^ "Six youngsters sign pro contract". Arsenal F.C.. http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=news&article=493405&cpid=703&title=Six+youngsters+sign+pro+contract.
- ^ - Arsenal 6-0 Sheff Utd, BBC Sport, accessed 20 November 2008.
- ^ - Arsenal 3-0 Wigan , BBC Sport, accessed 20 November 2008.
- ^ - Burnley 0-2 Arsenal , BBC Sport, accessed 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Lansbury joins Scunthorpe Utd on loan". Arsenal.com. 2009-01-30. http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-news/lansbury-joins-scunthorpe-united-on-loan. Retrieved on 2009-01-31.
- ^ Profile details, scunthorpe-united.co.uk, accessed 13 May 2009.
[edit] External links
- Henri Lansbury career stats at Soccerbase
- Henri Lansbury Profile The Official PFA website
- Profile at Arsenal.com
- Profile at scunthorpe-united.co.uk
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