Jobi McAnuff

Football player infobox
playername = Jobi McAnuff


fullname = Joel Joshua Frederick McAnuff
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|11|9|df=y
cityofbirth = Edmonton
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Watford
clubnumber = 11
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–
clubs = Wimbledon
West Ham United
Cardiff City
Crystal Palace
Watford
caps(goals) = 96 (13)
13 0(1)
43 0(2)
75 (12)
45 0(2) [Source: [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=27363 SoccerBase.com stats] en icon]
nationalyears = 2002
nationalteam = Jamaica
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(0)
pcupdate = 21:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 26 November 2006

Joel Joshua Frederick "Jobi" McAnuff (born 9 November 1981 in Edmonton, London) is an Anglo-Jamaican professional footballer. He is a winger and currently plays for Championship side Watford.

Club career

Early career

McAnuff made his professional debut in the 2001–02 season with Division One side Wimbledon. He played 104 games and scored 15 goals for the club, staying until Wimbledon's last ever season, 2003–04 (they would later become Milton Keynes Dons).

In the January 2004 transfer window McAnuff joined West Ham United. He played only 14 games for the club, scoring 1 goal. On 12 August 2004 he joined Cardiff City for a fee of £250,000 and was a virtual ever-present in his first year at the club. He made his debut against Ipswich Town, scoring his first goal against his former side West Ham United during a 4–1 win. He played 48 games and scored 3 goals and picked up numerous player of the month awards.fact|date=July 2008 With Cardiff in financial difficulty, McAnuff left the club at the end of the 2004–05 season to join Crystal Palace for a fee of around £600,000.cite news
title = McAnuff completes Palace switch
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/4586531.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2005-05-31
accessdate = 2008-09-05]

Crystal Palace

In his first season at Selhurst Park, McAnuff played 43 games and scored eight goals. His performances in the Championship understandably led to interest from a higher league and in the summer of 2006 he was linked with moves to Watford, Bolton Wanderers and Charlton Athletic, the latter managed by his former boss at Palace Iain Dowie.fact|date=July 2008 However, it was announced during the summer 2006 transfer window that he would stay at Crystal Palace, and play for the Eagles under new boss Peter Taylor.

Watford

After a less successful 2006–07 campaign where he suffered several long-term injuries,fact|date=July 2008 McAnuff moved to Watford in June 2007 in a deal worth an initial £1.75 million.cite news
title = Winger McAnuff signs for Watford
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/6724031.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-06-05
accessdate = 2007-06-05]

McAnuff endured a slow start to his Watford career and found himself out of the side for the early part of the season due to the [loan] arrival of young Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson. After Johnson's loan ended prematurely in November, McAnuff returned to the side and scored two important goals - the winner away at Sheffield Wednesday and a last minute long-distance strike to save a point at home to Cardiff City.

International career

McAnuff has only one cap for Jamaica which he picked up in a friendly against Nigeria, in 2002. He is now retired from international football.Fact|date=June 2007

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=27363|name=Jobi McAnuff
* [http://www.watfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10400~18840,00.html Jobi McAnuff profile] at watfordfc.co.uk
* [http://www.jobimcanuff.com/ The Official Jobi McAnuff Site]

Persondata
NAME = Jobi McAnuff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 9 November 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH = Edmonton, London, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =