Nick Montgomery

Nicholas Montgomery

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Anthony Montgomery[1]
Date of birth	28 October 1981 (1981-10-28) (age 30)
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Number	4
Youth career
	Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–	Sheffield United	344	(9)
National team‡
2003	Scotland U21	2	(1)
2005	Scotland Futures	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:34, 20 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Nicholas Anthony Montgomery (born 28 October 1981 in Leeds, England) is an English-born Scottish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Football League One club Sheffield United.

Playing career

Sheffield United

Montgomery supported Leeds United as a child and started his professional career by coming through the youth ranks at Sheffield United. He made his début for The Blades at Carrow Road against Norwich City on 21 October 2000.^[3] He has now established himself as a regular in the first-team with a total of almost 300 appearances for club. Montgomery scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 home victory of Birmingham City in November 2001.^[4]

Montgomery was an integral member of the 2005–06 squad that saw the Blades being promoted back to the Premier League. As a result of his hard work over the season, he was runner-up to Phil Jagielka in the club's Player of Year awards.

During the 2009–10 season Montgomery played a main role in an injury plagued Sheffield United squad eventually winning player of the season, including scoring his first league goal for four seasons in the Blades 3–0 home victory against Blackpool^[5] in March 2010. A few months of speculation followed as to whether he would leave the club but on 2 June 2010 he signed a new 3 year deal with the club after turning down Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, despite being a life long Leeds fan.^[6]

After a turbulent season of four managers Kevin Blackwell, Gary Speed, John Carver and Micky Adams, Sheffield United were relegated in the 2010–11 season to League 1, and with relegation confirmed Montgomery was again targeted by Leeds United.^[7]

International career

Despite being born in Leeds, Montgomery is eligible to play for Scotland after turning down an opportunity to play for England after interest from Sven Goran Erikson. He then later featured for the Scotland U21 side in 2003. He made his début in a 1–0 victory over Austria on 29 April scoring from 50 yards and his second and last appearance in another 1–0 victory, this time over Croatia on 18 November of that year. He subsequently appeared for a team of Scotland Futures in 2005, featuring in a 2–0 defeat of Poland in December.^[8]

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Play-Offs		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2011–12	Sheffield United	League One	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	8	1	1	0
2010–11		Championship	35	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	36	0	8	0
2009–10		Championship	39	1	3	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	43	1	8	0
2008–09		Championship	28	0	3	0	1	0	-	-	3	0	35	0	6	0
2007–08		Championship	20	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	23	0	0	0
2006–07		Premier League	26	0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	28	1	7	0
2005–06		Championship	39	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	40	1	5	0
2004–05		Championship	25	1	5	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	33	1	2	0
2003–04		Division One	36	3	4	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	41	3	5	0
2002–03		Division One	23	0	3	0	6	1	-	-	0	0	32	1	2	0
2001–02		Division One	31	2	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	32	2	0	0
2000–01		Division One	27	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	29	0	2	0
Career total			335	8	23	0	18	2	0	0	3	0	375	10	45	0

References

1. ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 
2. ^ "Official profile at SUFC". http://www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10418~8856,00.html. 
3. ^ "Norwich 4–2 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 2000-10-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/981756.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
4. ^ "Sheff Utd 4–0 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 2001-11-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1658676.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
5. ^ "Sheff Utd 3–0 Blackpool". SUFC. 2010-03-16. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10418~49311,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-26. 
6. ^ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/switch_of_shirts_now_has_lowry_facing_new_challenge_1_3197511
7. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1383223/Nick-Montgomery-heading-exit-relegated-Sheffield-United.html
8. ^ The Scottish FA Website

Honours

Awards
Preceded by Matt Kilgallon	Sheffield United Player of the Year 2009-10	Succeeded by Stephen Quinn

External links

• Nick Montgomery career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Montgomery, Nicholas Anthony
Alternative names	Montgomery, Nick
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1981-10-28
Place of birth	Leeds , England
Date of death
Place of death