 Etheridge after Cardiff City's promotion in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1990[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Enfield, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Buriram United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Fulham | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Fulham | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Leatherhead (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Walsall | 81 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Cardiff City | 99 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Birmingham City | 70 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Buriram United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | England U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Philippines | 81 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:58, 30 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:09, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge (born 7 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Thai League 1 club Buriram United and for the Philippines national team, which he has captained since 2022.
He joined the Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at Chelsea and made his debut for Fulham in the UEFA Europa League against Danish club Odense Boldklub, though he never played in a league match with the club. While with Fulham from 2006 until 2014 he was loaned to various lower tier clubs; Leatherhead, Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, and Crewe Alexandra.
After leaving Fulham, Etheridge signed with Oldham Athletic before he was loaned to Charlton Athletic. He joined Charlton on a permanent basis in 2015 after his contract with Oldham ended. After months of being without a club, Etheridge joined Walsall, going on to make more than 90 appearances in all competitions in two seasons. He then moved on to Championship club Cardiff City in 2017. After establishing himself as Cardiff City's first choice goalkeeper, he helped the Welsh side win promotion to the Premier League. He joined Birmingham City, also of the Championship, three years later. Etheridge was released by Birmingham in 2024 and signed for Buriram United.
Etheridge has one British and one Filipino parent; in international football, he played for his native England at under-16 level, and at senior level has represented the Philippines since 2008 and captained the team. In August 2018, while with Cardiff City, he became the first Filipino to play in the Premier League.
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Cardiff City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Neil Etheridge". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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