 Wayne Bridge with Chelsea in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wayne Michael Bridge[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1980[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olivers Battery | |||
| 1996–1998 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Southampton | 151 | (2) |
| 2003–2009 | Chelsea | 87 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Fulham (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Manchester City | 42 | (0) |
| 2011 | → West Ham United (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Sunderland (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 37 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Reading | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 364 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | England U18[3] | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | England U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2009 | England | 36 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wayne Michael Bridge (born 5 August 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.
A graduate of the Southampton academy, he made his debut in 1998 and would go on to make over 150 league appearances in Premier League before going on to have an extensive career with Chelsea where he won all three domestic competitions over the course of his six-year stay at Stamford Bridge. He also spent time on loan with Fulham before later in 2009 joining Manchester City, where he remained for four seasons, although his final two were spent on loan with West Ham and Sunderland as well as a spell in the EFL Championship with Brighton & Hove Albion. He retired in 2014 following a season with Reading.
Bridge made 36 appearances for the England national team between 2002 and 2009, being selected for two FIFA World Cup squads and UEFA Euro 2004.
- ^ a b "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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