Emile Heskey

Biography

Emile Ivanhoe Heskey (born 11 January 1978 in Evington (Evington: evington is a village in leicester, england....
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Heskey made his league debut for Leicester City (Leicester City: leicester city f.c., nicknamed the "foxes", are an english football (soccer)|football...
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Heskey won his first major honour in English football when he helped Leicester to victory over Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough: middlesbrough f.c. are an english football (soccer)|football team, commonly known as...
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The towering striker made his England debut in a friendly against Hungary (Hungary: A republic in central Europe) in Budapest (Budapest: Capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary) in a 1-1 draw and on his first start, against Argentina (Argentina: A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) at Wembley (Wembley: A southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium) , he gave a performance which won him the Man of the Match award. That showing ensured he was in England's Euro 2000 (Euro 2000: the 2000 uefa european championship, or euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the uefa...
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Considered one of football's 'nicest guys', Heskey joined Liverpool in April 2000 in an £11 million move that was one of the worst kept secrets in football. Heskey's move set the record transfer fee for the Merseyside (Merseyside: merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the local government act 1972|1974 local...
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He made his Anfield debut in the Premiership clash with Sunderland (Sunderland: more facts about this subject) and played well but the season finished with continuing doubts about his goalscoring prowess. During the 2000/01 season Heskey put an end to those scoring worries by smashing home 23 goals for the Reds and rocketing himself up the England pecking order.

He continued his scoring exploits against Spain (Spain: A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) in February 2001 when he scored one of England's three goals in the friendly victory. But Heskey was relegated to the bench for England's next match against Finland (Finland: Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) , although came on for the final 20 minutes of the game for Steve McManaman (Steve McManaman: steve mcmanaman (born february 11, 1972 in liverpool) is an english footballer,...
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He has also played on the left-wing under Sven Goran Eriksson (Sven Goran Eriksson: sven-göran eriksson (born february 5, 1948) is a swedish football (soccer)|football...
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One of Eriksson's favourites, he was selected in the squad for the 2002 World Cup (2002 World Cup: more facts about this subject) in Japan (Japan: A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) and Korea (Korea: An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Choson) , and started in the left-wing role against Sweden, but looked far more effective when moved back into the forward line to partner Michael Owen. He netted against Denmark (Denmark: A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) as England reached the quarter-finals, but many England fans do not believe he is the best option for England's attacking line. This is backed up by his strike rate statistic, the worst of any post-war regular England striker.

And after scoring just nine goals in the 2002/03 season - and only five in the Premiership - his cause was not helped. Despite his critics Heskey continues to be an integral part of the squad and took over the captaincy from Michael Owen when England beat Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro: A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe) 2-1 in his hometown of Leicester in June 2003.

In the 2003/04 season Heskey faced increasing competition from Milan Baros (Milan Baros: more facts about this subject) as Michael Owen's strike partner. Despite this he scored 7 league goals and secured a place in the England squad for the Euro 2004 (Euro 2004: the 2004 uefa european football championship, commonly called euro 2004, was held in...
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At the end of the 2003/04 (2003/04: more facts about this subject) season, Heskey signed for Birmingham City F.C. for £ (£: the pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now...
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