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Joleon Lescott

Joleon Lescott
Personal information
Full nameJoleon Patrick Lescott
Date of birth16 August 1982(age 28)
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionCentre back / Left back
Club information
Current clubManchester City
Number19

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Joleon Patrick Lescott (born 16 August 1982) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester City. He plays as a centre-back, though he has played in various other positions across the defensive line, in particular left-back. His older brother Aaron is also a professional footballer.

Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, he is a graduate of the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth academy. He made his first team debut with Wolves in 2000 and he was named the supporters' Young Player of the Year two years running. By the 2002 he was a first team regular, playing in nearly all Wolves' games. The team was promoted to the FA Premier League in 2003 but a knee injury ruled him out for the season and the team was relegated. He was named in the Championship team of the year for the 2005 � 06 season.

He moved to Premier League side Everton and made his debut in August 2006. He was voted player's Player of the Season by his teammates in the following two seasons. In 2007 � 08 he also scored a number of goals for the team, finishing with 8 league goals. Lescott completed his move to Manchester City on 25 August 2009.

Internationally, Lescott represented England at various youth levels before making his first team debut in 2007 against Estonia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers.

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FATV Exclusive - England stars Steven Gerrard, Joleon Lescott, Shaun Wright-Philips and Ashley Young take time out from training to visit the children's Ward of Watford General Hospital.
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Wigan vs Everton 20/01/08 Everton Fans singin after Lescott scored.
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Max Rushden presents England player Joleon Lescott with his SoccerSucker - www.soccersuckers.co.uk
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England v Andorra at Wembley Stadium on 10th June 2009 ENGLAND - Robert Green, Glen Johnson, Joleon Lescott, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Theo Walcott, David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Peter Crouch, Paul Robinson, Gary Neville, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Carlton Cole, Wayne Bridge, Ashley Young, Jermain Defoe ANDORRA - Alvarez, Gomez, Ayala, Ildefons Lima, Sonejee, Antoni Lima, Vales, Txema Garcia, Jimenez, Andorra, Vieira, Moreno, Silva, Fernandez, Escura, Moreira, Rodriguez, Genis Garcia.
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AHEAD of the opening weekend of the Premier League season, Everton manager David Moyes gives his view on Manchester City's summer long chase for Blues defender Joleon Lescott
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Zac Bearshaw does an impression of Everton defender Joleon Lescott...with a naan bread?!
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England and Everton defender Joleon Lescott joined WellChild Childrens Nurse Elaine Hardiman and some of the children she cares for in Alder Hey Hospital on 29 April 2009 to see first hand how the Team England Footballers' Charity is working with WellChild the national charity for sick children.
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Is the cost of English players forcing Premier League clubs to look abroad? - A Football Report Tweet this news
A Football Report--Manchester rivals City signed bench-warmer -Joleon Lescott- for £22million but paid only £6 million for the first name on their teamsheet, Vincent Kompany. The cost of going home-grown is there for all to see. I wish both Phil Jones a - Date : Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:24:33 GMT+00:00
Tottenham defender Michael Dawson hopes to keep England starting berth - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com--"You look at -Joleon- [-Lescott-], Jags [Phil Jagielka], Gary Cahill, who are playing well. "As an individual, you've got to concentrate on doing well and hopefully be in that squad for the Switzerland game. I hope I did e - Date : Thu, 19 May 2011 22:42:24 GMT+00:00
Understudy Lescott set for more central role - The Independent Tweet this news
The Independent--The life of a perpetual understudy, as the premature retirement of several goalkeepers has underlined, is a frustrating one, but there is always hope. -Joleon Lescott- knows that as well as anyone in the England squad. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:01:58 GMT+00:00
Joleon Lescott says England cannot relax against Swiss - BBC Sport Tweet this news
BBC Sport---Joleon Lescott- says England will not be complacent ahead of Saturday's game with Switzerland despite a comfortable victory last time the teams met. Fabio Capello's side take on the Swiss at Wembley in qualifying for the European Cha - Date : Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:43:56 GMT+00:00
Manchester City Nedum Onuoha is ready to battle on at Manchester City - Manchester Evening News Tweet this news
Manchester Evening News--Onuoha also expressed his surprise at Stevie Ireland being frozen out at City, describing him as the best player he had ever played with, and blamed City's management of -Joleon Lescott's- injury for the defender missing - Date : Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:20:00 GMT+00:00
Manchester City join the race to sign former United striker Rossi - Sunday People Tweet this news
Sunday People--A product of City's Academy, Onuoha (right) made his debut at 17 but injuries have hampered his progress. His decision to stay is a brave one with Vincent Kompany, -Joleon Lescott-, Micah Richards, Pablo Zabaleta and the suspended Kolo - Date : Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:13:40 GMT+00:00
Everton Club Focus - Moyes misses out on Klose as striker search stretches on - A Different League Tweet this news
A Different League--In summer 2006 Everton made three transfer moves early in pre-season, signing Andy Johnson, -Joleon Lescott- and Tim Howard before July 2, with Johnson arriving as early as May 30. The outcome was a seven game unbeaten streak at the st - Date : Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:50:12 GMT+00:00
Tom Cleverley has England in his sights - Manchester Evening News Tweet this news
Manchester Evening News--And Joe Hart, -Joleon Lescott-, Gareth Barry and James Milner were later joined on the pitch by Adam Johnson and Shaun Wright-Phillips. Today Cleverley and Old Trafford colleagues Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck flew to Denmark w - Date : Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:42:54 GMT+00:00
Wolves unearth their very own golden generation? - FootballFanCast.com (blog) Tweet this news
FootballFanCast.com (blog)--Several hugely talented footballers have come through the fantastic Academy with Wolves - -Joleon Lescott- and Robbie Keane to name two - and everyone is keen to see who the superstars of tomorrow are. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing is - Date : Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:11:29 GMT+00:00
City ready to test resolve over Baines - Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Tweet this news
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum--With stories similar to those two years ago surrounding -Joleon Lescott-, the media simply won't let this bone go and today's stories claim City are prepared to offer £20m in cash as well as Wayne Bridge for the England - Date : Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:41:20 GMT+00:00

Club Performance 
Manchester City :
Season Club League League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
2010-11 Manchester City Premier League 22 3 8 0 0 0 7 0 37 3
2009-10 18 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 24 2
Total 40 4 10 0 4 1 7 0 61 5
2009-10 Everton Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 � 09 36 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 46 5
2007 � 08 38 8 1 0 5 0 10 2 54 10
2006 � 07 38 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 42 2
Total 113 14 9 1 9 0 12 2 143 17
2005-06 Wolves Championship 46 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 48 1
2004 � 05 41 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 4
2003 � 04 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 � 03 First Division 44 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 49 1
2001 � 02 37 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 44 2
2000 � 01 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 169 8 10 0 8 0 0 0 185 8
Career Total 320 23 29 1 28 0 21 2 440 33
Correct as of 12:55, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Manchester City F.C.

1 . Given 2 . Richards 3 . Bridge 4 . Onuoha 5 . Zabaleta 6 . M. Johnson 7 . Ireland 8 . Wright-Phillips 10 . Robinho 11 . A. Johnson 12 . Taylor 14 . Santa Cruz 15 . Garrido 16 . Jô 17 . Boateng 18 . Barry 19 . Lescott 20 . Caicedo 24 . Vieira 25 . Adebayor 26 . González 27 . Hart 28 . K. Touré (c) 29 . Etuhu 30 . Logan 32 . Tévez 33 . Kompany 34 . de Jong 36 . Vidal 37 . Nielsen 39 . Bellamy 40 . Weiss 44 . Boyata 45 . Cunningham 48 . Ibrahim 52 . Nimely * . Y. Touré
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