Alex Mowatt

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Alex Mowatt
Alex Mowatt 2014 LUFC.jpg
Mowatt in action for Leeds United versus Cardiff City in November 2014.
Personal information
Full name Alex James Mowatt[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Doncaster, South Yorkshire; England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2013 Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Leeds United 101 (12)
International career‡
2014 England U19 1 (0)
2015 England U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:14, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Alex James Mowatt (born 13 February 1995) is a footballer who plays for Championship club Leeds United as a central midfielder, but has also played as a left winger. He is an England U20 international.

Club career

After playing for junior club Bentley Pumas Doncaster, Mowatt's talents were recognized by Leeds in 2003 and Mowatt was signed to Leeds United's academy at the age of 9. After progressing through Leeds youth ranks, including Captaining Leeds Under 18's, Mowatt signed a professional deal at Leeds.[2] Mowatt captained Leeds Under 18s team managed by Richard Naylor and led the Under 18s to win the Under 18 League Championship during the 2012/13 season. He captained Leeds Under 18s during a 3–1 loss against Liverpool Under 18s on 1 March 2013 at Anfield in Leeds' Under 18s in the FA Youth Cup run.[3]Yorkshire Evening Post's Phil Hay said that Mowatt's performances and style of play was reminiscent to a young Barry Ferguson.[4]

2013–14 season

After his impressive performances in the academy and Neil Redfearn's Development Squad, Mowatt broke into the Leeds team during the 2013–14 season during the pre-season training with the first team. Mowatt was named on the bench for Leeds' first team in a 2–1 win against Chesterfield in the League Cup.[5]

On 27 August 2013, Mowatt made his debut for Leeds when he started his first professional game in Leeds 3–1 victory against Doncaster Rovers in the League Cup.[6][7] After the match, Leeds manager Brian McDermott praised Mowatt's performance.

Mowatt was given his second start for Leeds in the match against Newcastle United in the League Cup, with Mowatt putting in another impressive performance despite a 2–0 loss for Leeds.[8] Mowatt's performance was rewarded when he was named in the starting lineup to make his league debut in a 2–0 defeat away to Millwall.[9] On 5 December 2013, Mowatt signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[10]

On 1 February 2014, only the day after the alleged sacking of the man who gave Mowatt his debut Brian McDermott, Mowatt scored his first goal for Leeds in a 5–1 victory against local rivals Huddersfield Town.[11]

Mowatt won the Leeds United Young Player of the Season Award at the clubs annual awards, on 2 May. He also finished third in the voting for the Fans Player Of The Year Award.[12]

2014–15 season

On 1 August, Mowatt was assigned the number 27 shirt for the 2014–15 season.[13] After picking up an injury against Birmingham City on 26 April 2014[14] after a long spell out injured.[15] Mowatt returned to the Leeds starting 11 making his first appearance of the season against Bolton Wanderers on 30 August 2014.[16]

On 13 September 2014 he scored his first league goal of the 2014–15 season against Birmingham City in a 1–1 draw.[17] Mowatt badly bruised his toe during the game which ruled him out of the following fixture against Bournemouth.[18] Mowatt followed this up with a goal in a 3–1 loss against Cardiff City on 1 November in Neil Redfearn's first game as permanent head coach,[19] in the following game on 4 November Mowatt scored a brace with 2 long range efforts in a 2–2 draw against Charlton Athletic.[20] After getting three goals and two assists in November, on 4 December Mowatt was shortlisted for the Championship’s player-of-the-month award.[21] But Mowatt lost out to Brentford's Andre Gray for the Championship’s player-of-the-month award for November.[22] Mowatt was handed The Football League’s Young Player of the Month award for November on 18 December 2014.[23] Mowatt's reputation increased further during 2015, with him scoring some important goals mostly from long range for Leeds.

He scored a freekick in a 1–0 win against Millwall on 14 February,[24] he followed this up with a long range strike in a 1–0 victory against Middlesbrough on 21 February.[25] He scored another freekick on 4 March in a 2–1 victory against Ipswich Town [26] before following this up with a right footed volley from outside the box in a 1–0 victory against Wigan Athletic on the 7 March.[27] His 9th goal of the season came on the 6 April in a 4–3 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers with Mowatt scoring a curling long range effort.[28]

On 9 April, after rumoured Premier League interest in Mowatt and teammates Lewis Cook, Charlie Taylor and Sam Byram, Head Coach Neil Redfearn challenged Leeds United's owners to keep a hold of their home grown talents.[29]

On 1 May 2015, Mowatt was named the Yorkshire Evening Post's Player Of The Year for the 2014–15 season.[30] On 2 May 2015, Mowatt won the Fans Player Of The Year Award and also the Players Player Of The Year award at Leeds United's official end of 2014–15 season awards ceremony.[31]

2015–16 season

On 31 July 2015, Mowatt was given the number 10 shirt for the upcoming 2015/16 season.[32] He scored the opening goal in United's 2–0 pre-season win over Everton in what was described by pundits as a "Barcelona style goal". On 4 November 2015, Mowatt scored an unstoppable shot from 25 yards to the top corner of the goal in the 1–0 victory over Cardiff. On 7 November, Mowatt scored again in the following game with a long-range strike in a 3-0 victory against Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town.[33]

International career

In October 2013, After being watched by England Under 21's manager Gareth Southgate against Birmingham City, Mowatt was called up to the England U19 for the fixture against Hungary in November.[34]

On 5 March 2014, Mowatt made his England U19 debut in a 3–0 victory against Turkey.[35]

Mowatt was watched by Scotland's assistant, Mark McGhee, during Leeds’ 2–0 defeat to Brighton on 24 February. Mowatt qualifies for Scotland through his father’s side of the family.[36]

On March 25, 2015, Mowatt was named on the subs bench for England U20 against Mexico, but didn't feature in the game. However, four days later Mowatt made his debut against the United States, completing 79 minutes of the match.[37] In December 2015, Leeds Head Coach Steve Evans revealed that Scotland Manager Gordon Strachan had been in touch regarding the possibility of calling up Mowatt for the full Scotland national side.[38]

Honours

(Individual):

  • Leeds United Young Player of the Year: 2013–14
  • Football League Young Player Of The Month: November 2014
  • Yorkshire Evening Post Player of The Year – 2014/15 [30]
  • Leeds United Players' Player of the Year – 2014/2015
  • Leeds United Player of the Year – 2014/2015

Career statistics

As of 2 April 2016.[39]
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Play-offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow card A red card
2015–16 Leeds United Championship 33 2 1 0 1 0 – – 35 2 4 1
2014–15 Championship 38 9 0 0 0 0 – – 38 9 4 0
2013–14 Championship 29 1 0 0 2 0 – – 31 1 7 0
Total 100 12 1 0 3 0 0 0 104 12 15 1

References

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