Mat Sadler

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This article is about the footballer. For the chess player, see Matthew Sadler.

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Mat Sadler
Personal information
Full name Mathew John Sadler[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Shrewsbury Town
Number 3
Youth career
000?–2002 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 Birmingham City 51 (0)
2003–2004 → Northampton Town (loan) 7 (0)
2008–2011 Watford 30 (0)
2010 → Stockport County (loan) 20 (0)
2010–2011 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 46 (0)
2011–2012 Walsall 46 (1)
2012–2014 Crawley Town 92 (2)
2014–2015 Rotherham United 0 (0)
2014 → Crawley Town (loan) 10 (0)
2015 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 8 (0)
2015− Shrewsbury Town 13 (1)
International career
2001–2002 England U17 9 (0)
2003 England U18 1 (0)
2003 England U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:13, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Mathew John "Mat" Sadler (born 26 February 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town.

He is a left back who also played in the Premier League and the Football League for Birmingham City, and in the Football League for Northampton Town, Watford, Stockport County, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and Crawley Town.

Club career

Birmingham City

Born in Solihull, Sadler began his career as a junior with Birmingham City. He made his first team debut on 2 October 2002 in a League Cup second round tie away at Leyton Orient, starting in the 3–2 win at Brisbane Road.[2] A month later, he made his Premier League debut in a 3–1 home win over Bolton Wanderers, again as a starter.[3]

On 21 November 2003, having not played for Birmingham that season, Sadler went on a two-month loan to Northampton Town, playing eight games, seven of which in the Third Division.[4] In May 2004, signed a new contract to keep him at Birmingham.

On 7 February 2006, having not played for Birmingham since 28 December 2002 nor any team since 10 January 2004, Sadler made his return in a 2–1 home win over Reading in an FA Cup fourth round replay, coming on for Mathew Birley after 59 minutes.[5] This was his only appearance until 1 April when he was in the first team to play Chelsea at home, a goalless draw. He stayed in the starting line-up for the remaining games, as the season ended with relegation.

Watford

Sadler joined Watford on 24 January 2008 for an initial fee of £750,000, rising to £900,000 depending on appearances. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.[6]

Sadler eventually fell from grace at Vicarage Road and made his final appearance for Watford in December 2008 in a 2–4 home defeat to Bristol City. He joined Stockport County on loan in January 2010 and remained at Edgeley Park until the end of the League One season. His debut for the club took place on 30 January against Southampton.[7]

Sadler joined League Two club Shrewsbury Town on 7 July 2010 on loan for six months. According to manager Graham Turner, the player seemed reluctant initially to play in the fourth tier of English football but was won over by the club's ambition.[8]

Later career

Sadler joined Walsall on 27 June 2011 after being released by Watford.

On 8 June 2012, Sadler joined newly promoted League One side Crawley Town on a free transfer.[9]

Sadler joined Rotherham United on a free transfer from Crawley Town on 17 June 2014.[10] He played only once, in the League Cup, before returning to Crawley in September on loan for two months.[11] When his loan expired, he returned to Rotherham, and made no further first-team appearances until joining Oldham Athletic on a month's loan in March 2015.[12]

Return to Shrewsbury

Following his release from Rotherham, Sadler signed for former loan club Shrewsbury Town in League One, on a two-year contract in May 2015.[13] A regular in the side in the early part of the season, Sadler scored his first goal for the club in a 2−1 defeat to Chesterfield,[14] but lost his place in the first-team after a run of poor personal form.[15] Having been recalled for an FA Cup first round victory at non-league Gainsborough Trinity, he was praised for his "first class attitude" and determination by manager Micky Mellon.[16]

International career

Sadler played nine times for England under-17, including at the 2002 European Under-17 championships,[17] appeared once for the under-18s, and played four times at under-19 level.[18]

Club statistics

As of match played 10 January 2016
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2002–03[19] Premier League 2 0 0 0 2 0 — 4 0
2003–04[20] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2004–05[21] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2005–06[22] Premier League 8 0 1 0 0 0 — 9 0
2006–07[23] Championship 36 0 3 0 2 0 — 41 0
2007–08[24] Premier League 5 0 0 0 2 0 — 7 0
Total 51 0 4 0 6 0 — 61 0
Northampton Town 2003–04[20] Division Three 7 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 8 0
Watford 2007–08[24] Championship 15 0 1 0 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 18 0
2008–09[25] Championship 15 0 0 0 2 0 — 17 0
2009–10[7] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2010–11[26] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 30 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 35 0
Stockport County (loan) 2009–10[7] League One 20 0 — — — 20 0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2010–11[26] League Two 46 0 1 0 2 0 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 53 0
Walsall 2011–12[27] League One 46 1 3 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 52 1
Crawley Town 2012–13[28] League One 46 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 52 1
2013–14[29] League One 46 1 3 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 51 1
Total 92 2 6 0 4 0 1 0 103 2
Rotherham United 2014–15[30] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Crawley Town (loan) 2014–15[30] League One 10 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 12 0
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2014–15[30] League One 8 0 — — — 8 0
Shrewsbury Town 2015–16[31] League One 13 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 19 1
Career total 323 4 17 0 18 0 14 0 372 4
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances in Football League Trophy, two in Football League play-offs

References

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