Tyler Blackett

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Tyler Blackett
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Blackett in training with Manchester United in late 2012
Personal information
Full name Tyler Nathan Blackett[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Manchester, England
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
(on loan from Manchester United)
Number 2
Youth career
2002–2012 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Manchester United 11 (0)
2013–2014 → Blackpool (loan) 5 (0)
2014 → Birmingham City (loan) 8 (0)
2015– → Celtic (loan) 3 (0)
International career‡
2009 England U16 2 (0)
2011 England U17 2 (0)
2011–2012 England U18 2 (0)
2012–2013 England U19 2 (0)
2014– England U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2015

Tyler Nathan Blackett (born 2 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Scottish club Celtic, on loan from Manchester United. He joined Manchester United's academy in 2002, and has also played on loan for Blackpool and Birmingham City. Born in Manchester, he qualifies to play for England, Barbados or Jamaica internationally.

Career

Manchester United

Born in Manchester, Blackett signed for Manchester United in 2002, when he was eight years old.[3] He signed a professional contract with United in July 2012.[4]

2013–14: loan spells

On 1 November 2013, Blackett signed for Championship club Blackpool on a month-long loan.[5] The next day, he made his debut for the Seasiders, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 1–0 league win at Nottingham Forest.[6] On 5 December 2013, Blackpool extended Blackett's loan until 1 January 2014.[7]

On 31 January 2014, Blackett signed for Championship club Birmingham City on a youth loan until the end of the season.[8] Together with fellow Manchester United loanee Tom Thorpe, Blackett started the next day's match, at home to Derby County. After 38 minutes, he tripped Will Hughes to concede a penalty, which Darren Randolph saved. Birmingham came back from 3–1 down to draw, the equaliser scored by a third United loanee, Federico Macheda, in stoppage time.[9]

2014–15: Manchester United first team

During the 2014–15 pre-season, Blackett played at centre-back for Manchester United in a 3–5–2 formation and his performances led to him earning praise from new manager Louis van Gaal. In the club's final pre-season match against Valencia at Old Trafford, he provided the assist for Marouane Fellaini's stoppage-time winner to make the score 2–1.[10]

As a result of an injury crisis and the departure of experienced defenders Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić from the club, Blackett was drafted into the first team squad on a permanent basis. Blackett made his competitive debut for Manchester United on 16 August 2014, in the first match of the 2014–15 Premier League season, playing the full 90 minutes and being booked in a 2–1 home defeat to Swansea City in Van Gaal's first competitive match as Manchester United manager.[11] He also played in the next game away at Sunderland, which ended in a 1–1 draw with Blackett making an important clearance during the match to help earn Manchester United a point.[12] Blackett also played in the 0-0 draw against Burnley on 30 August 2014. During this game he received a yellow card for a mistimed challenge.[13] Blackett then played in United's first win of the season when they beat Queens Park Rangers 4–0 as a centre-back rather than a full-back. He was sent off in the 82nd minute on 21 September as United lost 5–3 at Leicester City.[14]

On 17 May 2015 in a home match against Arsenal, Blackett came on in place of Marcos Rojo after 73 minutes, and nine minutes later deflected a Theo Walcott cross for an own goal past United goalkeeper Victor Valdés to cause a 1–1 draw.[15] In total, Blackett made 12 Premier League appearances during the 2014–15 season.[16]

2015–16: Celtic loan

On 29 August 2015, Blackett was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Celtic until the end of the 2015–16 season.[16] He made his debut playing at left-back in a league match at Aberdeen on 12 September 2015, but Celtic lost 2–1 to the league leaders.[17] Blackett dropped out of the side for a few matches, but returned on 4 October for a league match at Hamilton Accies, taking the place of the suspended Efe Ambrose in central defence and helped Celtic to a 2–1 win.[18]

International career

Background

Blackett qualifies to play for England, Barbados or Jamaica internationally and has represented England at various youth levels.[19][20]

English national youth teams

Under-16s

In September 2009, Blackett was called up to the England U16 squad for the 2009 Victory Shield match against Wales.[21] On 15 October, he started the 1–0 win against Wales, but was replaced by Alex Henshall a few minutes before half-time.[22] Blackett was recalled to the squad for the final Victory Shield match against Scotland in November 2009;[23] he replaced Sam Magri in the 69th minute as England won 2–1 at the Tynecastle Stadium in Edinburgh.[24] The victory sealed England's ninth consecutive Victory Shield.[24]

Under-17s

Blackett was called up to the England U17 squad for the Algarve Tournament in February 2011.[25] He started England's opening game of the tournament on 24 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw with Romania.[26] He was an unused substitute in the 3–1 defeat against Germany,[27] but came on to replace Alex Henshall in the 76th minute of the 2–2 draw with Portugal.[28]

Under-18s

In November 2011, Blackett was called up to the England U18 squad for a friendly against Slovakia.[29] On 16 November, he started the 1–1 draw with Slovakia, before being replaced by Courtney Meppen-Walter in the 65th minute.[30] He retained his place in the squad for the friendly against Poland in February 2012,[31] coming on at half-time as England won 3–0 at the Alexandra Stadium.[32]

Under-19s

In August 2012, Blackett was called up to the England U19 squad for a friendly against Germany.[33] On 6 September, he started the game in Hamburg, playing the whole 90 minutes as England lost 3–1.[34] Blackett earned his second call up for a friendly with Denmark in January 2013,[35] he started the game before being replaced by Lewis Baker in the 67th minute as England won 3–1 at the Keepmoat Stadium.[36]

Under-21s

In August 2014 Blackett received his first call up to the England U21 squad after becoming part of the Manchester United first team squad and starting the first two games of the season.[37]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 January 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester United 2012–13 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2013–14[38] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15[39] Premier League 11 0 1 0 0 0 – – 12 0
2015–16[40] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Blackpool (loan) 2013–14[38] Championship 5 0 – – – – 5 0
Birmingham City (loan) 2013–14[38] Championship 8 0 – – – – 8 0
Celtic (loan) 2015–16[40] Scottish Premiership 3 0 2 0 1 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 9 0
Career Total 27 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 34 0
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Celtic;

References

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