James Berrett
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| James Berrett | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Trevor Berrett | |
| Date of birth | January 13, 1989 | |
| Place of birth | Halifax, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Huddersfield Town | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2007- | Huddersfield Town | 26 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006-2007 2007- 2008- |
Republic of Ireland U-18 Republic of Ireland U-19 Republic of Ireland U-21 |
3 (0) 3 (0) 5 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James Trevor Berrett (born January 13, 1989 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England) is a professional footballer currently playing for League One side Huddersfield Town.
He made his début at Boundary Park when he came on as a 69th minute substitute in the 1-1 draw with Oldham Athletic.
Berrett made his full debut in Huddersfield's third round FA Cup win over Premier League side Birmingham City on January 5, 2008. The following week he made his first full league debut in Town's 3-1 defeat at home to Gillingham.
His first goal for the Terriers came in the 3-2 win against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium on March 22, 2008.
Berrett has 3 caps for the Republic of Ireland Under-18 team, and helped them win the 4 Nations Tournament in Portugal.
He also has 3 caps for the Republic of Ireland U-19 team. The last of those coming on March 25, 2008 against France U-19's.
On May 2, 2008, he received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland U-21 team for their Intercontinental Cup matches in Malaysia. He will join his team-mate Michael Collins there. On May 15, 2008, he made his debut for the Ireland Under-21's in a 3-1 win over Malaysia Under-23's in an Intercontinental Cup match in Malaysia.
On May 13, he signed a new two-year deal at the Galpharm Stadium. On August 6, he scored to give Huddersfield the lead in their centenary match against Arsenal at the Galpharm Stadium where Town lost 2-1 in the end.
Since Stan Ternent's departure as Huddersfield manager, caretaker boss Gerry Murphy has deployed Berrett in a sweeper role as part of a back 5, working to good effect in the away wins at Leeds United and Brighton & Hove Albion. Then, following Lee Clark's decision to revert to the 4-4-2 formation, Berrett found himself out of the team again, but following an illness to Anthony Pilkington, just before the game against Crewe Alexandra in February 2009, he got back in the starting line-up and scored a goal, but unfortunately Town lost the match 3-1. He Just Recently signed a contract extension which will keep him at huddersfield until 2012
[edit] External links
- James Berrett player profile at htafc.com
- James Berrett career stats at Soccerbase
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