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Arsenal reserve team squad 2000/2001
Last updated 22 August 2001
Linked players are also members of the
1st team squad.
Graham Stack
- Goalkeeper
- Born: Slough, 26.09.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998, signed professional contract July 2000
- Bucks schoolboy representative, regular in 2000 FA Youth
cup winning team, and 2000 U19 team
Stuart Taylor
- Goalkeeper
- From Romford. Born 28th November 1980
- Joined Arsenal as trainee, summer 1997
- Arsenal 1st team debut 1st November 2000 (League cup) vs Ipswich Town (h)
- Graduate of FA school at Lilleshall, England U16, U18 and U20
international. First choice keeper in the 1998 FA Premier Youth championship
winning team, and played in 1998 Southern Junior Floodlit Cup winning team.
- On loan at Bristol Rovers, October - November 1999
- On loan at Crystal Palace, August - October 2000
- On loan at Peterborough United, February - March 2001
Lee Canoville
- Centre back
- From Ealing, born 14th March 1981
- Joined Arsenal from Millwall, summer 1997: signed professional
contract July 1998
- Arsenal 1st team debut 1st November 2000 (as sub, League cup) vs Ipswich Town (h)
- Graduate of FA school at Lilleshall, England U16 international.
Regular in 1998 FA Premier Youth championship winning team, and
played in 1998 Southern Junior Floodlit Cup winning team
- On loan at Northampton Town, February 2001
- Released summer 2001
Liam Chilvers
- Centre back
- Born: Chelmsford, 06.11.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998: signed professional contract July 2000
- Essex schoolboy representative, regular in 2000 FA Youth
cup winning team, and 2000 U19 team
- On loan at Northampton Town, Dec 2000 - Jan 2001
Ashley Cole
- Left back
- From Stepney, born 20th December 1980
- Joined Arsenal as trainee, summer 1997
- Arsenal 1st team debut 30th Nov 1999 (sub Worthington cup) vs Middlesborough (a)
- Regular in 1998 FA Premier Youth championship winning team, and
played in 1998 Southern Junior Floodlit Cup winning team
- England U21 international
- On loan at Crystal Palace, March - May 2000
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- Left back
- From Paris, born 8th May 1980
- Joined Arsenal in the summer of 1998 from St Etienne.
- Arsenal 1st team debut 28th Oct 1998 (League cup) vs Derby County (a)
- French U17 and U18 international. Played for St Etienne side which
won the French equivalent of the FA Youth cup in 1998
- On loan at St Etienne, 1999/2000 season
- Currently on loan at Cannes, 2000/2001 season
John Halls
- Centre back
- Born: Islington, 14.02.82
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998: signed professional contract
July 2000
- Played for Islington/Camden in 1997 English schools trophy
final, regular in 2000 FA Youth cup winning team, and the
2000 U19 team
- England U18 international
Israel
- Right back
- Born: Sao Paolo, Brazil, 09.07.83
- Joined Arsenal summer 1999: signed professional contract
July 2000
- Full name Israel da Silva Filho,
regular in 2000 FA Youth cup winning team, and the
2000 U17 Academy league winning team
- Released summer 2001
Greg Oates
- defender/midfield
- Born: Malden, Essex, 03.10.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998: signed professional contract
July 2000
- Essex schools representative, regular in 2000 FA Youth cup
winning team, and 2000 U19 team
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- Centre back
- Ogne, Latvia, born 21st January 1976
- Arsenal 1st team debut 1st November 2000 (League cup) vs Ipswich Town (h)
- Joined Arsenal from Skonto Riga, September 2000, for undisclosed
fee (reported £1m.
- Latvian international
Sebastian Svard
- defender
- Born: Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.01.83
- Joined Arsenal from FC Copenhagen, December 2000 for ct
undisclosed fee (reported £500000)
Rhys Weston
- Centre back
- From Kingston, Surrey, born 27th October 1980
- Joined Arsenal as trainee, summer 1997
- Arsenal 1st team debut 30th Nov 1999 (sub, Worthington cup) vs Middlesborough (a)
- Graduate of FA school at Lilleshalle, England U16 international,
Welsh U21 international, 1 full Welsh cap.
Regular in 1998 FA Premier Youth championship winning team
- Transferred to Cardiff City, November 2000, for reported
£350000, rising to £750000 depending on appearances.
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- Centre back
- From Hartismere, born 18th April 1979
- Arsenal 1st team debut 14th Oct 1997 (League cup) vs Birmingham City (h)
- Joined Arsenal from Luton Town in May 1997. Member of England
squad for World Youth championships in Malaysia in 1997
- England U18 & U21 international
- Out for much of last season and start of this with cruciate
knee ligament injury.
- On loan at Nottingham Forest, Dec 2000 - Jan 2001
- On loan at Crystal Palace , February - March 2001
Moritz Volz
- Midfield/defender
- Arsenal 1st team debut 1st November 2000 (League cup) vs Ipswich Town (h)
- Born: Siegen, Germany, 21.01.83
- German U15 international, joined Arsenal summer 1999 from
Schalke 04: signed professional contract January 2000
- Regular in 2000 FA Youth cup winning team, and 2000 U17
Academy league winning team.
Guy Demel
- Midfield
- From Orsay, France, born 13th June 1981
- Joined Arsenal from Olympique Nimes, free transfer, July 1997
- Made 2 first team appearances for Nimes last season.
- Transferred to Borussia Dortmund, July 2001, for reported £194000
James Harper
- Midfield
- Born: Chelmsford, 09.11.80
- Joined Arsenal summer 1997: signed professional contract July 1999
- On loan at Cardiff City, Dec 2000 - Jan 2001
- Transferred to Reading, February 2001, for undisclosed fee
(reported six figure sum)
Greg Lincoln
- Midfield
- From Cheshunt, born 23rd March 1980
- Joined Arsenal as trainee, summer 1996: signed professional
contract July 1998
- Regular in 1998 FA Premier Youth championship winning team, and
played in 1998 Southern Junior Floodlit Cup winning team.
- Released summer 2001
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- Midfield
- From Nuremburg, Germany, born 24th October 1974
- Arsenal 1st team debut 14th Oct 1997 (League cup) vs Birmingham City (h)
- Joined Arsenal in summer of 1997 from German club FC Feucht.
Spanish parents so is qualified to play for either Spain or
Germany.
- On loan at AEK Athens, Feb - May 1999
- On loan at SpVgg Unterhaching e.V. (Germany), Feb - May 2000
David Noble
- Midfield
- Born: Hitchin, 02.02.82
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998: rumoured to be on a week to
week contract holding out for more than Arsenal are offering
- Graduate of FA school at Lilleshall, England U16 international
- Regular in 2000 FA Youth cup winning team, and 2000 U19
team
- England U18 international
Jermaine Pennant
- Right wing/forward
- Born: Nottingham, 15.01.83
- Nottingham schoolboy, joined Arsenal from Notts County
in 1999 in a blaze of publicity: signed professional
contract January 2000
- Arsenal 1st team debut 30th Nov 1999 (sub, Worthington cup) vs Middlesborough (a),
becoming Arsenal's youngest ever player in the process. Also
Notts County's youngest ever player.
- U15, U16 & U18 international
Paolo Vernazza
- Midfield
- From Islington, born 1st November 1979
- Arsenal 1st team debut 14th Oct 1997 (League cup) vs Birmingham City (h)
- Joined Arsenal as trainee in 1996. England U18 & U21 international
- On loan at Ipswich, Oct - Nov 98
- On loan at Portsmouth, Jan - Feb 2000
- Transferred to Watford, December 2000, for undisclosed fee (reported
£350000).
Jeremie Aliadiere
- Forward
- Born: Rambouillet, France, 30.03.83
- Joined Arsenal as trainee summer 1999: signed professional
contract March 2000
- French U15 international, graduate of French National
School at Clairefontaine
- Regular in 2000 U17 Academy league winning team, also
played on occasion in Youth Cup run.
Graham Barrett
- From Dublin, born 6th October 1981
- Joined Arsenal as trainee in 1997
- Arsenal 1st team debut 4th Dec 1999 (sub, League) vs Leicester City (a)
- Republic of Ireland U15, U16, U17, U18 and U21 international.
- On loan at Bristol Rovers, Dec 2000 - Jan 2001
Tomas Danilevicius
- Forward
- From Lithuania, born Moscow, 18th July 1978
- Arsenal 1st team debut 30th Jan 2000 (sub) vs Sunderland (h)
- Joined Arsenal December 2000 for £1m from Lausanne (SWI)
- Lithuanian international
- Transferred to SK Beveren (Belgium), July 2001, for undisclosed fee
Joe Osei-Kuffour
- Forward
- Born: Edmonton, 27.11.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998: signed professional contract
July 2000
- Regular in 2000 FA Youth cup winning team, and 2000 U19
team
Christopher Wreh
- Forward
- From Monrovia, Liberia, born 14th May 1975
- Arsenal 1st team debut 16th Sep 1997 (sub, UEFA cup) vs PAOK Saloniki (a)
- Joined Arsenal Aug 1997 for £300000. Cousin of George Weah
- Liberian international
- On loan at AEK Athens, Feb - May 1999
- On loan at Birmingham City, Oct - Dec 1999
- On loan at Den Bosch (Holland), Feb - May 2000
- Transferred to Al-Hilal al Saudi, December 2000, for
undisclosed fee (reported £200000
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