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Arsenal youth team squad
The official Arsenal web site, AFCi
has a youth team page
which also has biographical details of some players.
It is hoped that this page
will eventually serve more as a subjective guide to each player. ArseWeb
contributors and Arsenal mailing list members wishing to write profiles
for this page should e-mail me.
All contributions gratefully received.
Triallists and schoolboys who are known to have played for the youth
team are also listed along with such information as we have been able to
find out.
Professionals
The following players have professional contracts at Arsenal, but I
believe are young enough to qualify for the Under 19 youth team. It is
likely though, that they will only play for the youth team when the
reserve team has a gap in the fixture list. See the ArseWeb reserve squad page for
biographical details.
- Stuart Taylor - goalkeeper
- Nerada Bernard - defender
- Lee Canoville - defender
- Ashley Cole - defender
- Rhys Weston - defender
- James Harper - midfield
- Guillaume Norbert - midfield
- Graham Barrett - forward
2nd year trainees
Goalkeepers
- Graham Stack
- Born: Slough, 26.09.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- Bucks schoolboy representative
Defenders
- Liam Chilvers
- Centre back
- Born: Chelmsford, 06.11.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- Essex schoolboy representative
- John Halls
- Midfield/full back
- Born: Islington, 14.02.82
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- Played for Islington/Camden in 1997 English schools trophy
final
- Greg Oates
- centre back/midfield
- Born: Malden, Essex, 03.10.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- Essex schools representative
Midfielders
- Keith Fahey
- Midfield
- Born: Dublin, 01.01.83
- Joined Arsenal 1998
- Irish U16 international
- Moved to Aston Villa, spring 2000
- Declan Field
- Midfield
- Born: Dublin, 26.07.82
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- Irish U16 international
- Released summer 2000?
- David Noble
- Midfield
- Born: Hitchin, 02.02.82
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- Graduate of FA school at Lilleshall, England U16 international
Forwards
- Jay Bothroyd
- Born: Holloway, 07.05.82
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
- England U15 and U16 international
- Transferred to Coventry City for reported £1m
following shirt throwing incident in U19 playoff final, July 2000
- Tommy English
- Born: Coventry, 17.11.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998, from Norwich City
- son of former Coventry striker Tom English, missed most of
last season through injury
- Released summer 2000?
- Joe Osei-Kuffour
- Born: Tottenham, 27.11.81
- Joined Arsenal summer 1998
1st year trainees
Defenders
- Ben Chorley
- Centre back
- Born: 30.09.82
- South London schoolboy
- Cedric Itonga
- Full back
- Born: Zaire, 17.04.83
- Cousin of Carlin Itonga
- Injured most of 99-00 season, and released summer 2000?
- Niccolo Galli
- Centre back
- Born: Italy
- Signed from Fiorentina, Aug 1999
- Moved to Bologna in Italy, summer 2000. Whether through
his choice or Arsenal's as yet unconfirmed
- Tragically died 10/02/01 in a RTA in Italy. See NewsReel
Midfielders
- Jermaine Brown
- midfield/forward
- Born: 12.01.83
- South London schoolboy
- Jermaine Pennant
- Right wing/forward
- Born: 15.01.83
- Nottingham schoolboy, joined Arsenal from Notts County
last season in a blaze of publicity. U15 & U16
international
- Arsenal 1st team debut 30th Nov 1999 (sub, Worthington cup) vs Middlesborough (a),
becoming Arsenal's youngest ever player in the process.
- Rohan Ricketts
- Midfield/fullback
- Born: 22.12.82
- South London schoolboy
- Stephen Santry
- Midfield
- Born: 09.09.82
- Middlesex schoolboy
- Stephen Sidwell
- Midfield
- Born: 14.12.82
- Surrey schoolboy
- Moritz Volz
- Midfield/defender
- Born: 21.01.83
- German U15 international, joined Arsenal this summer from
Schalke 04
Forwards
- Jeremie Aliadiere
- Born: 30.03.83
- French U15 international, graduate of French National
School at Clairefontaine
- Carlin Itonga
- Born: Zaire, 11.12.82
- South London schoolboy, cousin of Cedric Itonga
- Jerome Thomas
- 23.03.83
- Middlesex schoolboy, joined Arsenal this summer from
Luton Town
Schoolboys/Triallists
- Craig Holloway - keeper
- Alex Bailey
- Michael Tonna
- Brett Solkhon
- Leon Britton - midfield
- John Spicer - midfield
- Alex Sesto
- ? Hunt
- ? Rowe
- ? Smith
- ? Nicholas
- M Price
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