John Curtis (footballer born 1978)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Charles Keyworth Curtis | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Nuneaton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position |
Defender Midfielder |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Manchester United | 14 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Barnsley (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2000–2003 | Blackburn Rovers | 61 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Leicester City | 15 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Portsmouth | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Preston North End (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Nottingham Forest | 79 | (0) |
| 2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Worcester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | Wrexham | 13 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Northampton Town | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Gold Coast United | 19 | (1) |
| Total | 282 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Charles Keyworth Curtis (born 3 September 1978) is an English former professional footballer. He was a versatile defender who could play anywhere along the back four or as a defensive midfielder.
Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Curtis began his career at Manchester United and was tipped as a huge star for the future, being part of their FA Youth Cup-winning team in 1995 (when he was still only 16 years old and in his final year of secondary school) and turning professional in 1997.
He proved himself as competent at right-back and centre-back after making his debut in a 7–0 home win over Barnsley in the FA Premier League on 25 October 1997, and made a further seven league appearances in 1997–98 as United finished second in the league, but he managed just five more league appearances before joining Division One promotion chasers Barnsley on loan on 19 November 1999, scoring twice in 28 league games as they qualified for the playoffs but lost 4–2 to Ipswich Town in the final at Wembley Stadium. The two goals he scored during his loan spell at Barnsley were the ony goals he scored in his professional career. The first ironically came against United's rivals Manchester City, and the other was scored against Port Vale.
Blackburn Rovers manager Graeme Souness was impressed by the young defender, and managed to prise Curtis away from Manchester United during the summer of 2000 for a fee of £1.5 million. During the next season he was an ever present as Blackburn were promoted to the Premiership as Division One runners-up. By this time he had also represented England at youth, Under-21 and 'B' level.
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