Neil Etheridge
Filipino-English footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge (born 7 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Birmingham City and for the Philippines national team, which he has captained since 2022.
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Full name | Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Enfield, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Fulham | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | Fulham | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | → Leatherhead (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Walsall | 81 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Cardiff City | 99 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Birmingham City | 70 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2005 | England U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008– | Philippines | 80 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:13, 8 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC) |
He joined the Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at Chelsea and made his debut for Fulham in the UEFA Europa League against Danish club Odense Boldklub, though he never played in a league match with the club. While with Fulham from 2006 until 2014 he was loaned to various lower tier clubs; Leatherhead, Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, and Crewe Alexandra.
After leaving Fulham, Etheridge signed with Oldham Athletic before he was loaned to Charlton Athletic. He joined Charlton on a permanent basis in 2015 after his contract with Oldham ended. After months of being without a club, Etheridge joined Walsall, going on to make more than 90 appearances in all competitions in two seasons. He then moved on to Championship club Cardiff City in 2017. After establishing himself as Cardiff City's first choice goalkeeper, he helped the Welsh side win promotion to the Premier League. He joined Birmingham City, also of the Championship, three years later.
Etheridge has one British and one Filipino parent; in international football, he played for his native England at under-16 level, and at senior level has represented the Philippines since 2008 and captained the team. In August 2018, while with Cardiff City, he became the first Filipino to play in the Premier League.