Josh Walker

Football player infobox
playername = Josh Walker


fullname = Joshua Walker
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1989|2|21|df=yes
cityofbirth = Newcastle-upon-Tyne
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Middlesbrough
clubnumber = 41
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2005–
2007
2008
clubs = Middlesbrough
→ Bournemouth (loan)
→ Aberdeen (loan)
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
6 (0)
8 (1)
nationalyears = 2006-2007
2008-present
nationalteam = England U18
England U19
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)
0 (0)
pcupdate = 22:30, June 28 2008 (GMT)
ntupdate =

Joshua "Josh" Walker (born 21 February 1989) is a young English footballer. He plays Middlesbrough as a defensive midfielder.

He is a graduate of the club's productive youth academy along with the likes of Stewart Downing, David Wheater, Lee Cattermole, Stuart Parnaby, Jonathan Franks and James Morrison.

Walker is a versatile midfielder, who can also play as a central defender and has captained England's U16 and U17 teams. Having been part of Middlesbrough's FA Youth Cup winning team of 2003–04, Walker made his first team debut, scoring the final goal in a 4–2 friendly victory over Carlisle United in July 2005. His league debut came on the last game of the 2005–06 season when Middlesbrough fielded a team largely filled with academy graduates in a 1–0 defeat to Fulham. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4957456.stm
title=Fulham 1-0 Middlesbrough
accessdate=2007-12-27
date=7 May 2006
publisher=BBC Sport]

On 9 March 2007, he signed on loan for A.F.C. Bournemouth for a month.

Josh joined Aberdeen on 29 January 2008, where he is on loan till the end of the 2007/2008 season. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/7215897.stm |title=Boro midfielder in Dons loan move |Publisher=BBC Sport |date=2008-01-29 |accessdate=2008-01-31] It was announced shortly afterwards that he had signed a new one year contract with Boro, keeping him at the club until June 2009 [cite news|url=http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,1~1230018,00.html |title=Tayls And Josh Agree New Deals |publisher=mfc.co.uk |date=2008-01-31 |accessdate=2008-01-31] . Walker scored his first career goal while on loan at Aberdeen on February 14,2008 against FC Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup Round of 32.

*Josh has captained England at under-18 level.

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