Justin Hoyte

Infobox Football biography
playername = Justin Hoyte


fullname = Justin Raymond Hoyte
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|11|20
cityofbirth = London
countryofbirth = England
height = height|m=1.80
currentclub = Middlesbrough
clubnumber = 2
position = Right back
youthyears = 1993–2003
youthclubs = Arsenal
years = 2003–2008
2005–2006
2008–
clubs = Arsenal
→ Sunderland (loan)
Middlesbrough
caps(goals) = 34 (1)
27 (1)
05 (0)
nationalyears = 2004–2007
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 18 (1)
pcupdate = 00:53, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 00:53, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Justin Raymond Hoyte (born November 20, 1984 in Leytonstone, London) is an English football player who currently plays for Middlesbrough. His younger brother, Gavin Hoyte, plays for Arsenal. His cousin is English sprinter Chris Clarke.

Arsenal 2003-2008

Hoyte was with Arsenal from the age of nine years old. Making his way up through the academy, youth and reserve teams, he signed professional terms with Arsenal in May 2003. He is primarily a right back, but has also been used at left back for Sunderland and Arsenal.

He made his début as an 89th minute substitute in Arsenal's 6-1 Premiership victory over Southampton in May 2003. Being down the pecking order, his first few appearances for Arsenal were mostly restricted to League Cup matches, though in 2004-05 he made five league appearances, with four of them being starts. The first of which was at Norwich City, where he played centre back as a last minute replacement for Pascal Cygan, who was injured in the warm up.

During the summer of 2005, Hoyte was linked with a loan move to Ipswich Town, but Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger made clear he wanted the defender to play Premiership football. Therefore Hoyte instead joined Sunderland, on August 31, 2005 and played for the Black Cats for the entire 2005-06 season, making 31 appearances and scoring 1 goal against Newcastle United in April 2006. He returned to Arsenal at the end of the season.

With Ashley Cole absent from the Arsenal team due to his protracted transfer to Chelsea and Gaël Clichy's injury, Hoyte started the 2006-07 season as Arsenal's left back, starting against both Dinamo Zagreb and Aston Villa. However, he was widely seen as a temporary measure. When Gaël Clichy came back from injury Hoyte moved back to his preferred right side of defence to cover for the injured Emmanuel Eboué.

His first goal for Arsenal came on January 2, 2007 at home against Charlton Athletic. He created history when, slotting the ball past Scott Carson, he became the first Englishman to score for Arsenal in the new Emirates Stadium.

On 19 July 2007, the Daily Mirror published that Aston Villa were set to make a £4.5 million offer to Arsenal for Hoyte; after manager Martin O'Neill prioritised bringing in someone to fill the right back position. However Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger publicly announced "Hoyte is going nowhere"Fact|date=January 2008 and with Eboue now slotting onto the right wing, it left him competing with Bacary Sagna for the right back place.Fact|date=January 2008 As of 14 April, 2008 he has played 67 times for Arsenal in all competitions.

Midlesbrough 2008-present

Middlesbrough F.C. confirmed that they were interested in signing the defender after the depature of Luke Young to Aston Villa. On August 14, 2008 "Boro" CEO Keith Lamb confirmed that a £3 million bid for Hoyte had been accepted by Arsenal and that he was expected to travel to Middlesbrough the same day to finalize the deal, followed by a medical. On the 16th, the player was unveiled to a 33,000 crowd, at the Riverside Stadium as his signature was confirmed.

International career

Hoyte was capped 18 times for the England U-21 team, and played all four matches at the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship. He took part in the epic semi-final shootout against hosts Netherlands, missing his first but scoring his second penalty as England lost 13-12. His sole goal for the team also came against the Netherlands, in November 2006. [cite web | title= Netherlands U21 0 England U21 1: Hoyte gives England's senior team an example to follow | work=The Independent | author=Gordon Tynan | url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/internationals/article1984437.ece | accessdate=June 21 | accessyear=2007 ]

Club career statistics

:"(Correct as of 14 April 2008)"(* FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield)

Career honours

Arsenal
*Winner
**FA Community Shield: 2004
**Amsterdam Tournament: 2007, 2008
**Emirates Cup: 2007

*Runner-up
**League Cup: 2006–07
**FA Community Shield: 2005

References

External links

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Persondata
NAME= Hoyte, Justin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Hoyte, Justin Raymond
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1984-11-20
PLACE OF BIRTH= Leytonstone, London, England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=