Anthony Gardner

Anthony Gardner (born September 19 1980 in Stafford) is an England football (soccer) player who currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. as a defender.

Club career

Port Vale

Gardner started his career with Port Vale F.C., where he scored four goals in 45 matches in all competitions, débuting in October of the 1998-99 in English football season.

Tottenham Hotspur

Gardner signed for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in January 2000 as a pre-emptive replacement for Sol Campbell where he worked his way up through the reserves before making his début as a substitute against Derby County F.C. in March 2001, before suffering knee ligament damage at the back end of the season. This ruled him out until December. Gardner scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-2 victory over local rivals West Ham United F.C. in September 2002.

More recently, Gardner has been on the fringes of the Tottenham Hotspur team, playing 17 league matches in 2005-06 in English football due to injury, and just a handful of matches in 2006-07 in English football.

At the beginning of the 2007-08 in English football season, Anthony found himself on the teamsheet due to the ongoing injuries of Ledley King and Michael Dawson. He did manage to make an impact - in vain - by scoring his team's only goal in their second Premier League game of the season at home to Everton F.C. on August 15th 2007, which Tottenham Hotspur F.C. went on to lose 3-1.

International career

Gardner has previously represented England national under-21 football team, gaining one Cap (football).

Gardner began to impress during season 2003-04 in English football and earned his full England national football team début as cover for Gareth Southgate in March 2004. Since this substitute appearance against Sweden national football team, Gardner has not featured for the England senior team since, due to a foot injury which ruled him out of the 2005 two-game tour of the United States of America for which he was called up.