Tag: Wayne Bridge

Wayne Bridge scored once in 36 appearances during his seven-year stay with the England senior national team. The left-back played for both the England u-18s and u-21s before he was given a call-up to the senior team by Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson. Virtually all his managers in the England youth team setup predicted that Wayne Bridge will play for the senior team and that prediction came to pass when he was given an invitation to the senior team and the defender made his first full cap against the Netherlands on February 13, 2002. Wayne Bridge proved himself quickly as a reliable left-back and he went on to make two appearances at the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament in Japan and South Korea. All his appearances at the World Cup in Korea and Japan came as a substitute.

English left-back Wayne Bridge signed for Manchester City after they agreed an undisclosed fee believed to be around £10m with Chelsea for the player. Wayne Bridge left West London giants Chelsea to join Manchester City during the 2009 winter transfer window. He signed for the club while Mark Hughes was the Manchester City manager.

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England international left-back Wayne Bridge moved to Chelsea from Southampton in 2003. The Blues paid £7m plus Graeme Le Saux to secure the transfer of the player. He was a regular in the Chelsea team in his debut season at the club. Wayne Bridge produced his finest moment in an Arsenal shirt as he found the back of the net with a very good goal to give Chelsea a 2-1 win away from home in their Champions League quarterfinal second leg clash. His goal gave the Blues a 3-2 aggregate win as they progressed into the last four of the competition. It also ended a run of 18 games without a win for Chelsea in all competitions.

Former Chelsea fullback Wayne Bridge is certain thatTottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane will pick Premier League champions Manchester City ahead of Chelsea. Wayne Bridge played for both Chelsea and Manchester City before he made the decision to hang up his boots.

Wayne Bridge might be retired from the scene of English football as an active player but he still remains in the scene as an inspiration to the younger players. He debuted in the scene of professional football in the year 1998 when he graduated from Southampton Academy. Bridge then played for clubs like West Ham, Chelsea, Fulham, and Manchester City during the years when he played Premier League. Today his focus is his family, his wife and two children, Carter who is three years of age and Parker who is five.