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Boaz Myhill

Personal information
Full name	Glyn Oliver Myhill
Date of birth	9 November 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 28)
Place of birth	Modesto, California, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	West Bromwich Albion
Number	13
Youth career
1995–2001	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Aston Villa	0	(0)
2002	→ Stoke City (loan)	0	(0)
2002	→ Bristol City (loan)	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Bradford City (loan)	2	(0)
2003	→ Macclesfield Town (loan)	15	(0)
2003	→ Stockport County (loan)	2	(0)
2003–2010	Hull City	257	(0)
2010–	West Bromwich Albion	5	(0)
National team‡
2008–	Wales	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:34, 12 February 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:40, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Glyn Oliver Myhill (born 9 November 1982), more commonly known as Boaz Myhill (pronounced /ˈboʊ.æz ˈmaɪhɪl/), is a footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion and the Wales national team as a goalkeeper.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Club career 2.1 Aston Villa 2.2 Hull City 2.3 West Bromwich Albion 3 International career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Born in Modesto, California, as the son of an American father and a Welsh mother from Llangollen, Myhill moved to England at the age of one. He attended the Marches School, Oswestry. He played his youth football invariably in midfield for Oswestry Boys Club.

Myhill's parents originally intended to name him Boaz, a Hebrew name which they encountered and liked while travelling in Israel, but were dissuaded from doing so by relatives. Nevertheless, Myhill has been called Boaz, rather than by his official name Glyn, throughout his life.^[1]

[edit] Club career

[edit] Aston Villa

Myhill joined Aston Villa at the age of 12, working at Villa Park with Mark Bosnich, David James, Peter Schmeichel and Peter Enckelman.

In January 2002, a 19-year-old Myhill was signed on a month's loan by Stoke City, to provide backup to their then first-choice keeper, Neil Cutler.^[2] Myhill was recalled by Aston Villa just a week into this loan period.^[3]

Following his spell at Stoke, Myhill spent a three month period on loan at Bristol City, where he was an unused substitute for 18 of City's 19 matches during the loan period. He missed Bristol City's Football League Trophy match with Queens Park Rangers due to a call up to England's Under-20 international side.^[4]

Myhill's first-team debut arrived whilst he was on loan in November 2002, to then First Division side Bradford City. On a forgettable afternoon at Valley Parade, Sheffield United scored five goals past the young keeper.^[5]

After a brief trial period, Myhill joined Macclesfield Town for a three month loan period at the start of the 2003–04 season.^[6]

Although Macclesfield boss David Moss was eager to extend Myhill's loan period after 16 impressive appearances by the keeper,^[7] Myhill was loaned by Aston Villa to Stockport County at the end of 2003.

[edit] Hull City

Hull City manager Peter Taylor moved quickly once it became apparent that Stockport County were lining up a permanent deal for Myhill. Considering City to be a more appealing prospect,^[8] Myhill signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the club on 13 December 2003 at the cost of £50,000 to the East Yorkshire club.

Since signing for Hull City, Myhill's progress won over the Hull fans as he quickly became their first-choice 'keeper and played a key part in two back-to-back promotion seasons, which took Hull up from the old Third Division to the Football League Championship, missing only one league match in the 2004–05 season.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2005–06 season, Myhill was again in fine form and again missed only one league game, through suspension after a controversial sending off for handling the ball outside his area in a game against Queens Park Rangers.^{[citation needed]} In one memorable match at Stoke City he saved two penalties, prompting chants of "Myhill for England" from the travelling fans.^{[citation needed]} At the end of the season he was named as the club's Player Of The Year, and was the highest-ranked goalkeeper in FourFourTwo magazine's list of the top 50 Football League players.^{[citation needed]} He was rewarded with a new, improved contract running until June 2008. Myhill signed a new three-year contract with Hull in August 2007.^[9] He was part of the Hull City team which won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in May 2008, and along with teammates Ian Ashbee, Andy Dawson and Ryan France, joined an elite band of players to have taken their club up through four divisions.^[10] In 2009, he was briefly dropped from the team in favour of Matt Duke but regained his position for the final six games of the season.

After impressive performances at the start of the 2009–10 season, he was rewarded on 3 September 2009 with a new contract, taking him to June 2012.^[11] On 16 January 2010 Myhill was acclaimed for his performance in Hull's surprise 0–0 draw at top-four Tottenham Hotspur, which took the "Tigers" out of the relegation zone.^[12]

Myhill left Hull City having represented the club in all four divisions of the English Football League, an extremely rare occurrence in English football.

[edit] West Bromwich Albion

On 29 July 2010, Hull accepted a £1.5 million offer from newly-promoted Premier League team West Bromwich Albion for Myhill.^[13] Myhill officially signed for West Bromwich Albion on 30 July 2010 for an undisclosed fee.^[14]

[edit] International career

Myhill made international appearances for the England Youth and England U20 teams, but this did not affect his eligibility to play for USA or any of the home nations. He was offered the chance to play for Wales in early 2006, but declined due to family reasons.^[1] He was eventually called up for the first time for Wales on 17 March 2008 due to Wayne Hennessey returning to the U21 side in order to help them qualify from their group.^[15] He made his debut on March 26, coming on as a halftime substitute for Lewis Price during a 2–0 win over Luxembourg. He has mostly been deputy to first-choice Wayne Hennessey.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Boaz Myhill profile on Hull City official website
• Boaz Myhill career stats at Soccerbase

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Stuart Elliot	Hull City Player of the Season 2005-2006	Succeeded by Andy Dawson

v · d · eWest Bromwich Albion F.C. – current squad 1 Carson (c) · 3 Olsson · 4 Čech · 5 Tchoyi · 6 Ibáñez · 7 Morrison · 8 Barnes · 11 Brunt · 12 S. Reid · 13 Myhill · 14 Thomas · 17 Dorrans · 18 Vela · 19 Daniels · 20 Shorey · 21 Mulumbu · 23 Méïté · 24 Odemwingie · 26 Hurst · 28 Fortuné · 29 Thorne · 30 Tamaş · 31 Cox · 35 Sawyers · 36 Jara · 37 Brown · 38 Berahino · 39 Allsop · 40 Kiely · Coach: Hodgson

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Name	Myhill, Boaz
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Date of birth	9 November 1982
Place of birth	Modesto, California, United States
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