Joe Hart is an English professional footballer, goalkeeper of West Ham club (rent from Manchester City) and the national team of England. Among his sports achievements, the following can be distinguished: two-time champion of England (in the seasons 2011/2012 and 2013/2014), winner of the FA Cup (2011), the Super Cup of England (2012) and the Football League Cup (in 2014 and 2016). Joe Hart is a four-time winner of the Golden Glove Submarine title. Goalkeeper's height is 196 centimeters, weight - 91 kilograms.
June 27, 2015 married Kimberly Crew in Florence (Italy).
Joe Hart: biography
Born April 19, 1987 in Shrewsbury, England. From the age of eleven he began to play as part of the youth football team Shrewsbury Town. In the period from 2002 to 2003, he played for the youth squad. And since September 2003, he became a full-fledged professional goalkeeper of Shrewsbury Town. However, here he entrenched as a major player only in 2005.
Career at MS
In 2006, Joe Hart was bought by Manchester City Football Club. The final transfer price amounted to 600 thousand pounds. The debut match for the Blue Moon took place on October 14 of the same year in a match against Sheffield United , when major goalkeepers Andreas Isaksson and Nikki Weaver were injured. The match ended in a goalless draw. In subsequent years, Joe Hart gradually gained his form and increasingly come out in the starting lineup. At the start of the 2012/2013 season, he received a goalkeeper sweater with game number “1”, which meant recognition from the club for his services. Most of the time he played on leases at Tranmere Rovers, Blackpool, and Birmingham City .
Between 2010 and 2016 he was the main goalkeeper of Manchester City. In general, he spent 266 matches for the club and conceded 265 goals.
Rent Italian Torino
In August 2016, when Josep Guardiola came to the post of head coach, Joe Hart lost his place at the base, because he did not fit the tactical views of the coach. The Spanish coach said that Hart’s game was a failure at the 2016 European Championships, so this goalkeeper is not in his interests. At the same time, many leading European clubs began to become interested in Hart's vacant candidacy (Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Borussia 09 eV Dortmund, Milan, Torino, Sevilla and many others).
Soon it became known that the four-time owner of the Golden Gloves of the Premier League will spend the season on loan from the Italian Torino. This transition opened a new page in the history of Italian football - Hart became the first English goalkeeper in Serie A from the very beginning of the creation of the Italian championship in 1929. He made his debut for the “burgundy” on September 11, 2016 in the match against Atalanta (victory 2-1). In the Italian season, Hart spent 36 matches and conceded 62 goals, the team took 9th place out of 20.
Performances for West Ham United
On July 18, 2017, Joe Hart signed a contract with West Ham for one rental season. The debut match for the “iron” took place on August 13 against Manchester United (defeat 4-0). In the first three matches, Hart conceded 10 goals, but team captain Mark Noble defended his goalkeeper, accusing the defense of a bad game.
Footballer Joe Hart: International Career
From 2005 to 2007 he played for the youth team of England until the age of 19. During this time, the goalkeeper spent 6 matches and conceded 5 goals. In 2008, he was first called up to the main national team. Was in the application for the World Cup 2010, but never played at the base. At the European Championships 2012 and 2016, he was the main goalkeeper of his team. In total, for the England team between 2008 and 2017, he played 73 matches and conceded 50 goals.