Joe Hart

Joe Hart

Joe Hart, born in Shrewsbury, England on April 19, 1987, is an English football player and a goalkeeper. He plays for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club of the English Super League.

Since October 2007, Hart has firmly occupied the No. 1 goalkeeper position of Manchester City with his excellent performance. He has also helped Manchester City win the Premier League Championship in 2011-2012 and 2013-2014, and won the Premier League's Golden Glove Award for three consecutive times. In August 2016, Joe Hart went on loan to Turin football club in Serie A. In July 2017, Joe Hart was loaned to West Ham United. On August 7, 2018, Hart moved to Burnley football club, ending his 12 year career in Manchester City. Hart joined Tottenham in August 2020.

Hart was selected into the England national team in May 2008 and made his debut in the friendly with Trinidad and Tobago. Hart joined England in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the 2012 European Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, representing England in 137 appearances.

Sports career

Club experience

Chesbury period

Joe Hart was born on April 19, 1987 in shuzburg, Shropshire. He played for his hometown team shasburg since childhood, but it was not until the 2005-2006 season that Hart got a lot of playing opportunities in the team. On February 7, 2006, Hart was selected as the PFA fan's player of the month in January. In the PFA award ceremony on March 23, 2006, Hart was also selected as the British PFA team of the year in the 2005-2006 season.

Manchester City period

On May 22, 2006, Hart successfully joined Manchester City Football Club and signed a four-year contract with Manchester City. The transfer fee is 600000 pounds, which can be increased to 1.5 million pounds according to the number of appearances. On October 14, 2006, Hart made his debut for Manchester City in the match against Sheffield United. It was Hart's first performance in the Premier League, and he kept scoring 0-0 and ended the game.

External rent period

On January 1, 2007, Hart was loaned by Manchester City to England team Tranmere for one month, during which he played six games and lost eight goals. In April 2007, Blackpool, who was fighting for promotion in the League one, had three goalkeepers injured one after another and Hart was on loan again. On April 9, 2007, Hart made three wonderful saves to help the team win 2-0. In Hart's five games, Blackpool won all, helping Blackpool to upgrade to the championship through the playoffs.

Back to Manchester City

In May 2007, because of Manchester City's main goalkeeper Andres Isaacson's repeated injuries, Hart beat back Casper shumigao and became the team's chief goalkeeper. On September 29, 2007, Hart made his debut in the League against Newcastle United and helped the team win 3-1. On January 2, 2008, with Hart's steady performance in the first half, Manchester City finally beat Newcastle United 2-0 and won the second away victory since the start of the 2008-2009 season. Manchester City once rose to the fourth place in the league table. But in the winter transfer, Manchester City acquired Shay Given, Hart became the team's reserve goalkeeper.

Birmingham period

In the summer of 2009, Hart was loaned out to Birmingham football club for a year until the end of the 2009-2010 season. Hart has had a very successful season in Birmingham. He has set a record of 12 unbeaten games in the League for the team, and has also won nine games in a row for the team, helping Birmingham finish the league match in ninth place. Hart's outstanding performance made him nominated as PFA youth player of the year in 2009, and he was also included in the PFA team of the year.

Back to Manchester City

In 2010-2011 season, Hart returned to Manchester City after his loan expired and became the main goalkeeper of Manchester City. Throughout the 2010-2011 season, Hart has become the goalkeeper with the most number of clean sheets in the Premier League. Hart kept 18 clean sheets in the league, leading Cech (15 clean sheets), Reina and Edwin van der Sar (14 clean sheets) with one round left, putting on the Golden Gloves ahead of time and becoming the first native English goalkeeper to win the award. Hart not only performed well in the league, but also made 29 attempts to keep the goal in all competitions of the season. This data also broke the team record of 26 non blocked opponents in all competitions of a single season held by Manchester City's legendary goalkeeper Nicky Weaver. For Manchester City, they played 45 times in all competitions, totaling 4059 minutes, made 132 saves, 28 clean sheets, and Hart made 116 saves.

Hart continued to be Manchester City's main goalkeeper in the 2011-2012 season and won the Premier League title with the team. As the winner of the Premier League, Manchester City has lost 29 goals in the whole season, which is the least among all the teams in the Premier League. As the last defense of the team, goalkeeper Hart has contributed a lot. In addition, Hart helped Manchester City to achieve 17 games of outstanding results, and won the Gold Glove Award in the Premier League.

On May 10, 2013, with Manchester City's 1-0 victory over West Bromwich, Hart, who has kept 17 clean sheets, won the Golden Glove Award in 2012-2013 season ahead of schedule. This is also the third year that the England international has won the award in a row, equalling Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Manuel Reina in the number of awards.

On December 20, 2014, the official website of Manchester City announced that the club would renew the contract with Johann Hart until 2019. Johann Hart also promised to stay in Etihad for 13 years and his weekly salary would rise to 110000 pounds. Joe Hart is also the sixth core player for Manchester City to renew his contract in 2014 after Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, clarov, Samir Nasri and David Silva.

Serie A on loan

On August 31, 2016, Torino Football Club officially announced that Joe Hart has joined the team on loan, and Hart has become the first English goalkeeper to play in Serie A. According to the agreement, Torino will pay Hart 55000, while Manchester City will still pay the rest of his 130000 weekly salary. After the end of the loan, Torino will have the right to buy out permanently. In 136 Serie A games, Joe Hart lost 62 goals and failed to move to Turin with a saving success rate of 62.9%.

West Ham United

On July 18, 2017, Joe Hart will be on loan from Manchester City Club to West Ham United for a season. West Ham United will complete the loan for about 4.5 million pounds (about 39.6 million yuan), while Manchester City has agreed to bear part of Hart's salary. After 11 games at West Ham, Joe Hart's defensive record is at the bottom of the Premier League. Joe Hart lost his starting goalkeeper status after David Moyes temporarily took over as head coach of West Ham United.

Burnley

Hart returned to Manchester City after his loan expired, but the team still did not have his place. On August 7, 2018, Hart made a permanent transfer to Burnley football club for 3.5 million pounds, officially ending his 12 year career in Manchester City. Hart signed a two-year contract with Burnley. In the 2018-19 season, Joe Hart played only 21 games for Burnley. In the 2019-20 season, Joe Hart has become the team's third goalkeeper. Hart only got three appearances in all competitions this season.

Spurs

On August 18, 2020, Tottenham officially announced the joining of Joe Hart, and the two sides signed a contract until the summer of 2022. Joe Hart joined Spurs as a free agent after his contract with Burnley expired in the summer of 2020 and was not renewed.

National team experience

Since 2005, Joe Hart has been the main force of England's U19 and U21 teams, with five and 21 appearances. Hart made his debut for England U21 on June 5, 2007, beating Slovakia U21 5-0. Hart became the number one goalkeeper after the final of the 2007 European U-21 Football Championship. In 2009, Hart also helped England U21 to reach the final of the 2009 U21 European Football Championship. However, Hart was suspended in the final because he had two yellow cards in the last four.

On May 12, 2008, the head coach of the England national team officially announced the list of 31 players to prepare for the friendly match with the United States at Wembley on May 28, 2008 and the away game with Trinidad and Tobago on June 1, 2008. On June 1, 2008, in the friendly with Trinidad and Tobago, Hart made his debut for England's adult team, replacing David James at half-time.

In 2010, with his successful 2009-2010 season in Birmingham City, Joe Hart won the favor of England coach Fabio Capello before the world cup in South Africa. At the end of May 2010, Hart played as a substitute in the second half of England's warm-up match against Mexico. In the end, Hart was selected as England team 23 in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

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