Charles Joseph John Hart was born on 19 April 1987 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
50 Facts About Joe Hart
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Joe Hart began his career at his hometown club Shrewsbury Town in the Football Conference and League Two.
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Joe Hart has gained 75 caps since his debut in 2008, keeping 43 clean sheets and was selected in England's squads for two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships.
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Joe Hart was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, to Charles Joe Hart, who sold gym equipment, and his wife Louise, a nursery school teacher.
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Joe Hart attended Oxon Primary School, followed by Meole Brace School in Shrewsbury, where he was head boy in his final year.
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Joe Hart was a non-playing substitute on that occasion and fulfilled that role again versus Rochdale at Gay Meadow on 1 March 2003, still some six weeks short of his 16th birthday.
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Joe Hart played a full 46-match league season, conceding 55 goals.
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Joe Hart found admirers in the Premier League, with several top-flight scouts attending matches.
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Joe Hart was announced as the top League Two player for January 2006 in the PFA Fans' Player of the Month Awards, voted for by fans via the Professional Footballers' Association website.
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Joe Hart's move to Manchester City was completed as soon as Joe Hart returned from England under-19 duty in Belgium, where a defeat to Serbia and Montenegro in the elite round meant England failed to qualify for the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
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Joe Hart was recommended to the City hierarchy by the club's goalkeeping coach Tim Flowers who believed he had great potential.
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Joe Hart made his debut for City on 14 October 2006 after injuries ruled out Andreas Isaksson and Nicky Weaver for the Premier League match against Sheffield United.
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Joe Hart kept a clean sheet in the match, which finished goalless.
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Joe Hart spent January 2007 on loan to League One club Tranmere Rovers.
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Joe Hart was then named in his then club manager Stuart Pearce's first squad in his part-time role as England U21 coach, alongside another goalkeeper uncapped at U21 level, Ben Alnwick.
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Joe Hart was not chosen to start the match on 6 February 2007 against Spain, but did come on as a substitute late in the match.
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McLeish chose Joe Hart, who kept his place in the starting 11 as Birmingham went on a club-record 12-match unbeaten run in the top division and set a Premier League record by fielding the same starting 11 for nine consecutive matches.
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was unsure over the future of Joe Hart and sent his goalkeeping coach, Massimo Battara to watch over him during his loan spell at Birmingham City.
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Battara reported that Joe Hart was a "very good goalkeeper, with very high physical and technical abilities" and advised that he kept Joe Hart in his plans for the years ahead.
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One of the major pre-season debates was whether Joe Hart would start ahead of the experienced Shay Given after his return to City following an impressive loan spell with Birmingham City.
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Joe Hart set a new club record for the most clean sheets during a season, with 29; the previous mark was set by Nicky Weaver with 26 when the team were playing two divisions lower.
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Joe Hart received City's Performance of the Season award for the match against Tottenham Hotspur in August 2010.
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Joe Hart made notable errors in matches against Southampton when he spilled a Rickie Lambert effort which led to a goal and for a late consolation goal in a win against West Ham United.
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On 24 February 2015, Joe Hart saved a penalty kick from six-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi in a Champions League round of 16 fixture against FC Barcelona.
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On 6 April 2016, Joe Hart saved a penalty kick from Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Manchester City's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes.
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Guardiola described his decision to let Joe Hart leave on-loan as being one of the hardest he had ever had to make as a manager.
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The club finished in ninth position in Serie A Hart managed five clean sheets in 36 games.
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On 18 July 2017, Joe Hart signed for Premier League club West Ham United on a season-long loan, having been permitted to find another club by City.
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Joe Hart was signed due to injuries to regular keepers Tom Heaton and Nick Pope.
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On 3 August 2021, after being told he was not part of new Spurs manager Nuno Espirito Santo's plans, Joe Hart signed for Scottish club Celtic on a three-year contract.
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Joe Hart made an error in the Europa League qualifying play-off match against AZ Alkmaar on 26 August 2021, failing to clear his lines and conceding as a result.
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Joe Hart did go some way to redeeming himself later in the same game, with two impressive saves to deny Zakaria Aboukhlal from scoring either side of half-time.
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In October 2022, Joe Hart made an error against RB Leipzig in an away Champions League group stage fixture.
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However, Joe Hart took no part in the finals, with Carson playing in all four of England's fixtures.
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Joe Hart played in all the qualifying matches for the 2009 European Championships, In the finals, he started the first two group-stage matches and was rested for the last match as England had already sealed their passage to the knock-out stage.
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Joe Hart played the second half of both of England's warm-up matches, replacing Robert Green against Mexico and James against Japan, and kept a clean sheet in each case.
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Joe Hart did not feature in the World Cup but started England's next match, a friendly against Hungary, to earn his fourth cap.
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Joe Hart made a mistake in England's first game, conceding a goal from a near-post Samir Nasri shot, which Nasri later stated he 'teased' his Manchester City teammate about in the aftermath.
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Pirlo had stated that Joe Hart's antics led to him thinking that "he had to get off his high horse".
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Joe Hart made another mistake in a 2014 World Cup qualifying game against Poland on 17 October 2012, failing to punch clear a corner which led to a crucial equaliser that deprived England of a win.
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The mistake followed pundit Roy Keane's claim Joe Hart was "cocky" and that he needed sterner competition.
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In England's next match against Sweden, Joe Hart put on an uncertain performance, letting in a saveable long-range free kick and then a 30-yard bicycle kick from Zlatan Ibrahimovic following a poor headed clearance.
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On 6 February 2013, Joe Hart saved a penalty kick and the subsequent follow-up shot from Ronaldinho in a friendly match against Brazil at Wembley Stadium.
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Joe Hart was selected for his second FIFA World Cup in 2014.
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However, Joe Hart was included in England's 23-man squad for the final Euro 2016 tournament.
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However, in a match during a World Cup qualifier against arch-rivals Scotland on 10 June 2017, Joe Hart conceded two goals directly from free kicks for the second time in his England career.
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Joe Hart was criticised as the free-kicks, both from Leigh Griffiths, were considered saveable.
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In 75 appearances for the national team, Joe Hart kept 43 clean sheets, the second highest tally in England's history.
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In 2017, Joe Hart was targeted in his car at a petrol station in Romford by thieves who stole his watch, wallet and mobile phone.
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On 7 July 2018, Joe Hart turned out for Shrewsbury Cricket Club during a Birmingham and District Premier League match against Knowle and Dorridge.