1. Nicholas Robert Shorey was born on 19 February 1981 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back or a defensive midfielder.
25 Facts About Nicky Shorey
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Nicky Shorey joined Aston Villa in 2008, but was limited to fewer than 40 appearances over two seasons.
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Nicky Shorey spent just five months with City before joining Portsmouth in January 2014, and then Indian Super League club Pune City in the summer of 2015 for the forthcoming season.
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Nicky Shorey finished his playing career with National League South club Hungerford Town.
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Nicky Shorey has represented England at full international level on two occasions, with both appearances made at Wembley Stadium in 2007 against Brazil and Germany.
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Nicky Shorey made one appearance for the England B team.
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Nicky Shorey started his career at Leyton Orient as an apprentice in 1998, where he signed his first professional contract in July 1999.
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Nicky Shorey made seven league appearances for Leyton Orient over the final three months of the campaign.
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Nicky Shorey received an intravenous drip in hospital for two weeks, and underwent treatment at his home for the following three months.
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Nicky Shorey scored twice during the season, both of which were free kicks in consecutive matches against Norwich City and Crewe Alexandra.
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Nicky Shorey was named in the PFA Team of the Year for the Championship that season.
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Nicky Shorey was praised for his abilities not only defensively but in going forward and his set piece play.
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Nicky Shorey later confirmed that he had no intention of leaving Reading despite the interest, although he later revealed he had made it clear to manager Steve Coppell that he wanted to move on, and a move a proposed move to West Ham United would have interested him but ultimately fell through.
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On 1 September 2009, Nicky Shorey was set to make a season-long loan move to Portsmouth.
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Nicky Shorey played his final match for the club on 16 January 2010 against his former club Reading, a match in which he was sent off after 68 minutes.
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The move was made with a view to a permanent move in the summer if Nicky Shorey sufficiently impressed Fulham manager Roy Hodgson.
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Nicky Shorey was cup-tied for Fulham's run to the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final.
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Nicky Shorey was released at the end of his second season with the club after Liam Ridgewell became the first-choice left-back at the club.
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On 9 January 2014, Nicky Shorey signed for League Two's Portsmouth on a contract until the end of the season.
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Nicky Shorey signed a new one-year deal with Portsmouth on 27 May 2014.
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In September 2015, Nicky Shorey opted to join Pune City for the second season of the Indian Super League, which would run from October to December.
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Nicky Shorey returned to England following his stint in India joining Colchester United on 20 January 2016.
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In October 2016, having made three league appearances for Hungerford, Nicky Shorey joined Darren Sarll's coaching staff at Stevenage, with whose squad he had been training since August.
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Pundits had suggested that Nicky Shorey could make the step up to the senior squad, and on 26 May 2007, England coach Steve McClaren named him in his squad to face Brazil in a friendly match, and Estonia in a Euro 2008 qualifier.
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On 2 July 2019, Nicky Shorey returned to Reading, taking up the role of Academy Lead Scout.