Leighton Baines

Leighton Baines
Personal information
Full name	Leighton John Baines
Date of birth	11 December 1984 (1984-12-11)
Place of birth	Kirkby, Merseyside, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left back
Youth clubs
2001-2002	Wigan Athletic
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2002–2007 2007–2020 Total	Wigan Athletic Everton	145 00(4) 348 0(29) 493 0(33)
National team
2004–2007 2010–2015	England U21 England	016 00(1) 030 00(1)

Leighton John Baines (born 11 December 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He last played for Premier League club Everton.

Baines started his career with Wigan Athletic, and was part of the team that won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 League Cup Final. He joined Everton in 2007, helping them reach the 2009 FA Cup Final. He has played for England at under-21 and senior levels.

Honours

Clubs

Wigan Athletic

• Football League Second Division: 2002–03
• Football League Championship runners-up: 2004–05
• Football League Cup runners-up: 2005–06

Everton

• FA Cup runners-up: 2008–09

Individual

• Everton Players' Player of the Season (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
• Everton Player of the Season (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
• Everton Goal of the Season (1): 2010–11 vs. Chelsea
• Premier League PFA Team of the Year (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

External links

• Leighton Baines profile at the official Everton F.C. website
• Leighton Baines profile at the official Football Association website
• Leighton Baines profile at Soccerbase

England – UEFA Euro 2012

1. Hart 2. Johnson 3. Cole 4. Gerrard (c) 5. Kelly 6. Terry 7. Walcott 8. Henderson 9. Carroll 10. Rooney 11. Young 12. Baines 13. Green 14. Jones 15. Lescott 16. Milner 17. Parker 18. Jagielka 19. Downing 20. Chamberlain 21. Defoe 22. Welbeck 23. Butland Manager:   Hodgson

England – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Hart 2. Johnson 3. Baines 4. Gerrard (c) 5. Cahill 6. Jagielka 7. Wilshere 8. Lampard 9. Sturridge 10. Rooney 11. Welbeck 12. Smalling 13. Foster 14. Henderson 15. Chamberlain 16. Jones 17. Milner 18. Lambert 19. Sterling 20. Lallana 21. Barkley 22. Forster 23. Shaw Manager:   Roy Hodgson