Cory Gibbs

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Cory Gibbs
Personal information
Full name Cory Gibbs
Date of birth January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) (age 28)
Place of birth    Fort Lauderdale, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Charlton Athletic
Number 17
Youth clubs
1997-2001 Brown University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-2003
2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-		 FC St. Pauli
Dallas Burn
Feyenoord Rotterdam
→ ADO Den Haag (loan)
Charlton Athletic		 60 (3)
21 (0)
15 (1)
5 (0)
0 (0)   
National team2
2003– United States 19 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 7 May 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 24 May 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Cory Gibbs (born January 14, 1980 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American football player, who currently plays central defender for English team Charlton Athletic in the Football League Championship. He is of Jamaican descent via his parents.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Gibbs played college soccer at Brown University, joining the team in 1997. During his career, Brown won three Ivy League Championships and participated in the NCAA Tournament all four years. In 2000, Gibbs led Brown to an Ivy League championship and the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He was named Ivy League Player of the Year, and a First-Team All-American. He was also one of three Brown soccer players, including Matthew Cross (Kansas City Wizards) and Scott Powers (Columbus Crew), to be drafted in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft.

[edit] St. Pauli

After graduating from Brown in 2001, Gibbs decided not to play in the MLS and joined FC St. Pauli of the Bundesliga. He played 25 games for St. Pauli that season, becoming the youngest American to score a goal in the Bundesliga with a goal against FC Cologne. St. Pauli was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after the 2001-02 season, and Gibbs played an equally important role with the team in his second season as in his first. St. Pauli, however, was relegated again after the 2002-03 season, this time to the Regionalliga Nord, the German third division. Gibbs remained with the team, being moved from central defense to defensive midfielder.

Gibbs decided to leave St. Pauli during 2003 due to the low level of play and lack of exposure needed to secure a spot on the United States national team. After a move to Jahn Regensburg of the 2. Bundesliga fell through, Gibbs decided to return to the United States and play in Major League Soccer, where he would be easily visible and available for international matches. Although the Columbus Crew initially tried to acquire Gibbs, he eventually ended up with the Dallas Burn

[edit] Dallas Burn

In his stint with Dallas, Gibbs was a starter in every game that he was available for. He made a total of 21 appearances before leaving for Feyenoord.

[edit] Feyenoord

On January 20, 2005, Dutch giants Feyenoord agreed on a transfer with MLS, and Gibbs signed a four and a half year contract with the club. In his first season, he made 15 appearances and scored one goal.

After injuring his knee in a U.S. national team friendly against England on May 28, 2005, Gibbs rehabbed (under the direction of Dr. Daniel Kalbac in Miami, Florida) and came back from his injury on January 19, 2006. On January 24, 2006, Feyenoord loaned Gibbs to ADO Den Haag for the remainder of the season.

[edit] Charlton

Gibbs signed a pre-contract agreement with English Premiership side Charlton Athletic in May 2006 just before Alan Curbishley's departure. However, due to injuries, he has not yet played in the first team for any of his three managers at Charlton (Iain Dowie, Les Reed and current manager Alan Pardew).

[edit] International career

Gibbs's return to the U.S. helped his national team career, as he received frequent callups for FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Gibbs solidified his position as one of USA's top central defenders. Since making his first full international appearance June 8, 2003, in the 2003 Confederations Cup against New Zealand, Gibbs has received 19 caps.

Gibbs was initially a part of the 2006 United States World Cup team, but he reinjured his right knee in a friendly with Morocco on 23 May 2006 and was replaced by Gregg Berhalter. Following surgery to repair cartilage in his knee, Gibbs played only 45 minutes all season for Charlton's reserves. Gibbs returned to international football when he was selected by Bob Bradley for the United States' March 26th match against Poland.[1][2]

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Charlton Athletic F.C. – current squad

1 Weaver • 2 Moutaouakil • 3 Thatcher • 4 Sodje • 5 Zheng • 6 McCarthy • 7 Cook • 8 Holland • 9 Gray • 10 Todorov • 11 Ambrose • 12 Varney • 14 J. Thomas • 15 Powell • 16 Iwelumo • 17 Gibbs • 18 Sam • 19 Sinclair • 20 Racon • 21 Bougherra • 23 Semedo • 24 Fortune • 25 Halford • 26 Youga • 28 Arter • 29 Dickson • 30 Randolph • 31 Elliot • 34 Basey • 36 Wagstaff • 37 Paulo Monteiro • 38 Lita • 40 Yussuff • Manager: Pardew
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