english football player

James Alan Tarkowski ( born 19 November 1992 ) is an english master football player who plays as a center back for Premier League club Burnley and the England national team. Tarkowski began his professional career at Oldham Athletic of League One, where he made 89 appearances across all competitions. In January 2014, he moved to Brentford for an undisclosed fee, winning promotion to the championship in his beginning season. Two years late he signed for Burnley. He made his debut for England in March 2018, starting in a 1–1 draw against Italy.

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early and personal life [edit ]

Tarkowski was born in Manchester [ 4 ] and grew up in New Moston. [ 5 ] He attended New Moston Primary School and Failsworth High School, which he left in 2009. [ 5 ] Tarkowski began his career in the youth system at Blackburn Rovers, before being released at the historic period of 14 at his own request. After his spell at Blackburn, Tarkowski had a stint play aged football at Maine Road in the North West Counties League. [ 6 ] He is a Manchester United winnow and admired David Beckham and Paul Scholes while growing up. [ 7 ]

Club career [edit ]

Oldham Athletic [edit ]

early years [edit ]

Tarkowski joined League One baseball club Oldham Athletic on a biennial scholarship in May 2009. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He made his reserve-team introduction in October 2009. A kernel back, [ 10 ] Tarkowski was called up to the first team for the inaugural time for a league peer versus Plymouth Argyle on 15 January 2011. [ 11 ] His senior debut came on 22 January, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for the injured Neal Trotman in a 2–1 home win over Brentford. [ 12 ] Tarkowski made his first Latics start in a 1–0 kill to Leyton Orient on 12 March and played the full 90 minutes. [ 13 ] He was awarded a biennial professional shrink by the club in May 2011. [ 14 ] He made 9 appearances during the second half of the 2010–11 season. [ 15 ] Tarkowski had to wait until 10 December 2011 to make his first appearance of the 2011–12 season, [ 16 ] when he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Jean-Yves Mvoto in a 2–0 home frustration to Sheffield Wednesday. [ 17 ] A half time substitute appearance in Oldham ‘s 2–1 Football League Trophy Northern Area final first gear leg get the better of to Chesterfield on 30 January 2012 kicked off a discharge which saw Tarkowski included in about all of Oldham ‘s first-team squads until the end of the season. [ 16 ] Tarkowski crowned his run of appearances by scoring his foremost senior goal for the club on the final day of the temper in a 2–1 succeed over Carlisle United. [ 18 ] He made 18 appearances during the 2011–12 season and scored one goal. [ 19 ]

Breakthrough [edit ]

Tarkowski began the 2012–13 season as a first-choice center back aboard Jean-Yves Mvoto and started Oldham ‘s first six games of the season. [ 20 ] He scored his first finish of the season in a 2–0 league acquire over Crewe Alexandra on 2 October 2012. [ 7 ] Tarkowski played a function in Oldham ‘s range to the fifth attack of the FA Cup, playing in the foremost round succeed over Conference Premier team Kidderminster Harriers and starting in the home pull and away replay defeat to Premier League team Everton in the fifth round. [ 21 ] He scored his second finish of the temper in a 2–1 league succeed over Stevenage on 19 February 2013. [ 22 ] Tarkowski made 26 appearances and scored two goals during the 2012–13 season. [ 20 ] He signed a newly biennial shrink in the summer of 2013. [ 23 ] Tarkowski began the 2013–14 season with a hit, scoring Oldham ‘s first base goal in a 4–3 away league win over Stevenage on the open day. [ 24 ] He was picked by the Latics supporters as Oldham ‘s Player of the Month for August 2013. [ 25 ] now lining up at kernel back aboard Jonathan Grounds, [ 5 ] Tarkowski scored his second finish in a 2–1 defeat to Preston North End on 9 September 2013. [ 26 ] Tarkowski was an ever-present in Oldham ‘s runs to the Northern Area semi-final of the Football League Trophy and the third base round of the FA Cup. [ 27 ] He started the FA Cup third round connect against Premier League team Liverpool at Anfield and scored an 82nd minute own goal, which consigned the Latics to a 2–0 kill. [ 28 ] Tarkowski ‘s form saw him offered a new condense extending until the end of the 2016–17 season on 22 January 2014, [ 29 ] but he departed Boundary Park 9 days late. [ 30 ] During his time with the Latics, Tarkowski made 89 appearances and scored six goals. [ 31 ]

Brentford [edit ]

Tarkowski signed for League One club Brentford on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2014. [ 30 ] After a period on the bench, he made his Brentford debut with a starting signal in a 0–0 draw away to Carlisle United on 1 March. [ 32 ] He scored his first goal for the club on his third appearance, heading in to send the Bees on their way to a 2–0 victory over Tranmere Rovers on 11 March. [ 33 ] Four days late, Tarkowski was sent off for the second time in his career during a 1–0 win over Leyton Orient. [ 34 ] Following Brentford ‘s promotion to the Championship on 18 April, Tarkowski scored his second goal for the cabaret in a 2–2 draw at Milton Keynes Dons on 21 April. [ 35 ] He finished the 2013–14 temper with 13 appearances and two goals. [ 27 ]

Tarkowski began his first season at Championship flat as an ever-present in the Bees ‘ league matches. [ 36 ] He suffered a dip in phase in September and early October, stepping up to take his first punishment for the club in a league pit versus Leeds United on 27 September and hammering the ball over the bar. [ 37 ] He was spared his blushes, with Jota and Alan McCormack on target in the eventual 2–0 win. [ 37 ] Tarkowski gave away a penalty in a 2–1 kill to Watford on 30 September and received his fourth yellow card of the season ( his one-third in four matches ). [ 38 ] Another jaundiced card in a 0–0 attract with Wigan Athletic on 18 October saw him incur a pause and he failed to appear again until 28 December, [ 36 ] scoring what proved to be Wolverhampton Wanderers ‘ winner with an own goal in a 2–1 get the better of. [ 39 ] Despite the drop the ball, Tarkowski held onto his starting place and scored his first gear goal of the season against Reading on 25 April 2015, making sure of the points with the second in a 2–0 acquire. [ 40 ] Tarkowski had the opportunity to convert a late penalty to make it two goals in two games in the trace couple against Wigan Athletic, but his miss made short deviation with the Bees already 3–0 ahead. [ 41 ] He appeared in both legs of Brentford ‘s 5–1 playoff semi-final aggregate frustration to Middlesbrough and finished the 2014–15 season with 38 appearances and one goal. [ 36 ] Tarkowski helped salvage a 2–2 pull with Ipswich Town on the unfold day of the 2015–16 season, feeding Andre Gray to score in injury clock time, [ 42 ] before bundling dwelling a 96th-minute counterweight to earn a place in the Football League Team of the Week. [ 43 ] He suffered a displace fault of the nozzle in the trace meet versus Bristol City, [ 44 ] but kept his place aboard Harlee Dean until suffering a calf injury in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United on 12 September. [ 45 ] He missed two matches before being sent off on his return in a 2–1 frustration to Sheffield Wednesday. [ 46 ] Amidst a number of transmit bids, [ 47 ] Tarkowski was internally disciplined for refusing to play in Brentford ‘s match versus Burnley on 15 January 2016, [ 48 ] for which he late apologised. [ 49 ] He failed to appear for the Bees again and departed Griffin Park two weeks late, having made 74 appearances and scored four goals in two years with the club. [ 31 ]

Burnley [edit ]

Tarkowski ( center ) play for Burnley in 2017 On 1 February 2016, Tarkowski signed a three-and-a-half-year narrow with Championship golf club Burnley for an undisclosed fee. [ 50 ] Tarkowski made his club debut on 20 February against Rotherham United, entering as a substitute in the first half for Michael Keane, who was forced off with a principal injury. [ 51 ] Tarkowski deputised for Keane for the next two games, with Burnley triumphant against Nottingham Forest and Bolton Wanderers. [ 52 ] however, Keane was preferred by coach Sean Dyche at properly centre-back upon his tax return to fitness as Tarkowski was limited to one substitution appearance the rest of the temper. In third position in the table at the clock time of Tarkowski ‘s bless, Burnley went unbeaten the lie of the season as they won their third ever second-tier title and direct promotion to the Premier League on their first attack. Tarkowski was handed the captain ‘s armband for Burnley ‘s 1–0 extra-time frustration to fourth-tier Accrington Stanley in the EFL Cup on 24 August, after Dyche had made 10 changes to the team that upset Liverpool four days anterior. [ 53 ] Tarkowski made his Premier League debut on 27 August at Chelsea, coming on as a alternate and receiving a book for a disgusting in the runup to Chelsea ‘s final finish in the 3–0 frustration. [ 54 ] unable to crack the prefer centre-back partnership of Keane and Ben Mee, [ 55 ] Tarkowski received skimp bet meter, despite being an ever-present on the terrace. [ 56 ] He was a halftime substitution on 23 April 2017 against Manchester United for Mee, who left with a shin injury, [ 57 ] opening the doorway for his first Premier League start on 29 April against Crystal Palace. Tarkowski endured being hit by an object thrown by a Palace winnow during celebrations of Ashley Barnes ‘ open goal en road to a clean sheet. Manager Dyche lauded his performance as “ outstanding ”. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Tarkowski would retain his locate in the team for Burnley ‘s final four fixtures, during which Burnley ensured their engagement in the adjacent edition. During the summer transfer window, teammate Michael Keane departed for Everton, allowing Tarkowski to course up with Mee in the center of Burnley ‘s defense on a full-time footing. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Assigned the shirt number 26 initially, Tarkowski assumed the number 5 shirt vacated by Keane ahead of the season. Tarkowski ‘s performance against Crystal Palace on 10 September was deemed Man of the Match worthy by Sky Sports, as Tarkowski held Benteke and Palace without a goal. [ 62 ] His 17 clearances in the match were the most by anyone in the Premier League that season, besting a mark previously held by himself in Burnley ‘s surprise hatchway day victory over Chelsea. [ 63 ] He scored in Burnley ‘s opening game frustration against Brighton & Hove Albion in the 2021-22 Premier League temper. [ 64 ]

International career [edit ]

Tarkowski was eligible to play for Poland through his grandfather but preferred to play for England, stating “ I ‘ve always seen myself as an English person sol to play for Poland would be unmanageable. ” [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ] On 15 March 2018, he was named in the England squad for pre- 2018 FIFA World Cup friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy in March. [ 68 ] He made his debut on 27 March when starting in the 1–1 draw with Italy at Wembley Stadium. [ 69 ] On 16 May 2018, he was one of 5 players named on standby for Gareth Southgate ‘s 23-man England national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, [ 70 ] but Tarkowski was reported to have withdrawn from the understudy number late for a hernia mathematical process. [ 71 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of match played 12 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 11 September 2018[79]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2018
2
0

Total
2
0

Honours [edit ]

Brentford

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Individual

  • Oldham Athletic Player of the Month: August 2013[25]

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Burnley F.C. website
  • Profile at the Football Association website