english association football player

Harry Billy Winks ( natural 2 February 1996 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. Winks came through Spurs ‘ young person academy in 2014 .

early and personal life [edit ]

Harry Winks was born to Anita and Gary Winks. He has spanish ancestry through his maternal grandparents. [ 4 ] He was born and raised in Hemel Hempstead and was educated at cavendish School. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Winks is a Tottenham Hotspur fan ; he attended his beginning match at White Hart Lane when he was six. He was invited to train at Tottenham ‘s development center in St Albans after attending a summer football camp run by an academy coach when he was five, and joined the Tottenham Academy at the long time of five. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

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Club career [edit ]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Winks is a intersection of the Tottenham Hotspur youth system. During the 2013–14 season, he regularly trained with the first-team police squad and was named on the senior bench for the first gear time in a Premier League tie against Liverpool on 30 March 2014, remaining an unused alternate in a 4–0 loss at Anfield. [ 9 ] On 27 July 2014, Winks signed his first master contract with Tottenham ; [ 10 ] according to Winks, Mauricio Pochettino said that he wanted to sign Winks immediately after watching video of his performances. [ 8 ] He made his beginning team introduction on 27 November 2014 in the UEFA Europa League group against FK Partizan in a 1–0 home win at White Hart Lane, replacing Paulinho after 87 minutes. [ 11 ] On 6 July 2015, Winks signed a new narrow with Tottenham until 2018, with the option of an extra year. [ 12 ] He was given the act 29 shirt, which was included on the club ‘s number of first-team numbers. [ 13 ] Winks made his beginning appearance of the temper as a recently utility in a 3–1 win against Qarabağ FK. [ 14 ]

2016–17 season [edit ]

On 27 August 2016, he made his Premier League debut, replacing christian Eriksen in the last moment of the match in a 1–1 draw at home to Liverpool. [ 15 ] On 19 November 2016, Winks made his wax debut against West Ham United, performing well and scoring his beginning always goal for Spurs to level the match at 1–1. Tottenham went on to win the couple 3–2 in a dramatic finish at White Hart Lane after scoring two late goals. [ 16 ] Winks made his debut in the FA Cup on 8 January 2017, when he was selected for the team in the couple against Aston Villa of the third gear round. Tottenham went on to win the match 2–0. [ 17 ] On 14 February 2017, Winks signed a new shrink with Tottenham, keeping him at the club until 2022. [ 18 ] During an away equal against Burnley on 1 April 2017 in the Premier League, Winks suffered an wound when he tumbled into the Burnley dugout, [ 19 ] and was late taken to hospital for a read on his ankle. [ 20 ] Spurs announced on 4 April that Winks would be sidelined by the injury to his ankle ligament for the rest of the season. [ 21 ]

2017–18 season [edit ]

Winks began the 2017–18 season as substitutes in three early on games after recovering from his injury. [ 22 ] He made his first startle of the season in the EFL Cup link against Barnsley that finished 1–0. [ 23 ] He following started in the match in UEFA Champions League away game against APOEL FC, and his operation earned him praise from Mauricio Pochettino as the “ perfect midfielder ”. [ 24 ] After only one former start in the Premier League for the club this temper ( in a 4–0 win against Huddersfield Town ) and four Premier League starts including last season, he gained his first call-up for the national team. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] He received plaudits for his performance in the UEFA Champions League game off against Real Madrid where he was judged to have held his own against Luka Modrić and Toni Kroos. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] however, he picked up a quibble ankle injury in the match against Crystal Palace on 5 November 2017, which led to him missing concluding three months of this season after trying initially to play some games through the discomfort. [ 29 ] He signed a fresh abridge on 17 May 2018, keeping him at Tottenham until 2023. [ 30 ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

After a hanker menstruation out through an injury that required operation, [ 31 ] Winks returned to the police squad in the 2018–19 season in the home game against Fulham, appearing as a late substitute. [ 32 ] He made his first start of the temper in the game against Liverpool that Spurs lost 2–1. [ 33 ] In the away match against Fulham in January 2019, he scored a last infinitesimal winning goal to win 2–1, his first goal for the golf club since November 2016. [ 34 ] On 1 June 2019, Winks started in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final against Liverpool. [ 35 ] Winks signed a new five-year contract with Tottenham in July 2019. [ 36 ] [ 37 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

Winks scored his first goal of the 2020–21 season, his first for Tottenham in about two years, in the UEFA Europa League match against the bulgarian english Ludogorets Razgrad to help Tottenham win 4–0. He hit the back of the net from 54 yards away, one of the longest goal always scored in the Europa League, [ 38 ] which he said was not intentional. [ 39 ]

International career [edit ]

Winks has represented England up to aged level. Before this, he was eligible to represent Spain deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as England. [ 40 ] He was part of the under-20 squad for the Mercedes-Benz Elite Cup in Germany in 2015. [ 41 ] Winks made his under-21 debut on 14 November 2016 where he started in England ‘s friendly 3–2 kill to France. [ 42 ] On 2 October 2017, Winks received his beginning call up to the elder England police squad, for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Lithuania. [ 43 ] He made his debut when starting in England ‘s 1–0 away win over Lithuania, which was the team ‘s concluding peer in their successful 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. Phil McNulty of BBC Sport stated that, on the night, Winks was “ England ‘s best performer. Neat and tidy and about scored. attention-getting among so a lot second-rater ”. [ 44 ] Winks missed the World Cup due to injury, but returned to the England police squad in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League away equal against Spain. He helped England to a 3–2 succeed, the first competitive home kill for Spain since 2003 and England ‘s beginning win in Spain in 31 years, in what was judged a “ self-assured ” performance. [ 45 ] Winks scored his first goal for England on 17 November 2019 in a 4–0 acquire against Kosovo in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. [ 46 ]

stylus of play [edit ]

Winks plays as a central or defensive midfielder. [ 47 ] Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino has said “ When we talk about midfielders – because you like to use spanish midfielders like Xavi and ( Andres ) Iniesta – he ‘s like this type of player ”, [ 48 ] describing Winks as “ wholly different to our other midfielders like Victor Wanyama, Eric Dier, Mousa Dembélé and Moussa Sissoko. He has qualities to add to the team that are wholly unlike ”. [ 24 ] Talksport remarked that following his breakthrough for clubhouse and nation, Winks was “ seen as a potential difference-maker for the Three Lions ascribable to his identical individual skill set ”, with Winks earning comparisons with extraneous midfielders preferably than his english contemporaries. [ 48 ] Ex-England and Spurs midfielder Danny Murphy said in September 2018 that the England team should be built around Winks, citing his performance for Tottenham against Real Madrid in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group degree as tell : “ The one who I think has got the capability, more than anyone else I have seen, is [ Harry ] Winks. What he showed in that game in Madrid, in both games when he was fit and at it, was a confidence and an ability to play. To see the passes, to get his foot in and be disciplined and mix that mix of midfield talent that you need [ … ] for me, Winks is one of the best I ‘ve seen when he ‘s at it – in terms of his all-around ability. ” [ 49 ] ESPN FC ‘s Ben Pearce opined in 2018 : “ England are still missing a deep-lying playmaker [ … ] Those wondering who could possibly fill the nothingness have obviously forgotten Winks, who excels at keeping possession with flying, short passes ”. [ 50 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 2 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 18 November 2020[60]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2017
1
0

2018
2
0

2019
3
1

2020
4
0

Total
10
1

As of match played 18 November 2020. England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Winks goal.[60]

List of international goals scored by Harry Winks

No.

Date

Venue

Cap

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

Ref.

1
17 November 2019
Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo
6
 Kosovo
1–0
4–0
UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
[61]

Honours [edit ]

Tottenham Hotspur

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. website
  • Profile at the Football Association website