Henri Lansbury
Lansbury with Nottingham Forest in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Henri George Lansbury | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Aston Villa | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Norwich City | ||
| 1999–2007 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Arsenal | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | → Watford (loan) | 37 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | → Norwich City (loan) | 23 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | → West Ham United (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2012–2017 | Nottingham Forest | 145 | (32) |
| 2017– | Aston Villa | 5 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2005–2006 | England U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | England U17 | 14 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | England U19 | 11 | (4) |
| 2009–2013 | England U21 | 16 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2017. |
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Henri George Lansbury (born 12 October 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for Aston Villa. He previously played for Arsenal, whom he had been associated with since the age of eight, and had loan spells with Scunthorpe United, Watford, Norwich City and West Ham United. He achieved back to back promotions from the Football League Championship as he was a member of the Norwich team which finished runners-up in the 2010–11 Championship and the West Ham squad that were promoted via the play-offs in the 2011–12 Championship. He has also played international football for England up to under-21 level.
Lansbury was born in Enfield, Greater London and grew up in Potters Bar. In 1999, he joined Arsenal as a schoolboy from the books of Norwich City. He featured regularly for both the club's under-18 and reserve sides. He finally made his first-team debut on 31 October 2007, in Arsenal's 3–0 League Cup win over Sheffield United, when he was brought on to replace Theo Walcott in the 83rd minute. Lansbury missed the second half of the 2007–08 season due to glandular fever but returned to fitness in time to participate in pre-season training and the 2008 pre-season friendly games.
He was described by former Arsenal striker Alan Smith as having "huge potential" On 1 July 2008 he signed his first professional contract with Arsenal. but was restricted to cup games at the club. On 31 January 2009, Lansbury went on loan to Scunthorpe United in League One for a month. He scored on his full debut against Swindon Town in the league, adding three further goals during his loan campaign. Lansbury featured in the FA Youth Cup Final for Arsenal, helping them win the trophy over Liverpool, assisting Gilles Sunu on the first goal and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on the fourth goal in the first leg 4–1 victory.
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