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Nicky Shorey

1981 - Today

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Nicholas Robert Shorey (born 19 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back or a defensive midfielder. After beginning his career at Leyton Orient, Shorey moved to Reading in 2001, where he made just under 300 appearances over seven years while helping the team reach the Premier League. He joined Aston Villa in 2008, but was limited to fewer than 40 appearances over two seasons. While with Villa, Shorey was loaned out to Nottingham Forest and Fulham. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Nicky Shorey is the 20,400th most popular soccer player (down from 18,912th in 2024), the 8,496th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,269th in 2019) and the 1,055th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nicky Shorey ranks 20,400 out of 21,273. Before him are Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland, Jay Gorter, Michael Ball, Kei Ikeda, Akimi Barada, and Ramiro Vaca. After him are Édouard Michut, Richard Ortiz, Beto da Silva, Per Karlsson, Francis Jeffers, and Daphne van Domselaar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nicky Shorey ranks 1,678. Before him are Troy Perkins, Paul Wall, Emanuel Berg, Chris Tomlinson, DeShawn Stevenson, and Krishnan Sasikiran. After him are Francis Jeffers, Rita Jeptoo, Ahmad Elrich, LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Justin Williams, and Florian Keller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicky Shorey ranks 8,498 out of 8,785. Before him are Liz White (1979), Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (2003), Cameron Jerome (1986), Keith Curle (1963), Lee McCulloch (1978), and Michael Ball (1979). After him are Ben Goldacre (1974), Francis Jeffers (1981), Mason Holgate (1996), Kim Little (1990), Robert Snodgrass (1987), and Frances Houghton (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Nicky Shorey ranks 1,055. Before him are James Lawrence (1992), Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (2003), Cameron Jerome (1986), Keith Curle (1963), Lee McCulloch (1978), and Michael Ball (1979). After him are Francis Jeffers (1981), Mason Holgate (1996), Kim Little (1990), Robert Snodgrass (1987), Joe Bennett (1990), and Dan Gosling (1990).

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