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Where Are They Now? - Premier League (correct to 20.11.08)

Herein lies the post-NUFC fate that befell those of the 146 players who have represented us in the Premier League. 

This is an ever-changing listing and you are most welcome to report any additions/alterations to Biffa
Clarence Acuna		Palestino (Chile), Union Espanola (Chile).
Philippe Albert		Fulham, retired, media work.
Malcolm Allen		Aberystwyth Town, Stevenage Borough, Colney Heath, Stevenage Borough C,
			Council Sports Officer in Wales, Molesey AM, Letchworth Town YC, Edgeware Town 
			P/AM, retired, North Herts College C, Aberystwyth YC, Stevenage YC, Newcastle College
			C, Tottenham Hotspur YC, media work.
Darren Ambrose		Charlton Athletic, Ipswich Town (loan)
Shola Ameobi		Stoke City (loan), CP
Andreas Andersson		AIK Stockholm, Hova IF, retired.
Matty Appleby		Darlington, Barnsley, Oldham Athletic, Darlington, Whitby Town.
Faustino Asprilla		Fluminense (Brazil) Atlante (Mexico), Palma (Italy, loan) Atletico Nacional (Colombia)
			Darlington (never signed/played) club tbc (Saudi Arabia, never played), retired. 
			Al Jazira (UAE, never played) Tulua (Colombia) Universidad de Chile (Chile), retired.
Celestine Babayaro		LA Galaxy (USA), Portsmouth (trial), free agent
John Barnes		Charlton Athletic, retired, M Celtic, media work, Jamaica C.
Warren Barton		Derby County, QPR, Leicester (trial), P/C Wimbledon, retired 
			C, Dagenham & Redbridge, media work (USA)
Joey Barton		CP
Cristian Bassedas		Tenerife (Spain, loan), Newell's Old Boys (Argentina), retired, media work.
Sebastien Bassong	CP
David Batty		Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, retired
Peter Beardsley		Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Fulham, Hartlepool United, Doncaster Rovers, 
			retired, YC NUFC,  NUFC PR, YC Middlesbrough.
David Beharall		Grimsby Town (loan), Oldham Athletic, Port Vale (trial), Carlisle, Stockport County, retired.
Craig Bellamy		Celtic (loan), Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United.
John Beresford		Southampton, Alfreton Town, Halifax Town, retired, media work.
Olivier Bernard		Darlington, CP, Southampton, Birmingham City (trial), Rangers, 
			Sheffield United (trial), CP, training with Toronto (Canada).
Habib Beye		CP
Jean-Alain Boumsong	Juventus (Italy) Olympique Lyonnais (France)
Lee Bowyer		West Ham United.
Paul Bracewell		Fulham, retired, M Fulham, M Halifax Town, FA C, 
			D Complete Football Project, Gosforth Park D.
Garry Brady		Norwich (loan) Club tbc (China) Portsmouth, Kilmarnock (trial), Walsall (trial), 
			Dundee, St.Mirren.
Titus Bramble		Wigan Athletic.
Michael Bridges		Bolton, Sunderland, Bristol City, Carlisle United (loan), Hull City, Sydney United (Aus), 
			Carlisle United (loan)
Martin Brittain		Coventry City (trial), Brighton & Hove Albion (trial), Hull City (trial), Brighton & 
			Hove Albion (trial), Kilmarnock (trial), Ipswich Town, Yeovil Town (loan), Luton Town (trial), 
			Carlisle United, Walsall, Toronto (Canada) (trial), Kidderminster Harriers (trial).
Nicky Butt 		Birmingham City, CP
Claudio Cacapa		CP
Steve Caldwell		Blackpool (loan), Bradford City (loan), Sunderland, Burnley.
Stephen Carr		Free agent
Andy Carroll		Preston North End (loan), CP
Laurent Charvet		Manchester City, Ipswich Town (trial), Sochaux (France), retired, 
			Marketing Director @ Principality Sports Management, London.
Michael Chopra		Watford (loan), Barnsley (loan), Nottingham Forest (loan), CP, Cardiff City, Sunderland, 
			Cardiff City (loan)
Lee Clark			Sunderland, Fulham, NUFC PC, Norwich City AM.
Andy Cole		Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth, 
			Birmingham City, Sunderland, Burnley (loan), Nottingham Forest, free agent.
Fabricio Coloccini		CP
James Coppinger		Hartlepool United (loan), Exeter City, Doncaster Rovers.
Daniel Cordone		Argentinos Juniors (Argentina), San Lorenzo (Argentina), Argentino de Merlo (Argentina),
			Independiente Rivadavia (Argentina).
Carl Cort			Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City., UD Marbella (Spain)
Jimmy Crawford		Rotherham United (loan), Dundee United (loan), Reading, Shelbourne (Republic of Ireland), 
			Sporting Fingal (Republic of Ireland), retired, Shamrock Rovers M.
Nicos Dabizas		Leicester City, Anderlecht (Belgium, trial), AE Larisa 1964 (Greece)
Paul Dalglish		Norwich City (loan), Wigan Athletic (loan), DC United (USA, trial), Burnley (trial), 
			Blackpool, Scunthorpe United (loan), Linfield (Northern Ireland), media work, 
			Luton Town (trial), Livingston, Hibernian, Houston Dynamo (USA), Leeds United (trial), 
			Kilmarnock, retired, youth coach @ Houston Dynamo (USA)
Lamine Diatta		Sochaux (France) (trial)
Sylvain Distin		Manchester City, Portsmouth.
Didier Domi		Paris St.Germain (France), Leeds (loan), Espanyol (Spain), Olympiakos (Greece)
Damien Duff		CP
Franck Dumas		Caen (France), retired, Caen M (France).
Kieron Dyer		West Ham United
David Edgar		CP
Robbie Elliott		Bolton Wanderers, CP, Leeds United (trial), Sunderland, Leeds United, Hartlepool United,
			NUFC fitness C.
Emre			Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Jose Enrique		CP
Amdy Faye		Charlton Athletic, Rangers, Blackburn (trial), Stoke City
Abdoulaye Faye		Stoke City
Les Ferdinand		Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Bolton Wanderers, Reading, 
			training with Watford (non-contract), retired, media work, Spurs C.
Duncan Ferguson		Everton, retired.
Ruel Fox			Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, media work Southend United 
			(trained, non-contract), Monserrat C, Whitton United PM, retired. 
			Restaurant Owner (The Imperial Lounge, Ipswich)
Fumaca			Real Zaragoza (Spain, trial) Cologne (Germany) Catuense SA (Brazil), 
			America Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Catuense SA, Caxias do Sul (Brazil), 
			Drnovice (Czech Republic), Türkiyemspor Berlin 1978 (Germany), 
			SC Paderborn 07 (Germany), SV Wilhelmshaven (Germany).
Kevin Gallacher		Bolton (trial), Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, 
			retired, media work.
Diego Gavilan		Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (Mexico, loan) CP,  Udinese (Italy), 
			SC Internacional (Brazil) Newell's Old Boys (Argentina), Gremio (Brazil), 
			Flamengo (Brazil)
George Georgiadis		PAOK Thessalonaki (Greece), Olympiakos (Greece), Iraklis (Greece), 
			PAOK Thessalonaki (Greece).
Geremi 			CP
Keith Gillespie		Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic (loan), Leicester City, Leeds United (trial), 
			Sheffield United.
David Ginola		Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Everton, retired, wine producer in France!
Shay Given		CP
Stephen Glass		Watford, Hibernian, Dunfermline Athletic.
Alain Goma		Fulham, AL-Wakra (Qatar), retired.
Ignacio Gonzalez		CP
Andy Griffin		Portsmouth, Stoke City (loan), Derby County, Stoke City.
Stephane Guivarc'h	Rangers, Guingamp (France), retired, D Auxerre (France) 
Danny Guthrie		CP
Jonas Gutierrez		CP
Dietmar Hamann		Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers (never played), Manchester City.
Des Hamilton		Tranmere Rovers (loan), Cardiff City, Grimsby Town, Barnet, retired, Campion (West Riding
			County Amateur Premier League), NBK (Bradford area five a side team)
Steve Harper		CP
Hélder Marino 
Rodrigues Cristóvão	Benfica (Portugal), Paris St.Germain (France), Larissa (Greece), retired. 
Shaka Hislop		West Ham United, Portsmouth, Crystal Palace (trial), West Ham United, FC Dallas (USA)
Chris Holland		Boston United, Southport, Leigh Genesis.
Mike Hooper		Sunderland (trial), retired, Bettaware salesman, Durham, pub doorman Durham.
Marc Hottiger		Everton, Echallens AC (Switzerland), FC Neuchatel Xamax AC (Switzerland), 
			Director of Academy Coaching @ Brad Friedel Premier Soccer Academies.
Steve Howey		Manchester City, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, New England, Sheffield United, 
			QPR (trial), Oldham Athletic (trial), Hartlepool United (trial), Brandon United M, 
			Crook Town M, Bishop Auckland P/AM.
Darren Huckerby		Millwall, Coventry City, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest (loan), Norwich City, 
			San Jose Earthquakes (USA). 
Aaron Hughes		Aston Villa, Fulham.
Paul Huntington		Leeds United.
Mike Jeffrey		Rotherham United, Fortuna Sittard (Holland), Kilmarnock (Scotland), Grimsby Town, 
			Scunthorpe United (loan), retired car salesman in Liverpool / 
			playing local league football tbc.
Jermaine Jenas		Tottenham Hotspur.
Ronny Johnsen		Valerenga (Norway).
John Karelse		AGOVV (Netherlands).
Brian Kerr			Coventry City (loan), Livingston, Motherwell, Hibernian, Brighton (trial), Oldham (trial), 
			Hamilton Accies (trial)
Temuri Ketsbaia		Dundee, Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus), Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) M. 
Brian Kilcline		Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, retired, Huddersfield Town YC, 
			media work.
Paul Kitson		West Ham United, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Brighton & Hove Albion, 
			Rushden & Diamonds, St.Albans City (trial), Aldershot, retired.
Patrick Kluivert		Valencia (Spain), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Lille (France).
Robert Lee		Derby County, Oldham Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers, retired, media work.
Kazenga LuaLua		CP
Lomana Tresor LuaLua	Portsmouth, Olympiakos (Greece), Al-Arabi (Qatar)
Albert Luque		Ajax (Netherlands) Malaga (Spain)
Marcelino			Polideportivo Ejido (Spain), retired, media work.
Silvio Maric		Porto (Portugal), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) Panathinaikos (Greece).
Obafemi Martins		CP
Alex Mathie		Ipswich Town, Dundee United, Pickering Town, retired, Spennymoor United M,
			West Auckland M, Royal Mail York.
Jamie McClen		Carlisle United, Bristol City (trial), Blyth Spartans, Stockport County (trial), 
			Shrewsbury Town (trial), Kidderminster Harriers, Bedlington Terriers (loan)
			Hamilton Academical, Motherwell, Gateshead, Newcastle Blue Star (loan), 
			Newcastle Blue Star.
James Milner		Aston Villa (loan), CP, Aston Villa
Craig Moore		Queensland Roar (Australia)
Alan Neilson		Southampton, Grimsby Town, Luton Town, Tamworth, Salisbury City.
Charles N'Zogbia		CP
Liam O'Brien		Tranmere Rovers, Cork City AM, Bohemians AM, St.Patrick's Athletic AM, Bohemians AM.
Andrew O'Brien		Portsmouth, Bolton Wanderers.
Alan O'Brien		Carlisle United, Hibernian.
Oguchi Onyewu		Standard Liege (Belgium).
Michael Owen		CP
Nicky Papavasiliou		Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus), APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus). 
Scott Parker		West Ham United.
Matty Pattison		Norwich City (loan then permanent)
Darren Peacock		Blackburn Rovers, retired.
Stuart Pearce		West Ham United, Manchester City C, Manchester City M, England U21 C.
Alessandro Pistone		Middlesbrough (trial), Watford (trial), Mons (Belgium)
Wayne Quinn		Sheffield United (loan), West Ham, Plymouth Argyle (trial), Hayle, Penzance, Hayle.
Peter Ramage		Queens Park Rangers.
Laurent Robert		Portsmouth, Benfica (Portugal), Levante (Spain), Derby County, Toronto (Canada) 
			Larissa (Greece)
Mark Robinson		Swindon Town, Chippenham Town, retired.
Paul Robinson		Wimbledon, Burnley (loan), Dundee United ( loan) Hull City (trial) Grimsby Town (loan)
			Carlisle (loan), Wimbledon, Blackpool, Hartlepool United, York City,
			St.Johnstone (trial), Ross County (trial), Aberdeen (trial), Whitley Bay,
			Torquay United, Horden CW, Sunderland RCA, Sunderland Nissan, Darlington (trial)
Giuseppe Rossi		Manchester United, Parma (Italy) (loan), Villarreal (Spain). 
David Rozehnal		Lazio (Italy), (loan), Lazio (Italy)
Ian Rush			Barnsley C, Total Network Solutions D, Liverpool C, Chester City M, media work.
Louis Saha		Metz (France), Fulham, Manchester United, Everton
Kevin Scott		Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale (loan), Charlton Athletic (loan), Norwich City, Darlington, 
			Guisborough Town, Crook Town, retired, Middlesbrough Academy C.
Scott Sellars		AGF Aarhus (Denmark), Mansfield Town, Kettering Town (trial), Mansfield Town,
			Sheffield United Academy C, Chesterfield AM.
Carl Serrant 		retired, Bradford Park Avenue, Droylsden, player's agent, P/C Farsley Celtic
			C, Crystal Palace, C Sheffield United.
Alan Shearer		Media work.
Antoine Sibierski		Wigan Athletic.
Alan Smith		CP
Nolberto Solano		Aston Villa, CP, West Ham United, AE Larisa 1964 (Greece)
Gary Speed		Bolton Wanderers, Wrexham YC (part time), Bolton Wanderers PC, Sheffield United.
Pavel Srnicek		Sheffield Wednesday, Brescia (Italy), Cosenza (Italy), Portsmouth, West Ham United,
			Coventry City (trial), Beira Mar (Portugal), CP, YC Banik Ostrava (Czech Republic).
Steven Taylor		CP
Francisco Jimenez Tejada CP
Jon Dahl Tomasson		Feyenoord (Netherlands), AC Milan (Italy), Stuttgart (Germany), Villarreal (Spain),
			Feyenoord (Netherlands).
Barry Venison		Southampton, Galatasary (Turkey), media work, property developer USA.
Hugo Viana		Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) (loan), Valencia (Spain) (loan), Osasuna (Spain) (loan).
Mark Viduka		CP
Steve Watson		Aston Villa, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday (loan).
Jonathan	Woodgate	Real Madrid (Spain), Middlesbrough, Tottenham Hotspur.
Tommy Wright		Hull City (loan), Nottingham Forest, Reading (loan) Manchester City (initially loan)
			Wrexham (loan) CP (loan), Bolton Wanderers (initially loan), Ballymena United 
			(Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland C, Linfield C, Limavady M, Ballymena United M, 
			Norwich City GC. 

The non-combatants (named as Premiership subs without ever playing):

John Burridge:		Dunfermline, Dumbarton, Falkirk, Manchester City, Notts County, Witton Albion,
(Workington, 03.12.1951)	Darlington, Grimsby Town, Gateshead, Northampton Town, Queen of the South,
			Purfleet, Blyth Spartans, Scarborough, retired, M, Blyth Spartans, C Oman, 
			C Al-Ain (Oman), media work (Middle East TV).
Paul Brayson:		Swansea City, Reading, Cardiff City, Cheltenham Town, York City (trial), Northwich
(Newcastle, 16.09.1977)	Victoria, Gateshead (loan), taxi driving, Northwich Victoria, York City, Gateshead,
			Newcastle Blue Star.
Tony Caig:		Vancouver Whitecaps (Canada), Gretna, Houston Dynamo (USA).
(Whitehaven, 11.04.1974)	
Gary Caldwell: 		Darlington (loan), Hibernian (loan), Coventry City (loan), Vitesse Arnhem (trial),
(Stirling, 12.04.1982)	Hibernian (Scotland), Celtic (Scotland). 
Ryan Donaldson		NUFC
(Newcastle, 01.05.1991)
Jason Drysdale: 		Swindon Town, Northampton Town, Forest Green Rovers, Aberystwyth Town, 
(Bristol, 17.11.1970) 	Bath City, Mangotsfield United, Paulton Rovers.
Stuart Elliott:		Plymouth Argyle, Crewe Alex (trial), Scunthorpe United (on trial), Scarborough (trial),
(Willesden, 27.08.1977)	Carlisle United, Durham City, Scarborough, Exeter City, Kidderminster Harriers (trial),
			Durham City, Merthyr Tydfil, Harrogate Town, Halifax Town, Harrow Borough, Waltham
			Forest, Gateshead, YC NUFC, Northwich Victoria, York City, Grays Athletic.
Fraser Forster		CP (Stockport County loan) CP
(Hexham, 17.03.1988)
Stuart Green:		Carlisle United, Hull City, Carlisle United, Crystal Palace, Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra (loan)
(Whitehaven, 15.06.1981)
Kris Gate:		Grimsby Town (trial), Darlington (trial), St.Mirren (trial), Bradford City (trial)
(Newcastle, 01.01.1985)	Newcastle Blue Star, Gateshead.
Steve Guppy:		Port Vale, Leicester City, Celtic, Leicster City, Leeds United, Stoke City, Wycombe 
(Winchester, 29.03.1969)	Wanderers, DC United (USA), Wycombe Wanderers (trial), Stevenage Borough,
			P/C Rochester Rhinos (USA), C Colorado Rapids (USA)
Lewis Guy:		Doncaster Rovers. 
(Penrith, 27.08.1985)
Peter Keen:		Darlington, Carlisle United, Scarborough, Gateshead, Horden CW, Gateshead, 
(Middlesbrough 16.11.1976)	Bishop Auckland.
Ralf Keidel:		MSV Duisburg (Germany), Oberhausen (Germany), LR Ahlen (Germany), 
(Würzburg, Germany 06.03.1977) FC Ingolstadt 04 (Germany) 
Tim Krul			CP, Falkirk (loan), CP, Carlisle United (loan)
(Den Haag, Netherlands, 03.04.1988)
Lionel Perez: 		Scunthorpe United (loan), Cambridge United, Enfield, Chelmsford City, Stevenage Borough.	
(Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, 24.04.1967) FC Chusclan Laudun l'Ardoise (France).
Brian Pinas:		Feyenoord (Netherlands), Excelsior Rotterdam (Netherlands), Cercle Brugge (Belgium),
(Rotterdam, Netherlands, 29.12.1978) Groningen (Netherlands), NAC Breda (Netherlands), Dordrecht (Netherlands).
Brian Reid:		Rangers, Greenock, Morton, Dunfermline, Burnley, Blackpool, Falkirk, Queen of the South,
(Paisley, Scotland 15.06.1970)	M Ayr United.  
David Terrier:		OGC Nice (France), AC Ajaccio (France), Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (France).
(Verdun, France 04.08.1973)
James Troisi:		CP, Roda JC (Netherlands) (trial), Genclerbirligi (Turkey) 
(Adelaide, Australia, 03.07.1988)

Key: 

If no letter, then player or:

CP=Current Player
, PC=Player Coach C=Coach, M=Manager, AC= Assistant Coach AM = Assistant Manager, D=Director, MD=Managing Director, AD = Academy Director, AAD = Academy Asst. Director  S=Scout

* not appeared for us yet, so not included in 143 total.

 

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