Kieran John Trippier is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the England national team. He started his career in the youth system at Manchester City but failed to make the breakthrough to the first team. In 2011, he signed for Championship club Burnley on a season-long loan which was made permanent in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee. In 2014, he secured promotion with Burnley to the Premier League as the team finished runners-up in the Championship. A year later, he signing for Tottenham Hotspur for a £3. 5million fee. After four years in North London, he became part of the squad that finished as runners up in the 2019 Champions League
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Kieran John Trippier is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the England national team. He started his career in the youth system at Manchester City but failed to make the breakthrough to the first team. In 2011, he signed for Championship club Burnley on a season-long loan which was made permanent in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee. In 2014, he secured promotion with Burnley to the Premier League as the team finished runners-up in the Championship. A year later, he signing for Tottenham Hotspur for a £3. 5 million fee. After four years in North London, during which he became part of the squad that finished as runners up in the 2019 Champions League final, he joined Spanish side Atletico Madrid. He has also represented England at all levels from under-18 to under-21, featuring in the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his senior international debut in June 2017 and waspart of the team that reached the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. He was named in the Championship PFA Team of the Year for two consecutive seasons in 2012–13 and 2013–14. In January 2012 he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League side Burnley. He also has a contract with Championship club Barnsley until the end of the 2014-15 season.
He is a member of the England Under-21 squad that won the 2014 World Cup and the 2014 European Champions League. He played for Manchester City at the age of nine and progressed through the ranks at the club, signing his first professional contract in 2007. His family are Manchester United fans, and although he was scouted by United when he was eight, he chose to join Manchester City’s academy as he knew a few friends there and it was local for him. In August 2009, he featured in the prestige friendly against FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou. He joined the first-team for the pre-season tour of the United States in the summer of 2010. He went on to make forty-one appearances in all competitions, winning the Young Player of the year award. In July 2011, Trippiers joined Championship clubBurnley on season- long loan as a replacement for the departing Tyrone Mears. He scored his first goal for the Clarets in August 2011, a 2–2 home draw with Watford. His second goal came against local rivals Doncaster Rovers with another spectacular free-kick, equalising late on for the hosts at Oakwell. In December 2011, after impressing during his loan, he was nominated for the Championship Player of Month award.
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