Grant Hanley

Grant Campbell Hanley (born 20 November 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Norwich City and the Scotland national team. He has previously played for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

Grant Hanley
Hanley playing for Norwich City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Grant Campbell Hanley[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991[1]
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 5
Youth career
Queen of the South
2004–2006 Crewe Alexandra
2006–2008 Rangers
2008–2010 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Blackburn Rovers 183 (8)
2016–2017 Newcastle United 10 (1)
2017– Norwich City 80 (3)
National team‡
2010–2011 Scotland U19 7 (0)
2010 Scotland U21 1 (0)
2011– Scotland 29 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 0:25, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:09, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Early years

Hanley was born in Dumfries.[1] He was involved at youth level with local club Queen of the South, Crewe Alexandra and with Rangers before he joined Blackburn Rovers as a 16-year-old in 2008.[3][4]

Club career

Blackburn Rovers

At Rovers, Hanley was captain of the under-18 team.[4] Hanley made his Premier League debut for Rovers in a 1–0 win at Aston Villa on 9 May 2010.[5][6] Hanley committed his future when he signed a new five-year deal with Blackburn on 21 July 2010.[7]

Hanley made his first Premier League appearance of season 2010–11 as a 67th-minute substitute in a 1–1 draw at home to West Ham United. He made his FA Cup debut on 8 January 2011, against Queens Park Rangers in a 1–0 victory at Ewood Park.[8] On 5 March 2011, Hanley scored his first goal for Rovers in a 3–2 defeat against Fulham at Craven Cottage.[9] That was the last of his nine Blackburn first team appearances that season although he was to make his international debut at the end of the season.[10] On 31 December 2011, Hanley started and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 win against local rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.[11][12] This win lifted Blackburn off the bottom of the table.[13] On 14 April 2012, in a Premier League fixture against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium, he suffered ankle ligament damage. Hanley made 28 appearances and scored one goal in all competitions for Rovers but the club was relegated into the Championship.[14]

In the 2012–13 season Hanley maintained his first team place and formed a partnership with Scott Dann. At the end of the season, he signed a five-year contract with the club.[15]

After Dann left for Crystal Palace in January 2014, Hanley was appointed as the new captain of the club.[16]

Newcastle United

On 21 July 2016, Hanley signed for newly relegated Championship club Newcastle United on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[17] He was handed the number 5 shirt, previously worn by Georginio Wijnaldum. He scored his first goal for the club in the 79th minute in a 6–0 win versus Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.[18]

2017–18

On 30 August 2017, Hanley joined Norwich City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[19] He made his debut on 9 September 2017, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Birmingham City at Carrow Road.[20] Although he had been something of an emergency buy, with Norwich having started the season with a number of injuries and playing inexperienced centre backs, Hanley soon became a regular in the team, often being deployed as one of three centre halves with Timm Klose and Christoph Zimmermann. He ultimately made 32 league appearances for Norwich during the 2017–18 season, plus two in the FA Cup. One of his most memorable contributions came in the derby game against Ipswich Town on 18 February. Ipswich had gone 1–0 up in the 89th minute and seemed set for a first win over Norwich in nine years. However, deep into added time, Hanley chased a ball to the byline and crossed it back into the goal area, allowing Klose to head it home for an equaliser.[21] The following month, on 17 March, Hanley scored his first goal for Norwich, the second in a 3–2 win over Reading.[22]

2018–19

At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, with Russell Martin leaving the club, Hanley was appointed Norwich's new club captain[23] ahead of Ivo Pinto, who had deputised for Martin for much of the previous season. He played in Norwich's opening six league games, getting his second goal for the club in a 4–3 defeat against West Bromwich Albion;[24] however, he was then injured in training.[25] During his absence, Klose and Zimmermann established themselves at centre-back, with Ben Godfrey also becoming a regular choice, and Hanley was restricted to a few appearances as substitute on his return. When he finally started a game, an FA Cup tie against Portsmouth, he was sent off in the first fifteen minutes for a professional foul on Ronan Curtis and Norwich went on to lose 1–0.[26] Despite his lack of game time, Hanley remained club captain as Norwich gained promotion to the Premier League. In the final game of the season, as Norwich defeated Aston Villa 2–1, winning the Championship title, Hanley was brought on as an 89th minute substitute for Onel Hernandez[27] and lifted the Championship trophy alongside team captain Zimmermann.[28][29]

2019–20

Hanley scored an own goal in a 4–1 defeat against Liverpool on 9 August, which was the first goal of the 2019–20 Premier League season.[30] Despite this, he retained his place for the next two Premier League games until he was once more injured in training.[31] He would later admit he had been injured at the start of the season. Norwich suffered several injuries at centre-back throughout the season, with midfielders Alexander Tettey and Ibrahim Amadou both being deployed as makeshift centre-halves at various points. As a result, despite not being an automatic choice, Hanley made 15 appearances in the season's first 29 league games, as well as helping Norwich reach their first FA Cup quarter-final in over 20 years with a goal in a 2–1 win over Burnley.[32] However, at that stage, the season was suspended because of the 2020 coronavirus epidemic. When it resumed after three months, Hanley was again injured.[33] He played no further part in the season as Norwich finished bottom of the Premier League and were relegated back to the Championship.

International career

Hanley captained Scotland at under-19 level.[4] On 17 November 2010, he played for Scotland under-21s when aged 18 in a 3–1 win against Northern Ireland at Firhill.[34]

On 1 February 2011, Hanley was called up to the senior Scotland squad for the first time ahead of the game against Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup.[35] He made his full international debut as an 84th-minute substitute on 25 May 2011 coming on for Gary Caldwell against Wales in the Nations Cup in Dublin.[10] His first Scotland goal was in his fifth full international when he opened the scoring in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier at home against Wales on 22 March 2013 at Hampden Park.[36]

Career statistics

Club
Hanley playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2014
As of match played 5 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2009–10[37] Premier League 100000—10
2010–11[38] Premier League 712000—91
2011–12[39] Premier League 2311040—281
2012–13[40] Championship 3925110—453
2013–14[41] Championship 3812000—401
2014–15[42] Championship 3110000—311
2015–16[43] Championship 4422000—462
Total 183812150—2009
Newcastle United 2016–17[44] Championship 1013030—161
2017–18[45] Premier League 00—10—10
Total 1013040—171
Norwich City 2017–18[45] Championship 32120——341
2018–19[46] Championship 911000—101
2019–20[47] Premier League 1503100—181
2020–21[48] Championship 2412000—261
Total 8038100—884
Career total 2731223290—30514

International
As of match played 23 March 2018[49]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 201130
201210
201381
201450
201530
201670
201710
201810
Total291

International goals
As of match played 29 May 2016. Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hanley goal.[49]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 22 March 2013Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland5 Wales1–01–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]

Honours

Newcastle United

Norwich City

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