Neal Eardley

**Neal James Eardley** (an haife shi a ranar 6 ga watan Nuwamba shekara ta 1988) ya kasance tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na kasa da kasa na Welsh wanda ya buga wasan karshe a kungiyar 'yan wasan Firimiya ta Cymru Connah's Quay Nomads . Ya wakilci Wales a matakin kasa da shekara 17, kasa da shekara 19 da kasa da shekara 21, kafin ya lashe gasar farko ta manyan wasanni 16 a watan Agustan shekara ta 2007. Eardley yanzu koci ne na tsohon kulob din Blackpool . 

Ya fara aikinsa a Oldham Athletic, kuma ya fara buga wasan farko a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2006. Ya zama ƙwararre watanni huɗu bayan haka kuma da sauri ya zama ɗan wasan farko na yau da kullun kafin a ambaci sunansa a cikin 2008-09 League One PFA Team of the Year . Blackpool ta sanya hannu a kansa a watan Agustan shekara ta 2009 don rahoton kuɗin £ 350,000. An gabatar da Blackpool daga gasar zakarun Turai ta hanyar wasannin wasa a shekarar 2010, kuma ya buga wasanni 31 na Premier League a yakin neman sauyawa na 2010-11. Ya ci gaba da zama na tsawon shekaru biyu a Blackpool, kafin ya koma Birmingham City a watan Yulin 2013. Ya yi gwagwarmaya da raunin da ya samu a cikin shekaru uku da ya yi a Birmingham, inda ya buga wasanni 21 kawai, da kuma fitowa daya a kan aro a Leyton Orient a watan Janairun 2015. Ya shiga kulob din Scotland Hibernian a kan yarjejeniyar gajeren lokaci a watan Satumbar 2016, sannan ya koma Ingila don buga wa Northampton Town a watan Janairun 2017. Ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar gajeren lokaci tare da Lincoln City a watan Agustan 2017. A ranar 4 ga watan Agustan 2020, Eardley ya sanya hannu a kungiyar League One Burton Albion . An sake shi a ƙarshen kakar 2020-21.

## Ayyukan kulob din

### Oldham Athletic
An haife shi a Llandudno, Eardley ya kammala karatu daga tsarin matasa a Oldham Athletic don yin tawagarsa ta farko a karkashin Ronnie Moore a 1-1 draw tare da Scunthorpe United a Boundary Park a ranar 6 ga Mayu 2006.  A cikin kakar 2006-07, Eardley ya zama mai farawa na yau da kullun a ƙarƙashin sabon manajan John Sheridan, da farko ya fara aiki a matsayin mai kai hari kafin a sauya shi zuwa tsaro. Koyaya, lokacinsa ya fara da mummunan farawa, lokacin da aka kore shi a wasan buɗewa a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta jim kadan bayan an ba da katin ja, yayin da Oldham ya rasa 1-0 ga Tranmere Rovers. A watan Satumba an ba shi kwangilar sana'arsa ta farko, wanda ya kamata ya gudana har zuwa Yuni 2009. Ya zira kwallaye na farko tare da free kick a cikin asarar 2-1 a Chesterfield a ranar 9 ga Disamba. A kakar wasa ta farko a matsayin mai farawa na yau da kullun, Eardley ya buga wasanni 41, inda ya zira kwallaye sau biyu, yayin da "Latics" suka cancanci buga wasan kwaikwayo na League One, amma Blackpool ta doke su a matakin kusa da na karshe.

A kakar wasa mai zuwa Eardley ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin memba mai mahimmanci na tsaron Oldham kuma an nada shi kyaftin a lokacin da Sean Gregan ba ya nan. Ya sanya hannu kan karin shekara guda ga kwangilarsa a watan Oktoba, ya tsawaita shi har zuwa 2010.  A ranar 11 ga watan Maris, ya zira kwallaye daga kisa a cikin nasarar 2-0 a kan AFC Bournemouth .  Kusan watanni biyu bayan haka, ya sake zira kwallaye a cikin nasarar 4-1 a kan Crewe Alexandra .  A cikin duka, ya buga wasanni 49 kuma ya zira kwallaye shida yayin da Oldham ya kammala matsayi na takwas.

### Blackpool
Manajan Blackpool, Ian Holloway ya sanya hannu kan Eardley a ranar 7 ga watan Agusta 2009 don kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba - wanda aka ruwaito kusan £ 350,000 ne; Eardley ya sanya hannu ka kwangilar shekaru biyu, tare da zaɓi na ƙarin watanni 12. A ranar 18 ga watan Agusta, Eardley ya fara bugawa "Seasiders" wasa a wasan 0-0 tare da Derby County a Bloomfield Road .  Shi da abokin aikinsa Charlie Adam an ambaci sunansu a cikin Team of the Week bayan wasan da suka yi a 3-2 a gida a kan Watford a ranar 23 ga Janairun 2010.  Koyaya Holloway ya horar da shi a watan da ya biyo baya, tare da Barry Bannan da Ishmel Demontagnac, lokacin da aka gan su a wani kulob din dare a Blackpool bayan da aka ci Leicester City a gida, duk da cewa Eardley yana da matsalar gwiwa kuma ya kamata ya sami magani washegari. Holloway ya bayyana cewa: "Na yi takaici - za mu sami wata ƙungiya da zarar mun sami maki 52". Dukkanin ukun an sauke su daga tawagar don wasan na gaba, zuwa Sheffield Laraba. Shekarar 2009-10 ta ƙare a kan babban bayanin kula duk da haka kamar yadda Blackpool ya wuce maki 52 da aka yi niyya don a maimakon haka ya cancanci wasan kwaikwayo tare da maki 70; sun ci gaba da doke Cardiff City 3-2 a wasan karshe a Filin wasa na Wembley, kodayake Eardley ba ta cikin tawagar ranar wasa ba.

### Birnin Birmingham
A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2013, Eardley ya amince da yarjejeniyar shekaru uku tare da Birmingham City, don farawa a ranar 1 ga Yuli bayan kwangilarsa da Blackpool ta kare. Ya fara wasanni bakwai na farko na kakar 2013-14,  kuma an bayyana shi a matsayin "mai saurin fitowa a matsayin babban dan wasa a sabon tsarin Birmingham City" yana wasa a reshe-baya a karkashin manajan Lee Clark.  Rabin sa'a a cikin wasan da ya yi da Ipswich Town a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta ya sami rauni a gwiwa, daga baya aka gano shi a matsayin tsagewar tsakiya da kuma tsagewar ɓangaren tsagewar baya, wanda ya hana shi aiki har zuwa sauran kakar. Ya koma farawa goma sha ɗaya don cin nasara a Middlesbrough a ranar buɗewa ta kakar 2014-15, amma bai iya kafa kansa a cikin tawagar farko ba, kuma ba a sake amfani da shi a gasar ba bayan jan katin sa yayin da aka ci Blackburn Rovers 1-0 a ranar 21 ga Oktoba.   A watan Janairun 2015, ya shiga kungiyar League One ta Leyton Orient a kan aro na wata daya. Koyaya, an kawo ƙarshen rancen ba tare da lokaci ba a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu bayan bayyanar sau ɗaya kawai.

Eardley daga karshe ya koma tawagar farko ta Birmingham don cin kofin League a Bristol Rovers a watan Agustan 2015.  Bai iya fitar da Paul Caddis daga gasar zakarun Turai ba har zuwa 18 ga Satumba, amma bayan minti 44 na ziyarar zuwa garin Ipswich, ya rabu da kafada. Ya buga wasan farko na gaba a ranar 5 ga watan Disamba, a cikin nasarar 2-0 ga Huddersfield Town a St Andrew's, ya fara wasanni hudu na gaba, sannan ya rasa 'yan makonni tare da karamin matsala. Komawa a ranar 9 ga watan Janairun 2016 don FA Cup-tie tare da Bournemouth, ya kasance har zuwa rabin lokaci, kuma an dauke shi daga filin tare da lalacewar ƙuƙwalwa. Birmingham ce ta sake shi lokacin da kwangilarsa ta kare a ƙarshen kakar.

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa

### Matasa
Eardley ya buga wasanni uku a Wales a matakin kasa da shekara 17 a 2003 da 2004. A shekara ta 2005, ya buga wasa sau ɗaya ga Welsh 'yan kasa da shekara 19 kafin ya fara bugawa kungiyar 'yan kasa a shekara 21 a shekara ta 2007. A watan Maris na shekara ta 2009, Eardley ya buga wasanni biyu na farko a Wales na 'yan kasa da shekara 21 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2011, duka biyu a kan Luxembourg 'yan kasa le shekara 21. Wasan farko, a ranar 27 ga watan Maris, ya kasance 0-0 draw a Deich, Ettelbruck,  sannan kwana hudu bayan haka ya zira kwallaye na farko, daga kisa, a cikin nasara 5-1 a Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli.  Ya fara Wales 'yan kasa da shekara 21 ta 2-1 nasara a kan Italiya, kuma a gasar cin kofin Turai ta 2011,  wanda shine nasarar da suka samu a kan Italiyanci a matakin 'yan kasa na 21.

### Babban matakin
Eardley ya sami babban zakara na farko a Wales a karkashin John Toshack a cikin nasara 1-0 a kan Bulgaria a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta 2007, ya zo a matsayin mai maye gurbin a minti na 46.  Ya kuma taka leda sau biyu a yakin neman cancantar gasar cin kofin Turai ta 2008 da ba ta yi nasara ba,  a cikin nasarar 2-1 a kan San Marino a ranar 17 ga Oktoba 2007 da kuma 2-2 draw tare da Jamhuriyar Ireland a ranar 17 ta Nuwamba. A ranar 6 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 2009, Eardley ya fara fitowa a wasan cin Kofin Duniya, yayin da Wales ta doke Azerbaijan 1-0 a wasan da suka samu a shekarar 2010 a Filin wasa na Tofik Bakhramov a Baku .  Ya kasa lashe kwallo bayan nadin Chris Coleman a matsayin manajan a watan Janairun 2012; Coleman ya kira shi a shekarar 2013 amma an tilasta masa ya fice saboda na farko na daya daga cikin raunin da ya faru da shi a lokacin da yake Birmingham.

## Hanyar wasa
Da yake magana a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2007, Eardley ya gaya wa mujallar FourFourTwo cewa ya ji ƙarfinsa shine iyawarsa na kai hari, kodayake yana buƙatar inganta ƙwarewarsa.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Ya taka leda tare da ɗan'uwansa a Oldham Athletic, wanda ya ci gaba da horar da kulob din Llandudno.

## Manazarta