Ross Turnbull is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea as a goalkeeper.
Chelsea
On 2 July 2009, Turnbull joined Chelsea on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract. Turnbull announced that he would not sit by as a permanent second place keeper to regular starting goalkeeper Petr Cech and that he would fight for his own first team place. His first involvement in the first team was after being named on the bench for Chelsea's first game of the 2009-10 season against Hull City at Stamford Bridge, which finished 2-1 in favour of Chelsea. Turnbull had a Chelsea reserves debut to forget when he made a series of blunders as the team lost 4-0 to Aston Villa.
He made his first team debut against Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup, coming on for the injured Henrique Hilario after 23 minutes, a game which Chelsea won 4-0. He made his first start in the UEFA Champions League 2-2 draw against APOEL. He made his Premier League debut against West Ham United in a 4-1 win as Petr Cech and Henrique Hilario respectively were both injured. The following Tuesday, he started for Chelsea against Inter Milan at Stamford Bridge, in which he conceded a goal with Inter winning 1-0 but otherwise had a decent performance. He made another Premier League appearance against Blackburn Rovers in a 1-1 draw on 21 March 2010.
He was not part of the matchday squad who defeated Portsmouth in the 2010 FA Cup Final, but still received a winner's medal. He did not play enough games that season to earn a Premier League medal.
Turnbull made his first appearance of the 2010/2011 season when he played in the League Cup third round against Newcastle United as Chelsea went on to lose 4-3. On 23 November 2010, Turnbull made another appearance in the Champions League Matchday 5 group stage against Slovakian side MsK Zilina as Chelsea won 2-1 when they came from a goal down to beat them. For the most part of the season, Turnbull remained second choice keeper behind Cech.
In the 2011/12 season, Turnbull began to get some more playing time. His first appearance of the 2011/12 season came he played in the League Cup third round against Fulham. The game finished 0-0 after extra time, and Chelsea subsequently beat Fulham 4-3 on penalties to go through to the next round. During normal time, Turnbull saved a penalty from Pajtim Kasami after Alex gave away the penalty (which resulted in a red card for Alex). In the penalty shootout, Turnbull saved 2 penalties from Moussa Dembele and Bryan Ruiz. His next appearance in the League Cup was in the last 16 match against Everton. With 58 minutes gone, he conceded a penalty and received a red card. Cech took his place after coming on for Romelu Lukaku and saved the penalty from Leighton Baines.
Chelsea went on to beat Everton 2-1 and go through to the next round. A quarter final appearance followed, and was to be his, and Chelsea's, last in the League Cup as they lost 2-0 to Liverpool. During the match, Turnbull saved a penalty from Andy Carroll, given away once again by Alex. With the 2011-12 Premier League season almost over, Turnbull played the final two league games against Liverpool (lost 4-1) and Blackburn (won 2-1) as Cech was rested prior to the Champions League Final, in which Turnbull picked up a medal as an unused substitute. The game against Liverpool was his first league match in 2 years. His poor clearance led directly to a goal from Jonjo Shelvey.
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| Date Of Birth: |
4 January 1985
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| Figurine Kit: |
Chelsea Home Kit
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| Nationality: |
English
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| Position: |
Goal Keeper
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| Season: |
2012 – 2013
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| Sponsor: |
Samsung
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| Team: |
Chelsea
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