Clubs: Arsenal FC, Norwich City FC (loan)

UEFA honours
UEFA European Under-21 Championship: runner-up 2009

Under-21 debut: 2-3 v Ecuador (10/02/2009)

Senior international debut: 2-1 v Hungary (11/08/2010)

• Has gained regular UEFA Champions League experience over the past three seasons with Arsenal, where he is the deputy to regular left-back Gaël Clichy.

• Featured in all of England's five matches at the 2009 U21 finals, all but one as a starter.

• Made his senior England debut in a friendly versus Hungary at the start of the 2010/11 season; a second cap followed against France (1-2) in November 2010, also at Wembley.