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Nigel Quashie
Personal information
Full name	Nigel Quashie
Date of birth	July 20, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Nunhead, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	West Ham United
Number	33
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1998 1998–2000 2000–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–present	Queens Park Rangers Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Southampton West Bromwich Albion West Ham United	058 0(3) 043 0(2) 148 (13) 037 0(5) 029 0(1) 007 0(0)
National team2
2004–present	England U21 Scotland	014 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Nigel Quashie, (X-SAMPA: naIdZEl kwA:zi:, pronounced "kwah-zee") (born July 20, 1978 in Nunhead, London), is an Scottish football player, born in Peckham. He attended the St. Thomas the Apostle College. He currently plays as a midfielder for English club West Ham United.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Queens Park Rangers 1.2 Nottingham Forest 1.3 Portsmouth 1.4 Southampton 1.5 West Bromwich Albion 1.6 West Ham United 1.7 Trivia 2 References 3 External links

Quashie began his career in London with Queens Park Rangers, making his League debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford in December 1995, impressing despite his club's 2-1 defeat. He was used sparingly for the remainder of that campaign & QPR were relegated from the premier league in 95-96 season. He broke into the first eleven on a regular basis in the 1997-98 season.

After several impressive performances for QPR Quashie was awarded with England Under-21 and 'B' honours.

Quashie joined then FA Premiership side Nottingham Forest for a fee of £2.5million at the start of the 1998-99 season, but struggled as they were comfortably relegated.

Despite settling into the team, and providing some good performances, Nottingham Forest missed out on promotion the following season.

For the next season, 2000-01, Portsmouth paid a cut-price £600,000 to take him to Fratton Park and he soon became a regular but infuriatingly inconsistent player. He was a part of the 2002-03 season, during which Portsmouth won the First Division championship. During the season Quashie was the club's vice-captain.

Despite missing three months of the 2003-04 Premiership season, Quashie remained a first choice player as Portsmouth claimed 13th place. Despite being a former England U21 player, he was also eligible for Scotland. When Scotland manager Berti Vogts gave him the opportunity to play international football, Quashie switched his allegience to the Scots and made his debut against Estonia. He scored a goal in his second game - a 4-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago, which cemented his place as a first team regular for his adoptive country.

Unfortunately, his penchant for smashing the ball into Row Z every time he had a shot at goal has meant that his name is forever immortalized with the Pompey faithful - every time an opposing player has a shot and misses the goal, the Pompey fans chant "Quashie! Quashie!".

On January 17, 2005, following a row between Quashie and Portsmouth regarding wages, Quashie rejoined former Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp at Southampton for a fee of £2.1 million. After the transfer of Jason Dodd, he became the club's captain, but he was unable to prevent the Saints being relegated at the end of the 2004-05 season.

He joined West Bromwich Albion on 31 January 2006 for £1.2 million on a three-and-a-half-year contract and at the end of the season achieved the rare distinction of being relegated in two successive seasons, the fourth time in all.

On January 8, 2007, he became Alan Curbishley's second signing of the transfer window when joined West Ham United on a three and a half year deal from West Brom for a fee of £1.5 million rising to £1.7 million depending on appearances.

On January 13 2007 he made his Premier League debut with the Hammers against Fulham F.C. ^[1]

Quashie is currently the most relegated player in the history of the English Premier League. He has been relegated a total of four times- Queens Park Rangers 1995-96; Nottingham Forest 1998-99; Southampton 2004-05 and West Bromwich Albion 2005-06. His current side West Ham are in danger of being relegated this season, and if they are, it will be Quashie's fifth relegation campaign - thus giving him his nickname of Nigel 'The Relegator' Quashie

Notwithstanding that, Quashie was a member of the Portsmouth side that gained promotion to the Premier League in 2003, but survived in 2004-05 after he left for Southampton.

• Nigel Quashie career stats at Soccerbase

West Ham United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Carroll | 2 Neill | 3 Konchesky | 4 Gabbidon | 5 Ferdinand | 6 McCartney | 7 Dailly | 8 Sheringham | 9 Ashton | 10 Harewood | 11 Etherington | 12 Cole | 13 Boa Morte | 14 Pantsil | 15 Benayoun | 17 Mullins | 18 Spector | 19 Collins | 20 Reo-Coker | 21 Green | 22 Stokes | 23 Walker | 24 Noble | 25 Zamora | 27 Davenport | 29 Bowyer | 30 Tomkins | 31 Štěch | 32 Tévez | 33 Quashie | 35 Upson | 37 Kepa | Manager: Curbishley