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Jimmy Bullard

ジミー・ブラード　/　じみー・ぶらーど

Association football player from United Kingdom

October 23, 1978 (age 47)　・　East Ham, United Kingdom

association football player

My Take

Jimmy Bullard is my kind of footballer: an East Ham lad who came up the unglamorous way, through West Ham's youth setup and then non-league Gravesend and Northfleet before clawing his way into the professional game. That bottom-up grind builds a grit you cannot coach. What I admire most is his second act, hosting Sky Sports' Soccer AM with the same exuberance he showed on the pitch. A 178 cm midfielder who survives on television through sheer charm and humor has a personality worth its weight, and I find his all-in, clearly-enjoying-life energy genuinely easy to root for.

Overview

James Richard Bullard (born 23 October 1978) is an English former professional footballer, coach and television personality. He was the co-host of the Saturday morning Sky Sports show Soccer AM. As a player he was a midfielder and played youth football at West Ham United before moving to Gravesend & Northfleet in 1998.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jimmy Bullard
Name (Japanese): ジミー・ブラード
Reading: じみー・ぶらーど
Born: October 23, 1978 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Horse
Origin: East Ham, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 178 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

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