[ joined United as trainee 1995 ]
  [ Defender - 13 ]
  [ Dob 3/9/1978 ]
  [ signed proff as 17 y.old ]
  [ 5ft 10" 178cm ]
  [ 11s 7lb 73kg ]

  [Debut: 25th Oct 97 7-0 W Barnsley PL]
  [Born: Nuneaton]

Updated 1/3/2000: Appearances

Goals Scored

• After attending the FA National School of Excellence at Lilleshall, John Curtis joined Manchester United in July 1995 as a trainee.
• Two months earlier he had appeared as a substitute in the FA Youth Cup Final and made a full appearance in the Lancashire FA Youth Cup Final. He therefore collected two medals with Manchester United before he'd even signed trainee forms! Curtis signed as a professional twenty days after his seventeenth birthday.
• In the 1995-96 season Curtis won a Lancashire League Division One medal (A team) and the following season captained the Youth team to success in the F.A Lancashire Youth Cup and won medals with the Reserve and A team. (Pontin's League Premier Division and Lancashire League Division One).
• In addition to that handsome haul, he also won Manchester United's Young Player of the Year award. This prestigious award has been won by Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes in the past.
• A calm and assured defender, John made his League debut on 25th October 1997, in United's 7-0 drubbing of Barnsley. The newspapers wasted no time in declaring yet another star had come through the United ranks. An established England Under-21 and Youth international, he played in the World Under-20 Championships in summer 1997.
• His opportunities were limited during the 1998/99 season, the majority of his appearances coming in the Worthington Cup, although on the international front he continued to be a regular in the England Under-21's.
• John travelled with the squad on the pre-season tour of Australia and the Far East, appearing as substitute against the Socceroos.
• Did You Know? John Curtis was at Lilleshall with Liverpool striker Michael Owen.


  

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