Northern Ireland v Germany, Thurs 5th October

JONNY EVANS

Position Centre Back/Left Back Date Of Birth 03.01.1988 Place Of Birth

DEFENDER

Evans recalls Healy's treble - the third a sumptuous lob over Iker Casillas - but most prominent in his mind is an excruciating episode of cramp while tracking the devilishly skilful Xavi. The explosive shot of pain as he jackknifed his body to shadow a sidestep from the Barcelona star at the old Windsor Park is seared in his mind. “I'll never forget the cramp I took that night,” he chuckled. “It's actually weird looking back on that night because I have very few other memories of the game. “I remember Healy's goals. I also remember Fernando Torres playing right wing and Sergio Ramos playing right back, so it was a busy enough night! “But I was actually talking to my brother-in-law about it a few weeks ago and I asked him to name the starting line-up. I asked him 'can you remember the team?' It was actually very difficult.” If the Spanish game fizzed by in the blink of an eye for a teenage Evans, the seasoned defender of today is bracing himself for a gruelling 90 minutes against the reigning world champions. He said: “If you actually go through the German team every player is playing at the top level. “When we played them in Hannover 12 months ago we realised how good a team they are all over the pitch. They have great timing in their game and are very well drilled. “You can tell a lot of their players have played together when coming through the ranks. They have a great understanding. “It'll be a different night in Belfast, but that doesn't necessarily mean the result can swing in our favour. We know we'll have to perform really well for that to happen.” Words Darren Fullerton, Daily Mirror

Belfast Height 188cm Weight 77kg

CLUB RECORD

6

SQUAD NO

CLUBS Manchester United Royal Antwerp (loan) Sunderland (loan) Sunderland (loan) West Bromwich Albion

131

11 18 15 65

Caps 63 Goals 2 INTERNATIONAL RECORD 5 SQUAD NO Debut 06.09.2006 v Spain (H) Won 3-2

Northern Ireland U16 Northern Ireland U17 Northern Ireland U21

6 8 3

15

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