2011–12 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
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The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

.

Club

Technical staff

Medical staff

Pre-season friendlies

Mid-season friendlies

  • Please note, that following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers
    Blackburn Rovers F.C.
    Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

     postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Foreign office
    Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...

    , and this includes the friendly against Pune
    Pune FC
    Pune Football Club is an Indian football club based in Pune. The club was established in 2007, and gained promotion to the I-League in the 2009-10 season. Pune F.C. one of the most professional football club in India is also known as one of the first football club to not follow the Institutional...

    . The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.

August

September

October

November

League Cup

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   24 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

 
5 0 1 6
= FW   20 Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina Naixes is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a striker.-Barcelona:...

 
2 0 4 6
3 MF   23 Junior Hoilett  3 0 0 3
4 MF   10 Mauro Formica
Mauro Formica
Mauro Formica is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Blackburn Rovers and the Argentina national football team.-Newell's Old Boys:...

 
2 0 0 2
= MF   12 Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

 
1 0 1 2
= DF   4 Christopher Samba
Christopher Samba
Veijeany Christopher Samba , more commonly known as Christopher Samba, is a Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.-Sedan:...

 
2 0 0 2
= Own Goals 2 0 0 2
8 DF   5 Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   25 David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national football team.-Early career:...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   30 Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts (footballer)
Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   29 Simon Vukčević
Simon Vukcevic
Simon Vukčević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers....

 
0 0 1 1
TOTALS 17 0 10 27

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
3   DF Martin Olsson
Martin Olsson
Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson is a Swedish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Sweden national football team. He signed from Högaborgs BK for a nominal fee in January 2006 after a trial period.-Högaborgs BK:...

2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
8   MF David Dunn
David Dunn
David John Ian Dunn is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.-Blackburn Rovers:...

2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
35   MF Jason Lowe
Jason Lowe
Jason John Lowe is an English footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He is primarily a midfielder but can also play at right back. He made his senior debut on 8 January 2011 in the FA Cup and his Premier League debut on 15 January 2011...

5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
15   MF Steven N'Zonzi
Steven N'Zonzi
Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christopher N'Zonzi is a French footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers.-Early career:...

6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2   DF Míchel Salgado
Míchel Salgado
Miguel Ángel "Míchel" Salgado Fernández is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a right defender.Nicknamed Il Due , he is known for his combative tackling and attacking play...

3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8   DF Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23   MF David Hoilett
David Hoilett
David Wayne "Junior" Hoilett is a Canadian footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers.-Club career:Born in Brampton, Canada, Hoilett made his debut for Paderborn against Kickers Offenbach, after being a substitute for Sven Lintjens. Paderborn won the match 3–2. Hoilett's first match in...

1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
30   FW Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts (footballer)
Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16   DF Scott Dann
Scott Dann
Scott Dann is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 2009...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7   MF Brett Emerton
Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31   DF Grant Hanley
Grant Hanley
Grant Hanley is a Scottish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national team.-Early years:Hanley was born in Dumfries, Scotland...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12   MF Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   MF Radosav Petrović
Radosav Petrovic
Radosav "Raća" Petrović is a Serbian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder.-Early career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   FW Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina Naixes is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a striker.-Barcelona:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Christopher Samba
Christopher Samba
Veijeany Christopher Samba , more commonly known as Christopher Samba, is a Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.-Sedan:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 0 0 3 0 34 2

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The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

.

Club

Technical staff

Medical staff

Pre-season friendlies

Mid-season friendlies

  • Please note, that following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers
    Blackburn Rovers F.C.
    Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

     postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Foreign office
    Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...

    , and this includes the friendly against Pune
    Pune FC
    Pune Football Club is an Indian football club based in Pune. The club was established in 2007, and gained promotion to the I-League in the 2009-10 season. Pune F.C. one of the most professional football club in India is also known as one of the first football club to not follow the Institutional...

    . The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.

August

September

October

November

League Cup

Appearances and goals

|}

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   24 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

 
5 0 1 6
= FW   20 Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina Naixes is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a striker.-Barcelona:...

 
2 0 4 6
3 MF   23 Junior Hoilett  3 0 0 3
4 MF   10 Mauro Formica
Mauro Formica
Mauro Formica is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Blackburn Rovers and the Argentina national football team.-Newell's Old Boys:...

 
2 0 0 2
= MF   12 Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

 
1 0 1 2
= DF   4 Christopher Samba
Christopher Samba
Veijeany Christopher Samba , more commonly known as Christopher Samba, is a Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.-Sedan:...

 
2 0 0 2
= Own Goals 2 0 0 2
8 DF   5 Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   25 David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national football team.-Early career:...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   30 Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts (footballer)
Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   29 Simon Vukčević
Simon Vukcevic
Simon Vukčević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers....

 
0 0 1 1
TOTALS 17 0 10 27

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
3   DF Martin Olsson
Martin Olsson
Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson is a Swedish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Sweden national football team. He signed from Högaborgs BK for a nominal fee in January 2006 after a trial period.-Högaborgs BK:...

2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
8   MF David Dunn
David Dunn
David John Ian Dunn is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.-Blackburn Rovers:...

2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
35   MF Jason Lowe
Jason Lowe
Jason John Lowe is an English footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He is primarily a midfielder but can also play at right back. He made his senior debut on 8 January 2011 in the FA Cup and his Premier League debut on 15 January 2011...

5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
15   MF Steven N'Zonzi
Steven N'Zonzi
Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christopher N'Zonzi is a French footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers.-Early career:...

6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2   DF Míchel Salgado
Míchel Salgado
Miguel Ángel "Míchel" Salgado Fernández is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a right defender.Nicknamed Il Due , he is known for his combative tackling and attacking play...

3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8   DF Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23   MF David Hoilett
David Hoilett
David Wayne "Junior" Hoilett is a Canadian footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers.-Club career:Born in Brampton, Canada, Hoilett made his debut for Paderborn against Kickers Offenbach, after being a substitute for Sven Lintjens. Paderborn won the match 3–2. Hoilett's first match in...

1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
30   FW Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts (footballer)
Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16   DF Scott Dann
Scott Dann
Scott Dann is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 2009...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7   MF Brett Emerton
Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31   DF Grant Hanley
Grant Hanley
Grant Hanley is a Scottish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national team.-Early years:Hanley was born in Dumfries, Scotland...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12   MF Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   MF Radosav Petrović
Radosav Petrovic
Radosav "Raća" Petrović is a Serbian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder.-Early career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   FW Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina Naixes is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a striker.-Barcelona:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Christopher Samba
Christopher Samba
Veijeany Christopher Samba , more commonly known as Christopher Samba, is a Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.-Sedan:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 0 0 3 0 34 2

Starting 11






The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

.

Club

Technical staff

Medical staff

Pre-season friendlies

Mid-season friendlies

  • Please note, that following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers
    Blackburn Rovers F.C.
    Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

     postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

     Foreign office
    Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...

    , and this includes the friendly against Pune
    Pune FC
    Pune Football Club is an Indian football club based in Pune. The club was established in 2007, and gained promotion to the I-League in the 2009-10 season. Pune F.C. one of the most professional football club in India is also known as one of the first football club to not follow the Institutional...

    . The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.

August

September

October

November

League Cup

Appearances and goals

|}

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   24 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

 
5 0 1 6
= FW   20 Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina Naixes is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a striker.-Barcelona:...

 
2 0 4 6
3 MF   23 Junior Hoilett  3 0 0 3
4 MF   10 Mauro Formica
Mauro Formica
Mauro Formica is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Blackburn Rovers and the Argentina national football team.-Newell's Old Boys:...

 
2 0 0 2
= MF   12 Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

 
1 0 1 2
= DF   4 Christopher Samba
Christopher Samba
Veijeany Christopher Samba , more commonly known as Christopher Samba, is a Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.-Sedan:...

 
2 0 0 2
= Own Goals 2 0 0 2
8 DF   5 Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   25 David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national football team.-Early career:...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   30 Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts (footballer)
Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...

 
0 0 1 1
= FW   29 Simon Vukčević
Simon Vukcevic
Simon Vukčević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers....

 
0 0 1 1
TOTALS 17 0 10 27

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
3   DF Martin Olsson
Martin Olsson
Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson is a Swedish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Sweden national football team. He signed from Högaborgs BK for a nominal fee in January 2006 after a trial period.-Högaborgs BK:...

2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
8   MF David Dunn
David Dunn
David John Ian Dunn is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.-Blackburn Rovers:...

2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
35   MF Jason Lowe
Jason Lowe
Jason John Lowe is an English footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He is primarily a midfielder but can also play at right back. He made his senior debut on 8 January 2011 in the FA Cup and his Premier League debut on 15 January 2011...

5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
15   MF Steven N'Zonzi
Steven N'Zonzi
Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christopher N'Zonzi is a French footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers.-Early career:...

6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2   DF Míchel Salgado
Míchel Salgado
Miguel Ángel "Míchel" Salgado Fernández is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a right defender.Nicknamed Il Due , he is known for his combative tackling and attacking play...

3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8   DF Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23   MF David Hoilett
David Hoilett
David Wayne "Junior" Hoilett is a Canadian footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers.-Club career:Born in Brampton, Canada, Hoilett made his debut for Paderborn against Kickers Offenbach, after being a substitute for Sven Lintjens. Paderborn won the match 3–2. Hoilett's first match in...

1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
30   FW Jason Roberts
Jason Roberts (footballer)
Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16   DF Scott Dann
Scott Dann
Scott Dann is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 2009...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7   MF Brett Emerton
Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31   DF Grant Hanley
Grant Hanley
Grant Hanley is a Scottish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national team.-Early years:Hanley was born in Dumfries, Scotland...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12   MF Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   MF Radosav Petrović
Radosav Petrovic
Radosav "Raća" Petrović is a Serbian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder.-Early career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   FW Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina
Rubén Rochina Naixes is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a striker.-Barcelona:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Christopher Samba
Christopher Samba
Veijeany Christopher Samba , more commonly known as Christopher Samba, is a Congolese footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.-Sedan:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 0 0 3 0 34 2

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In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Source
July 2011 DF  England Myles Anderson
Myles Anderson
Myles Anderson is an English professional footballer who plays for English Premier League team Blackburn Rovers, as a defender.-Early and personal life:...

 Scotland Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)
August 2011 FW  Scotland David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie
David Goodwillie is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national football team.-Early career:...

 Scotland Dundee United
Dundee United F.C.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.8 million)
August 2011 MF Radosav Petrović
Radosav Petrovic
Radosav "Raća" Petrović is a Serbian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder.-Early career:...

Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.7 million)
August 2011 DF  Brazil Bruno Ribeiro
Bruno de Paula Ribeiro Ingrácia
Bruno de Paula Ribeiro Ingrácia, the Bruno Ribeiro is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Premier League team Blackburn Rovers, as a right back.-Career:...

 Brazil Grêmio Prudente Free transfer/End of contract
August 2011 MF  Montenegro Simon Vukčević
Simon Vukcevic
Simon Vukčević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers....

 Portugal Sporting CP Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2 million)
August 2011 FW  Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

 England Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1.5 million)
August 2011 DF  England Scott Dann
Scott Dann
Scott Dann is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 2009...

 England Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £6m-£8m)
August 2011 FW  England Jordan Slew
Jordan Slew
Jordan Michael Slew is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.-Sheffield United:...

 England Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1m)


Total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £16 million-£18 million + additional undisclosed fees & add-ons

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Date Pos. Name To Fee Source
May 2011 GK  England Frank Fielding
Frank Fielding
Francis David "Frank" Fielding is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.-Club career:Born in Blackburn Lancashire, Fielding is a product of Blackburn Rovers Academy. He joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on 28 September 2007 on a three-month loan deal alongside...

 England Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £400,000)
June 2011 DF  Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili
Zurab Khizanishvili
Zurab Khizanishvili is a Georgian footballer who plays for Turkish club Kayserispor as a defender.-Early career:Khizanishvili started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi where he remained for just one season, before joining FC Tbilisi to improve his chances of playing regular first team football.In 1999...

 Turkey Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...

Free transfer/End of contract
June/July 2011 GK  Wales Jason Brown  Scotland Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

Free transfer/End of contract
June 2011 DF  England Phil Jones
Phil Jones (footballer)
Philip Anthony "Phil" Jones is an English footballer who plays for Manchester United and the England national team. Before joining Manchester United, Jones played for Blackburn Rovers at both youth and senior levels...

 England Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £16.5m-£22m plus add ons)
June 2011 MF  England Michael Potts  England York City
York City F.C.
York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...

Free transfer/End of contract
July 2011 CF  Netherlands Maceo Rigters
Maceo Rigters
Maceo Rigters is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for Gold Coast United in the Australian A-League. His previous clubs include Heerenveen, Dordrecht, NAC Breda and Blackburn Rovers...

 Australia Gold Coast United End of contract
July 2011 MF  England Jordan Bowen Free agent End of contract
July 2011 DF  England Damilola Ajagbe Free agent End of contract
July 2011 DF  England Andy Parry Free agent End of contract
July 2011 FW  Austria Toni Vastić  Germany Bayern Munich II
FC Bayern Munich II
Bayern Munich II are the second team of German association football club Bayern Munich. In 2010–11 they played in the 3rd Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football — they played in the Regionalliga Süd from...

Minimal fee
July 2011 FW  Zimbabwe Benjani
Benjani Mwaruwari
Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

 England Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

Free transfer/End of contract
July 2011 MF  Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran
Aaron Doran
Aaron Brian Doran Cogan , known as Aaron Doran, is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.-Blackburn Rovers:...

 Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Undisclosed fee *(rep. 50% sell on fee)
August 2011 FW  Croatia Nikola Kalinić
Nikola Kalinic
Nikola Kalinić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.Croatia manager Slaven Bilić described him as "the future of Croatian football".-Early career:...

 Ukraine FC Dnipro
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...

Undisclosed fee *(rep. £7m)
August 2011 DF Gavin Gunning
Gavin Gunning
Gavin Jude Gunning is an Irish footballer who plays for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League. Gunning attended St. Benildus College in Kilmacud and is also a former Gaelic football player, representing Naomh Olaf.-Club career:...

 Scotland Dundee United
Dundee United F.C.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

Undisclosed fee
August 2011 MF  Australia Brett Emerton
Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...

 Australia Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

Undisclosed fee
September 2011 MF  Senegal El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for Doncaster Rovers. He can play on both wings as well as in attack. He has also garnered a large amount of notoriety for a series of controversial incidents.-Early career:Diouf started his career in France with...

Free agent Mutually agreed contract termination

Total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £23.9 million-£29.4 million + Undisclosed fees

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Date from Date to Pos. Name To
31 June 2011 31 October 2011 FW   Tom Hitchcock
Tom Hitchcock
Thomas Joseph Hitchcock is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Blackburn Rovers.-Football career:Hitchcock progressed through the youth system at Rovers academy after joining in 2007, the club recommended to him by his father, who was then goalkeeping coach at the club Kevin...

  Plymouth Arygle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

2 August 2011 30 June 2012 GK   Jake Kean
Jake Kean
Jacob Kendall Kean is a goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers.-Football Career:Kean started his football career at Derby County before moving to Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 2008-09 season. Playing in Blackburn's academy and youth teams.-Hartlepool United:Kean joined Hartlepool...

  Rochdale
Rochdale A.F.C.
Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...

12 August 2011 31 January 2012 MF Keith Andrews
Keith Andrews (footballer)
Keith Joseph Andrews is an Irish association footballer who plays for Ipswich Town and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Voted best player EU by Vp rel...

  Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

31 October 2011 30 November 2011 FW   Micah Evans
Micah Evans
Micah Evans is an English footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley on loan from Blackburn Rovers as a Striker.-Blackburn Rovers:Evans progressed through Barclays Premier League club Blackburn Rovers youth system from 2008 until 2011....

  Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....

23 November 2011 23 December 2011 MF   Hérold Goulon
Hérold Goulon
Darryl Hérold Goulon , or Hérold Goulon as he is commonly known, is a French footballer who plays for Doncaster Rovers on loan from Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Goulon can play as a Defensive Midfielder or as a Central Midfielder.Goulon is well known for his strength and aggression,solid...

  Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...


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