PLAYER OF THE MONTH PROFILE(OCTOBER)

Name: Tom Cleverley Date of Birth: Aug 12, 1989 (Age 23)  Place of Birth: Basingstoke Nationality: England Height: 175 cm Position: Midfielder Squad Number: 23 National Team : England

Thomas William Cleverley born 12 August 1989 is an English footballer who plies his trade with Manchester United and England.

After starting his career in the youth setup at Bradford City, Cleverley joined Manchester United at the age of 12. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for Manchester United's reserve team, and occasionally in first team friendly matches. Cleverley was loaned to League One side Leicester City at the start of 2009, for whom he made his first Football League appearances, helping the team secure the League One title and promotion to the Championship. He spent the 2009–10 season on loan with Watford in the Championship, where he scored 11 goals in 33 league games and was voted as their Player of the Season. On 31 August 2010, he joined Wigan Athletic on a season long loan, where he scored three goals in 25 appearances and helped them to avoid relegation on the final day of the season. He returned to Manchester United for the start of the 2011–12 season and made his first competitive appearance in the Community Shield victory against Manchester City.

The current season has seen the old trafford youth product impress with sterling performances that will likely bring him rewards for an improved contract terms that hopes to put him at parity with fellow England internationals Chris smalling and Phil Jones.

The midfielder only signed his existing deal, which runs until 2015, last October but United are keen to reward him for his impressive form with a salary package worth up to £60,000-a-week.The 23-year-old currently earns a basic £35,000 - rising to £40,000 including bonuses - but his pay rise will see his earnings brought into the same bracket as the likes of his fellow domestic and international team-mates Chris Smalling and Phil Jones. Cleverley’s performances this season have been rewarded with a place in the England starting line-up for the Three Lions’ last four World Cup qualifiers as he begins to fulfill his billing as the ‘new Paul Scholes’.

He scored his first Premier League goal for United in their win at Newcastle earlier this month and is now a regular in Sir Alex Ferguson’s side after injury troubles restricted him to just 15 appearances last season.

HONOURS

Club

Leicester City: Football league one 2008/2009

Manchester United: FA community shield 2011

Individual

Watford player of the season 2009-2010.

PERSONAL LIFE

In October 2011, Cleverley accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a false claim made by The Sun newspaper the previous August that he had "badgered" a girl for sex in Blackpool. Cleverley was at home with his girlfriend in Manchester when the newspaper said the incident had occurred.

CURRENT SEASONS STAT.

Tom Cleverley – Current Season Statistics
League	Team	Games	Goals	Assists	YC	RC
Olympic Games	Great Britain U-23	4	0	1	0	0
Club Friendlies	Man Utd.	4	1	0	0	0
England - Capital One Cup (Carling Cup)	Man Utd.	1	1	0	0	0
England - Premier League	Man Utd.	4	1	0	0	0
UEFA Champions League	Man Utd.	2	0	1	0	0