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Important Players

Jussi Jääskeläinen

Full name - Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen
Date of birth - 19 April 1975
Age - 33
Place of birth - Mikkeli, Finland
Height - 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)


Known for his ability to make superb saves, this will be Jussi's 11th season at Bolton Wanderers. He was voted the best goalkeeper in the Premiership by sponsors Barclaycard for the season 2001-02. Jääskeläinen was named BWFC "Player Of The Year Award" and also "Players' Player Of The Year Award" in the same year. Despite having gone through a small slump in the 2007-08 season and that rumors of him leaving Bolton after his contract expires have emerged, Jaaskelainen agreed a new four-year contract on 11 June, which he signed on 9 July 2008.

Originally Posted by Gary Megson

Jussi has been with us for a long time and unless something amazing happens to Ali (Al-Habsi), he'll be our starting goalkeeper and I have 100% trust in him.

Kevin Nolan

Full name - Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan
Date of birth - June 24, 1982
Age - 26
Place of birth - Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Height - 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

A product of the Bolton youth team, Kevin Nolan have been with the senior team since 1999. He signed professional terms with Bolton at the age of 17 and made his first team debut. Many people have started noticing Nolan when in the 2001-02 season, his goal (his only of the season) was the winner at Old Trafford in the game which Bolton recorded their second shock win at the ground. Due to his heroics at that match, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been later seen scouting Nolan.

Nolan has previously been called-up to the England Under-18s[2] and Under-21s and some commentators have acknowledged that he could be a future candidate for the England squad.

Originally Posted by Gary Megson

Kevin is the heart and soul of this team, no doubt about it. The decision to keep him as captain is an unanimous decision. We will continue to rely on him to lead us.

Matthew Taylor

Full name - Matthew Simon Taylor
Date of birth - 27 November 1981
Age - 27
Place of birth - Oxford, England
Height - 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Known for his long range screamers, Matthew Taylor did not begin his career on a successful note. After an initial trial at his local side, Oxford United, he was told that, due his to his thick set build, he was 'too fat' and 'only good enough to go in goal'. He then started his career at Luton Town.

His impressive displays led to interest from Premier League clubs, but he instead decided, in July 2002, to sign for First Division side Portsmouth for £750,000. With an explosive pace, he easily captured the position of left back as his own. He was later used as a left midfielder,a position many fans believed suited him better than the restrictive full back role.

Taylor moved to Bolton on Thursday 17th January 2008 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £4 million, after rejecting an offer from Sunderland AFC and easily become the left midfielder of Bolton.

Originally Posted by Gary Megson

Not just that some of his goals are amazing, he also does a decent job of defending. Him and Ricardo Gardner definitely clinched the two side midfielder spots.