Adam Eckersley

Manchester United

Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Eckersley grew up in Walkden. As a nine-year-old, he signed his first contract with Manchester United in 2002. He became a professional in July 2004. He was a member of the United reserve team that won the quadruple in 2005. He made his senior team debut in the League Cup on 26 October 2005, starting at left-back in the 4–1 home win over Barnet. Eckersley then went on loan to the Belgian Second Division club Royal Antwerp in January 2006, to gain further first-team match experience. Eckersley was linked with a move to NEC of the Netherlands as a replacement for Jeffrey Leiwakabessy in April 2006, but instead he was loaned out to Brøndby in August 2006. However, he was injured during his stay at Brøndby and only played six matches for the club before the loan ended on 31 December 2006. He joined Barnsley on 8 January 2007 on loan until the end of the season, but the loan was effectively cut short in April 2007 when Eckersley returned to Manchester United after suffering a tore thigh muscle and did not play for Barnsley again. He was promoted to the first-team squad as cover for the injured Mikaël Silvestre at the start of the 2007–08 season, before moving to Port Vale on a month-long loan on 12 October 2007. He made his debut in a defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 October 2007, in which he was sent off. However, he only made one more appearance before picking up a knee injury and returning to Manchester…

Eckersley married Danish woman Elisabeth while playing in Denmark. Eckersley revealed the couple were married "in the City Chambers, right near the Castle". Eckersley credited Alex Ferguson for helping him to stop gambling after Ferguson grew concerned about Eckersley's habit; Eckersley stopped playing poker after Ferguson told him a story about Keith Gillespie and his gambling habit.

AC Horsens

Danish 1st Division: 2009–10 AGF Aarhus

Danish 1st Division: 2010–11 Hearts

Scottish Championship: 2014–15 St Mirren

Scottish Championship: 2017–18