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Paul Michael Downing (born 26 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Walsall. He is the nephew of former footballer and manager, and current assistant head coach of West Brom Keith Downing. His older brother Leigh was formerly at the West Bromwich Albion academy as a scholar.〔("Assistant head coach" ) West Bromwich Albion F.C. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 ==Career== Downing was born in Taunton, Somerset and came through the youth system at West Bromwich Albion.〔 He signed a professional contract lasting until June 2012, with an option of a further year in the club's favour.〔("West Bromwich Albion Team Profiles: Paul Downing" ) West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 He made the bench for a 0–0 draw against Blackburn in the Premier League on 24 May 2009.〔("Blackburn 0–0 West Brom" ) West Bromwich Albion F.C. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 He went on a one-month loan deal to Hereford United on 25 January 2010, along with West Brom team mate Lateef Elford-Alliyu.〔("Hereford sign West Brom's Downing and Elford Alliyu" ) BBC Sport. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 He was given the squad number 16, and made his debut on 2 February in a 2–0 win against Lincoln City at Edgar Street.〔("Hereford 2–0 Lincoln" ) BBC Sport. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 He was sent off on his final appearance, a 5–0 loss to eventual league winners Notts County on 27 February.〔("Notts County 5–0 Hereford" ) BBC Sport. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 He made six appearances during his loan spell.〔 On 25 November 2010 he signed on loan for Rotherham United until 4 January.〔("Rotherham sign Will Atkinson & Paul Downing" ) BBC Sport. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 On 31 January 2011 he signed on loan for Shrewsbury Town, after making no appearances at Rotherham.〔("Shrewsbury sign Davis, Nicholls and Downing" ) BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 He made no appearances before returning to West Brom.〔("Paul Downing Football Stats" ) Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 April 2012.〕 On 3 November 2011 he signed on loan for League Two team Barnet, initially on a one-month deal.〔("Barnet sign defenders Paul Downing and Michael Hector" ) BBC Sport. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 He made his debut on 8 November in a 2–0 win in the Football League Trophy against Cheltenham Town.〔("Cheltenham 0–2 Barnet" ) BBC Sport. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 On 17 November Barnet extended the loan deal to allow him to remain there until 2 January.〔("Barnet extend Paul Downing loan deal from West Brom" ) BBC Sport. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 On 19 January 2012 the loan deal was extended again to allow him to remain at Barnet until 28 February.〔("Barnet extend deals of Alassane N'Diaye & Paul Downing" ) BBC Sport. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 On 29 February the loan deal was extended again, this time until the end of the season.〔("Downing extends loan deal" ) Yahoo! Eurosport. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 He was sent off for the second time in his career during a 1–1 draw with Rotherham on 3 March.〔("Barnet 1–1 Rotherham" ) BBC Sport. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.〕 When Downing returned to West Bromwich Albion at the end of the 2011–12 season the club announced that they were not offering him a new contract. On 24 May 2012, Downing was released after three years at the club, but never made an appearance. On 1 August 2012, he signed for League One team Walsall.〔("Paul Downing & Connor Taylor sign one-year deals for Walsall" ) BBC Sport. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.〕 He made his debut on 1 September in a 2–2 draw against Brentford.〔("Walsall 2–2 Brentford" ) BBC Sport. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Downing (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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