Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 14 December 1982
Place Of Birth: Wandsworth, England
Playing Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Chelsea
Club Career: 1999–2003 Arsenal
2001–2002 → Brentford (loan)
2002 → KSK Beveren (loan)
2002–2003 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
2003–2007→ Reading
2007 →Chelsea
International Career: England
Chelsea
Sidwell joined Chelsea on 1 July 2007 following the expiry of his contract with Reading, and was given squad number 9 for the 2007–08 season.In his first interview after joining Chelsea, Sidwell stated that he had not come to Chelsea to ‘make up the numbers’, and that he believed training and playing alongside top players like Michael Essien and Frank Lampard would only help him improve.
He made his debut for Chelsea in a 2-1 win over Mexican side Club América in a friendly match in Stanford, California, during Chelsea’s summer 2007 tour of the United States. His Premiership debut for Chelsea came on 12 August 2007 in a 3-2 victory against Birmingham City when he replaced Florent Malouda in 83rd minute,and he scored his first goal for the club on 26 September 2007, in a 4-0 win away to Hull City in the third round of the Football League Cup.
Sunderland manager Roy Keane has recently expressed interest in signing the 25-year old and rejected a loan move and he has also been linked with a move to Blackburn Rovers, as a replacement for outgoing Welshman Robbie Savage on loan possibly with a view to making the move permanent.read more at wikipedia
