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James Alan Tarkowski is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Burnley and the England national team.
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Tarkowski began his professional career at Oldham Athletic of League One, where he made 89 appearances across all competitions.
Tarkowski began his career in the youth system at Blackburn Rovers, before being released at the age of 14 at his own request.
After his spell at Blackburn, Tarkowski had a stint playing senior football at Maine Road in the North West Counties League.
Tarkowski joined League One club Oldham Athletic on a two-year scholarship in May 2009.
A centre back, Tarkowski was called up to the first team for the first time for a league match versus Plymouth Argyle on 15 January 2011.
Tarkowski made his first Latics start in a 1-0 defeat to Leyton Orient on 12 March and played the full 90 minutes.
Tarkowski had to wait until 10 December 2011 to make his first appearance of the 2011-12 season, when he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Jean-Yves Mvoto in a 2-0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
A half time substitute appearance in Oldham's 2-1 Football League Trophy Northern Area final first leg defeat to Chesterfield on 30 January 2012 kicked off a run which saw Tarkowski included in almost all of Oldham's first-team squads until the end of the season.
Tarkowski began his career in the youth system at Blackburn Rovers, before being released at the age of 14 at his own request.
After his spell at Blackburn, Tarkowski had a stint playing senior football at Maine Road in the North West Counties League.
Tarkowski joined League One club Oldham Athletic on a two-year scholarship in May 2009.
A centre back, Tarkowski was called up to the first team for the first time for a league match versus Plymouth Argyle on 15 January 2011.
Tarkowski made his first Latics start in a 1-0 defeat to Leyton Orient on 12 March and played the full 90 minutes.
Tarkowski had to wait until 10 December 2011 to make his first appearance of the 2011-12 season, when he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Jean-Yves Mvoto in a 2-0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
A half time substitute appearance in Oldham's 2-1 Football League Trophy Northern Area final first leg defeat to Chesterfield on 30 January 2012 kicked off a run which saw Tarkowski included in almost all of Oldham's first-team squads until the end of the season.
Tarkowski crowned his run of appearances by scoring his first senior goal for the club on the final day of the season in a 2-1 win over Carlisle United.
Tarkowski began the 2012-13 season as a first-choice centre back alongside Jean-Yves Mvoto and started Oldham's first six games of the season.
Tarkowski played a part in Oldham's run to the fifth round of the FA Cup, playing in the first round win over Conference Premier team Kidderminster Harriers and starting in the home draw and away replay defeat to Premier League team Everton in the fifth round.
Tarkowski made 26 appearances and scored two goals during the 2012-13 season.
Tarkowski began the 2013-14 season with a bang, scoring Oldham's first goal in a 4-3 away league win over Stevenage on the opening day.
Now lining up at centre back alongside Jonathan Grounds, Tarkowski scored his second goal in a 2-1 defeat to Preston North End on 9 September 2013.
Tarkowski was an ever-present in Oldham's runs to the Northern Area semi-final of the Football League Trophy and the third round of the FA Cup.
During his time with the Latics, Tarkowski made 89 appearances and scored six goals.
Tarkowski signed for League One club Brentford on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2014.
Four days later, Tarkowski was sent off for the second time in his career during a 1-0 win over Leyton Orient.
Following Brentford's promotion to the Championship on 18 April, Tarkowski scored his second goal for the club in a 2-2 draw at Milton Keynes Dons on 21 April.
Tarkowski began the 2012-13 season as a first-choice centre back alongside Jean-Yves Mvoto and started Oldham's first six games of the season.
Tarkowski played a part in Oldham's run to the fifth round of the FA Cup, playing in the first round win over Conference Premier team Kidderminster Harriers and starting in the home draw and away replay defeat to Premier League team Everton in the fifth round.
Tarkowski made 26 appearances and scored two goals during the 2012-13 season.
Tarkowski began the 2013-14 season with a bang, scoring Oldham's first goal in a 4-3 away league win over Stevenage on the opening day.
Now lining up at centre back alongside Jonathan Grounds, Tarkowski scored his second goal in a 2-1 defeat to Preston North End on 9 September 2013.
Tarkowski was an ever-present in Oldham's runs to the Northern Area semi-final of the Football League Trophy and the third round of the FA Cup.
During his time with the Latics, Tarkowski made 89 appearances and scored six goals.
Tarkowski signed for League One club Brentford on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2014.
Four days later, Tarkowski was sent off for the second time in his career during a 1-0 win over Leyton Orient.
Following Brentford's promotion to the Championship on 18 April, Tarkowski scored his second goal for the club in a 2-2 draw at Milton Keynes Dons on 21 April.
Tarkowski began his first season at Championship level as an ever-present in the Bees' league matches.
Tarkowski gave away a penalty in a 2-1 defeat to Watford on 30 September and received his fourth yellow card of the season.
Despite the blunder, Tarkowski held onto his starting place and scored his first goal of the season against Reading on 25 April 2015, making sure of the points with the second in a 2-0 win.
Tarkowski had the opportunity to convert a late penalty to make it two goals in two games in the following match against Wigan Athletic, but his miss made little difference with the Bees already 3-0 ahead. He appeared in both legs of Brentford's 5-1 playoff semi-final aggregate defeat to Middlesbrough and finished the 2014-15 season with 38 appearances and one goal.
Tarkowski helped salvage a 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town on the opening day of the 2015-16 season, feeding Andre Gray to score in injury time, before bundling home a 96th-minute equaliser to earn a place in the Football League Team of the Week.
Amidst a number of transfer bids, Tarkowski was internally disciplined for refusing to play in Brentford's match versus Burnley on 15 January 2016, for which he later apologised.
On 1 February 2016, Tarkowski signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee.
Tarkowski gave away a penalty in a 2-1 defeat to Watford on 30 September and received his fourth yellow card of the season.
Despite the blunder, Tarkowski held onto his starting place and scored his first goal of the season against Reading on 25 April 2015, making sure of the points with the second in a 2-0 win.
Tarkowski had the opportunity to convert a late penalty to make it two goals in two games in the following match against Wigan Athletic, but his miss made little difference with the Bees already 3-0 ahead. He appeared in both legs of Brentford's 5-1 playoff semi-final aggregate defeat to Middlesbrough and finished the 2014-15 season with 38 appearances and one goal.
Tarkowski helped salvage a 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town on the opening day of the 2015-16 season, feeding Andre Gray to score in injury time, before bundling home a 96th-minute equaliser to earn a place in the Football League Team of the Week.
Amidst a number of transfer bids, Tarkowski was internally disciplined for refusing to play in Brentford's match versus Burnley on 15 January 2016, for which he later apologised.
On 1 February 2016, Tarkowski signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee.
Tarkowski made his club debut on 20 February against Rotherham United, entering as a substitute in the first half for Michael Keane, who was forced off with a head injury.
Tarkowski deputised for Keane for the next two games, with Burnley victorious against Nottingham Forest and Bolton Wanderers.
Keane was preferred by manager Sean Dyche at right centre-back upon his return to fitness as Tarkowski was limited to one substitution appearance the rest of the season.
Tarkowski was handed the captain's armband for Burnley's 1-0 extra-time defeat to fourth-tier Accrington Stanley in the EFL Cup on 24 August, after Dyche had made 10 changes to the team that upset Liverpool four days prior.
Tarkowski made his Premier League debut on 27 August at Chelsea, coming on as a substitute and receiving a booking for a foul in the run-up to Chelsea's final goal in the 3-0 defeat.
Unable to crack the preferred centre-back partnership of Keane and Ben Mee, Tarkowski received scant playing time, despite being an ever-present on the bench.
Tarkowski deputised for Keane for the next two games, with Burnley victorious against Nottingham Forest and Bolton Wanderers.
Keane was preferred by manager Sean Dyche at right centre-back upon his return to fitness as Tarkowski was limited to one substitution appearance the rest of the season.
Tarkowski was handed the captain's armband for Burnley's 1-0 extra-time defeat to fourth-tier Accrington Stanley in the EFL Cup on 24 August, after Dyche had made 10 changes to the team that upset Liverpool four days prior.
Tarkowski made his Premier League debut on 27 August at Chelsea, coming on as a substitute and receiving a booking for a foul in the run-up to Chelsea's final goal in the 3-0 defeat.
Unable to crack the preferred centre-back partnership of Keane and Ben Mee, Tarkowski received scant playing time, despite being an ever-present on the bench.
Tarkowski endured being hit by an object thrown by a Palace fan during celebrations of Ashley Barnes' opening goal en route to a clean sheet.
Tarkowski would retain his place in the team for Burnley's final four fixtures, during which Burnley ensured their participation in the next edition.
During the summer transfer window, teammate Michael Keane departed for Everton, allowing Tarkowski to line up with Mee in the center of Burnley's defence on a full-time basis.
Assigned the shirt number 26 initially, Tarkowski assumed the number 5 shirt vacated by Keane ahead of the season.
Tarkowski's performance against Crystal Palace on 10 September was deemed Man of the Match worthy by Sky Sports, as Tarkowski held Benteke and Palace without a goal.
Tarkowski was eligible to play for Poland through his grandfather but preferred to play for England, stating "I've always seen myself as an English person so to play for Poland would be difficult." On 15 March 2018, he was named in the England squad for pre-2018 FIFA World Cup friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy in March.
On 16 May 2018, he was one of 5 players named on standby for Gareth Southgate's 23-man England national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Tarkowski was reported to have withdrawn from the standby list later for a hernia operation.
Tarkowski would retain his place in the team for Burnley's final four fixtures, during which Burnley ensured their participation in the next edition.
During the summer transfer window, teammate Michael Keane departed for Everton, allowing Tarkowski to line up with Mee in the center of Burnley's defence on a full-time basis.
Assigned the shirt number 26 initially, Tarkowski assumed the number 5 shirt vacated by Keane ahead of the season.
Tarkowski's performance against Crystal Palace on 10 September was deemed Man of the Match worthy by Sky Sports, as Tarkowski held Benteke and Palace without a goal.
Tarkowski was eligible to play for Poland through his grandfather but preferred to play for England, stating "I've always seen myself as an English person so to play for Poland would be difficult." On 15 March 2018, he was named in the England squad for pre-2018 FIFA World Cup friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy in March.
On 16 May 2018, he was one of 5 players named on standby for Gareth Southgate's 23-man England national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Tarkowski was reported to have withdrawn from the standby list later for a hernia operation.
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