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Shane Anthony Tudor (born 10 February 1982) is an English former
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. He played as a
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, primarily in the right wing position. He scored 31 goals in 234 appearances throughout a ten-year career in the
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. He began his career at
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, before moving to
Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...
in November 2001. He played for the club in the
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final in
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, but severe financial difficulties caused the club to drop from the
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into the
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. He signed with
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...
in May 2005, and helped the club win promotion out of
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in 2005–06. Moving on to
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in May 2007, injuries began to disrupt his career, leaving him unable to play for
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despite him joining the club on loan. He retired from football in January 2009 aged just 26, after a knee injury ended his professional career.


Career

Tudor began his career at hometown club
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, coming through the youth ranks before signing professional forms for the 1999–2000 season. He made his First Division debut on 23 December 2000, replacing
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82 minutes into a 1–0 win over
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at Hillsborough. However he did not feature in new manager Dave Jones's first team plans, and so was allowed to join John Taylor's
Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...
on a free transfer in November 2001. He scored his first senior goal at the
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in the
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on 17 November 2001, in a 1–1 draw with
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. He scored four goals in 36 appearances in the 2001–02 season, however Cambridge were relegated after finishing bottom of the
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; they failed to record an away win all season. Despite this record they managed to reach
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of the
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at the
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, where they lost 4–1 to
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; Tudor started the final, but was replaced by Danny Jackman after 60 minutes. In November 2002 he signed a contract with the club which kept him with Cambridge until the summer of 2005. He scored ten goals in 34 games in 2002–03, as Cambridge posted a 12th-place finish in the
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. He played 40 games in 2003–04, scoring three goals, as United dropped a place to 13th. Tudor scored seven goals in 28 games in 2004–05 to become the club's joint top-scorer (with
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). It was a disappointing end to his Cambridge career though, as the club entered
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and were relegated into the
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after finishing bottom of the
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. Tudor was unwilling to play non-league football and started looking for another club. He quickly signed for
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on a two-year deal. Despite undergoing groin surgery in December, and also suffering ankle problems towards the end of the season, he scored five goals in 29 games from his right-wing position to help the club to promotion from League Two. His ankle injury later needed surgery, though the operation was a success and saw him enjoy a return to form. His second season in
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saw Orient retain their
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status with Tudor the main fixture on the right-wing, playing 36 times and scoring twice. At the end of the 2006–07 campaign he was released, after he informed "O's" boss
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that he would not be signing a new contract as he wanted to move back to his Midlands roots. In May 2007, he signed for fellow League One side
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on a two-year contract. He struggled to maintain his place in the side, only making 14 league appearances in his first season, as well as being sent out on loan to
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...
, where he failed to make any appearances at all due to a
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injury. This was a disappointment for Tudor as he had hoped to make the move permanent, and he told the
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"
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". He caused controversy on 20 September 2008, when after a 4–1 defeat to
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at
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he was quoting as saying "No disrespect to them acclesfield but they're a shit club. Look at the size of us to them and it's a million miles away." He later apologised to the club, saying that he had been "disappointed and angry" to have been limited to a late cameo appearance in the game, though stood by his belief that Port Vale were a bigger club than Macclesfield. It was against Shrewsbury Town at the
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on 11 October 2008, where Tudor sustained a knee injury. He underwent surgery which proved unsuccessful, and he retired from professional football in January 2009, aged just 26. He stated his ambition to go into management and said "It would be nice to come back and manage Port Vale one day."


Post-retirement

After being forced to retire from football he graduated with a degree in sports journalist from
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in 2011, and two years later founded the Sporting Stars Academy in
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with former teammate Robin Hulbert.


Career statistics


Honours

Cambridge United *
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runner up:
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Leyton Orient *
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third-place promotion: 2005–06


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tudor, Shane 1982 births Living people Footballers from Wolverhampton English footballers Association football wingers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players English Football League players Alumni of Staffordshire University