Name: Anthony Warner.
Position: Goalkeeper.
Club: Fulham FC (England, 2005 to present).
Previous Club: Liverpool (England, 1990-1999), Swindon Town (England, Loaned from Liverpool 07-Nov-1997 to 22-Nov-1997), Celtic (Scotland, Loaned from Liverpool Nov-1998 to Jan-1999), Aberdeen (Scotland, Loaned from Liverpool Apr-1999 to May-1999), Millwall (England, Jul-1999 to Jul-2004), Cardiff City (England, 2004-2006), Leeds United (England, Loaned from Fulham, 28-Jul-2006 to 01-Jan-2007), Norwich City (England, Loaned from Fulham, 02-Mar-2007 to 06-May-2007), Barnsley FC (England, Loaned from Fulham, 01-Feb-2008 to 02-Mar-2008).
DOB: 11-May-1974, Liverpool, England.
T&T Debut: vs Iceland on February 28th 2006, T&T won 2-0. Warner was a second half sub' for Shaka Hislop.
NOTE: Anthony was a trainee-accountant before turning professional with Liverpool in January 1994. He didn't make any first-team appearances for them but during his time at Anfield had loan-spells with Swindon, Celtic and Aberdeen before joining Millwall in July 1999. He was ever-present for just over two and a half seasons before losing his place through injury in mid-January 2004, which cost him a chance to play in the F.A. Cup Final against Manchester United. He joined Cardiff City in July 2004 on a free transfer. Although born in England, his father Clyde Warner a Trinidad-born who migrated to England some 44 years ago makes Anthony eligible to represent T&T.

Tony Warner keen to make T&T impression.

By: Ben Collins, PA Sport.
28-Feb-2006 - Fulham goalkeeper Tony Warner is hoping to see some action for Trinidad & Tobago at Loftus Road - if only to make sure his father has not had a wasted trip. The Liverpool-born keeper has received his first international call-up for the Soca Warriors' friendly with Iceland.
Warner's father, who was born in Trinidad, will be travelling to London for the occasion, but with West Ham's Shaka Hislop and Coventry's Clayton Ince also in the squad, he does not know if he will be handed his international debut.
"My dad's made up," Warner said. "He'll be coming down for the game with my mother and some more of my family, so hopefully I'll be involved at some stage."
Warner travelled to Trinidad on three occasions to visit his father's side of the family, long before there was any hint of an international call-up, and insists it was an easy decision to commit to their national team.
"They phoned me three months ago and put the question to me, and it didn't really take much to think about," he said.
"It's a great opportunity for me to be involved in a World Cup environment. It betters myself, and hopefully I'll better the team. The decision wasn't a hard one to make.
"I've been brought up in Liverpool and lived there for 25 years before moving down to London, so yes, I'm English, but I'm half Trinidadian as well, so I do feel a connection to both," he added.
Warner is now 31 but it is only this season that he has been given the chance to prove himself in the Premiership, which he has done with a string of impressive performances in the Fulham goal.
And the former Liverpool trainee accepts that his summer move from Cardiff may have played a big factor in finally getting international recognition.
"Sometimes teams have a look around and have scouts around to see who's available, and then see who they want to call up, and I'd say being at Fulham has increased my chances," he said.
"I always wanted to test myself in the Premiership. It hasn't happened until now, and I think I'm doing alright, I'm happy to be there and I think I can hold my own there."
After achieving that, Warner has now set his sights on making it into the final 23 for the World Cup, but he knows he faces stiff competition from Hislop, Ince and Kelvin Jack, number one for the last World Cup qualifiers and left out through injury.
"It's a long way off and we know things can change, but just this small step of being involved at the moment is fine by me," said Warner, who has also played for Millwall.
"Obviously the bigger picture is to play (in Germany) and I think that's the goal for everybody in the squad.
"It'll be dependent on club form, training with the national squad and games, but we'll just give it 100% and leave the decisions up to the decision makers."

A new Warner to join the Soca Warriors family.

By: Shaun Fuentes.
08-Dec-2006 - Following the first meeting between officials of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation and members of the Trinidad and Tobago senior team in London on Sunday, one of the new developments was the addition of English-born Premiership goalkeeper Anthony Warner to the “Soca Warriors” family.
This was revealed with enthusiasm by TTFF Special Advisor Jack Warner and Brent Sancho who spoke on behalf of the players there. Team captain Dwight Yorke was in Australia but was in touch with those present and fully aware of the developments. The Scottish-based players were present at the meeting.
Warner himself, fresh from signing a permanent deal with Fulham in the Premiership, expressed delight on being welcomed by the “Soca Warriors.
“Yes definitely it’s a great step for me and I’m really excited about being given  the chance to play for Trinidad and Tobago,” Warner told TTFF Media. “After being at Liverpool and then Cardiff before finally signing for Fulham, the invitation from Trinidad and Tobago was definitely another big one for me and I’m hoping that I can some value to what’s happening with the football in this country.
“I expressed interest a while back but obviously there were some reasons why I haven’t yet played for Trinidad but now I make a fully commitment with the move to Fulham and so on. I know about Shaka (Hislop), Clayton (Ince) and Jack (Kelvin) and it’s surely going to be good competition for the spots,” said the 31-year-old  Warner who has been to Trinidad previously, his last visit being in 1995. He is a former player with Liverpool, Milwall, Cardiff, Swindon Town, Celtic and Aberdeen.
Warner’s father Clyde Warner is a Trinidad-born and migrated to England some 44 years ago according to the son who said his next step will be acquiring a T&T passport. He added that he is available for selection for T&T’s next warm up international on March 1, T&T’s opponent among other details from the meeting at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, London with Special Advisor Warner, General Secretary Richard Groden and team manager Bruce Aanensen, will be revealed on Monday following a second meeting in the morning.
“Right now we are teaching him (Warner) the national anthem and he’s fitting in well,” Sancho said. “With respect to the meeting, it was a positive one and we were all happy that Mr Warner and the other officials were able to make the trip to come up and meet us. It was definitely one leading to more progress and we agreed that the main picture is football and the National team of Trinidad and Tobago .”

Fulham sign Warner on a permanent basis.

Fulham FC.
05-Jan-2006 - Fulham Football Club has today announced the signing of goalkeeper Tony Warner from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee. The two and a half year deal will see the player at the Club until the summer of 2008. 
31 year old Warner signed for Cardiff City from Millwall in 2004 and has made over 250 league career appearances. He joined Fulham on loan during the summer and has made 15 appearances, keeping a clean sheet in his Premiership debut in the opening game of the season against Birmingham City.
Manager Chris Coleman commented:
'Tony has been in impressive form for us and it was important to secure his services for the rest of this campaign and beyond. Both Mark Crossley and Jaroslav Drobny were injured at the beginning of the season which gave Tony the opportunity to show his ability early on and he has been a great asset to the squad, so we are delighted to sign him permanently.'

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