Iain Hume
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-->Iain Hume (born Edinburgh, October 30th 1983) is a professional soccer player from Canada. He currently plays in the Football League Championship for Leicester City.
Signed on transfer deadline day at the end of August 2005, striker Hume became Craig Levein's most expensive signing in his first year as manager. The 22-year-old was born in Edinburgh but plays his international football for Canada and has been tracked by Levein for some time. He was bought as a direct replacement for David Connolly who moved to Wigan the same day.
Hume put pen-to-paper on a three-year deal after leaving Tranmere Rovers where he made 176 appearances, scoring 37 goals. His best season for Tranmere was during the 2004-05 campaign where he finished top scorer with 16 goals. He made his debut there at the age of 16 and Levein said: "He is a young player and fits into the profile of the squad. I am excited that we managed to capture him ahead of other interested clubs. He is a player that we have been watching for some time now but we always thought he was out of our price range."
The fee for Hume was an initial £500,000 but that could rise to £750,000. He progressed through the youth ranks at Tranmere and spent the last 18 months of his career at Prenton Park under the guidance of former City boss Brian Little. Hume said: "He told me Leicester were an unbelievable club and that he had spent the best three years of his managerial career there. I also spoke to Tranmere's assistant manager Richard Hill, who is from Leicester. He also had a lot of good things to say about the club and the area and that helped to make up my mind."
Hume, who was linked with moves to Preston and Sheffield Wednesday prior to signing for Leicester, helped Tranmere claim the scalps of two Premiership clubs - Everton and Bolton - in recent FA Cup campaigns. He scored the winner in a replay against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium as Tranmere went on to reach the quarter finals in 2004.
International honours: Canada (14 caps and 1 goal), 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship Quarter-finalists.
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