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He was raised in Trallwn, near the Llansamlet area of Swansea, son of Cyril Hartson, who played for Llanelli F.C. during the 1970s. He is bilingual, a speaker of the Welsh Language , having attended Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr. His career began in 1992 as a trainee at Luton Town F.C. , and he has since played for Arsenal F.C. , West Ham United F.C. , Wimbledon F.C. and Coventry City F.C. before a £6,000,000 transfer to Celtic allowed him to develop his full potential, becoming one of the most feared strikers in British football. In March, 2004, he dropped out for the remainder of the football season for surgery to his back; however, he recovered in time for Wales' unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup . In April 2005 he shared the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award with Fernando Ricksen and a short time later in May he was voted the Scottish Football Writers' Association player of the year. He currently lives in Glasgow , with wife Lowri (also from Swansea) and two children. He is regularly sighted returning to his roots in Swansea, occasionally taking a break to the Gower in summer. On 5 April , 2006 Hartson scored the winning goal against Hearts on his 31st birthday to clinch the title for Celtic. |
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