Alexander "Alex" Cairns (born 4 January 1993) is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 footballer who plays for Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

 as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Cairns is a product of Leeds' youth academy, he made his first team debut on 2 November as a half time substitute, after second choice goalkeeper Paul Rachubka

Paul Rachubka

Paul Stephen Rachubka is an American-English professional Association football goalkeeper who plays for Leeds United after joining the club from Blackpool ....

 was substituted at half time against Blackpool for making three errors costing goals in the first half. Due to the poor form of Rachubka, Leeds signed Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy

Alex McCarthy

Alex Simon McCarthy is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United as a goalkeeper on loan from Reading.-Club career:...

 on loan and revealing Rachubka was going to be taken out of the team for several weeks, and that Cairns would continue to be Leeds' substitute goalkeeper in the absence of Leeds first choice Andy Lonergan.

Career statistics

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2010–11 Leeds United A.F.C. season

This article details Leeds United A.F.C.'s 2010–11 season in The Championship. The season saw Leeds return to the second tier of English football for the first time in four years with them finishing in a respectable 7th position, just missing out on the play-offs...

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