Matty Fryatt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Matty Fryatt
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Charles Fryatt
Date of birth	March 5, 1986
Place of birth	Nuneaton, England
Height	5ft 10in
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	12
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-2006 2003-2004 2006-	Walsall Carlisle United (loan) Leicester City	70 (27) 10 (1) 28 (7)
National team
	England Under-19
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16/10/2006.

Matthew Charles Fryatt (Matty, Matt) (born March 5, 1986 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is a professional footballer currently playing for Leicester City.

Fryatt joined Leicester City from Walsall for an undisclosed fee (thought to be around £350,000 in January 2006 and made his Foxes debut as a second half substitute at Hillsborough on January 14.

The 20-year-old striker, who scored 14 goals for Walsall in the 2005/06 campaign, signed a three-and-a-half year contract with the Foxes and was handed the number 12 shirt, which he also wore at Walsall.

Fryatt rose through the ranks from youth level at Bescot Stadium, making his first team debut in September 2003 as a substitute against Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup before moving to Carlisle United on loan to gain vital first team experience. The move proved successful, and the young striker returned to Walsall to claim a regular first team place as the 2003/04 season came to a close.

Fryatt made a total of 49 league starts for the Saddlers, scoring 27 goals in the process. Fryatt also collected the Goal of the Season and the Player of the Season awards at Bescot Stadium at the end of the 2004/05 campaign.

Fryatt scored the fastest ever goal scored by a Leicester City player when he scored after 9 seconds in the game against Preston North End at the Walkers Stadium on 15 April 2006. He also holds the record for the quickest ever Walsall goal, also 9 seconds against AFC Bournemouth in the 2004/05 season.

Leicester City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Douglas | 2 Maybury | 3 Kisnorbo | 4 Kenton | 5 McCarthy | 6 Hughes | 7 Hume | 8 Williams | 10 Johnson | 11 Tiatto | 12 Fryatt | 13 Henderson | 14 McAuley | 15 Johansson | 16 Low | 17 Stearman | 18 Hammond | 19 O'Grady | 20 Wesolowski | 21 Sheehan | 22 Sylla | 23 Welsh | 25 Logan | 26 Dodds | 27 Porter | 28 Gradel | 29 Lycett | 32 King | 33 Odhiambo | -- Chambers | Manager: Kelly