Frank Sinclair

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Frank Sinclair
Personal information
Full name	Frank Mohammed Sinclair
Date of birth	December 3, 1971 (1971-12-03) (age 36)
Place of birth	Lambeth, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1988–1990	Chelsea
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1998 1991 1998–2004 2004–2007 2007 2007–2008	Chelsea → West Bromwich Albion (loan) Leicester City Burnley → Huddersfield Town (loan) Huddersfield Town	169 (7) 006 (1) 164 (3) 092 (1) 013 (0) 029 (0)
National team2
1998–2001	Jamaica	028 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:11, 6 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:11, 6 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Frank Mohammed Sinclair (born December 3, 1971 in Lambeth, London) is an English-born Jamaican footballer, who is currently without a club.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Chelsea 1.2 Leicester City 1.3 Burnley 1.4 Huddersfield Town 2 International career 3 Honours 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Chelsea

Sinclair started his club career with Chelsea, joining as an apprentice in April 1988 and turning professional in May 1990.^[1] He had a short loan spell at West Bromwich Albion in the middle of the 1991–92 season. He impressed on his Albion debut, which came in a 1–1 draw away at Bradford City on 14 December 1991, but was sent off in his second match for the club two weeks later in another 1–1, this time at Exeter City.^[1] Sinclair was an FA Cup winner with Chelsea as they beat Middlesbrough 2–0 in the 1997 final. The following season, Sinclair scored for Chelsea in the League Cup Final, again over Middlesborough, in a 2-0 win.

[edit] Leicester City

He moved on to Leicester City in August 1998, for a fee of £2,000,000. He was part of the team that won the 2000 League Cup, beating Tranmere Rovers 2–1 at Wembley. During his time with Leicester, Sinclair developed an unfortunate reputation for scoring own goals.^[2] This was caused initially by two own goals in consecutive weekends in 1999. The first a great leap at Highbury to give Arsenal a 2-1 win. He managed to refrain from putting through his own net against Coventry the following Wednesday, but then scored another at home to former club Chelsea, where he beat Tore André Flo to the ball to smash it into his own net and lose Leicester their one goal lead. The importance of these goals was accentuated by the fact that both came in the last minute of the match, and both caused Leicester to drop points. As a consequence, Sinclair is known amongst football fans as Frank "Own Goal" Sinclair (or "Mr O.G.")^[3].

Sinclair was fined two weeks wages by Leicester in September 2001 for his part in an incident at a Heathrow hotel. Sinclair, along with four Chelsea players, had gone on a five-hour drinking binge and had stripped off, swore and vomited in front of American tourists.^[4]

In 2002, Sinclair scored the most bizarre of his own goals. After 3 minutes into a game at Middlesbrough, he slotted the ball past keeper Ian Walker in a seemingly laid-back situation.^[5] This resulted in a 1-0 defeat for Leicester. This own goal against Middlesbrough was not to be his last for the club.^[6] In March 2004, Sinclair and his Leicester City teammates, Paul Dickov and Keith Gillespie were arrested in Spain over sexual assault charges, while on a training holiday.^[7] The charges were later dropped.^[8] Leicester released Sinclair at the end of the 2003–2004 season.

[edit] Burnley

In June 2004, Sinclair signed for Burnley on a free transfer.^[9] He became an astute Bosman ruling transfer signing for the Clarets, and made numerous appearances across the defence, impressing throughout both the 2004–05 and 2005–06 campaigns. This culminated in his appointment as club captain, a role he seemed to relish but of which he was relieved for the 2006–07 season in favour of Wayne Thomas. He scored his first Burnley goal in a 2-1 home win against Rotherham United on 12 March 2005.

[edit] Huddersfield Town

On February 8, 2007, he moved to Huddersfield Town on an emergency loan deal. On March 24, he was sent off against Brighton & Hove Albion in a match which finished 0-0. Upon his return to Burnley, he was released on a free transfer. Sinclair signed a one year contract at Huddersfield Town on 14 May.^[10] He cited manager Andy Ritchie as a reason for staying on: "he's been successful in League One before", he told HTAFC.com. On October 6, 2007, he received his second red card of his short career at the Galpharm Stadium, in Town's 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Walsall at the Bescot Stadium. He received his third during Town's 4-1 defeat by Southend United at Roots Hall on December 5, 2007. Huddersfield released Sinclair at the end of his contract in May 2008.^[11]

[edit] International career

Sinclair was one of a group of English-born players who were selected for the Jamaican national team in the run-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He then played in the tournament and has appeared 28 times for his adopted country.

[edit] Honours

Chelsea

• Winner
  • FA Cup: 1997
  • League Cup: 1998

Leicester

• Winner
  • League Cup: 2000

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Frank Sinclair career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile on The Official Reggae Boyz Supporterz Club website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Robbie Blake	Burnley F.C. Captain 2005-2006	Succeeded by Wayne Thomas
Awards
Preceded by N/A	Leicester City F.C. Players' Player of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Muzzy Izzet

v • d • e Jamaica squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Barrett • 2 Malcolm • 3 Dawes • 4 Dixon • 5 Goodison • 6 Simpson • 7 Cargill • 8 Gayle • 9 Williams • 10 Boyd • 11 Whitmore • 12 Sewell • 13 Lawrence • 14 Ricketts • 15 Gardner • 16 Earle • 17 Lowe • 18 Burton • 19 Sinclair • 20 Powell • 21 Brown • 22 Hall • Coach: Simões

Persondata
NAME	Sinclair, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sinclair, Frank Mohammed
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lambeth, London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH