Grant Holt

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Grant Holt
Personal information
Date of birth 12 April 1981 (1981-04-12) (age 27)
Place of birth    Carlisle, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Nottingham Forest
Number 10
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2000
1999-2000
2000-2003
2002
2003-2004
2004-2006
2006-
2008		 Halifax Town
→ Barrow (loan)
Barrow
→ Sengkang Marine (loan)
Sheffield Wednesday
Rochdale
Nottingham Forest
→ Blackpool (loan)		 006 0(0)
004 0(1)
069 (35)
00? (14)
024 0(3)
075 (34)
096 (20)
004 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Grant Holt (born 12 April 1981 in Carlisle, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Nottingham Forest. He plays as a striker, and is most well known for his time at Rochdale.

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[edit] Early career

He played for several Conference clubs in his early career, including Barrow, Workington, Halifax Town and in Singapore with Sengkang Marine, before he was signed by Sheffield Wednesday. He made 30 appearances, half of them as a substitute, but only managed four goals.

For Rochdale, he made 83 appearances and scored 42 goals. This made him a target for many higher league clubs, but it was Nottingham Forest who paid £300,000 to secure his services in January 2006.[1]

[edit] Nottingham Forest

Holt made a slow start to his time with the Reds, only netting four times in as many months at the end of the 2005-06 campaign. In November 2006, he turned down a move to Bristol City due to personal reasons, after the two clubs had agreed a fee.[2] However, despite being on the bench for approximately half of Forest's games in the 2006-07 season, he managed to score eighteen goals in all competitions to become the club's top scorer. Forest fans recognised Holt's battling performances by handing him the 'Player of the Season' award.[3]

In the summer of 2007, Holt and Forest boss Colin Calderwood reached an "uneasy truce" after the striker had a transfer request rebuffed when Forest refused to give him an improved contract.[4] Holt made it clear that he would be "happy to stay" with Forest for the 2007-08 campaign, while Calderwood admitted "he's not a player we want to see leave".[5] However, Holt failed to impress by only scoring three times all season, one goal in a 2-2 draw at Bristol Rovers and a brace in Forest's 4-0 victory over Leyton Orient.

In March 2008, Holt signed on loan with Championship club, Blackpool, making his debut as a late substitute against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 22 March.[6] He made four substitute appearances before returning to Forest in the summer of 2008, saying he would like to stay and fight for his place in Forest's team next season, despite interest being shown from his home town club Carlisle United. [7] But in the summer of 2008 Holt was linked to league two club Shrewsbury Town (for the benefit of blueandamber).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Forest snap up Dale striker Holt - BBC Sport
  2. ^ City move not right - Forest star - BBC Sport
  3. ^ Prize Guy Grant - Nottingham Forest Official Website
  4. ^ Holt peace pact with Forest boss - BBC Sport
  5. ^ Holt peace pact with Forest boss - BBC Sport
  6. ^ Stoke 1-1 Blackpool - BBC Sport
  7. ^ Holt: I'm ready to fight for my place - thisisnottinghamforest.co.uk

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