Jay Bothroyd
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| Jay Bothroyd | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jay Bothroyd | |
| Date of birth | May 5, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Islington, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1998–2000 | Arsenal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2003 2003–2005 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006– 2008 |
Coventry City Perugia → Blackburn Rovers (loan) Charlton Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers → Stoke City (loan) |
72 (14) 28 (5) 11 (1) 18 (2) 55 (12) 4 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2001 | England U21 | 1 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jay Bothroyd (born May 5, 1982 in Islington, England) is an English football striker, of Guyanese descent, currently contracted to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Coventry City (2000-2003)
Having initially been on the books at Arsenal, Bothroyd was sold as an eighteen year-old to Coventry City, after throwing his shirt at the bench after the 2000 Premier League Youth Cup final against West Ham United after being substituted.[1] In the three years he played for Coventry, he scored seventeen goals in total, despite making little impact in his first season, after making his debut against Preston North End in the League Cup.
A player of considerable talent but sometimes questionable motivation and prone to poor temperament, he only featured for Coventry after many other members of the squad had to be sold off to relieve the club's financial problems. He scored his debut goal in a defeat against Bradford City on August 24, 2001, and in the 2002-03 season became the club's top-scorer with 11 goals. This brought interest from Perugia, and he transferred to the Italian side when his Coventry contract expired in 2003.
[edit] Perugia (2003-2005)
Bothroyd failed to settle in Italy, and joined Blackburn Rovers in August 2004 on loan from Perugia. After getting sent off against Norwich City for violent conduct (kicking Norwich midfielder Mattias Jonson to the ground), he was unable to cement a place in the first team and returned to Perugia at the end of the season.
[edit] Charlton Athletic (2005-2006)
He signed for Charlton Athletic on August 31, 2005 having been released by Perugia due to their financial problems. His contribution here was perhaps most noted for his powerful free-kicks.
In the close season, Bothroyd was released by the Addicks, following the arrival of Iain Dowie as manager. He was then taken on trial at Crystal Palace, but the south-Londoners decided not to offer him a deal. Bothroyd has since denied he was on trial with Crystal Palace, despite playing in Crystal Palace's pre-season tour of the USA.[2]
[edit] Wolverhampton Wanderers (2006-present)
Instead, he joined Wolves on July 26, 2006, becoming Mick McCarthy's first full signing for the Midlanders.
Bothroyd started the season in fine style, scoring 3 goals for his new club in their first 6 fixtures, including a 25 yard strike in injury time away at Leeds to grab all 3 points. However, in the following game against Derby County, his fortunes took a turn for the worse as he had a weak penalty saved in a game that Wolves went on to lose 0-1.
Bothroyd's goal scoring petered out after this initial burst and he suffered an injury in December that kept him out of the busy Christmas period, though he returned to the squad in February 2007 and made several substitute appearances. The most vital of these came when he scored the winning goal as Wolves beat their bitter Black Country rivals West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in a crucial encounter in the race for promotion.
The striker had settle for a place on the bench for the start of the 2007/2008 season. He was eventually given a start against his former club Charlton, where he scored one and created one in a 2-0 win and kept his starting place for the next 3 games, scoring Wolves' only goal of the game against Bristol City in a 1-1 draw. He later managed a run of 8 successive starts around the Christmas period but failed to score.
After Wolves signed new strikers Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and brought in Kevin Kyle on loan during the January transfer window, Bothroyd found himself out of first team contention. To gain playing time, he moved to fellow Championship side Stoke City on an initial month's loan on 14 March 2008, later extended to the end of the season, which ended in promotion to the Premier League.
However after only featuring in 4 games during his loan spell, Bothroyd returned to his parent club who promptly put him up for transfer.
Since being transfer-listed by Mick McCarthy, Wolves have received interest from Spanish side Recreativo Huelva, who narrowly avoided relegation from La Liga last weekend. Interest has also been shown from charlton Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City.[3]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official club profile
- Jay Bothroyd career stats at Soccerbase
- Jay Bothroyd Official Website at icons.com
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