David McGoldrick playing for Nottingham Forest. |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David James McGoldrick | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Notts County | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004 | Notts County | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Southampton | 64 | (12) |
| 2005 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 12 | (6) |
| 2007–2008 | → Port Vale (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2009– | Nottingham Forest | 58 | (8) |
| 2011 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 18 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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David James McGoldrick (born 29 November 1987, Nottingham) is an English football striker, who plays for Championship club Nottingham Forest.
A trainee at Notts County, he made his senior debut in 2004, before being signed by Southampton later in the year. He spent five years with the "Saints", also playing on loan for Notts County in 2005, and both Bournemouth and Port Vale in 2007. He transferred to Nottingham Forest in 2009 for a £1 million fee. He joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan in September 2011.
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"He's got pace, he can get in behind defenders and can run all day. He's skilful and he's got all the attributes."—Bournemouth captain Steve Fletcher on McGoldrick in March 2007.[1]
McGoldrick graduated through the Notts County youth squad to make his senior debut on 24 January 2004, in a Second Division clash with Swindon Town at Meadow Lane. He replaced Frazer McHugh with minutes to go of a 2–1 defeat. He won his first start on 14 February, playing 86 minutes of a 1–0 loss at Bournemouth. He made two further appearances in 2003–04, at the end of which County were relegated into the Third Division.
In August 2004, at the age of sixteen, he was signed by Southampton for an undisclosed fee.[2] He did not feature in the 2004–05 Premier League campaign. He was though a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town.
On 20 September 2005, he made his "Saints" debut as a substitute in a 1–0 League Cup defeat to Mansfield Town, having replaced Dexter Blackstock on 81 minutes. Four days later he returned to Notts County for a one month loan spell, in to gain more first team experience.[3] On his return to Southampton he scored 44 goals for the Reserves and Under-18 teams, bagging a hat-trick in the Under-18s play-off final win over Aston Villa, as well as three goals over the two legs of the FA Youth Cup semi-final against Liverpool. These feats earned him a league debut for the club at home to Millwall on 17 April. He was replaced by Ricardo Fuller after 61 minutes.
He scored his first goal for the club on 19 September 2006, in a 4–0 demolition of Millwall in the League Cup. In February 2007, he joined League One team Bournemouth on a one month loan.[4] The loan was later extended until the end of the season,[5][6] but an injury-hit Southampton recalled McGoldrick on 23 April.[7][8] He maintained a record of a goal every other game for Bournemouth, having struck six times in twelve games. His efforts helped the club to avoid relegation into League Two.
After an impressive pre-season, which included two goals against Premier League side West Ham United,[9] McGoldrick scored his first league goal for the "Saints" in a 2–1 defeat to Cardiff City on 9 August 2008.[10] This was followed three days later by another two goals in a League Cup victory over Exeter City.[11] However his first team opportunities remained limited, and so later in the month joined Martin Foyle's Port Vale on loan until January.[12][13] He went on to score twice in eighteen games for the "Valiants" in 2007–08, though was unable to save them from relegation. Back at Southampton he found himself behind Stern John, Marek Saganowski and Bradley Wright-Phillips in the pecking order, and therefore considered quitting the club.[14]
After four goals in four games at the start of the 2008–09 campaign, he signed a new three–year contract with Southampton in September.[15] An ever-present throughout the season, he scored fourteen goals in fifty appearances. However his club were relegated and facing a financial crisis;[16] this meant that McGoldrick was expected to move away from St Mary's.[17]
In June 2009, he joined Nottingham Forest for a fee of £1 million, signing a four year contract.[18][19] He faced competition from numerous other strikers at his new club.[20] McGoldrick made his Forest debut against Reading at the Madejski Stadium on 8 August. He scored his first goal for Forest away at Queens Park Rangers two weeks later. However he endured a disappointing 2009–10, scoring just three league goals in eighteen starts and seventeen substitute appearances.[21]
After undergoing a shoulder operation in the 2010–11 pre-season, he was out of action until late September.[22] He recovered to post six goals that season, and also pushed Forest back into the play-off picture when he came off the bench to score twice past Burnley on 12 April.[23] However he could not prevent his team from exiting the play-offs at the semi-final stage, after a 3–1 to eventual play-off winners Swansea City.[24]
On 15 September 2011, McGoldrick joined Sheffield Wednesday on an emergency one month loan.[25][26] Two days later he scored on his "Owls" debut away at Yeovil Town.[27] He returned to Nottingham having made four appearances for Wednesday.[28][29]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2003–04[30] | Notts County | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Southampton | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005–06[31] | Southampton | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005–06[31] | Notts County | League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006–07[32] | Southampton | Championship | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 2006–07[32] | Bournemouth | League One | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 2007–08[33] | Southampton | Championship | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2007–08[33] | Port Vale | League One | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 2008–09[34] | Southampton | Championship | 46 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 14 |
| 2009–10[35] | Nottingham Forest | Championship | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| 2010–11[36] | Nottingham Forest | Championship | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| 2011–12[37] | Nottingham Forest | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011–12[37] | Sheffield Wednesday | League One | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | England | 165 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 186 | 33 | |
| Career total | 165 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 186 | 33 | ||
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