| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zatyiah Knight | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) [1] | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999 | Rushall Olympic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2007 | Fulham | 150 | (3) |
| 2000 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Aston Villa | 40 | (2) |
| 2009– | Bolton Wanderers | 85 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005– | England | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:15, 31 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Zatyiah "Zat" Knight (born 2 May 1980 in Solihull) is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. Knight has two caps for England.
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Fulham signed Knight from Rushall Olympic on a free transfer in 1999. As Knight was not a professionally contracted player to Olympic, Fulham were not obliged to pay a fee for him, but sent the club 30 tracksuits as a gesture of thanks.
Knight scored four goals for Fulham, two in the 2004–05 season and two in the 2006–07 season. The first in a FA Cup match against Watford in a 1–1 draw,[2] his second a Premier League goal against Norwich City in a 6–0 win.[3] His last goal for Fulham came against Bolton Wanderers in a 2–1 loss.[4] He was arguably Fulham's most consistent player in the 2006–07 season, a reward for this being given temporary captaincy of the club while regular skipper Luís Boa Morte was out injured.
Before the game against West Ham United it was announced that he had broken his jaw in two places while messing around with his brother. Chris Coleman has been quoted as saying that it takes more than horseplay to break one's jaw in two places, but Knight insists there was "nothing sinister" about the incident.[5]
On 29 August 2007, Knight signed a four-year contract deal with the club he supported as a boy, Aston Villa, in a £3.5 million deal.[6] Ironically his last Fulham match was the 2–1 defeat against Villa, in which he played a part in Villa's equaliser when an Ashley Young shot deflected off him into the net, although this was later given as Young's goal. In the early hours of the day of his transfer (29 August), Knight and his brother Carlos, were arrested in a drugs raid on the family home.[7] Knight was released on police bail while Carlos was remanded in custody. Police said that a quantity of drugs were seized at the home. Knight feared that he may miss the press conference announcing his signing but his agent bailed him out and no mention of the incident was made at the press conference.[8] Knight scored a headed goal on his Villa debut in a 2–0 win against Chelsea on 2 September 2007.[9][10] Knight's next goal for Villa did not come until the following season, on 26 December 2008 when Villa were trailing 2–1 against Arsenal at Villa Park. Knight scored the equaliser in the 91st minute of the game in front of the Holte End to make it 2–2.
On 25 July 2009, Knight signed a three-year contract with Bolton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £4 million.[11]
Knight made his Bolton debut in the 1–0 reverse against Sunderland on 15 August 2009. He scored his first goal for Bolton against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on 27 February 2010 and this led to a crucial 1–0 home win which lifted the side out of the relegation zone.[12]
Knight made his England debut on 28 May 2005 as a substitute against the United States in a friendly match. He gained his second cap in a friendly against Colombia on 31 May.[13]
His cousin is Leon Knight, formerly of Chelsea, now at Coleraine.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1999–2000 | Peterborough United | Third Division | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2000–01 | Fulham | First Division | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2004–05 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 42 | 2 | |||
| 2005–06 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 27 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | Bolton Wanderers | Premier League | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | England | 269 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 326 | 8 | |
| Career total | 269 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 326 | 8 | ||
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