Demarai Gray
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 June 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Cadbury Athletic | ||
| 200x–2013 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Birmingham City | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:47, 21 December 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Demarai Gray (born 28 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Birmingham City. A winger, he made his Football League debut in October 2013.
Club career
Gray was born in Birmingham,[3] where he attended Frankley High School. As a boy, he played for Cadbury Athletic's junior teams, and joined Birmingham City's Academy as an under-11.[1] He took up a two-year scholarship in July 2012.[4] In a 2013 interview, Gray described his strengths as "pace, dribbling and technique", felt he needed to "score more goals", and named Nathan Redmond as the biggest influence on him since joining the club.[1]
After impressing Birmingham manager Lee Clark in training, he was named in the squad for the Championship match against Millwall on 1 October 2013,[5] and made his senior debut as a 91st-minute substitute for Jesse Lingard in a 4–0 win.[6] He made his first start on 2 November, in a 1–0 league defeat at home to Charlton Athletic.[7] Gray signed his first professional contract, of two-and-a-half years, on 9 December.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 14 January 2014
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Birmingham City | 2013–14[9] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
International career
Gray was called up for an England under-18s training camp in November 2013.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Blue kid on the block – Demarai Gray". Birmingham City F.C. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ "Player Profiles: Demarai Gray". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ "Demarai Gray". Often Partisan. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2012 and 31/07/2012" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ↑ Tattum, Colin (1 October 2013). "Lee Clark: Demarai Gray is in the squad. He was superb in training on Monday". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ Scott, Ged (1 October 2013). "Birmingham 4–0 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ Tattum, Colin (4 November 2013). "Birmingham City 0 Charlton Athletic 1". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ "Birmingham City: Demarai Gray signs two-and-a-half-year pro deal". BBC Sport. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Demarai Gray in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ "Training days". The Football Association. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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