Nick Blackman

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Nick Blackman

Nick Blackman in 2013
Personal information
Full nameNicholas Alexander Blackman
Date of birth (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989
Place of birthWhitefield, England[1]
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubReading
Number22
Youth career
2005–2006Macclesfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2009Macclesfield Town12(1)
2009–2012Blackburn Rovers1(0)
2009→ Blackpool (loan)5(1)
2009–2010→ Oldham Athletic (loan)12(1)
2010→ Motherwell (loan)18(10)
2011→ Aberdeen (loan)15(2)
2012–2013Sheffield United28(11)
2013–Reading29(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:18, 12 January 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Blackman (born 11 November 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Reading. Born in Whitefield, Greater Manchester he started his career at Macclesfield Town before moving to Premier League Blackburn Rovers. He failed to break into the first team at Rovers and was eventually sold to Sheffield United. He has also spent time on loan at Blackpool, Oldham Athletic, Motherwell and Aberdeen.

Early life

Blackman attended the King David School as well as Phillips High School in Manchester.[2] In 2005, he represented the United Kingdom at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[2][3] Blackman is eligible to represent England, Barbados, Netherlands, Poland and potentially Israel at international level.[4]

Club career

Macclesfield Town

Blackman was signed by Macclesfield Town in summer 2006 after previous spells at Manchester United, Bury and Preston North End Football Academies. He was given his first professional contract by Macclesfield on 8 March 2007, after a string of impressive displays for the youth team.[5] After making his league debut against Accrington Stanley his hopes of regular first team football were dashed by a pre-season injury that kept him out of action for several months.[6]

He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 home draw with Dagenham & Redbridge on 23 November 2007, when after coming on as a 77th substitute, he scored in the 90th minute.[7] He made a total of 12 appearances, mostly as a substitute, for the Silkmen, scoring one goal.[6]

Blackburn Rovers

After impressing in a trial, Blackman joined Premier League club Blackburn Rovers on 12 January 2009 for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[8] He scored two goals in his first two games for the club's reserve team.[citation needed]

On 4 March, he joined Championship club Blackpool on loan initially for one month.[9] He made his debut later that same day as a 65th minute substitute in a 0–1 home loss to Burnley at Bloomfield Road.[10] After two substitution appearances, he scored on his full debut, a 2–2 draw with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on 10 March.[11]

On 20 August 2009, Blackman joined Oldham Athletic on a month's loan.[12] Two days later, he made his Latics debut in a 2–2 draw versus Swindon Town, playing the full 90 minutes.[13] His first goal for the club came on 29 August when he curled a shot into the net from the edge of the area for Oldham's only goal in a 1–1 draw against Brentford.[14] His loan period was extended until January 2010 after which he returned to Blackburn.[15]

Blackman joined Scottish Premier League club Motherwell on a six-month loan on 13 August 2010, and went on to score a hat trick in a 4–0 win over St Johnstone in November 2010.[16] On 13 January 2011, former Motherwell manager Craig Brown signed Blackman for Aberdeen on loan for six months.[17]

Blackman returned to Blackburn Rovers at the end of his loan spell. He came off the bench for Rovers in their Premier League Asia Trophy match against Kitchee of Hong Kong, winning and then converting a penalty in a 3–0 win.

Sheffield United

On 10 August 2012, after turning down offers from Championship clubs, Blackman signed for Sheffield United on a two-year-deal for an undisclosed fee after being deemed surplus to requirements at Blackburn Rovers.[18] He scored his first goal for the Blades with his first touch in a League Cup game against Burton Albion at Bramall Lane on 11 August 2012.[19] He played regularly for the Blades throughout the first half of the season, making 33 appearances and scoring 14 goals by the end of January.[20] By this time however he was attracting interest from other clubs and was the subject of bids from both Crystal Palace and Reading and despite United accepting offers from both clubs, he rejected a move to Palace.[21]

Reading

On 30 January 2013, Blackman signed for Premier League side Reading for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be around £1,200,000, on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[22] He made his debut on 2 February, replacing Pavel Pogrebnyak in the 72nd minute of a 2–1 win against Sunderland.[23]

Club career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2014.[24][25]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Macclesfield Town 2006–07 League Two 10000000 10
2007–08 111000000 111
Total 121000000 121
Blackburn Rovers 2008–09 Premier League 000000— 00
2011–12 100020— 30
Total 100020— 30
Blackpool (loan) 2008–09 Championship 510000— 51
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2009–10 League One 12100001[lower-alpha 1]0 131
Motherwell (loan) 2010–11 SPL 181000202[lower-alpha 2]0 2210
Aberdeen (loan) 2010–11 1523000— 182
Sheffield United 2012–13 League One 2811421100 3314
Reading 2012–13 Premier League 1100000— 110
2013–14 Championship 183100000 193
Total 293100000 303
Career total 12129825130 13632
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Europa League

References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caro, Danny (14 January 2009). "Blackman in a league of his own". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
  3. ↑ Caro, Danny (8 October 2009). "Not quite a minyan, but Oldham are the real Jewish deal". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Nick Blackman: I'd love to win international caps after playing at Jewish Olympics". Daily record. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Young striker nets Silkmen deal". BBC Sport. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2009. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Profile – Nick Blackman". Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
  7. ↑ "Macclesfield 1–1 Dag & Red". BBC Sport. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
  8. ↑ "Allardyce brings in Macc striker". BBC Sport. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
  9. ↑ "New face in Blackpool Squad". Blackpool FC. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009. 
  10. ↑ "Blackpool vs Burnly Match Report". Blackpool FC. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Sheff Utd 2–2 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
  12. ↑ "Latics land Rovers striker". Sky Sports. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009. 
  13. ↑ "Oldham 2–2". BBC Sport. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  14. ↑ "Oldham 1–1 Brentford". BBC Sport. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  15. ↑ "Blackman checks out of Boundary Park". Yahoo! Eurosport. 4 January 2010. 
  16. ↑ "Motherwell sign Blackburn forward Nick Blackman on loan". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  17. ↑ "Aberdeen sign Nick Blackman and Robert Milsom". BBC Sport. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Blackman signs for Sheffield United". Blackburn Rovers. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012. 
  19. ↑ "Nick Kops it for a second time". Sheffield United FC Official Web Site. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012. 
  20. ↑ "Games played by Nick Blackman in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 January 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Blackman snubs £1.2m switch to Crystal Palace after Sheffield United accept improved bid". Mail Online. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013. 
  22. ↑ "Reading sign Nick Blackman from Sheffield United". Sky Sports. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013. 
  23. ↑ "Reading 2–1 Sunderland" BBC Sport. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  24. ↑ "Nick Blackman Career Stats". Soccerbase. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010. 
  25. ↑ "2010–11 Motherwell FC Europa League statistics". UEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2013. 

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