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Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)

Chris Wood
Chris Wood Training.jpg
Wood warming up for Leicester City in 2013
Personal information
Full name Christopher Grant Wood
Date of birth (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Leeds United
Number 9
Youth career
Cambridge FC
Waikato FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Waikato FC 5 (0)
2008 Hamilton Wanderers 17 (16)
2009–2013 West Bromwich Albion 21 (1)
2010 Barnsley (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2011 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 29 (8)
2011–2012 Birmingham City (loan) 23 (9)
2012 Bristol City (loan) 19 (3)
2012 Millwall (loan) 19 (11)
2013 Leicester City (loan) 1 (2)
2013–2015 Leicester City 52 (12)
2015 Ipswich Town (loan) 8 (0)
2015– Leeds United 80 (40)
National team
2007 New Zealand U17 3 (0)
2012– New Zealand U23 5 (1)
2009– New Zealand 47 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:44, 7 May 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:18, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Christopher Grant "Chris" Wood (born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a striker for English club Leeds United and the New Zealand national team where is vice captain for his country.

Wood was born in Auckland and started his senior career with Cambridge FC, Waikato FC and Hamilton Wanderers before moving to England to play for Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.

Wood has been capped over forty times for the New Zealand national team, scoring nineteen goals. He played for the side at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Born in Auckland, Wood attended Royal Oak Primary and Cambridge East primary then St Paul's Collegiate School and started his youth and senior career with Cambridge FC playing in the Northern League from the age of 15, after which he attracted the attention of Waikato FC Academy prior to playing for the senior ASB Premiership club Waikato FC. He then later transferred to play for Hamilton Wanderers in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier before moving to English club West Bromwich Albion. His sister Chelsey Wood is also an accomplished footballer, having represented New Zealand at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile and the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.


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