Connor Wickham
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Wickham playing for Sunderland in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Connor Neil Ralph Wickham | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Hereford, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
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Current team
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Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Reading | ||
| 2006–2009 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Ipswich Town | 65 | (13) |
| 2011–2015 | Sunderland | 74 | (11) |
| 2013–2014 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 17 | (9) |
| 2014 | → Leeds United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015– | Crystal Palace | 29 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | England U16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | England U17 | 13 | (9) |
| 2010–2013 | England U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2010–2015 | England U21 | 17 | (6) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:31, 15 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2013 |
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Connor Neil Ralph Wickham (born 31 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Crystal Palace as a forward.
He played youth football at Reading before moving to Ipswich Town in 2006 where he continued in the youth structure. He made his full professional debut for the club in April 2009. He has also played at various levels of international football, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Final.
Wickham was born in Hereford, Herefordshire, the son of an Army Warrant Officer, He attended Philip Morant School in Colchester, where he achieved eight A-C grade GCSEs – as well as being a prominent member of the school football team, where he was a prolific goalscorer from a young age. He played youth football with Reading for four years. Wickham's father is Northern Irish.
Wickham made his debut for the Ipswich Town first team on 11 April 2009, aged 16 years and 11 days. He came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Veliče Šumulikoski in a 3–1 home defeat against Doncaster Rovers and in doing so he became Ipswich's youngest ever player, beating the previous record being held by Jason Dozzell by 46 days.
Wickham scored his first two senior goals in only his fourth appearance, when he scored in Ipswich's 2009–10 League Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town. He also scored in the penalty shootout, which saw Ipswich prevail 4–2. He scored his first league goal in a 1–0 home victory over Scunthorpe United in March 2010, his winning effort coming deep into injury time. In April 2010, Wickham scored his second league goal, which came in the 90th minute in a 3–1 victory over Derby County. This came two days after he signed his first professional contract at Ipswich, a two-year deal following his 17th birthday.
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