Garath McCleary
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McCleary playing for Reading in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Garath James McCleary | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Reading | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Oxford United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Oxford City | 22 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Slough Town | 33 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Bromley | 24 | (8) |
| 2008–2012 | Nottingham Forest | 111 | (13) |
| 2012– | Reading | 167 | (21) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Jamaica | 24 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:31, 17 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Garath James McCleary (born 15 May 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Reading.
McCleary was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. His football career began with Oxford City, and spent time with Oxford United but never signed a contract with the team despite spending 3 months with the club.
He joined Slough Town playing in 24 games and scoring on six occasions. He then moved to Bromley in January 2007. In total McCleary made over 40 appearances for Bromley scoring 11 goals. Nottingham Forest manager Colin Calderwood offered him a trial at the City Ground where he did well enough to secure a contract on 31 January 2008.
McCleary made his first team debut as an 87th-minute substitute, in a 1–0 home defeat against Carlisle United, on 3 March 2008. He scored his first goal for the club on 1 April 2008 in injury time, in a 2–0 win at Carlisle. On 5 April he was handed his first start where he was voted Man of the Match as Forest beat Cheltenham Town 3–1 at the City Ground.
In the 2011/12 season McCleary scored nine goals after returning from injury in December 2011; six of which came in March 2012. Four came in a high-scoring game away to Leeds United at Elland Road, where Forest won 7–3. These performances resulted in McCleary being named as the Football League Championship Player of the Month. He was voted Forest's Player of the Season by the Forest supporters, beating Joel Lynch and Chris Gunter into second and third respectively.
On 16 May 2012 it was announced that McCleary had turned down a new contract at Forest and instead signed a three-year contract at Reading and fulfill his dream of playing in the Premier League. His first goal for Reading came in a 3–3 draw with Fulham.
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