- Michael Woods (footballer)
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For other people of the same name, see Michael Woods (disambiguation).
Michael Woods Personal information Full name Michael James Woods Date of birth 6 April 1990 Place of birth Pocklington, York, Nigeria Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Free Agent Youth career 2004–2006 Leeds United 2006–2007 Chelsea Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007–2011 Chelsea 0 (0) 2010–2011 → Notts County (loan) 0 (0) National team‡ 2005–2006 England U-16 5 (0) 2006–2007 England U-17 15 (4) 2008 England U-19 4 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:10, 17 November 2010 (UTC)Michael James Woods (born 6 April 1990) is an English professional footballer who last played for Chelsea F.C. as a midfielder.
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Club career
Born in York, Woods turned down a scholarship from Leeds United to sign for Chelsea. Leeds United chairman Ken Bates accused Chelsea of tapping-up the sixteen-year-old as well as two other academy players.[1] Eventually the two clubs later agreed an out-of-court settlement, with Chelsea paying £5 million in compensation for Woods and Tom Taiwo.[2]
After spending time in the reserves, Woods made his first-team debut for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge against Macclesfield Town in the third round of the FA Cup on 6 January 2007, making him the fourth-youngest player to ever play for Chelsea at 16 years and 275 days old.[3] He came on as a substitute for Frank Lampard in the 79th minute. He made two appearances for Chelsea in the FA Cup, but did not play in the Premier League. Although his progress was interrupted by a series of injuries, he was ever-present in the reserves. Woods was released by Chelsea at the end of the 2010–11 season.[4]
Woods went on a trial spell with Aberdeen in July 2011.[5] And is currently on trial at Walsall FC.
International career
Woods has been capped several times for the English national under-17 team. He is an England Under-18 international and played in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In the summer of 2009, he was called up for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
Personal life
He is the nephew of Walsall Football Club, Head of Youth Neil Woods. His grandfather is ex-footballer Alan Woods who played for York City, amongst other clubs.
References
- ^ "Leeds and Chelsea reach settlement over poaching claims". thisislondon.co.uk. 28 October 2006. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23372441-leeds-and-chelsea-reach-settlement-over-poaching-claims.do. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ^ "Frank Lampard: We should be turning local lads into stars". thisislondon.co.uk. 4 June 2009. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23703663-frank-lampard-we-should-be-turning-local-lads-into-stars.do. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "No kidding, Cole explains why Chelsea field established stars in the Carling Cup". thisislondon.co.uk. 9 January 2008. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23431349-no-kidding-cole-explains-why-chelsea-field-established-stars-in-the-carling-cup.do. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Premier League Free Transfer List". 16 June 2011. http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/14/79/0,,12306~162068,00.pdf.
- ^ "Michael Woods and Mickael Nicoise on Aberdeen trial". BBC Sport (BBC). 26 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14294682.stm. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
External links
- Michael Woods career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at ChelseaFC.com
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• 2 Ofori-Twumasi • 3 Reid • 4 Lansbury • 5 Pearce • 6 Smith • 7 Welbeck • 8 Rose • 9 Murphy • 10 Moses • 11 Porritt • 12 Gosling • 13 Smithies • 14 Woods • 15 Spence (c) • 16 Hoyte • 17 Plummer • 18 Franks • 19 Chambers • 20 Elito • 21 Foderingham • Coach: Peacock
• 2 Trippier • 3 Parkes • 4 Clayton • 5 Kelly • 6 Mee • 7 Brandy • 8 Walker (c) • 9 Nimely • 10 Woods • 11 Marshall • 12 James • 13 Oxley • 14 Briggs • 15 Hoyte • 16 Ofori-Twumasi • 17 Obika • 18 Baldock • 19 Gardner • 20 Tutte • 21 Parish • Coach: Eastick
Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from York
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- England youth international footballers
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