General |
Theo Walcott | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name: | Theo James Walcott | |
Date of birth: | 16 March 1989 | |
Place of birth: | Stanmore, ![]() | |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
Playing position: | Forward | |
Youth clubs | ||
1999–2000 2000 2000–2005 |
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Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2005–2006 2006–2018 2018–2021 2020–2021 2021–2023 Total |
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270 (65) 77 (10) 21 (3) 29 (2) 418 (84) | 21 (4)
National team | ||
2004–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2010 2006–2016 |
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14 (5) 1 (1) 21 (6) 47 (8) | 4 (0)
Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and has 47 caps, scoring eight goals.
Walcott is a product of the Southampton Academy and started his career with Southampton before joining Arsenal for £5 million in 2006. His speedy pace and ball crossing led his manager Arsène Wenger to deploy him on the wing for most of his career. Walcott has been played as a Striker as in firstly the 2012–13 season where he was the Gooner's topscorer. In 2018, Theo Walcott signs for Everton.
On 30 May 2006, Walcott became England's youngest ever senior football player aged 17 years and 75 days. On 6 September 2008, he made his first competitive start in a World Cup qualifier against Andorra, and in the following match against Croatia on 10 September he opened his senior international goals tally and became the youngest player in history to score a hat-trick for England. He has represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and has 42 caps, scoring eight goals.
Honours[]
Club[]
Runner-up:
- FA Youth Cup: 2005
Winner:
Runner-up:
International[]
Runner-up:
- UEFA U-21 Championship 2009
Individual[]
- BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award: 2006
External links[]
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England – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals |
1. Robinson
2. Neville
3. A. Cole
4. Gerrard
5. Ferdinand
6. Terry
7. Beckham
8. Lampard
9. Rooney
10. Owen
11. J. Cole
12. Campbell
13. James
14. Bridge
15. Carragher
16. Hargreaves
17. Jenas
18. Carrick
19. Lennon
20. Downing
21. Crouch
22. Carson
23. Walcott
Manager: |
England – UEFA Euro 2012 – Quarter-finals |
1. Hart
2. Johnson
3. Cole
4. Gerrard (c)
5. Kelly
6. Terry
7. Walcott
8. Henderson
9. Carroll
10. Rooney
11. Young
12. Baines
13. Green
14. Jones
15. Lescott
16. Milner
17. Parker
18. Jagielka
19. Downing
20. Chamberlain
21. Defoe
22. Welbeck
23. Butland |