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Revision as of 01:37, 25 March 2011

Scott Sinclair
Personal information
Full name Scott Andrew Sinclair
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
Number 21
Youth career
1998–2004 Bristol Rovers
2005–2007 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Bristol Rovers 2 (0)
2005–2010 Chelsea 5 (0)
2007 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 15 (2)
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 9 (1)
2008 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 3 (0)
2008 → Crystal Palace (loan) 6 (2)
2009 → Birmingham City (loan) 14 (0)
2009–2010 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 18 (1)
2010– Swansea City 35 (17)
International career‡
2005–2006 England U17 5 (3)
2006–2007 England U18 4 (3)
2007–2008 England U19 5 (2)
2009 England U20 1 (0)
2010– England U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2011

Scott Andrew Sinclair (born 25 March 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Swansea City. He made his league debut for Chelsea on 6 May 2007, when he came off the bench to replace Shaun Wright-Phillips for the final ten minutes of the game against Arsenal.

Early life

Born in Bath, Somerset, Sinclair attended Ralph Allen School.[1]

Club career

Bristol Rovers

Sinclair joined Bristol Rovers at the age of nine.[2] He became the second-youngest Bristol Rovers first-team debutant – at the age of 15 years 277 days – as a late substitute for Junior Agogo in the League Two game against Leyton Orient in December 2004.[3][4]

Chelsea

Chelsea signed the player in July 2005. A Football League tribunal set the compensation to be paid to Bristol Rovers at an initial £200,000, with increments up to a potential £750,000 to be paid if and when the player met various appearance milestones at club or international level. Chelsea would also have to pay Rovers 15% of the profit on any future sale.[5]

Sinclair was called up for Chelsea's squad to play Macclesfield Town in the FA Cup on 6 January 2007 but remained on the bench.[6] His debut came four days later as a very late substitute in the 2007 League Cup semi-final against Wycombe Wanderers.[7] He scored his first goal for Chelsea in September 2007, in the 37th minute of the League Cup Third Round against Hull City to help Chelsea win 4–0.[8] He provided the assist for Frank Lampard's 100th goal for Chelsea, in a 3–1 victory over Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup.[9]

Loan spell at Plymouth Argyle

During the January transfer window Sinclair was signed on a month's loan by Plymouth Argyle, whose manager Ian Holloway had noticed him as a 10-year old prospect at former club Bristol Rovers. He made his debut as a substitute in the 3–2 victory over Coventry City at Home Park. In his second game, the FA Cup 4th round tie against Barnet, he scored a fine individual goal to seal a 2–0 victory, taking the ball half the length of the pitch before beating the goalkeeper and scoring a smashing goal.[10]

Sinclair also scored against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux to put Plymouth 1–0 up in the game, which they eventually drew 2–2.[11]

On 17 February 2007 Sinclair scored the second goal, with a looping header from a David Norris cross, as Argyle defeated Derby County 2–0 in their FA Cup 5th round tie.[12] This result put the club through to the last eight for the first time since 1984. He played well in the quarter final, but Plymouth eventually went down 1–0 to Watford and he was substituted in the second half of the game due to injury.

On 17 March, Sinclair scored another individual goal, taking the ball down the pitch before lobbing the goalkeeper, to seal victory in a 1–0 home win over Crystal Palace.[13]

Return to Chelsea

On 6 May 2007 he was named in the Chelsea squad to face Arsenal, which was one of Chelsea's most crucial matches of the season as anything but a win would have handed Manchester United the Premier League title. Sinclair came on as a substitute for Shaun Wright-Phillips but was unable to stop Chelsea drawing 1–1. He made his first start for Chelsea in the following Premier League game against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. Sinclair suffered a broken metatarsal after a challenge from Wes Brown.[14] For the season 2007/08 Sinclair was awarded the number 17 shirt, a change from the number 49 that he had worn previously. He came on as a second half substitute for Joe Cole during Chelsea's FA Community Shield game against Manchester United.

Sinclair was rewarded with a new four year deal on 15 August 2007.[15] Later that year, on 25 September he scored his first senior goal for the club in a 4–0 win against Hull City in the Carling Cup.[16] He was picked in the starting eleven against Leicester City in the fourth round of the Carling Cup. Sinclair assisted Frank Lampard with the equaliser to make the score 1–1, and then later on in the match was denied only by the post with one of his shots.

Sinclair played his first game back with Chelsea shortly after his loan with QPR ended. Sinclair started for the Blues and was later subbed off by Joe Cole in a 2–0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

Loan spell at QPR

On 6 November, it was confirmed that Queens Park Rangers had won the battle to sign Sinclair on loan with eight other Championship clubs also looking to get him. Sinclair's last goal for Plymouth was against Crystal Palace, and he followed this up by scoring his first for QPR against Palace.[17]

Leicester City manager Ian Holloway revealed on 5 February 2008 that he wanted to sign Sinclair on a loan deal, having previously signed him while managing at Plymouth Argyle. However, Chelsea rejected the loan offer, because they wanted Sinclair to sign for a club which was near the top of the Championship table.[18]

Loan at Charlton

On 28 February 2008, Sinclair joined Charlton Athletic on loan. Finding his first team opportunities limited at Charlton, Sinclair made just three appearances off the bench.[19]

Loan spell at Crystal Palace

On 27 March 2008, Sinclair joined Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the 2007/08 season, scoring twice against Hull[20] and Burnley[21] in six appearances and helping Palace to 5th place in the Championship and qualification for the 2008 Football League Championship play-offs.

Chelsea 2008–09

Sinclair was offered a chance by then new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari to prove himself as a first team player, although he still played in most of the Reserves' matches. On 8 August 2008, Sinclair was handed the number 16 for Chelsea, swapping with José Bosingwa (wore 16 during pre-season) who was given Sinclair's previous number 17. He was the second youngest player in the Chelsea first team for the season, older than the youngest, striker Franco Di Santo, by thirteen days. He made his first league appearance of the season at Middlesbrough on 18 October in Chelsea's 5–0 win.

Loan spell at Birmingham City

In January 2009, Sinclair joined Championship club Birmingham City on loan for an initial period of one month,[22] which was later extended to the remainder of the 2008–09 season.[23] He made 14 appearances for the club, and returned to Chelsea on 4 May when his contract expired.[24]

Return to Chelsea

On 17 May 2009, Sinclair was included in the substitute bench by Interim Manager Guus Hiddink in a game against Blackburn.[25] Sinclair was selected by new coach Carlo Ancelotti to travel to the United States for a pre-season tour, and featured in two matches.[26]

Loan spell at Wigan Athletic

It was announced on 6 August 2009 that Sinclair would be spending the 2009–10 season on loan at Premier League side Wigan Athletic.[27] He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 2–1 defeat at Hull City on 3 October 2009.[28] He scored his second Wigan goal incidentally against Hull again, in the FA Cup on 2 January 2010.[29]

Swansea City

In summer 2010, Sinclair was linked with a move to Blackpool F.C., who had recently been promoted to the Barclays Premier League under Sinclair's former manager Ian Holloway, but a move never materialised so he signed a three-year deal at Swansea City on 9 August 2010 for a £500,000 fee, which could rise to £1m depending on his future success at the club.[30][31] He made his debut in a 4–0 victory over Preston North End on 14 August. He was unfortunate to have a goal disallowed which would have made it 5–0.[32] He scored his first goal against Tranmere Rovers in the League Cup, and his first League goal for Swansea was scored on 28 August in the 1–0 home win against recently relegated Burnley. Sinclair scored his first career hat-trick on 21 September in the League Cup in a 3–1 win against Peterborough United. Scott is the Swans current top goalscorer with 21 goals, 16 of those in the league, justifying Brendan Rodgers' decision to fork out the initial £500,000 as his sell-on value will be over £1.5m. Sinclair scored his 20th and 21st goals of the season on 26 February 2011 in a 3-0 victory over Leeds United.

International career

Sinclair was selected for the England under-19s for their matches during October 2007, but, together with Andy Carroll and Ryan Bertrand, he was sent home after breaking a team curfew.[33] On 12 November 2010 he was called up for the England under-21s for their friendly against the German under-21s. He earned his first cap playing in this friendly where England lost 2-0.

Career statistics

As of 20 March 2011
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bristol Rovers 2004–05 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chelsea 2006–07 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2006–07 15 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 18 4
Chelsea 2007–08 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 6 1
QPR (loan) 2007–08 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2007–08 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2007–08 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Birmingham City (loan) 2008–09 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Chelsea 2008–09 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2009–10 18 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 22 2
Swansea City 2010–11 35 17 2 1 2 4 0 0 39 22
Career Total 107 23 11 4 8 5 0 0 126 32

Honours

Chelsea
Birmingham City

References

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  2. ^ "First team profiles: Scott Sinclair". Swansea City F.C. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  3. ^ "15-year-old Scott's big day". Bristol Rovers F.C. 27 December 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Result Bristol R vs Leyton Orient on 2004-12-26". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Chelsea Compensation Figures Confirmed". The Football League. 9 November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Chelsea 6 v 1 Macclesfield". Chelsea F.C. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Wycombe 1 v 1 Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Hull City 0 v 4 Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  9. ^ Barlow, Matt (17 February 2008). "A ton of thanks – Lampard's salute after reaching Chelsea milestone". Daily Mail. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Barnet 0–2 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 27 January 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  11. ^ "Wolves 2–2 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  12. ^ "Plymouth 2–0 Derby". BBC Sport. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  13. ^ "Plymouth 1–0 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  14. ^ "49 Scott Sinclair – Forward". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  15. ^ "Chelsea tie Sinclair to new deal". BBC Sport. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  16. ^ "Hull 0–4 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  17. ^ "Crystal Palace 1–1 QPR". BBC Sport. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
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  21. ^ "Crystal Palace 5–0 Burnley". BBC Sport. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
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  23. ^ "Sinclair extends Birmingham loan". BBC Sport. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
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  29. ^ "Wigan 4 – 1 Hull". BBC Sport. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
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