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Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
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Current team | Shrewsbury Town | ||
Number | 16 |
Grant Holt (born 12 April 1981 in Carlisle, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Shrewsbury Town. He plays as a striker, and is most well known for his time at Rochdale.
Early career
He played for several Conference clubs in his early career, including Barrow, Workington, Halifax Town and in Singapore with Sengkang Marine, before he was signed by Sheffield Wednesday. He made 30 appearances, half of them as a substitute, but only managed four goals.
For Rochdale, he made 83 appearances and scored 42 goals. This made him a target for many higher league clubs, but it was Nottingham Forest who paid £300,000 to secure his services in January 2006.[1]
Nottingham Forest
Holt made a slow start to his time with the Reds, only netting four times in as many months at the end of the 2005-06 campaign. In November 2006, he turned down a move to Bristol City due to personal reasons, after the two clubs had agreed a fee.[2] However, despite being on the bench for approximately half of Forest's games in the 2006-07 season, he managed to score eighteen goals in all competitions to become the club's top scorer. Forest fans recognised Holt's battling performances by handing him the 'Player of the Season' award.[3]
In the summer of 2007, Holt and Forest boss Colin Calderwood reached an "uneasy truce" after the striker had a transfer request rebuffed when Forest refused to give him an improved contract.[4] Holt made it clear that he would be "happy to stay" with Forest for the 2007-08 campaign, while Calderwood admitted "he's not a player we want to see leave".[5] However, Holt failed to impress by only scoring three times all season, one goal in a 2-2 draw at Bristol Rovers and a brace in Forest's 4-0 victory over Leyton Orient.
In March 2008, Holt signed on loan with Championship club, Blackpool, making his debut as a late substitute against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 22 March.[6] He made four substitute appearances before returning to Forest in the summer of 2008, saying he would like to stay and fight for his place in Forest's team next season, despite interest being shown from his home town club Carlisle United. [7]
Shrewsbury Town
On 24 June 2008, Shrewsbury Town broke their club transfer record by signing Holt for £170,000. He was revealed at a club press conference along with defender Michael Jackson.[8] Holt opened his scoring account for the Shrews on his debut, scoring from the penalty spot against Macclesfield Town, in a game the Shrews won 4-0.
Holt has now scored on his debut for Rochdale, Sheffield Wednesday, Barrow, Nottingham Forest and Shrewsbury Town.
References
- ^ Forest snap up Dale striker Holt - BBC Sport
- ^ City move not right - Forest star - BBC Sport
- ^ Prize Guy Grant - Nottingham Forest Official Website
- ^ Holt peace pact with Forest boss - BBC Sport
- ^ Holt peace pact with Forest boss - BBC Sport
- ^ Stoke 1-1 Blackpool - BBC Sport
- ^ Holt: I'm ready to fight for my place - thisisnottinghamforest.co.uk
- ^ Shrews break club record for Holt - BBC Sport
External links
- Grant Holt at Soccerbase
- Articles needing cleanup from March 2008
- Cleanup tagged articles without a reason field from March 2008
- Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from March 2008
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Carlisle
- English footballers
- English expatriate footballers
- Football (soccer) strikers
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players