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'''Grant Holt''' (born 12 April, 1981, in [[Carlisle, Cumbria]], [[England]]) is an [[England|English]] [[Association football|footballer]], currently playing for [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]. He plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]]. He won the Coca-Cola League 1 Player of the Month for October 2009, for "excellent performances throughout October", a month in which he scored "an impressive five goals in as many league fixtures".<ref>http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/holt-named-player-of-the-month-20091114_2248206_1875475</ref>
'''Grant Holt''' (born 12 April, 1981, in [[Carlisle, Cumbria]], [[England]]) is an [[England|English]] [[Association football|footballer]], currently playing for [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]. He plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]].


==Early career==
==Early career==
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Grant Holt
Personal information
Full name Grant Holt
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 9

Grant Holt (born 12 April, 1981, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Norwich City. He plays as a striker.

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 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".[4] 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.[5] 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. [6]

Shrewsbury Town

On 24 June 2008, Shrewsbury Town broke their club transfer record by signing Holt for £175,000. He was revealed at a club press conference along with defender Michael Jackson.[7] 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.

On 7 October 2008, in a Football League Trophy 2nd Round match against Wycombe Wanderers, Holt scored five of the seven goals (scoring in the 12th, 27th, 80th, 81st and 86th minutes), in the Shrews' 7–0 win.[8]

In the March 2009 edition of FourFourTwo, it was stated that Holt was the player to cover the greatest distance per game in both Leagues One and Two, averaging 4.8 kilometres per game, closely followed by Adam Le Fondre of Rochdale, and Andy Welsh of Yeovil on 4.1 and 4.0 respectively.[citation needed]

Holt was so highly regarded by the Shrewsbury faithfull in the South Stand they organised a collection of money to purchase a large blue and Amber flag with Grant Holt's face on.[citation needed]

Norwich City

On 24 July, 2009, Holt transferred to Norwich City after Shrewsbury Town accepted an undisclosed bid, thought to be £400,000.[9] Holt signed a three-year contract with the option of a further year at Carrow Road.

Holt made his debut in the heavy 7–1 opening day defeat to Colchester United at Carrow Road,[10] and scored his first Norwich goals with a hat-trick against Yeovil Town in a first round Carling Cup tie on 11 August, 2009.[11] His first league goals came with a brace against Wycombe Wanderers on 22 August, 2009.He won the Coca-Cola League 1 Player of the Month for October 2009, for "excellent performances throughout October", a month in which he scored "an impressive five goals in as many league fixtures".[12] He reached the landmark of 15 goals for the season in the home game against Brighton on 24 November, 2009.[13]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 2009–10 18 10 1 2 2 3 – 21 15
Total 18 10 1 2 2 3 – 21 15

Honours

Awards

References

  1. ^ Forest snap up Dale striker Holt - BBC Sport
  2. ^ City move not right - Forest star - BBC Sport
  3. ^ Prize Guy Grant - Nottingham Forest Official Website
  4. ^ a b Holt peace pact with Forest boss - BBC Sport
  5. ^ Stoke 1-1 Blackpool - BBC Sport
  6. ^ Holt: I'm ready to fight for my place - thisisnottinghamforest.co.uk
  7. ^ Shrews break club record for Holt - BBC Sport
  8. ^ Wycombe 0-7 Shrewsbury
  9. ^ Norwich Sign Holt from Shrewsbury, BBC Sport, 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009
  10. ^ Norwich 1-7 Colchester, BBC Sport, 8 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009
  11. ^ "Yeovil 0 - 4 Norwich". BBC. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  12. ^ http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/holt-named-player-of-the-month-20091114_2248206_1875475
  13. ^ "Norwich City 5 Wycombe Wanderers 2: match report". 22 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Norwich City Captain
2009– 		Succeeded by
Present
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