Gary Hooper

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Gary Hooper
Hooper Nov2010.jpg
Hooper in the Celtic jersey (2010)
Personnel
birthday January 26, 1988
place of birth Loughton , Essex ,  England
size 177 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2006 Grays Athletic 69 (20)
2006-2008 Southend United 32 0(2)
2007 →  Leyton Orient  (loan) 4 0(2)
2008 →  Hereford United  (loan) 19 (11)
2008-2010 Scunthorpe United 80 (43)
2010-2013 Celtic Glasgow 95 (63)
2013-2016 Norwich City 64 (18)
2015-2016 →  Sheffield Wednesday  (loan) 12 0(6)
2016-2019 Sheffield Wednesday 85 (30)
2019– Wellington Phoenix 21 0(8)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 5, 2020

Gary Hooper (born January 26, 1988 in Loughton , Essex ) is an English football player . He is under contract with Wellington Phoenix .

Career

Southend United

After his early days at the lower class club Grays Athletic , Gary Hooper moved to the English second division club Southend United on August 10, 2006 . His new club was promoted from the third-rate Football League One last year and expected the talented attacker to reinforce his offensive. In two years in Southend , however, Hooper only got two hits in 32 league appearances. During this time, his club loaned him to Leyton Orient in 2007 and in 2008 for three months to the fourth division club Hereford United . He left a lasting impression, especially in Hereford , as his eleven goals in 19 appearances contributed to the promotion to the third division.

Scunthorpe United

On July 1, 2008, Gary Hooper moved to English third division Scunthorpe United for £ 125,000 , where he signed a three-year deal. As an undisputed regular player, he had an excellent season with 24 goals in 45 league games. His new club also benefited from this excellent hit rate and qualified for the play-offs with sixth place in the table . After a win against Milton Keynes Dons defeated Scunthorpe in the final in Wembley to Millwall FC 3: 2nd Even after promotion to the Football League Championship in 2009/10 , he was able to preserve his accuracy and scored 19 goals in 35 games. His club narrowly secured relegation in the English second division at the end of the season and also benefited significantly from his goals.

Celtic Glasgow

Gary Hooper (2012)

After his successful breakthrough in the second highest English league, Hooper decided to take another step in his still young career and moved to the Scottish Premier League for £ 2,400,000 for the Scottish top club Celtic Glasgow . Celtic had been beaten by local rivals Glasgow Rangers in the championship for the past two years . Under the new coach Neil Lennon , the club signed not only Hooper, but also Freddie Ljungberg , Du-Ri Cha and Joe Ledley, to secure the championship title. Gary Hooper got off to an excellent start in the Scottish Premier League 2010/11 , scoring ten goals in his first eleven league games. In the following season 2011/12 he won the Scottish Championship with Celtic and was top scorer with 24 goals scored. In the last game of the season, he scored five times in a 5-0 win against Heart of Midlothian , which only the two Rangers players Kris Boyd and Kenny Miller had managed before him . In the following season he was able to successfully defend the title with the team, hitting the opposing goal 19 times. At the same time he decided the Scottish Cup final against Hibernian Edinburgh with two goals scored .

Norwich City

In July 2013, the striker signed a three-year deal with Norwich City . He played 70 games for the Canaries (20 goals) and was promoted to the Premier League with them in the 2014/15 season .

Sheffield Wednesday

After a loan from October 2015, Hooper was finally signed permanently by league rivals Sheffield Wednesday in the summer of 2016. He completed 89 competitive games for the club, in which he was able to score 31 goals.

Wellington Phoenix

In October 2019, the striker signed a contract with the Australian A-League playing New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix .

successes

with Grays Athletic:

with Hereford United:

with Celtic Glasgow:

with Norwich City:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hooper signs deal with Shrimpers (BBC Sport)
  2. ↑ Striker Hooper joins Scunthorpe (BBC Sport)
  3. ↑ Scunthorpe striker Gary Hooper signs for Celtic (BBC Sport)
  4. ↑ Hooper hits five as Celtic sign off in style scotprem.com/
  5. ^ Gary Hooper: Celtic striker signs for Norwich City. BBC Sport, July 26th, accessed July 27, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Wellington Phoenix sign marquee striker , wellingtonphoenix.com, accessed on October 17, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hooper, Gary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Loughton , England