Jay Bothroyd

Football player infobox
playername = Jay Bothroyd


fullname = Jay Bothroyd
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=3
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|5|5
cityofbirth = Islington
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Cardiff City
clubnumber = 8
position = Striker
youthyears = 1998–2000
youthclubs = Arsenal
years = 2000–2003
2003–2005
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Coventry City
Perugia
→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)
Charlton Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Stoke City (loan)
Cardiff City
caps(goals) =72 (14)
28 0(5)
11 0(1)
18 0(2)
55 (12)
04 0(0)
09 0(1)
nationalyears = 2001
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(1)
pcupdate = 23:32 30 September 2008
ntupdate =

Jay Bothroyd (born May 5 1982 in Islington, London) is an English football striker, of Guyanese descent, currently playing for Cardiff City.

Playing career

Coventry City (2000-2003)

Having initially been on the books at Arsenal, Bothroyd was sold as an eighteen year-old to Coventry City, after throwing his shirt at the bench after the 2000 Premier League Youth Cup final against West Ham United after being substituted. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Coventry agree fee for teenage striker |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/822434.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2000-07-06 |accessdate=2000-07-06 ] In the three years he played for Coventry, he scored seventeen goals in total, despite making little impact in his first season, after making his debut against Preston North End in the League Cup.

A player of considerable talent but sometimes questionable motivation and prone to poor temperament, he only featured for Coventry after many other members of the squad had to be sold off to relieve the club's financial problems. He scored his debut goal in a defeat against Bradford City on 24 August 2001, and in the 2002-03 season became the club's top-scorer with 11 goals. This brought interest from Perugia, and he transferred to the Italian side when his Coventry contract expired in 2003. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bothroyd signs for Perugia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3058401.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2003-07-11 |accessdate=2003-07-11 ]

Perugia (2003-2005)

Bothroyd failed to settle in Italy, and joined Blackburn Rovers in August 2004 on loan from Perugia. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Blackburn bring in Bothroyd |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3616332.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2004-08-31 |accessdate=2004-08-31 ] After getting sent off against Norwich City for violent conduct (kicking opposing midfielder Mattias Jonson to the ground), he was unable to cement a place in the first team and returned to Perugia at the end of the season.

Charlton Athletic (2005-2006)

He signed for Charlton Athletic on 31 August 2005 having been released by Perugia due to their financial problems. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bothroyd makes move to Charlton |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/4203282.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2005-08-31 |accessdate=2005-08-31 ] His contribution here was perhaps most noted for his powerful free-kicks.

In the close season, Bothroyd was released by the Addicks, following the arrival of Iain Dowie as manager. He was then taken on trial at Crystal Palace, but the south-Londoners decided not to offer him a deal. Bothroyd has since denied he was on trial with Crystal Palace, despite playing in Crystal Palace's pre-season tour of the USA. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bothroyd denies Palace trial |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11699_2411244,00.html |work= |publisher="Sky Sports" |date=2007-04-14 |accessdate=2007-04-14 ]

Wolverhampton Wanderers (2006-2008)

Instead, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on 26 July 2006, becoming Mick McCarthy's first full signing for the Midlanders. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wolves sign Bothroyd from Addicks |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/5220168.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2006-07-28 |accessdate=2006-07-28 ]

Bothroyd started the season in fine style, scoring 3 goals for his new club in their first 6 fixtures, including a 25 yard strike in injury time away at Leeds to grab all 3 points. However, in the following game against Derby County, his fortunes took a turn for the worse as he had a weak penalty saved in a game that Wolves went on to lose 0-1.

Bothroyd's goal scoring petered out after this initial burst and he suffered an injury in December that kept him out of the busy Christmas period, though he returned to the squad in February 2007 and made several substitute appearances. The most vital of these came when he scored the winning goal as Wolves beat their bitter Black Country rivals West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in a crucial encounter in the race for promotion. The striker had settle for a place on the bench for the start of the 2007/08 season. He was eventually given a start against his former club Charlton, where he scored one and created one in a 2-0 win and kept his starting place for the next three games, scoring Wolves' only goal of the game against Bristol City in a 1-1 draw. He later managed a run of eight successive starts around the Christmas period but failed to score.

After Wolves signed new strikers Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and brought in Kevin Kyle on loan during the January transfer window, Bothroyd found himself out of first team contention. To gain playing time, he moved to fellow Championship side Stoke City on an initial month's loan on 14 March 2008, [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Stoke complete late Bothroyd deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/7296335.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2008-03-14 |accessdate=2008-03-14 ] later extended to the end of the season, which ended in promotion to the Premier League. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bothroyd stays with Stoke |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_3423174,00.html |work= |publisher="Sky Sports" |date=2008-04-14 |accessdate=2008-04-14 ] However, after featuring in just four games during his loan spell, he returned to his parent club who promptly put him up for transfer.

Cardiff City (2008-)

Bothroyd remained in the Championship, joining Cardiff City, who beat off interest from newly promoted Premiership side Hull City [ [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/cardiff-city-fc/2008/08/07/bluebirds-beat-premiership-to-jay-bothroyd-91466-21482666/ "Bluebirds beat Premiership to Jay Bothroyd"] South Wales Echo Retrieved on 30 August, 2008] , on 4 August 2008 in a three-year deal [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bothroyd completes Cardiff move |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7538385.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport" |date=2008-08-04 |accessdate=2008-08-04 ] for a fee of £350,000, set to be paid in two instalments of £175,000. [ [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/cardiff-city-fc/2008/10/02/cardiff-city-fans-30-questions-to-peter-ridsdale-91466-21950647/ "Cardiff City fans 30 questions to Peter Ridsdale"] South Wales Echo Retrieved on 2 October, 2008] At the start of the season Bothroyd found himself in and out of the side as manager Dave Jones attempted to find his best strike partnership and, after a number of matches, Bothroyd has assumed the role of first choice strike partner to Scottish international Ross McCormack. On 30 September, Bothroyd scored his first goal for the club when he found the net against one of his former clubs, Coventry City during a 2-1 win.

References

External links

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* [http://www.icons.com/bothroyd/ Jay Bothroyd Official Website] at icons.com