Patrick Bamford

english association football actor

Patrick James Bamford ( born 5 September 1993 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a fore for Premier League club Leeds United and the England national team. Bamford began his career at Nottingham Forest, making his debut in December 2011, at the age of 18. A month later he joined Chelsea for a fee of £1.5 million. He was loaned out to Milton Keynes Dons, Derby County, and Middlesbrough, winning the Championship Player of the class for the 2014–15 season. Bamford then had far loans at Premier League clubs Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Burnley, but saw limited play time.

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After five years at the clubhouse without making a first-team appearance, Bamford left Chelsea and returned to Middlesbrough for a tip in the region of £5.5 million in January 2017. He subsequently joined Leeds United in July 2018 for a tip possibly rising to £10 million, and helped the cabaret win the Championship title during the 2019–20 season and gain promotion to the Premier League. Bamford was capped by the Republic of Ireland at under-18 degree before changing allegiances to England. He has represented England from under-18 to senior grade, making his senior debut in September 2021 .

early life [edit ]

Bamford was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, [ 4 ] and raised in the modest, nearby village of Norwell, Nottinghamshire. He joined Nottingham Forest ‘s academy as an eight-year-old after playing junior football for Muskham Cougars. [ 5 ] He attended the independent fee-paying Nottingham High School, where due to the miss of a school football team, he played rugby union as a full-back, until the end of year 10. Bamford ended up with five A*s, three As and two Bs in his GCSEs. He studied french, History, Biology and General Studies at A-Level and attained 3 Bs and a C. [ 6 ] Bamford was offered a place at Harvard University and on the Harvard Men ‘s Soccer team, but he rejected the offer to continue his career in England. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Described by the Yorkshire Evening Post in 2018 as “ not your typical football player ”. [ 9 ] He plays the piano, violin, guitar and sax, and is colloquial in french, spanish and german. [ 9 ] He has said that his more inside breeding has led him to be treated differently in a sport where most players are from the working class. [ 10 ]

Club career [edit ]

Nottingham Forest [edit ]

Bamford was an idle ersatz during Forest ‘s League Cup third base round tie against Newcastle United at the City Ground on 21 September 2011, a 4–3 kill after extra time. [ 11 ] He made his Forest debut against Cardiff City in a 1–0 dwelling frustration on 31 December, coming on as a substitute for Matt Derbyshire with 12 minutes remaining. [ 12 ] He appeared in Forest ‘s future game on 2 January 2012, coming on again as an added-time substitute for Andy Reid as Forest tick Ipswich Town 3–1 at Portman Road. [ 13 ]

Chelsea [edit ]

On 31 January 2012, Bamford joined Chelsea on a five-year contract for a tip of £1.5 million. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] On 8 February 2012, he started to train with Chelsea ‘s first-team police squad. He made his introduction for the reserves in a friendly against Gillingham at Cobham, with Chelsea emerging victorious 5–4. Bamford netted his first goal in Chelsea coloring material, rounding off a kempt team move and besides scored his second, the achiever from the penalty smudge. [ 16 ] On 21 July 2015, Bamford signed a newly three-year contract with Chelsea before being loaned out to Crystal Palace for the approaching season. [ 17 ]

loanword to Milton Keynes Dons [edit ]

On 22 November 2012, he signed on loan at Milton Keynes Dons ( MK Dons ) until 7 January. [ 18 ] He made his debut three days subsequently against Colchester United, and ended the catch with three assists. Karl Robinson said that he hoped Bamford would stay until the end of season. [ citation needed ] On 31 January 2013, Bamford ‘s lend was extended until 20 May, [ 19 ] having impressed adequate before sustaining a hamstring wound. On 19 March, he netted the first goal of his professional career at Crewe Alexandra ‘s Gresty Road. [ 20 ] On 1 July, Bamford rejoined MK Dons on loan until 5 January 2014. [ 21 ] Bamford scored 14 league goals in 23 appearances for MK Dons during this six-month period, and thus received meditation that he would be sent on lend to a cabaret at a higher level. On 31 December, Karl Robinson confirmed that Bamford would not be returning to MK Dons after his lend cover expires. [ 22 ] This club was later announced as Derby County. He made his last appearance for Milton Keynes on 4 January 2014, where he scored his seventeenth finish of the season in the close up stages of a 3–3 trace against the holders Wigan Athletic in the third base round of the FA Cup. [ 23 ]

lend to Derby County [edit ]

On 3 January 2014, Derby County confirmed the sign of Bamford on a loanword until the end of the season. [ 24 ] Bamford made his debut for Derby as a utility on 10 January 2014, in a 4–1 away defeat to Leicester City. [ 25 ] His beginning goal came in his future game, at home to Brighton & Hove Albion, when he opened the marking in the 76th moment after coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Simon Dawkins. He dedicated the finish to his godfather, former Nottingham Forest president Nigel Doughty. [ 26 ] On 24 January, Bamford won the Football League Young Player of the Month award for December following his performances on loanword at MK Dons. [ 27 ] One day subsequently, he scored his 19th goal of the season in a 1–1 draw against Blackburn Rovers. [ 28 ] Bamford continued his great form – he scored in the next two matches, against Yeovil Town on 28 January [ 29 ] and against Birmingham City on 1 February. [ 30 ] On 18 February, Bamford ‘s strike earned Derby a 1–0 win at Hillsborough against Sheffield Wednesday. [ 31 ] Bamford failed to score in the following six games for Derby, however on 25 March, he scored a goal in a 2–1 loss against Ipswich. [ 32 ] In the adjacent game on 29 March against Charlton Athletic, he scored the second of three goals, capitalising on an error by the captain Johnnie Jackson in the 38th minute. [ 33 ] He continued his goalscoring shape as he scored his twenty-fifth finish of the season away from home against Blackpool on 8 April. [ 34 ]

loanword to Middlesbrough [edit ]

Bamford ( left ) playing for Middlesbrough in 2015 On 29 August 2014, Bamford joined Middlesbrough on loan until 1 January. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Bamford made his introduction for Boro as a substitute on 30 August 2014, in a 1–0 family frustration to Reading. [ 37 ] On 20 September he scored his first goal for Middlesbrough on his beginning start for the club in a 4–0 base winnings over Brentford. [ 38 ] Bamford replaced Grant Leadbitter for the concluding eight minutes of extra time in the third circle of the League Cup against Liverpool on 23 September. In add time, he was fouled by Kolo Touré for a penalty which he converted himself to make the score 2–2, thus resulting in a penalty gunfight. Although his penalty in the shoot-out was saved by Simon Mignolet, he scored one in sudden end, but Middlesbrough lost 14–13 on penalties. [ 39 ] After scoring in the League Cup against Liverpool on 23 September, Bamford went through a period of four games played without scoring. On 1 November, Bamford scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Rotherham United. Bamford again, scored on 4 November against Norwich City ; which ended in a 4–0 winnings for the side. On 22 November, Bamford came off the bench in the fifty-fifth moment against Wigan Athletic, and within three minutes of coming onto the flip, scored the finish which levelled the bet on ; the match ended in a 1–1 draw. [ 40 ] Bamford continued his fine score shape, scoring on 29 November against Blackburn Rovers, and on 6 December against Millwall ; four goals in five games. [ citation needed ] Bamford again continued to impress during the game against league leaders Derby County on 13 December, in which he scored the open goal within the first gear six minutes, and late won a punishment which was converted by Leadbitter in a 2–0 succeed. The result moved his team into 2nd place in the Championship, level on points with Bournemouth. [ 41 ] On 31 December, his loan was extended for the remainder of the season. [ 42 ] On 24 January 2015, in the fourthly round of the FA Cup, Bamford exploited an erroneousness by Fernando to open the score as Middlesbrough defeated reigning Premier League champions Manchester City 2–0 away. [ 43 ] On 3 April, Bamford sent Middlesbrough to the peak of the Championship table by scoring his 17th goal of the season in a 1–0 win against Wigan Athletic. [ 44 ] On 11 April, Bamford scored his eighteenth goal of the season against Rotherham United, but did miss a penalty during stoppage-time after fighting it over with fellow striker Kike who won the penalty in the first place. Later on, Bamford revealed that he was the delegate penalty-taker and apologised to his teammate for missing the punishment. [ 45 ] besides that month, he was nominated at the Football League Awards for Championship Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. [ 46 ] He won the foremost award, with the second going to Dele Alli of Milton Keynes Dons. [ 47 ] Bamford ended the 2014–15 season with 19 goals in sum, 17 coming in the league making him the team ‘s top scorekeeper for the season. [ 48 ]

loanword to Crystal Palace [edit ]

On 21 July 2015, Bamford signed on loan for Crystal Palace for the approaching temper. [ 17 ] After a successful pre-season with Crystal Palace, which included a hat-trick against Bromley, [ 49 ] Bamford was an fresh substitute for Palace ‘s opening match against Norwich City on 8 August. [ 50 ] He made his competitive debut for Palace eight days late in a 2–1 home kill to Arsenal, replacing James McArthur for the final examination ten-spot minutes. [ 51 ] On 28 December, Bamford terminated his lend spell and returned to Chelsea after featuring as a utility in the 0–0 draw against Swansea City. Bamford cited lack of first-team opportunities as reasoning for his departure. [ 52 ] It was subsequently reported that Bamford ‘s decision had been made by himself entirely, and that the two clubs involved were to hold talks over his future. [ 53 ]

lend to Norwich City [edit ]

On 30 January 2016, after terminating his lend spell with Crystal Palace, Bamford joined Norwich City on loanword until the end of the temper. [ 54 ] Bamford was given the total 11 new jersey upon arrival. On 6 February 2016, Bamford made his Norwich City debut in a 2–0 away frustration to Aston Villa replacing Wes Hoolahan in the 56th minute. [ 55 ] On 12 March 2016, Bamford made his foremost Premier League beginning in 0–0 draw with Manchester City, where he had the best opportunity of the game to score when a shooting from 25-yard out hit the browning automatic rifle. [ 56 ]

lend to Burnley [edit ]

On 30 August 2016, Bamford joined Burnley on a season-long loan. [ 57 ] Ten days former, he made his debut by replacing Andre Gray in the eightieth minute of a 1–1 draw against Hull City. [ 58 ] After making six Premier League appearances, his lend was cut curtly after he was recalled by Chelsea on 14 January 2017, [ 59 ] with Bamford citing a clash of personalities with the Burnley director Sean Dyche during his spell at the club. [ 60 ]

reappearance to Middlesbrough [edit ]

On 18 January 2017, Bamford joined Middlesbrough, then in the Premier League, on a four-and-a-half-year deal in the region of £5.5 million, reuniting him with Aitor Karanka. [ 61 ] Three days late, he made his introduction off the workbench in a 3–1 loss against West Ham United. [ 62 ] On 8 May 2017, Bamford faced his early team, Chelsea in a 3–0 kill at Stamford Bridge, resulting in the relegation of Middlesbrough. [ 63 ] On 13 May, Bamford made his inaugural begin of the season and scored his first ever Premier League goal in a 2–1 loss against Southampton. [ 64 ] After an injury to the lone striker Rudy Gestede in February 2018, [ 65 ] during the 2017–18 season, Bamford was moved from out wide to a lone striker function under director Tony Pulis, where he flourished. [ 66 ] Including on 2 March 2018, Bamford scored his first base ever hat-trick against Leeds United. [ 67 ] In April, he was nominated for the Player of the Month award for March 2018, [ 68 ] but lost out to Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrović. [ 69 ] Bamford scored 13 goals in 44 appearances in all competitions during the 2017–18 season, [ 70 ] to help Middlesbrough reach the Championship play-off semi-finals, where they were eliminated by Aston Villa. [ 71 ]

Leeds United [edit ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

On 31 July 2018, Bamford joined Leeds United for an undisclosed tip on a four-year condense. [ 72 ] He was given the count 9 shirt for the season. [ 72 ] The fee was believed to be £7 million ( rising up to £10 million depending on bonuses ), [ 73 ] making Bamford Leeds ‘ most expensive sign since Robbie Fowler had joined Leeds in 2001. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] He made his debut on 11 August in a 4–1 win at Derby County. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] On 14 August, Bamford made his first get down for Leeds in an EFL Cup regular against Bolton Wanderers, the game besides saw him score his first goal for the clubhouse in a 2–1 win. [ 78 ] On 7 September 2018, Bamford started for the Leeds United under-23 team against Bristol City. He scored the first goal of the crippled in a 5–0 gain, but hobbled off the slope after half an hour with a suspect knee injury. [ 79 ] The succeed week, Leeds announced that the striker had suffered a posterior cruciate ligament wound and was facing four months on the sidelines. [ 80 ]

2019–20 temper [edit ]

Citing the fact that he was now “ focused on being a draw more aggressive ” after the summer, [ 101 ] Bamford scored his first goal of the 2019–20 season on 4 August in Leeds ‘ opening day 3–1 victory against Bristol City. [ 102 ] With both goals to his name in the away tie at Wigan on 17 August [ 103 ] and a finish at Stoke the follow week, [ 104 ] Bamford brought his reckoning to four league goals from five Championship games. [ citation needed ] His performances saw him one of six players nominated in September for the Championship PFA Player of the Month for August 2019 ; however, Bamford lost out to his teammate Ben White who won the award on 4 September. [ 105 ] With criticism of Bamford construction [ 106 ] following the striker ‘s three-game finish drought and Derby ‘s 91st-minute equalizer at Elland Road on 21 September 2019, [ 107 ] head coach Marcelo Bielsa noted through his translator at the post-game press conference, [ 108 ] that “ if we want to analyse, we can not avoid to have this lecture, ” concerning the attacking issues of the current team. “ possibly we can be more effective with [ Bamford and Nketiah ] in the team, ” he noted about the 1–1 result where, having dominated possession so far squandering at least 10 goalscoring opportunities to Derby ‘s one dart on goal – by half-time, Leeds had had 71 % possession – Bielsa continued that :

two goalscorers are … better [ able ] to take advantage of 10 chances. … But we should see which actor we take out from the team and [ what ] is going to be the consequence if we take out one player behind the attackers, the goalscorer. … If we play with two goalscorers, possibly Forshaw or Klich are out of the team – Shackleton/Forshaw/Klich – and … one centre-forward without two midfielders behind him is going to make worse the build of the assail. indeed if you have two centre-forwards [ in ] one team that does n’t create a bunch of chances, you can not take advantage of the results that you have. This is my way of think .

Referring to the 79th-minute substitution of Eddie Nketiah for Bamford, Bielsa noted : “ When I put Nketiah on the pitch I was thinking [ of ] taking out Klich and that Eddie and Bamford play together – Bamford behind Eddie. Bamford [ took ] this decision : he has to be trust [ vitamin d ] and he ‘s starting to know some players, in the case of Nketiah for case, he needs to know how he combines with … both of them. ” Teammate Kalvin Phillips in a distinguish interview after the like bet on, believed that “ Pat ‘s dally very well today, to be honest. I think he was doomed to be brought off but I think, you know, once Pat starts score, once he gets a goal or two, he ‘ll equitable fly, because he ‘s getting in them positions where one ‘s going to go in finally. ” [ 109 ] Bamford, however, did not manage to find the net in September or October and in about every crippled during those two months was substituted, largely by Nketiah, at diverse points in the second half, but his 30th-minute penalty against Blackburn on 9 November at Elland Road ( in which he besides provided the final ball for Jack Harrison ‘s game-winning goal just five minutes late ) broke a 10-game goal scoring drought for the centre-forward [ 110 ] and he recorded his one-tenth goal of the season in Leeds ‘s pre-Christmas 2–1 personnel casualty at Fulham. [ 111 ] Coming on as a half-time successor for Nketiah on 1 January 2020, in the Arsenal loanee ‘s concluding crippled for Leeds at then-second-placed West Brom, Bamford had an immediate impact, heading home Leeds ‘s sole finish of the game ( although a diversion saw it counted as an own goal ). The 1–1 result kept Leeds on top of the postpone on goal dispute. [ 112 ] however, with the deviation of Nketiah, Bamford ‘s profligacy in movement of goal during the 0–2 home loss to Sheffield Wednesday on 11 January, [ 113 ] [ 114 ] and in the 1–0 loss at Loftus Road seven days late ( where he missed a penalty ), [ 115 ] [ 116 ] brought the cabaret ‘s strike options into acute stress, [ 117 ] although by March he had found the net again : in Leeds ‘ 2–0 win over Huddersfield Town. [ 118 ] The English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to the affect of the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed three months late. Leeds ‘ beginning home game following that pause was on 27 June, when Bamford scored the 10th-minute opening goal in their 3–0 victory over then-fourth-placed Fulham. This scoreline restored Leeds to the circus tent of the Championship class table. [ 119 ] The surveil week, Bamford opened the scoring again as Leeds beat Blackburn 3–1. [ 120 ] The interrupted 2019–20 season was finally completed in late July, and Bamford finished the temper with 16 goals, making him Leeds United ‘s top scorer by a large margin. The club won the Championship title, thereby returning to the Premier League after a 16-year absence. [ 121 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

Bamford started the first three Premier League fixtures of Leeds United ‘s season, scoring in each bet on : against Liverpool ( netting the irregular goal in a 4–3 away defeat ), [ 122 ] against Fulham, in a 4–3 home plate succeed [ 123 ] and, with a late header at Bramall Lane, in a 1–0 win over Sheffield United. [ 124 ] On 2 October 2020, Bamford was nominated for Premier League Player of the Month for the three goals and one assist he had in September [ 125 ] but lost out to Everton ’ s Dominic Calvert-Lewin. [ 126 ] In Leeds ‘ second game back after the international break, Bamford scored his first Premier League hat trick, in a 3–0 away win on 23 October over Aston Villa. [ 127 ] He was the winner of the Professional Footballers ‘ Association Fans ‘ Bristol Street Motors Premier League Player of the Month for September and October [ 128 ] and scored his hundredth professional goal on 8 February 2021, netting Leeds ‘ second base in their 2–0 frustration of Crystal Palace. [ 129 ] Bamford ended the season with 17 league goals ( joint-fourth with Son Heung-min, behind Bruno Fernandes, Mohamed Salah and the temper ‘s top scorer, Harry Kane [ 130 ] ), his highest career goal return since scoring 17 goals with Middlesbrough during the 2014–15 temper in the Championship, and the first player to score as many goals for a newly promoted side since Charlie Austin scored 18 goals for Queens Park Rangers in the 2014–15 season. Bamford played in all 38 league fixtures, starting about every game, with Bielsa occasionally bringing on Tyler Roberts as a tactical stand-in for him in the first few weeks of the temper, and Rodrigo proving to be a prolifically goal-scoring substitute for Bamford in the temper ‘s final examination fixtures. [ 131 ] [ 132 ]

2021–22 season [edit ]

On 19 August 2021, Bamford signed a new five-year contract with Leeds. [ 133 ] He scored his first gear finish of the season on 29 August with an 86th-minute counterweight in a 1–1 draw at Burnley. [ 134 ] however, a 17 September ankle injury in a 1–1 draw at Newcastle United, a plot in which Luke Ayling besides suffered a knee injury, saw Bamford sidelined into November while a variety of forwards, including Rodrigo, Raphinha and Joe Gelhardt were tried in assorted combinations. [ 135 ]

International career [edit ]

Bamford played for the Republic of Ireland once at under-18 level, as he qualifies to play for Ireland under the grandparent dominion. On 28 February 2012, Bamford made his inaugural appearance for the England under-19s in a friendly against the Czech Republic. He was brought on at one-half prison term and 20 minutes into the second one-half Chelsea teammate Todd Kane put a cross into the box which Bamford securely headed into the finish, scoring his first England under-19 goal. On 17 November 2013, he was called up to the England under-21 team for the beginning clock time for a plot against San Marino under-21s after a fantastic depart to the temper, having scored 12 goals in 20 appearances. [ 136 ] Two days late, Bamford made his under-21s debut, coming on as a 65th-minute stand-in in a 9–0 win over San Marino. [ 137 ] Bamford was included in Gareth Southgate ‘s 27-man preliminary team for the 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship, but was excluded from the final police squad due to injury. [ 138 ] In March and July 2018, Republic of Ireland coach Martin O’Neill revealed he and assistant coach Roy Keane had been scouting Bamford, as they were looking into the hypothesis of calling up Bamford to the Republic of Ireland squad, should Bamford change allegiance rear to the Ireland national team. [ 139 ] [ 140 ] [ 141 ] On 23 December 2018, modern Republic of Ireland director Mick McCarthy confirmed he would be speaking to Bamford about calling him up to the national team, [ 82 ] and on 7 March 2019 McCarthy claimed that Bamford would be switching his allegiance back to Ireland. [ 142 ] McCarthy said in June 2019 that he was silent waiting for Bamford to make a decision about playing for Ireland, saying that he was “ refusing to chase ” Bamford [ 143 ] and former Leeds and Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane said : “ He should be chasing us. He should want to come here. If he does n’t want to, no problem. We should n’t be chasing people, by the way. ” [ 144 ] In October 2020, Bamford said in an interview that it “ would be a ambition [ come true ] ” to play for England and make the England team for UEFA Euro 2020 ( later postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). He besides said that he would aim to make the police squad [ 145 ] but was not named as one of Gareth Southgate ‘s police squad of 26 players, [ 146 ] nor his probationary 33-player-squad, announced on 25 May 2021. [ 147 ] In August 2021, Bamford was called up for the England national team for the foremost time ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Hungary, Andorra and Poland. [ 148 ] His debut came on 5 September 2021 against Andorra in which England won 4–0. [ 149 ]

vogue of play [edit ]

Bamford is a versatile forward, who can play as a lone striker ( which is how he has been about entirely utilized by Bielsa since his arrival at Leeds United ) or in a pair, and can besides play in an attack midfield side or on either wing. He is known for his proficiency and ability on the ball and his pitch of assists, vitamin a well as his proficiency in the publicize. [ 150 ] [ 151 ] [ 152 ] Although deployed as a lone striker, Bamford besides provides one of the highest rates of assists for a player in his put in the Premier League. [ 153 ] [ 154 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of match played 17 September 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 5 September 2021[164]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2021
1
0

Total
1
0

Honours [edit ]

Leeds United
Individual

References [edit ]

Profile at the Leeds United F.C. website
Profile at the Football Association website