English-Jamaican football player

Lewis James Grabban ( hold 12 January 1988 ) is an english master football player who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest. He was called up to the Jamaica team in 2015 but remains uncapped. [ 3 ]

early and personal animation [edit ]

Grabban ‘s maternal grandparents were Windrush migrants from Jamaica. He converted to Islam at the age of 18. [ 4 ]

Club career [edit ]

quartz glass palace [edit ]

After joining crystal Palace at the long time of 13, he was handed his introduction in a 3–0 home gain against Walsall in the League Cup on 23 August 2005. [ 5 ] He made his second appearance in the follow polish, coming on as a recently alternate in a 1–0 win against Coventry City on 20 September. [ 6 ] In May 2006, he was named ‘Academy Player of the Year ‘. [ 7 ] On 16 August 2006, he joined Oldham Athletic on an initial one-month lend deal. [ 8 ] He made his debut on 19 August in a 1–0 loss against future club Millwall. [ 9 ] The lend cover was extended a day before it was due to expire on 15 September, keeping Grabban at Oldham for another calendar month. [ 10 ] After making 10 appearances for the club, he was recalled by Crystal Palace on 10 October 2006. [ 11 ] He returned to Crystal Palace and made his league debut on 20 February 2007, in a 1–0 away win against Southend United. [ 12 ] On 14 March 2007, he scored his inaugural professional goal in a 3–2 succeed against West Brom. [ 13 ] On 31 August 2007, he joined scottish side Motherwell on loanword until January 2008. [ 14 ] He made his debut on 3 September in a 2–0 get the better of to Hearts. [ 15 ] His loanword ended on 2 January and he returned to Crystal Palace, playing in a 3–0 succeed against Wolves 10 days subsequently. [ 16 ] A week subsequently he played in his final game before joining Millwall, a 2–0 win against Bristol City at Selhurst Park. [ 17 ]

Millwall [edit ]

On 21 January 2008, Grabban signed for Palace ‘s London rivals Millwall for £150,000 on a three-and-a-half class contract, and he was assigned the shirt number 10. [ 18 ] He made his debut on 23 January in a 2–2 reap against Nottingham Forest at The Den. [ 19 ] He scored his first goal for Millwall on 23 February in a 3–0 family acquire against Port Vale. [ 20 ] He then scored in the following two games, scoring an equalizer to earn Millwall a 1–1 draw away to Luton Town, and opening the score in the first moment of a 2–1 win against Swansea City. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] On the orifice day of the 2008–09 season, Grabban scored in a 4–3 kill to Oldham Athletic. His finish at the time had given Milwall a 3–1 lead, however Oldham sensationally managed to come back and win the game 4–3. [ 23 ] On 30 August, he scored in a 2–1 win against Huddersfield Town, and scored again the follow game which was a 2–0 succeed against Hartlepool United. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He began to find form as he scored four goals in nine matches, all of which were wins, against Swindon Town, Colchester United, Hereford United and Chester. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Millwall finished fifth in the table, and after defeating Leeds United in the play-off semi-finals, [ 30 ] they lost 3–2 to Scunthorpe United in the final examination at Wembley. [ 31 ] Millwall and Grabban did gain promotion via the playoffs during the 2009–10 season after winning the 2010 Football League One play-off Final against Swindon Town. [ 32 ]

Brentford [edit ]

On 25 March 2010, Grabban signed for Brentford on loan until the end of the season. [ 33 ] On 27 March he made his debut and scored as Brentford beat Leyton Orient 1–0 at Griffin Park. [ 34 ] His future and final goal of the loanword enchantment came in a 3–0 home victory against Huddersfield Town on 10 April. [ 35 ] He scored doubly in 7 appearances [ 36 ] before being recalled by parent club Millwall on 21 April. Brentford director Andy Scott said : “ He ‘s done actually well for us and we are very disappoint to lose him ”. [ 37 ] The follow season, he re-joined Brentford on lend for one calendar month on 8 October 2010. [ 38 ] He made his second debut the following day, in a 3–1 home get the better of to Oldham Athletic. [ 39 ] He scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against AFC Bournemouth on 2 November, scoring a penalty fair eight minutes after coming on as a substitute. [ 40 ] The comply day his loanword spell was extended for another two months, keeping him at the club until 4 January. [ 41 ] On 24 January 2011, Grabban signed permanently for Brentford on a free transfer, with his compress lasting until the end of the season. [ 42 ] After scoring in games against MK Dons and Walsall, he scored twice in a 4–4 draw with Huddersfield Town on 7 May 2011, which was besides his last appearances for the baseball club. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Grabban made 32 appearances and scored 7 goals across his three spells with the Bees. [ 46 ]

Rotherham [edit ]

On 4 July 2011, Grabban signed for League Two side Rotherham United, on a biennial deal. [ 47 ] He had previously worked with coach Andy Scott during his time at Brentford. [ 48 ] He made his debut on 6 August, and scored a stun volley with the outside of his foundation from the edge of the box, as Rotherham beat Oxford United 1–0 at Don Valley Stadium. [ 49 ] He scored his second gear finish for the club on 27 August in a 3–0 home succeed against Gillingham, taking Rotherham to the top of the league in the process. [ 50 ] On 10 September he scored twice as Rotherham beat Dagenham & Redbridge 3–1. [ 51 ] A workweek late he scored doubly in one game again, in a 3–3 draw with Torquay United. [ 52 ] In October he scored in back to back games in the space of three days, in drawing card to Shrewsbury and Morecambe. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In November, he scored in three consecutive wins, including two league wins against Aldershot and Bradford City, and doubly in an FA Cup acquire against Barrow. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] He scored his third base FA Cup goal of the season on 3 December, however Rotherham were eliminated as they lost 2–1 to Shrewsbury. [ 58 ] He scored his first base goals of 2012 on 2 January, as Rotherham beat Bradford 3–0 at home. [ 59 ] On 5 January Crawley Town command £100,000 for Grabban, who had scored 12 goals in 24 appearances so far for Rotherham. [ 60 ] The bid was rejected, and Rotherham director Andy Scott labelled the invite as “ embarrassing ”, saying it would take big money for them to accept any offers. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] On 6 March he scored in a 1–1 draw with Crewe, and scored again the follow game as Rotherham beat Plymouth Argyle 1–0. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] He followed this up with a goal in a 2–1 loss to Oxford on 17 March, and scoring the winner on 31 March against Hereford United. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] On 21 April he scored his twentieth & 21st goals of the season in a 3–2 home winnings against Morecambe. [ 67 ] On 21 May 2012 reports came in that Crawley Town had agreed a consider with the striker, it was late confirmed that Grabban had agreed a deal after announced by Sky Sports News and BBC Sport but Rotherham boss Steve Evans denied the deal being agreed. [ 68 ]

AFC Bournemouth [edit ]

On 31 May 2012, Grabban signed for League One team AFC Bournemouth for a tip believed to be around £300,000. [ 69 ] He made his introduction on 14 August 2012, in a 0–0 describe against Oxford United in the League Cup. Oxford won the game on penalties, although Grabban scored his punishment in the shoot-out. [ 70 ] He made his league debut four days former, in a 1–1 puff against Portsmouth. [ 71 ] He scored on his home plate debut on 21 August, opening the grade in a 1–1 draw against MK Dons. [ 72 ] On 13 October, he scored his irregular goal for the clubhouse in a 2–0 acquire at dwelling to Leyton Orient. [ 73 ] On 27 October, he scored again in a 4–2 win against Carlisle United. [ 74 ] On 17 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Oldham Athletic. [ 75 ] He scored doubly on the open day of the newly season, now in the Championship after Bournemouth won promotion in the previous temper, in a 2–1 win against Charlton Athletic. [ 76 ] He then scored in the succeed game, a 6–1 kill to Watford. [ 77 ] He besides scored again in the stick to game, a 1–0 acquire against Wigan Athletic, intend he had scored four goals in the opening three matches. [ 78 ] After scoring in defeats to Blackpool [ 79 ] and Leeds United, [ 80 ] Grabban scored in a 5–2 gain against Millwall on 5 October, maintaining his excellent start to the temper. [ 81 ] Grabban then scored in back-to-back aside wins for Bournemouth against Reading and Sheffield Wednesday in December. [ 82 ] On 18 January 2014, Grabban signed a new three-and-a-half year deal to end meditation with him to a motion to Brighton & Hove Albion. [ 83 ] Later that day, he celebrated signing his modern deal by scoring in a 1–1 draw against Watford. [ 84 ] Later in January, he scored in a 2–1 win against Huddersfield Town, [ 85 ] and began February well by scoring in a 2–2 draw against Bolton Wanderers. [ 86 ] In March, he took his total for the season to 15 by scoring in back-to-back wins against Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Later that calendar month, he ended a three-game goal drought by scoring doubly in a 4–1 win against Leeds United. The acquire was besides the foremost time that Bournemouth had ever beaten Leeds. [ 89 ] Grabban scored 35 goals during his biennial stay with the Cherries .

Norwich City [edit ]

On 5 June 2014, Grabban completed a transportation to Norwich City for an undisclosed fee which was reported to be around £3million. [ 90 ] After making his debut in a 1–0 loss to Wolves in the unfold crippled of the season, [ 91 ] Grabban scored his first finish for the club in his second appearance, helping Norwich to beat Watford 3–0 at Carrow Road. [ 92 ] On 23 August, Grabban scored the game ‘s only goal as Norwich beat rivals Ipswich Town in the East Anglian bowler hat, his fourth goal in his first four games for the golf club. [ 93 ] He went on to score 13 goals in 44 games for the club, the first 12 of which played an integral part in the cabaret gaining forwarding to the Premier League. In August 2015, Grabban was suspended by Norwich after he did not report for their League Cup fastness against Rotherham United, despite being named as a ersatz for the match. [ 94 ] It emerged that Grabban had fled Norwich ‘s team hotel without license from the golf club, with early club Bournemouth having made several bids to sign him. [ 95 ] Grabban by and by apologised to Norwich supporters following the incident, reaffirming his commitment to the baseball club. [ 96 ]

come back to AFC Bournemouth [edit ]

On 11 January 2016, Grabban re-signed for now Premier League side AFC Bournemouth from Norwich City on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [ 97 ] Grabban struggled to make an affect for Bournemouth on returning to the club, failing to score in 16 appearances in the second half of the 2015–16 season. [ 98 ] Grabban fell out of prefer at Bournemouth in the 2016–17 season, making alone six appearances for the club without scoring. [ 99 ]

Reading ( lend ) [edit ]

On 31 January 2017, Grabban signed for Championship side Reading on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season. [ 100 ]

Grabban scored three goals in 17 appearances for Reading throughout his lend spell, and he featured in their Championship play-off final examination get the better of to Huddersfield Town. [ 101 ]

Sunderland ( loan ) [edit ]

On 26 July 2017, Grabban signed for Sunderland on a season long lend. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] He scored his first base goal for Sunderland on his introduction in a 1–1 trace with Derby County on 4 August 2017. [ 104 ] The pursuit weekend Grabban scored two goals and an own goal in a 3–1 victory over his early club Norwich. [ 105 ] Grabban ‘s impressive phase for a struggling Sunderland side saw him request to be recalled to parent club Bournemouth, and they activated this option on 5 January 2018, with Grabban returning as Sunderland ‘s acme scorekeeper for the season with 12 goals in 20 games throughout his loanword spell. [ 106 ]

Aston Villa ( lend ) [edit ]

Grabban joined Championship side Aston Villa on 31 January 2018, on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. [ 107 ] His first base goal for the club was an equalising penalty against Preston North End on 20 February 2018. [ 108 ] During his loan spell he scored 8 goals in 15 games, to help Villa secure a play-off position and defeat Middlesbrough in the two semitrailer finals to reach the final, [ 109 ] play in the concluding, as Villa lost 1–0 to Fulham in the final and frankincense missed out on promotion to the Premier League. [ 110 ] Grabban besides finished the stolon up to Sky Bet Championship Golden Boot achiever Matěj Vydra after scoring 20 goals in the rival ( for both Aston Villa and Sunderland combined ) during the 2017–18 season. [ 111 ]

Nottingham Forest [edit ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

Grabban then joined Championship side Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee believed to be £6,000,000 on 6 July 2018 on a four-year hand. Forest director Aitor Karanka revealed that it took two to three weeks of persuasion before Grabban chose to move to Forest, but finally he was convinced of the club ‘s ambition. [ 112 ] He started lento at Forest, going six games without scoring, but then scored 15 in 15 games in all competitions, the first of which being in a 2–1 succeed over Sheffield Wednesday. [ 113 ] Grabban then did not score in his following five games and picked up a few fuss injuries, before Karanka was sacked and replaced with Forest club caption Martin O’Neill. [ 114 ] Under O’Neill ‘s management and subsequent style of fun, Grabban struggled with form, scoring precisely twice in 14 games, [ 113 ] with the fore having to drop deep into his own half to get the ball as Forest relied more on scoring from set-pieces than goals from candid playing period. In total, Grabban scored 17 goals in 41 games for Forest in the 2018–19 season, 16 of which came in the Championship. This made him Forest ‘s crown scorer in an individual league season for the decade start 2010, beating Britt Assombalonga ‘s total of 15 in the 2014–15 temper. [ 115 ] [ circular reference ]

2019–20 temper [edit ]

On 28 June, Forest made the decision to sack Martin O’Neill and replace him with early France international Sabri Lamouchi, [ 116 ] which offered Grabban a reprieve as Lamouchi chose to put his faith in Grabban as a alone striker. This paid off with Grabban once again finishing as Forest ‘s top scorekeeper, becoming the first Forest striker to score 20 goals in a single temper since David Johnson and Marlon Harewood both achieved that feat during the 2002–03 temper. [ 117 ] He received especial praise for the increase in his work rate, with Lamouchi saying “ Lewis is sol crucial for us. If he is running like that, fighting like that and working intemperate for the team … we can achieve anything ”. [ 118 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

Grabban was made vice-captain of Nottingham Forest ahead of the newfangled season, following the deviation of Ben Watson to Charlton Athletic. [ 119 ] Grabban was offered the prospect to move to Qatar and join erstwhile director Sabri Lamouchi ‘s newly team, Al-Duhail. Grabban turned down the move after the Forest hierarchy convinced him of his deserving to the team. [ 119 ] The 2020–21 season proved to be a much more unmanageable one for Grabban than his pervious years at Forest. He scored no goals in the first seven games of the temper [ 120 ] before an injury kept him sidelined until December. [ 119 ] Although he did manage to score on his retort in a 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday, [ 121 ] he struggled to get a coherent play of games in the Forest team due to competition with strikers Lyle Taylor and Glenn Murray. He was Forest ‘s top scorer for the third base season in a row, scoring 6 goals. [ 120 ]

International career [edit ]

Although born in London, Grabban is eligible to play for Jamaica in addition to England. In May 2014, it was reported on television Jamaica that he was called up by german bus Winfried Schäfer to play against Serbia on 26 May 2014 in an international friendly. [ 122 ] however the actor was not named in the team due to passport issues. Grabban was late called up to the Jamaica home football team on 27 February 2015 for friendly games against Venezuela and Cuba. [ 3 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of 26 December 2021

Honours [edit ]

Norwich City
Individual

References [edit ]