- Freddie Sears
Football player infobox
playername = Freddie Sears
fullname = Frederick David Sears
height = height|m=1.70
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1989|11|27
cityofbirth =Hornchurch
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = West Ham United
clubnumber = 33
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = West Ham United
years = 2007–
clubs = West Ham United
caps(goals) = 10 (1)
nationalyears = 2008-
nationalteam = England U19
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (2)
pcupdate = 21 September 2008
ntupdate =Frederick David "Freddie" Sears (born
November 27 ,1989 ) is a professional footballer who plays as astriker for West Ham United.Background
He was born in
Hornchurch ,Havering ,London and has lived there for his entire life.Sears attended Hacton Primary school during his younger years where he was already impressing with his football skill by playing in the football team of the older years showing a keen eye for goal already at this early age and was signed by West Ham United Academy at the age of 11.
He attended
Sanders Draper School where his football skills flourished and between the ages of 15 and 16 he was already in the West Ham U18 set up.Club career
West Ham United
Searsy, as he is known to his team-mates, joined the club as a schoolboy at the age of eleven. After beginning the 2006/07 campaign as a regular substitute for the Under-18s he soon forced his way into contention with his goals earning him a starting berth. His chances of realising his hopes took a major leap forward in the 2007/08 campaign with a prolific run for the U18s - including a hat-trick against Millwall in October 2007.
He made the jump from youth to reserve squad in the 2007–2008 season after an impressive run of 20 goals in 15 games and impressed youth team coach
Tony Carr sufficiently for Carr to predict that a first team appearance was a possibility. [cite news | last =| first =| coauthors = | title =Sears is urged to take his chance! | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Ilford Recorder | date =2008-02-13 | url =http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/content/hammers/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=Hammers&tBrand=RecOnline&tCategory=hammersnew&itemid=WeED13%20Feb%202008%2016%3A38%3A08%3A320| accessdate =2008-03-15 ] Sears has also been called up for England under 19 squad and made his international debut in England's under 19 squad in a 4–0 win over Belarus on11 September 2007 . [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Fred Sears | work = | publisher =West Ham United F.C. | date =2008-03-16 | url = http://www.whufc.com/page/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,12562~43370,00.html| format = | doi = | accessdate =2008-03-17 ]He had scored 25 goals in 24 matches for the youths and reserves in the 2007/08 campaign, and just signed a new deal with the club before he played his debut game for West Ham United against Blackburn Rovers in the
Premier League onMarch 15 ,2008 , aged 18. He came on forNolberto Solano in the 75th minute and scored his debut goal, securing a win, with a diving header in the 81st minute, just 5 minutes and 16 seconds into his first team career.cite news | last =Chowdhury | first =Saj | coauthors = | title =West Ham 2-1 Blackburn | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBC Sport | date = | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7284969.stm | accessdate =2008-03-15 ] [cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/17/sfnwes117.xml|title=Freddie Sears enters West Ham folklore|last=Findon|first=Ben|date=2008-03-17 |publisher=Telegraph|accessdate=2008-05-18]Sears then made another appearance for the team the following week against Everton. He came agonisingly close to scoring the winning goal again but was denied by the post. Many commented that Sears' introduction in the second half gave the team something extra, including
Alan Curbishley who commented that "he gave our side a lift".cite news | last =McNulty | first =Phil | coauthors = | title =Everton 1-1 West Ham | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBC Sport | date = | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7298236.stm | accessdate =2008-03-23 ]He has been given the number 33 shirt for the 2008-09 season. Sears made his first appearance of the season in the home win against Wigan, coming on as a second half substitute for the injured Dean Ashton.
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