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Full name | Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [3] | 2 February 1993||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [4] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, left winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Fulham | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2011 | Bristol City | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2018 | Bristol City | 135 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Cardiff City | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Fulham (loan) | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Fulham | 156 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019– | Jamaica | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:22, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:14, 25 March 2024 (UTC) |
Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid ( né Reid; born 2 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Fulham. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team.
Decordova-Reid was born in Bristol, England, and is of Jamaican descent. [5] He grew up in the inner-city neighbourhood of Easton. [6] Decordova-Reid is cousin to Anthony McNamee, a fellow footballer whose clubs include Watford and Norwich City. [6] In October 2018 he changed his name to Bobby Decordova-Reid. [7] 'Decordova' is his mother's name and Reid added it because he "wanted to represent her after the hard work she's done for me". [8]
His older sister is Labour Member of Parliament Marsha de Cordova. [7]
After playing for their youth team, Decordova-Reid was offered a professional contract by Bristol City on 4 April 2011, [9] and was called up to the first team for the last game of the 2010–11 season, [10] where he made his senior debut. [11] In November 2011, Decordova-Reid signed on loan for Cheltenham Town until the end of the year. [12] On 25 March 2013, Decordova-Reid signed on loan for Oldham Athletic until the end of the 2012–13 season. [13]
He signed a one-month loan deal with Plymouth Argyle in September 2014. [14] The loan deal was then extended for a second month, [15] [16] before he was recalled early following injury problems back at Bristol City. [17] After making one appearance for his parent club, he returned on loan to Plymouth later that month. [18] He returned to Plymouth for a third loan spell in January 2015. [19] Decordova-Reid played 27 times in the Football League Championship the following season, scoring two goals as City finished 18th, [20] avoiding relegation straight back to Football League One. [21]
Decordova-Reid featured as Bristol City reached the semi-finals of the 2017–18 EFL Cup with wins over Premier League opponents Watford, Stoke City, Crystal Palace and Manchester United. [22] Decordova-Reid scored in the semi-final defeat against Premier League leaders Manchester City. [23]
On 28 June 2018, Decordova-Reid signed for Premier League newcomers, Cardiff City, on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £10 million. [24] He described the 2017–18 season as 'crazy'. [25] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2018–19 season during a 2–0 defeat to AFC Bournemouth. [26] Decordova-Reid scored his first goal in a Cardiff shirt in a 4–2 win over Fulham on 20 October. [27] On 2 February 2019, on his 26th birthday and also the first home game since the disappearance of new signing Emiliano Sala, Decordova-Reid scored both goals of a win over AFC Bournemouth. [28]
In August 2019 he moved to Fulham on loan. [29] Decordova-Reid made his debut in a 2–0 win against Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Championship on 10 August 2019. [30] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Derby County on 26 November 2019. [30] The deal became permanent on 24 January 2020, with Decordova-Reid signing a three-and-a-half year contract. [31]
Decordova-Reid finished the 2020–21 season as Fulham's top scorer but the club were relegated from the Premier League after a single season in the top-flight. [32]
On 14 August 2021, he provided three assists in a 5–1 away win over Huddersfield Town. [33]
In June 2019, Decordova-Reid received an invitation to play for the Jamaica national side for the CONCACAF Gold Cup the following month. [34] That August, he was officially called up for CONCACAF Nations League matches against Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana. [35] He made his debut against the former on 6 September and scored in a 6–0 victory. [36]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bristol City | 2010–11 [11] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2011–12 [37] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2012–13 [38] | Championship | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | ||
2013–14 [39] | League One | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
2014–15 [40] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2015–16 [41] | Championship | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | ||
2016–17 [42] | Championship | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
2017–18 [43] | Championship | 46 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 21 | |
Total | 135 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 29 | ||
Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2011–12 [37] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2012–13 [38] | League One | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2014–15 [40] | League Two | 33 | 3 | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
Cardiff City | 2018–19 [44] | Premier League | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 5 | |
2019–20 [45] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||
Fulham (loan) | 2019–20 [45] | Championship | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
Fulham | 2019–20 [45] | Championship | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 21 | 2 |
2020–21 [46] | Premier League | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 37 | 7 | ||
2021–22 [47] | Championship | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 8 | ||
2022–23 [48] | Premier League | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | ||
2023–24 [49] | Premier League | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 38 | 7 | ||
Total | 156 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 28 | ||
Career total | 384 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 436 | 69 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Jamaica | 2019 | 4 | 1 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 8 | 1 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
2023 | 10 | 4 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 6 September 2019 | Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica | Antigua and Barbuda | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
2 | 12 July 2021 | Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States | Suriname | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
3 | 26 March 2023 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A |
4 | 12 September 2023 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Haiti | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
5 | 12 October 2023 | Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada | Grenada | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
6 | 21 November 2023 | BMO Field, Toronto, Canada | Canada | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
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