American professional soccer actor
For other people named Bobby Wood, see Bobby Wood ( disambiguation )
Bobby Shou Wood ( bear November 15, 1992 ) is an american english professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake.

young person and early career [edit ]

forest was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a mother with partial japanese ancestry and a father with african american ancestry. [ 1 ] He began his youth career in 1999 with Powder Edge SC, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. He moved to California in 2005 to play with the Irvine Strikers .

Club career [edit ]

wood relocated to Germany in July 2007 to join the academy of 1860 Munich .

1860 Munich [edit ]

On January 29, 2011, Wood made his professional debut coming on in the 82nd minute as a alternate during a 2. Bundesliga match against MSV Duisburg. [ 2 ] wood made his foremost career start for 1860 Munich in October 2011 against F.C. Hansa Rostock. [ 3 ] On November 30, 2012, against VfR Aalen, Wood scored his foremost professional finish to secure a 1–1 draw for 1860 Munich. [ 4 ] In December 2012, Wood signed his first professional sign, extending his stay with 1860 through the 2016 season. [ 5 ]

lend to Erzgebirge Aue [edit ]

In February 2015, Wood moved to fellow 2. Bundesliga side Erzgebirge Aue, signing a compress until 2017. [ 6 ] For Aue, Wood made nine league appearances and scored three goals before seeing the club relegated to 3. Liga for the first time in six years .

Union Berlin [edit ]

In July 2015, Wood signed a three-year contract with 1. FC Union Berlin for an undisclosed tip. [ 7 ] In his Union Berlin debut season, Wood broke the record for goals scored by an american in a individual season in Germany ‘s top two flights. [ 8 ]

Hamburger SV [edit ]

On May 15, 2016, Wood signed a four-year hand with Hamburger SV. [ 9 ] On August 27, Wood made his Bundesliga debut with Hamburg against FC Ingolstadt. In the 1–1 draw, Wood scored the opening goal with a fantastic affect from the edge of the box, beating out Ingolstadt defender Marvin Matip after receiving a long pass from keeper René Adler. After his debut, director Bruno Labbadia commented that Wood “ has lots of pace and uses his body skillfully ”. [ 10 ] His goal was late voted as the Goal of the Week in the Bundesliga. [ 11 ] Wood scored the inaugural goal on September 10 at Bayer Leverkusen after Bayer keeper Bernd Leno came well off his course, but a deep hat flim-flam from Joel Pohjanpalo made the solution 3–1 in favor of Bayer. Following the catch against Leverkusen, however, the entire Hamburg team entered a dry spell in scoring last over a calendar month, resulting in the sack of Labbadia on September 25. [ 12 ] Wood made his first beginning under modern coach Markus Gisdol on October 25 in their second gear round DFB-Pokal match against Hallescher FC, scoring twice in the 4–0 victory. [ 13 ] however, their problems in the league persisted, culminating in Wood being sent off in his first Bundesliga originate under Gisdol, coming five days by and by at 1. FC Köln. [ 14 ] After the peer, Gisdol told reporters that Wood ‘s crimson card, given when he elbowed Köln defender Dominique Heintz in the stomach, was “ inexcusable ”, [ 15 ] and Wood was handed a three-match ban by the DFB. [ 16 ] After the 1. FC Köln match, Hamburg won three of their six remaining matches with Wood scoring one goal in the 2–1 win against FC Schalke 04 on matchday 16. Hamburg finished the class ranked 16th. In the follow year, Hamburg started with two defeats against VfL Wolfsburg ( 1–0 ) and FC Ingolstadt both away ( 3–1 ), before the Northern Germans won six of the follow ten matches and climbed to 13th. wood scored a finish during this time against Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 2–1 victory. The pursuit four matches ended with three defeats and one draw, placing Hamburg in 16th after matchday 32. In the penult matchday, Hamburg drew 1–1 against FC Schalke 04 away, after the goal of Pierre-Michel Lasogga in injury time. Before the goal of Lasogga, Wood had an opportunity to equalize. Through the draw, Hamburg saved themselves from delegating. The last matchday one workweek late, Hamburg won 2–1 against VfL Wolfsburg and saves with the 14th rank before the relegation.

In the 2017–18 season, Hamburg lost in the first orotund of the DFB-Pokal ( german Cup ) against the third-tier side VfL Osnabrück 3–1. Hamburg won their first two matches with Wood scoring a goal in the 3–1 win away against 1. FC Köln. In the remaining matches of the first half of the season, Hamburg won only two matches and ranked 17th. In the second season-half, coach Gisdol was sacked after a 2–0 kill against Cologne at home. His successor Bernd Hollerbach was sacked after seven matches without a victory. The new president of the club, Bernd Hoffmann, sacked CEO Heribert Bruchhagen and the conductor of mutant, Jens Todt, and the successor of Hollerbach became Christian Titz, former mind coach of the reserve team. Hamburg won four of their eight remaining matches with Wood scoring a penalty in a 3–1 acquire away against VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 32. Hamburg relegated despite a 2–1 winnings against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the last matchday for the first gear time in their history as VfL Wolfsburg won against Cologne. In the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wood would see a loss calling card .

lend to Hannover 96 [edit ]

On July 9, 2018, it was announced that Wood would be joining Hannover 96 on loan until the end of 2018–19 season with an option to buy. [ 17 ]

real number Salt Lake [edit ]

On April 2, 2021, Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake announced that it had signed Wood to a sign to take effect July 1, 2021 through the 2023 season. [ 18 ] On April 13, 2021, Hamburger SV announced that Wood ‘s contract was cancelled prematurely, allowing him to join Real Salt Lake immediately and in time for the season startle. [ 19 ]

loanword to Real Monarchs [edit ]

On October 7, 2021, Wood was sent on loan to Real Salt Lake ‘s reserve side, Real Monarchs on a lend for the remainder of the 2021 USL Championship season. [ 20 ]

International career [edit ]

In May 2013, Wood was named to a preliminary United States ‘ 35-man roll for the 2013 Gold Cup. [ 21 ] Wood made his senior external debut in a friendly equal against Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2013. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] wood scored his foremost elder international goal in June 2015, a game-winner in a 4–3 victory against the Netherlands. Five days late, Wood scored the game-winning finish in a 2–1 friendly victory against top-ranked Germany in Cologne. [ 24 ] In the 2015 CONCACAF Cup against Mexico to decide which team would qualify for the 2017 Confederations Cup, coach Jürgen Klinsmann substituted Wood on in the 98th hour, after Mexico scored the enterprise goal in extra time. wood scored the tying finish in the 108th moment on a through musket ball from DeAndre Yedlin, but the United States ended up losing the match on an extra extra time goal from Mexico. On September 5, 2017, Wood scored the tying finish in the 85th minute against Honduras to keep the US hopes alive in the CONCACAF qualifications for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, securing a 1–1 draw. On October 6, he scored a goal to give a 4–0 leash for United States against Panama with one more catch in the group to spare .

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of August 7, 2021

International [edit ]

International statistics [edit ]

As of November 15, 2018[28]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
United States 2013 1 0
2014 4 0
2015 9 4
2016 15 4
2017 7 2
2018 8 3
Total 44 13
Scores and results list United States’ goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wood goal.[29]

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