Bobby_Decordova-Reid
Bobby Decordova-Reid
Jamaican footballer (born 1993)
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.
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Full name | Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, left winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 155 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019– | Jamaica | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:14, 25 March 2024 (UTC) |
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]
Bristol City
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]
Cardiff City
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]
Fulham
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
- As of match played 21 April 2024
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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 37 | 7 | ||
Total | 155 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 179 | 28 | ||
Career total | 383 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 435 | 69 |
- Appearances in Football League Trophy
- Appearances in League Two play-offs
- Appearances in Championship play-offs
International
- As of match played 24 March 2024[50]
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 |
- Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Decordova-Reid goal.[50]
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 |
Fulham
Individual
- Bristol City Player of the Year: 2017–18[53]
- EFL Team of the Season: 2017–18[54]
- PFA Team of the Year: 2017–18 Championship[55]
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Goal of the Tournament: 2021[56]
- Bobby Reid at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- "Bobby Decordova-Reid". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- "Profile". Bristol City F.C. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011.
- Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- Herman, Rob (8 March 2018). "Bobby Reid on his journey from inner-city Bristol to the top of the Championship". Bristol Post. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- Booth, Dominic (26 October 2018). "Bobby Decordova-Reid interview: The personal family reasons why I'm changing my name by deed poll". Wales Online. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Five Offered Pro Deals". Bristol City F.C. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- "Bobby Named In Derby Squad". Bristol City F.C. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Cheltenham Town sign Bristol City's Bobby Reid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- "Latics sign Reid". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 25 March 2013.
- "Bobby Reid: Plymouth Argyle sign Bristol City midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- "Plymouth Argyle hope to extend Bobby Reid loan from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- "Plymouth Argyle extend Bobby Reid loan from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- "Bristol City recall Bobby Reid from Plymouth Argyle loan". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- "Bobby Reid: Bristol City midfielder returns to Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- "Bobby Reid: Bristol City midfielder re-joins Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 4 March 2018.
- "Bobby Reid – Football Stats – Bristol City – Season 2015/2016 – Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
- "Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 23 April 2016.
- Herman, Rob (23 January 2018). "Bristol City Carabao Cup run: How Robins reached Man City semi-final". Bristol Post. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- "Manchester City 2–1 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- "Cardiff City sign striker Bobby Reid from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- "Bobby Reid: New Cardiff City striker inspired by 'crazy' 2017–18 season". BBC Sport. 17 July 2018.
- "Bournemouth 2–0 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- "Cardiff City 4–2 Fulham". BBC Sport. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- Fisher, Ben (2 February 2019). "Bobby Reid gives Cardiff win over Bournemouth on day of emotion". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- "Bobby Reid & Harrison Reed: Fulham sign Cardiff City forward & Southampton midfielder". BBC Sport. 8 August 2019.
- FC, Fulham. "Fulham FC". Fulham FC. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- "Bobby Decordova-Reid: Fulham sign Cardiff City forward on permanent deal". BBC Sport. 24 January 2020.
- "Most Premier League goals 2020/21: Every club's top scorer this season". Squawka. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- "'Will be huge for us this year' – Many Fulham fans are loving key man's recent showing v Huddersfield Town". MSN. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- Robert Bailey (1 May 2019). "Here Come The Brits! – Reggae Boyz Recall For McLeary With Cardiff's Reid Leading New English Crew". The Gleaner. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "English boys Reid, Johnson join Reggae Boyz set-up". 31 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
- "Reggae Boyz whip Antigua in Concacaf Nations League". 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- "Games played by Bobby Decordova-Reid in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- "Bobby Decordova-Reid". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- "Championship: 2021/22: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
"Fulham: Squad details: 2021/22". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2022. - Stevens, Rob (4 August 2020). "Brentford 1–2 Fulham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- "Club Records – Brisol City". Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- "2018 EFL Awards: Winners announced". EFL.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- "PFA Championship Team of the Year: Wolves & Fulham trios named in line-up". BBC Sport. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- "Jamaica's Reid takes Gold Cup Goal of the Tournament". CONCACAF. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- Profile at the Fulham F.C. website