Grant Holt
English professional footballer (born 1981)
Grant Holt (born 12 April 1981) is an English former professional footballer who is currently a scout at West Ham United.
 Holt playing for Norwich City in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grant Holt[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1981[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Carlisle, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | West Ham United (scout) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Carlisle United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Workington | ||
| 1999–2001 | Halifax Town | 6 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Sorrento (loan) | ||
| 2001 | → Barrow (loan) | 10 | (4) |
| 2001 | Sengkang Marine | 17 | (12) |
| 2001–2003 | Barrow | 59 | (31) |
| 2003–2004 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Rochdale | 75 | (34) |
| 2006–2008 | Nottingham Forest | 96 | (21) |
| 2008 | → Blackpool (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Shrewsbury Town | 43 | (20) |
| 2009–2013 | Norwich City | 154 | (68) |
| 2013–2016 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Aston Villa (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Rochdale | 14 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Hibernian | 30 | (5) |
| 2017 | King's Lynn Town | 3 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Barrow | 24 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Wroxham | 3 | (1) |
| Total | 611 | (208) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
change- As of 30 December 2020
| Club | Season | Division | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2002–03 | First Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| 2003–04 | Second Division | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| Total | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Rochdale | 2003–04 | Third Division | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 2004–05 | League Two | 40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 24 | |
| 2005–06 | League Two | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 15 | |
| Total | 75 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 42 | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 2005–06 | League One | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| 2006–07 | League One | 45 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 18 | |
| 2007–08 | League One | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| Total | 96 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 108 | 25 | ||
| Blackpool (loan) | 2007–08 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2008–09 | League Two | 43 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 28 |
| Norwich City | 2009–10 | League One | 39 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 30 |
| 2010–11 | Championship | 45 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 48 | 23 | ||
| 2011–12 | Premier League | 36 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 17 | ||
| 2012–13 | Premier League | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 8 | ||
| Total | 154 | 68 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 78 | ||
| Wigan Athletic | 2013–14 | Championship | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Aston Villa (loan) | 2013–14 | Premier League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
| Huddersfield Town (loan) | 2014–15 | Championship | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 2015–16 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Rochdale | 2015–16 | League One | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |
| Hibernian | 2016–17 | Scottish Championship | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 7 |
| King's Lynn Town[2] | 2017–18 | Southern League Premier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Barrow | 2017–18 | National League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Wroxham | 2019–20 | ECFL Premier Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Wroxham | 2021–22 | ECFL Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 519 | 160 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 28 | 13 | 586 | 193 | ||
Wrestling career
changeIn May 2018, Holt signed a professional wrestling contract with WAW.[3] He won his first fight when he was the last man standing in a 40-man Royal Rumble earning him the Crusher Mason Memorial Trophy.[4] In total he wrestled three matches, the last in June 2019, and won all three of them.[5]
Personal life
changeHolt was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is married and has three daughters.[source?]
Honours
changeBarrow
Norwich City
Hibernian
Individual
- Nottingham Forest Player of the Season: 2006–07[7]
- Football League Two Player of the Month: November 2008[8][9]
- Football League Two Player of the Year: 2008–09[10]
- PFA Team of the Year: 2008–09 League Two,[11] 2009–10 League One,[12] 2010–11 Championship[13]
- Shrewsbury Town Player of the Year: 2008–09[14]
- Norwich City Player of the Season: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12[15]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ↑ "Grant Holt Profile". Aylesbury United FC.
- ↑ "Grant Holt: Wrestling switch for former Norwich striker". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ↑ "Everything you need to know about Grant Holt's wrestling debut". 28 September 2018.
- ↑ Cagematch: Grant Holt"
- ↑ McLauchlin, Brian (15 April 2017). "Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Prize Guy Grant". Nottingham Forest F.C. 11 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ "November honour for Wycombe boss". BBC Sport. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ↑ "Team success won my award – Holt". BBC Sport. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ↑ "Past Winners". The Football League. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ↑ "Giggs earns prestigious PFA award". BBC Sport. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Rooney is PFA player of the year". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Spurs' Gareth Bale wins PFA player of the year award". BBC Sport. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Sky Bet League 2 Player of the Year shortlist announced for The Football League Awards 2015". EFL. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ↑ "Grant Holt joins Academy coaching set-up". Norwich City F.C. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2019.