Connor Neil Ralph Wickham was born on 31 March 1993 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Cardiff City.
36 Facts About Connor Wickham
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Connor Wickham has previously represented Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Crystal Palace, Preston North End, Milton Keynes Dons and Forest Green Rovers.
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Connor Wickham was born in Hereford, the son of an Army Warrant Officer.
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Connor Wickham played youth football with Reading for four years.
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Connor Wickham made his debut for the Ipswich Town first team on 11 April 2009, aged 16 years and 11 days.
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Connor Wickham won the award after scoring three goals in four matches during that time.
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Connor Wickham extended his contract with Ipswich to 2013 in January 2011.
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On 4 March 2011, Connor Wickham was named Championship player of the month for February after scoring four goals in the month, including his first professional hat-trick at Doncaster.
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Connor Wickham signed a one-year extension to his contract on 8 April 2011, contracting him to the club until the summer of 2014.
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Connor Wickham admitted he was delighted to have signed the contract, and said he just wanted to concentrate on achieving his goals with Ipswich, rather than focusing on speculation about his future.
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Connor Wickham scored his first goal for Sunderland in a pre-season friendly against Kilmarnock.
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Connor Wickham made his first Premier League start for Sunderland on 22 October 2011 where he helped Sunderland secure their second win of the season against Bolton Wanderers.
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The arrival of new manager Martin O'Neill saw Connor Wickham fall out of favour as he spent the majority of the remainder of the season on the bench and playing for the reserves.
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On 8 February 2013, Connor Wickham joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan, initially on a one-month deal.
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On 1 November 2013, Connor Wickham re-joined Sheffield Wednesday in another loan move until 1 January 2014.
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In December 2014, Connor Wickham agreed a new four-and-a-half-year deal with Sunderland.
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In November 2016, Connor Wickham sustained a serious knee injury which kept him out of first-team action until October 2018.
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In May 2019, Connor Wickham signed a one-year extension to his existing contract keeping him at Palace until June 2021.
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Connor Wickham joined Sheffield Wednesday on a six-month loan deal on 31 January 2020.
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Connor Wickham joined Championship club Preston North End in September 2021 on a short term deal until January 2022.
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Connor Wickham impressed on his debut but suffered a serious hamstring injury after five minutes of an EFL Cup tie in his second appearance and did not play for the club again.
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Connor Wickham was released by Preston North End on 13 January 2022.
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On 21 January 2022, Connor Wickham joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a short-term deal.
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On 3 August 2022, Connor Wickham joined newly-promoted League One club Forest Green Rovers on a short-term deal until January 2023.
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Connor Wickham left the club in January 2023 at the expiry of his contract, scoring 9 times in 20 total appearances for the club.
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Connor Wickham has played age-group matches for England, but is eligible for Northern Ireland, as his father was born there.
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On 11 August 2009, Connor Wickham received a call-up to the under-17 squad, for their three-game FA International Tournament, which would take place later that month.
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In May 2010, Connor Wickham was included in the England U17 squad for the UEFA European U17 Championship in Liechtenstein.
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Connor Wickham then played the full game in the second group match against Greece, playing well.
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Connor Wickham was rested for the final group game of the tournament, but returned to face France in the semi-final.
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Connor Wickham received the ball on the edge of the box before proceeding to beat two defenders and drill the ball low into the net.
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Connor Wickham was given the Golden Player award by UEFA for the best player in the tournament.
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On 14 March 2011 it was announced that Connor Wickham had been included in the squad for England's games against Denmark and Iceland.
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Connor Wickham scored his first goal for the under-21s on 10 September 2012, scoring the only goal of the game in a win against Norway in Chesterfield, ensuring England won their European Under-21 Championship qualifying group.
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In 2010, Connor Wickham signed a sponsorship deal with British sportswear and equipment supplier, Umbro.
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Connor Wickham appeared in an advert for the new England kit in September 2010 and is one of the flagship wearers of Umbro's GT range of football boots.