1. Demarai Remelle Gray was born on 28 June 1996 and is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq and the Jamaica national team.
22 Facts About Demarai Gray
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Internationally, Demarai Gray represented his native England from under-18 to under-21 level, and was twice called up to the full England squad but did not make a debut.
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Demarai Gray was born in Birmingham, where he attended Frankley High School and played for Cadbury Athletic's junior teams.
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Demarai Gray joined Birmingham City's Academy as an under-11, and took up a two-year scholarship in July 2012.
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Days after his inclusion together with academy teammate Reece Brown in a "Top 10 Football League stars of tomorrow" feature on the FourFourTwo website, Demarai Gray scored his first senior goal.
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Demarai Gray started the first two matches of the season, but for the remainder of Clark's tenure as manager, Gray was used more as substitute than starter.
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Demarai Gray finished the season with 43 appearances in all competitions, of which two-thirds were as a starter, and won the club's Young Player of the Season award.
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Former Sky Sports journalist Alex Dunn wrote that Demarai Gray "proved to be incredibly adept at killing time when coming on for Leicester as a late substitute".
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On 3 November 2018, a week after the death of Leicester City's owner and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash, Demarai Gray scored the winning goal against Cardiff City.
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Demarai Gray celebrated by removing his shirt to show an undershirt bearing the words "For Khun Vichai" written on it and then running to the away end of the ground.
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On 31 January 2021, Demarai Gray joined Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen on an 18-month contract.
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Demarai Gray signed a three-year contract with an option for a fourth year.
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On 7 September 2023, Demarai Gray joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq on a four-year deal.
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Demarai Gray was called up for an England under-18s training camp in November 2013.
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Demarai Gray received his first call-up to the under-19s for a friendly against Germany in September 2014, and made his debut as a second-half substitute.
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Demarai Gray was a second-half substitute in the next match, a win against Ivory Coast.
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Demarai Gray made his third appearance as England lost to Mexico, but took no part in the last group game or the third-place play-off, and later admitted he had felt tired after a full season of league football and had not been at his best.
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Demarai Gray was a threat all night and I think the work he did at the goal was exceptional but he put a real shift in for the team and did his work off the ball.
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On 9 September 2018, Demarai Gray was called up for the full England squad for a friendly match against Switzerland.
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On 27 May 2019, Demarai Gray was included in England's 23-man squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
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Demarai Gray is eligible to play for Jamaica as well as his native England.
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In June 2023 Demarai Gray was named in Jamaica's 50-man provisional squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.