1. Frederick David Sears was born on 27 November 1989 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Isthmian League Premier Division club Chatham Town.
53 Facts About Freddie Sears
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Freddie Sears started his career with his local club West Ham United at the age of eleven, progressing through the West Ham United Academy.
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Freddie Sears made a scoring first-team debut in March 2008 when he netted the winner against Blackburn Rovers after coming on as a second-half substitute.
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Freddie Sears made over 50 first-team appearances for West Ham, but never held down a regular starting position.
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Freddie Sears scored two goals in 11 appearances for the U's, prompting the club to sign him on a permanent basis from the Hammers in July 2012.
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Freddie Sears has represented England at under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.
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Freddie Sears scored a further three goals in 14 reserve appearances, making ten starts.
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Freddie Sears had already been asked on a frequent basis to train alongside the first-team under Alan Curbishley's stewardship.
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Freddie Sears managed a total of 17 under-18 games, starting 16 matches scoring 22 goals.
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Freddie Sears appeared in one FA Youth Cup game, and started four reserve games, appearing in six and scoring three goals.
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Freddie Sears said that he was buzzing following his debut, and it was made even sweeter as a West Ham fan with his friends and family in the stands at the Boleyn Ground.
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Freddie Sears again appeared as a substitute one week later as West Ham secured a draw at Everton.
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Freddie Sears had a chance to win the game in the 90th minute, but his effort clipped the post.
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Freddie Sears ended the season with a total of seven first-team appearances.
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Freddie Sears played 17 Premier League games during the season, alongside three FA Cup and two League Cup appearances.
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Freddie Sears featured for the Reserve side, making seven appearances and scoring five goals.
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Freddie Sears later told Warnock that he was happy to play where his manager wanted following his positive start to his Crystal Palace career.
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Freddie Sears admitted that he should have scored a debut goal but was confident he would be on the scoresheet before too long.
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However, the match officials failed to see the ball cross the line and the goal was not awarded after Freddie Sears shot had flown into the back of the net, hit the stanchion at the back of the goal and bounced back out.
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Freddie Sears injured his ankle late in the game, and left Selhurst Park wearing a cast.
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Freddie Sears returned to West Ham after his Crystal Palace loan and went into the squad to face Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup on 3 January 2010.
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Freddie Sears made two appearances in the Reserve League across the season.
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Freddie Sears said that City manager Chris Coleman was a major influence in his decision to join the club based on his past achievements with Fulham, and that Bristol City had made a late attempt to sign the player.
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Freddie Sears' loan spell ended with ten league appearances for the Sky Blues, failing to find the back of the net.
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Freddie Sears then made his first start since 16 March 2009 three days later when West Ham faced Oxford United in the League Cup.
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Freddie Sears returned to the Championship on loan on 19 October 2010, joining Scunthorpe United for one month ahead of their clash with Preston North End the same day.
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Manager Ian Baraclough was pleased with the impact Freddie Sears had in the game, with his 83rd minute shot hitting the post, allowing Martyn Woolford to score.
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Freddie Sears said that his loan spell away with Scunthorpe left him feeling "refreshed" and he felt "like a new man".
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Freddie Sears ended his season with two goals in 15 games for the Hammers.
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In spite of the Hammers' relegation to the Championship, Freddie Sears remained with the club, where he scored the only goal of the game in a pre-season friendly victory over FC Copenhagen in Denmark.
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The U's extended Freddie Sears loan stay until the end of the season, but the striker had only started three games until that point, with Freddie Sears targeting a run in the team when his next opportunity arose.
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Freddie Sears ended his loan stint with the U's having scored twice in eleven appearances.
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In June 2012, Freddie Sears left West Ham United by mutual consent.
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Freddie Sears had made 58 appearances in all competitions, scoring three goals.
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Freddie Sears described the experience of playing against his former employers as "a bit surreal".
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Freddie Sears said of his good form that "this is the first time in a long while I've really been enjoying it [playing]".
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Freddie Sears ended his first full season with the club with eight goals in 37 appearances in all competitions.
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Freddie Sears scored with the last kick of the game after five minutes of injury time to bring his goal count to five for the season.
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Freddie Sears finished with nine goals in his debut season and formed a partnership with League top-scorer Daryl Murphy as Town reached the play-offs.
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Freddie Sears's goal scoring form improved during the second half of the season.
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Freddie Sears was stretchered off in an East Anglian derby against Norwich in February 2019, and was expected to be out for up to twelve months with a cruciate ligament injury.
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On 31 July 2019, Freddie Sears signed a new two-year contract at Portman Road, with the option of a further year extension.
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Freddie Sears made 12 appearances during the season following his return from injury.
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Freddie Sears finished his Ipswich career having scored 34 goals in 218 appearances.
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On 15 June 2021, Freddie Sears returned to former club Colchester United following his release from Ipswich, signing a two-year contract.
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Freddie Sears departed the club by mutual consent in March 2024.
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On 19 July 2024, Freddie Sears joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Chatham Town.
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Freddie Sears came on as a substitute for Andy Carroll in the tie held at the City Ground, Nottingham.
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Freddie Sears was called up to the England under-19 side in February 2008 for a friendly with Croatia at the County Ground, Swindon.
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Freddie Sears scored three goals in eight appearances for the under-19 side.
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Alongside teammates Junior Stanislas and James Tomkins, Freddie Sears was called up to the England under-20 team on 31 March 2009 to face Italy.
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Freddie Sears was named in Stuart Pearce's England under-21 squad to face Netherlands in a friendly in Groningen on 11 August 2009, having impressed Pearce with his early season displays during his loan with Crystal Palace.
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Freddie Sears was provisionally selected for the 2011 Finals in Denmark, but did not make the final squad.