1. Gary Hooper was loaned out twice by the club, on a three-month loan to League One club Leyton Orient in 2007 and a six-month loan to League Two club Hereford United in 2008.
57 Facts About Gary Hooper
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Gary Hooper has scored in the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Premier League, the first and only player to achieve this feat.
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Gary Hooper was born in England but has not represented the national team at any level.
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Gary Hooper was then included in the provisional squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship but did not go to the tournament.
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Gary Hooper was born in Harlow, Essex and grew up in Loughton.
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Gary Hooper joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth team at the age of seven.
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Gary Hooper then had a short spell with Maldon Town.
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Gary Hooper's debut came the following season when Grays were promoted into the newly formed Conference South, helping them to win the league by scoring 12 goals in 30 league appearances.
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Gary Hooper said that he was only getting substitute appearances for the last few minutes of matches and that he wanted to move.
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In July 2006, after his release by Grays, Gary Hooper went on two trials.
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Gary Hooper went on to make 18 appearances for Southend in the Championship, although only two were starts.
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Tilson said that this loan would allow him to assess whether Gary Hooper merited a new contract and would give the young striker experience.
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On 28 January 2008, Gary Hooper signed a new 18-month contract to extend his stay with the club.
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Gary Hooper then moved on loan to League Two club Hereford United.
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Cheltenham Town had a bid accepted but Gary Hooper eventually decided to move to Scunthorpe United.
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Gary Hooper scored just four goals in 44 appearances during his time at Southend.
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On 15 March 2007, Gary Hooper moved on loan to League One club Leyton Orient.
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On 28 January 2008, Gary Hooper signed a one-month loan deal with League Two club Hereford United.
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Gary Hooper signed a three-year contract with the League One club.
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Gary Hooper said he was delighted with the team's performance during the season, in which he scored 24 league goals to help Scunthorpe gain promotion.
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Gary Hooper then set himself a target of 15 Championship goals for the next season.
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Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins said that he thought Gary Hooper was a "massive threat" to the opposition and that he was worried that other teams would try to sign him before the end of the transfer window.
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Gary Hooper stated that he hoped Hooper would stay at the club but if he did leave it would be for a lot of money.
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Gary Hooper scored a hat-trick against Bristol City on his return from a groin injury on 17 April 2010, and added a further two goals at Doncaster Rovers a week later.
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On 4 August 2010, Gary Hooper scored on his debut for the club, against Portuguese Primeira Liga club Braga in the Champions League third qualifying round.
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Gary Hooper was nominated for the PFA Player of the Year award, but lost out to teammate Emilio Izaguirre and was picked in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year.
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Gary Hooper picked up an ankle injury which ruled him out for the next two matches.
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Gary Hooper then gave away a penalty, which was converted, after 83 minutes when he fouled Neuton.
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However, they were rejected by Celtic and Gary Hooper reiterated his desire to stay with the club.
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However, Gary Hooper stated that he was happy at Celtic and was looking forward to playing Champions League football.
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Gary Hooper replaced Anthony Stokes on 65 minutes and almost scored nine minutes later with an overhead kick that hit the post.
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Celtic manager Neil Lennon later claimed that Gary Hooper was Celtic's best striker since Henrik Larsson.
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Gary Hooper finished his first season at Norwich as the club's top scorer with eight goals, but was unable to prevent his team's relegation from the Premier League to the Championship.
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Gary Hooper eventually scored 12 goals in the league, and helped Norwich to third place in the league.
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Gary Hooper only appeared briefly as a substitute during the promotion play-off ties against Ipswich Town and was an unused substitute in the play-off final at Wembley against Middlesbrough.
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Gary Hooper denied press reports that the move collapsed due to his demand for Sheffield Wednesday to provide him with a VIP box at their stadium for his family and friends.
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Gary Hooper remained at Norwich for a few more weeks, but sustained an ankle injury in training.
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On 22 January 2016, Gary Hooper signed for Wednesday permanently, on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
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On 17 October 2019, Gary Hooper signed for the Wellington Phoenix, who play in the A-League, as a marquee striker.
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Gary Hooper scored his first goal for the Nix in his starting debut with a header against Melbourne City on 3 November 2019.
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Gary Hooper made his starting debut against Central Coast Mariners, scoring the opening goal in the process.
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Until the A-League season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gary Hooper scored six goals and assisted a further four, helping the Wellington Phoenix to their best season in club history.
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Gary Hooper scored his first goal for the club against NorthEast United through a penalty on the 45th minute of the match.
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On 21 February 2021, Gary Hooper scored the 200th league goal of his career through a penalty against Chennaiyin FC.
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On 17 October 2024, Gary Hooper joined Southern League Premier Division Central club Kettering Town.
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Gary Hooper scored on his debut, five minutes after coming on as a substitute in a league game against rivals Stourbridge.
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In February 2025, Kettering announced that Gary Hooper had left the club by mutual consent.
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On 13 March 2011, Gary Hooper was included by Stuart Pearce in his 31-man squad for the England under-21 team to play Denmark and Iceland.
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However, Gary Hooper pulled out of the squad due to injury.
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In February 2012, BBC Sport reported that the Football Association of Wales were investigating his eligibility, but Gary Hooper was unaware of having any Welsh ancestry.
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Gary Hooper declared his desire to play for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was not selected.
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In November 2012, Gary Hooper was set to join teammate Fraser Forster in the England squad for their upcoming friendly against Sweden in Stockholm, after it was revealed The Football Association had contacted Celtic about the fitness of Gary Hooper.
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Gary Hooper has all the main attributes to play as a striker: he is strong and can hold up the ball well.
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Gary Hooper is a good finisher; he has been described as being a 'penalty box striker'.
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One criticism that Steve Claridge had when analysing Gary Hooper's game was that "[he often] played at either breakneck speed when involved in play or at walking pace when not".
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Claridge noted that Gary Hooper needed to work harder to make himself available to his teammates for passes, especially long balls out from defence.
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Gary Hooper expressed his disappointment at this because he felt that he worked very well with Stokes.