32 Facts About Jay Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd was born on 7 May 1982 and is a English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Jay Bothroyd's form attracted attention from Serie A's Perugia, and he signed with the club in 2003.

Jay Bothroyd later returned to the UK and played for Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday.

In 2014, Bothroyd began playing in Asia, first in Thailand for Muangthong United, and later in Japan for Jubilo Iwata and Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Jay Bothroyd played for the England national team, earning his only cap in 2010.

At 18 years of age, Jay Bothroyd was sold to Coventry after throwing his shirt at youth coach Don Howe and the bench, having been substituted in the 2000 Premier League Youth Cup final against West Ham United.

Jay Bothroyd only featured for Coventry after many other members of the squad had to be sold off to relieve the club's financial problems.

Jay Bothroyd joined Blackburn Rovers in August 2004 on loan from Perugia.

In 2008, Jay Bothroyd held an interview with the South Wales Echo where he revealed that he, along with other teammates, was the subject of regular racist abuse while playing in Italy.

Jay Bothroyd signed for Charlton Athletic on 31 August 2005, after being released by Perugia due to their financial problems.

Jay Bothroyd was then taken on trial at Crystal Palace, but the club decided not to offer him a contract.

Jay Bothroyd later denied he was on trial with Crystal Palace, despite playing in Crystal Palace's pre-season tour of the United States.

Jay Bothroyd joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on 26 July 2006, becoming Mick McCarthy's first full signing for the club.

Jay Bothroyd started the season in fine style, scoring three goals for his new club in their first six fixtures, including a 25-yard strike in injury time away at Leeds United to grab all three points.

Jay Bothroyd's goal scoring petered out after this initial burst and he suffered an injury in December that kept him out of the busy Christmas period, though he returned to the squad in February 2007 and made several substitute appearances.

At the start of the season Jay Bothroyd found himself in and out of the team as manager Dave Jones attempted to find his best strike partnership and, after a number of matches, Jay Bothroyd assumed the role of first choice strike partner to Ross McCormack.

Jay Bothroyd finished the season with 12 goals, but could not prevent Cardiff from slipping out of the playoffs.

Between 24 October and 7 November 2009, Jay Bothroyd enjoyed his most prolific scoring run with Cardiff, scoring in three consecutive matches against Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest and Swansea City.

Jay Bothroyd won the player of the month for October 2010.

On 23 April 2011, Jay Bothroyd scored a fantastic long range goal against league leaders QPR, later after the match, there were many wondering if he meant to cross instead of going for goal but Jay Bothroyd claimed he went for goal.

On 23 May 2011, Jay Bothroyd left Cardiff City after failing to agree a new contract.

On 13 July 2011, Jay Bothroyd signed for newly promoted Premier League club Queens Park Rangers on a three-year contract.

On 31 August 2012, Jay Bothroyd signed on loan to Sheffield Wednesday until 2 January 2013, in a move that saw him re-united with former manager Dave Jones, who he had worked with for three years at Cardiff City.

On 8 January 2014, Jay Bothroyd ended a six-month period of free agency by signing a two-year contract with Muangthong United of the Thai Premier League.

Jay Bothroyd made his competitive debut the following month, playing the full match as Muangthong lost to Buriram United in the Kor Royal Cup.

In February 2015, Jay Bothroyd signed for J2 League club Jubilo Iwata.

In July 2017, Jay Bothroyd signed for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

In October 2008, it was revealed that Jay Bothroyd was on the verge of a possible call-up to play for Jamaica as he qualifies through his grandparents.

On 13 November 2010, Jay Bothroyd was called up to the England squad for the friendly against France.

Jay Bothroyd was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager and takes lamotrigine twice daily.

Jay Bothroyd didn't take the condition seriously until he was 26 and had a seizure that caused him to drive into someone's garden.

Jay Bothroyd has scarring on the front of his brain, though doesn't want to get surgery to get it removed unless his seizures worsen.