Michail Antonio
Jamaican footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michail Gregory Antonio (born 28 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club West Ham United. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michail Gregory Antonio[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 34)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward[4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2008 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 4 | (4) |
2008–2012 | Reading | 28 | (1) |
2009 | → Tooting & Mitcham United (loan) | 5 | (3) |
2009 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Southampton (loan) | 28 | (3) |
2011 | → Colchester United (loan) | 15 | (4) |
2012 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 14 | (5) |
2012–2014 | Sheffield Wednesday | 64 | (12) |
2014–2015 | Nottingham Forest | 50 | (16) |
2015– | West Ham United | 254 | (67) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Jamaica | 14 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:25, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:10, 21 November 2023 (UTC) |
Antonio began his career at non-League club Tooting & Mitcham United before signing with Reading of the Championship in 2008. The club sent him on subsequent loan spells to Cheltenham Town, back to Tooting & Mitcham, Southampton and Colchester United, as he struggled to find a place in Reading's first team throughout his four-year stay at the Madejski. A final loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday resulted in a permanent move in 2012, where he went on to make 64 appearances and score 12 goals. Nottingham Forest signed him from Wednesday in 2014, where his 16 goals in 50 appearances attracted attention from West Ham United of the Premier League, who signed him in 2015, where he was deployed in a number of positions including right back, right midfielder and as a winger before eventually establishing himself as the club's main striker. On 23 August 2021, he became West Ham United's all-time top scorer in the Premier League.