Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kazaiah Roy Barrett Sterling[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 November 1998||
Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Leyton Orient | |||
2015–2017 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Sunderland (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2019 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2020 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Southend United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2021 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2021 | Potters Bar Town | 6 | (3) |
2022–2023 | South Georgia Tormenta | 48 | (30) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | England U17 | 7 | (2) |
2015 | England U18 | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:45, 18 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:09, 7 December 2017 (UTC) |
Kazaiah Roy Barrett Sterling (born 9 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Born in Enfield and of Jamaican descent,[4] Sterling attended Winchmore School and was in the youth programme at Leyton Orient until Tottenham signed him on 1 July 2015.[5] He represented Tottenham in youth level competitions and played in the EFL Trophy against AFC Wimbledon and Barnet. On 6 December 2017, he made his competitive senior debut for the club, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Dele Alli in Spurs' final Champions League group game against APOEL Nicosia, a 3–0 win at Wembley Stadium.[6]
In the January 2019 transfer window Sterling was loaned out to Sunderland for the remainder of the season.[7] He made his EFL League One debut on 2 February 2019, in a 1–0 home win over AFC Wimbledon, as a 59th-minute substitute for Charlie Wyke.[8] Sterling scored his first senior goal on 3 April 2019, in a 3–0 away win against Accrington Stanley.[9]
In August 2019, Sterling went out on a season long loan to Doncaster Rovers.[10] He scored his first goal for Doncaster in an EFL Trophy tie against Lincoln City on 3 September 2019.[11]
After the Doncaster deal was cut short due to injury, Sterling signed for League Two club Leyton Orient on a six-month loan.[12]
On 9 October 2020, Sterling joined Southend United on loan.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 November, in an EFL Trophy tie against Colchester United.[14] On 5 January 2021, Sterling returned to Tottenham, after his loan at Southend came to an end.[15]
On 1 February 2021, Sterling joined Scottish side Greenock Morton on loan until the end of the season.[16]
On 4 October 2021, Sterling made his debut for Isthmian League Premier Division side Potters Bar Town, providing an assist before the game was abandoned.[17]
On 28 February 2022, Sterling made the move to the United States, signing with third-tier USL League One side South Georgia Tormenta.[18] He had an immediate impact, leading the club in goals and helping clinch a playoff spot. The club would go on to win the league championship on Sterling's four goals in the playoffs. He was named MVP of the championship match.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2017–18[19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2019–20[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21[22] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tottenham U23s | 2017–18 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
2018–19 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Sunderland (loan) | 2018–19[20] | League One | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2019–20[21] | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
Southend United (loan) | 2020–21[22] | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2020–21[22] | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Potters Bar Town | 2021–22[23] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | 2[c] | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
Tormenta FC | 2022 | USL League One | 26 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 18 | ||||
2023 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | ||||||
Total | 47 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 33 | ||||||
Career total | 81 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 95 | 41 |
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