Bobby Decordova-Reid
Decordova-Reid with Cardiff City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid[1][2]
Date of birth (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31)[3]
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4]
Position(s) Forward, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Fulham
Number 14
Youth career
2002–2011 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Bristol City 135 (26)
2011 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 1 (0)
2013 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 7 (0)
2014 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2015 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 6 (2)
2015 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 20 (1)
2018–2020 Cardiff City 28 (5)
2019–2020 → Fulham (loan) 24 (4)
2020– Fulham 148 (24)
International career‡
2019– Jamaica 27 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:28, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid (né Reid; born 2 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Fulham. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team.

Early and personal life

Decordova-Reid was born in Bristol, England, and is of Jamaican descent.[5] He grew up in the inner-city neighbourhood of Easton.[6] Decordova-Reid is cousin to Anthony McNamee, a fellow footballer whose clubs include Watford and Norwich City.[6] In October 2018 he changed his name to Bobby Decordova-Reid.[7] 'Decordova' is his mother's name and Reid added it because he "wanted to represent her after the hard work she's done for me".[8]

His older sister is Labour Member of Parliament Marsha de Cordova.[7]

Club career

Bristol City

After playing for their youth team, Decordova-Reid was offered a professional contract by Bristol City on 4 April 2011,[9] and was called up to the first team for the last game of the 2010–11 season,[10] where he made his senior debut.[11] In November 2011, Decordova-Reid signed on loan for Cheltenham Town until the end of the year.[12] On 25 March 2013, Decordova-Reid signed on loan for Oldham Athletic until the end of the 2012–13 season.[13]

He signed a one-month loan deal with Plymouth Argyle in September 2014.[14] The loan deal was then extended for a second month,[15][16] before he was recalled early following injury problems back at Bristol City.[17] After making one appearance for his parent club, he returned on loan to Plymouth later that month.[18] He returned to Plymouth for a third loan spell in January 2015.[19] Decordova-Reid played 27 times in the Football League Championship the following season, scoring two goals as City finished 18th,[20] avoiding relegation straight back to Football League One.[21]

Decordova-Reid featured as Bristol City reached the semi-finals of the 2017–18 EFL Cup with wins over Premier League opponents Watford, Stoke City, Crystal Palace and Manchester United.[22] Decordova-Reid scored in the semi-final defeat against Premier League leaders Manchester City.[23]

Cardiff City

On 28 June 2018, Decordova-Reid signed for Premier League newcomers, Cardiff City, on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £10 million.[24] He described the 2017–18 season as 'crazy'.[25] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2018–19 season during a 2–0 defeat to AFC Bournemouth.[26] Decordova-Reid scored his first goal in a Cardiff shirt in a 4–2 win over Fulham on 20 October.[27] On 2 February 2019, on his 26th birthday and also the first home game since the disappearance of new signing Emiliano Sala, Decordova-Reid scored both goals of a win over AFC Bournemouth.[28]

Fulham

In August 2019 he moved to Fulham on loan.[29] Decordova-Reid made his debut in a 2–0 win against Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Championship on 10 August 2019.[30] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Derby County on 26 November 2019.[30] The deal became permanent on 24 January 2020, with Decordova-Reid signing a three-and-a-half year contract.[31]

Decordova-Reid finished the 2020–21 season as Fulham's top scorer but the club were relegated from the Premier League after a single season in the top-flight.[32]

On 14 August 2021, he provided three assists in a 5–1 away win over Huddersfield Town.[33]

International career

In June 2019, Decordova-Reid received an invitation to play for the Jamaica national side for the CONCACAF Gold Cup the following month.[34] That August, he was officially called up for CONCACAF Nations League matches against Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana.[35] He made his debut against the former on 6 September and scored in a 6–0 victory.[36]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bristol City 2010–11[11] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2011–12[37] Championship 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2012–13[38] Championship 4 1 1 0 0 0 — 5 1
2013–14[39] League One 24 1 3 0 3 0 2[a] 0 32 1
2014–15[40] League One 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2015–16[41] Championship 28 2 1 0 1 0 — 30 2
2016–17[42] Championship 30 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 35 4
2017–18[43] Championship 46 19 0 0 6 2 0 0 52 21
Total 135 26 6 0 15 3 2 0 158 29
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2011–12[37] League Two 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2012–13[38] League One 7 0 — — — 7 0
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2014–15[40] League Two 33 3 — — 2[b] 0 35 3
Cardiff City 2018–19[44] Premier League 27 5 1 0 1 0 — 29 5
2019–20[45] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 28 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 30 5
Fulham (loan) 2019–20[45] Championship 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 4
Fulham 2019–20[45] Championship 17 2 1 0 0 0 3[c] 0 21 2
2020–21[46] Premier League 33 5 2 1 2 1 — 37 7
2021–22[47] Championship 41 8 1 0 2 0 — 44 8
2022–23[48] Premier League 35 4 5 0 0 0 — 40 4
2023–24[49] Premier League 22 5 2 1 6 0 — 30 6
Total 148 24 11 2 10 1 3 0 172 27
Career total 376 62 18 2 27 4 7 0 428 68
  1. ^ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in League Two play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[50]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica
2019 4 1
2020 2 0
2021 8 1
2022 3 0
2023 10 4
Total 27 6
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Decordova-Reid goal.[50]
List of international goals scored by Bobby Decordova-Reid
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2019 Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda 2–0 6–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B
2 12 July 2021 Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States  Suriname 2–0 2–0 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3 26 March 2023 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 1–0 2–2 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A
4 12 September 2023 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Haiti 2–2 2–2 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
5 12 October 2023 Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada  Grenada 4–1 4–1 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
6 21 November 2023 BMO Field, Toronto, Canada  Canada 3–2 3–2 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A

Honours

Fulham

Individual

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