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Chris Wood, New Zealand footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Chris Wood
Chris Wood
New Zealand
7 December 1991
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Chris Wood is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and captains the New Zealand national team. Widely regarded as one of New Zealand's greatest ever footballers, Wood is one of just six New Zealanders to have played in the Premier League.

Wood started his senior career with Cambridge, Waikato and Hamilton Wanderers before moving to England to play for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion. He spent his time on loan at six clubs before joining Leicester City in 2013. After a loan spell with Ipswich Town in 2015, he signed for Championship club Leeds United, where he became the top scorer in the 2016–17 season, with 27 goals. Wood then joined Burnley for a club record fee, and became a consistent goalscorer for them in the Premier League, notching up 49 goals in 144 matches over four and a half seasons. In January 2022, he joined Newcastle United for £25 million (€29 million), making him the most expensive Oceania player of all time.

After joining Nottingham Forest in 2023, Wood went on to become the club's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer, surpassing Bryan Roy's long-standing record of 24 goals. During the 2024–25 Premier League season, Wood equalled his career-best goal tally by mid-January, having scored 14 goals in 22 matches. He later went on to finish the campaign with 20 Premier League goals, the first time he had reached that milestone in a single season.

Wood earned 90 caps for the New Zealand national team, making him the country's most-capped player, while his record 45 international goals also make him their all-time leading goalscorer. He ranks second among all New Zealand internationals, male or female, for international goals, behind only Amber Hearn. Wood represented New Zealand at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was a member of the squad that won the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Wood playing for Nottingham Forest in 2025
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Christopher Grant Wood
Date of birth: (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position: Forward
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Nottingham Forest
Number: 11
⚽ Youth career:
0000–2002: Onehunga Sports
2003–2006: Cambridge
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
2006: Cambridge
2007: Hamilton Wanderers 17 (16)
2007–2008: Waikato 5 (0)
2009–2013: West Bromwich Albion 21 (1)
2010: → Barnsley (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2011: → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 29 (8)
2011–2012: → Birmingham City (loan) 23 (9)
2012: → Bristol City (loan) 19 (3)
2012: → Millwall (loan) 19 (11)
2013: → Leicester City (loan) 1 (2)
2013–2015: Leicester City 52 (12)
2015: → Ipswich Town (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2017: Leeds United 83 (41)
2017–2022: Burnley 144 (49)
2022–2023: Newcastle United 35 (4)
2023: → Nottingham Forest (loan) 7 (1)
2023–: Nottingham Forest 82 (37)
⚽ International career‡:
2007: New Zealand U17 3 (0)
2012: New Zealand U23 5 (1)
2021: New Zealand Olympic (O.P.) 5 (3)
2009–: New Zealand 90 (45)

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Channel Image Chris Wood's fascinating career journey from New Zealand to Premier League goal machine 🏞️
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Channel Image All Whites striker Chris Wood's battle to get fit
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