Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)
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Wood with New Zealand at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christopher Grant Wood | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Nottingham Forest | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| –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 | 67 | (34) | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 84 | (44) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:37, 27 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher Grant Wood (born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and captains the New Zealand national team.
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 to six different 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.
Wood has been capped 82 times for the New Zealand national team and scored 44 goals, making him the all-time leading goalscorer for his country, and second overall (Men and Women) after Amber Hearn. He played for the team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was part of the squad that won the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.