Michael Woods (footballer)

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Personal information
Michael Woods
Full name	Michael Woods
Date of birth	April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06) (age 18)
Place of birth	York, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chelsea
Number	48
Youth clubs
-2006	Leeds United Chelsea
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-	Chelsea	0 (0)
National team²
2005-06 2006-07	England U16 England U17	7 (0) 16 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 06 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Woods (born 6 April 1990 in York) is an English professional football player from Pocklington who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea.

Woods turned down a scholarship from Leeds United to sign for Chelsea. Leeds United chairman Ken Bates accused Chelsea of tapping-up Woods, the two clubs later agreed an out of court settlement for the player.

Woods has been capped for the English national under-17 team. He made his first-team debut for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge against Macclesfield Town in the third round of the FA Cup on 6 January 2007, making him the fourth-youngest player to ever play for Chelsea as he was 16 years and 275 days old. He came on as a substitute for Frank Lampard in the 79th minute. He currently has two appearances for Chelsea in the FA Cup, but is yet to make his Premier League debut.

He is an England Under 18 International and played in the Under 17 World Cup at the start of the 2007/08 season.^[1]

He is the nephew of Grimsby Town youth team coach Neil Woods.

[edit] References

^ The Official Chelsea FC Website

[edit] External links

Michael Woods career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Woods, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Woods, Michael
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1990-4-6
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pocklington York, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH