Bobby Wood

Bobby Shou Wood (born November 15, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a striker for German club Hamburger SV of the 2. Bundesliga[1] and the United States internationally.

Bobby Wood

Wood playing for the United States in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Bobby Shou Wood
Date of birth	November 15, 1992
Place of birth	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Hamburger SV
Number	11
Youth career
1999–2005	Powder Edge SC
2005–2007	Irvine Strikers
2007–2010	1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	1860 Munich II	46	(12)
2011–2015	1860 Munich	50	(3)
2015	→ Erzgebirge Aue (loan)	9	(3)
2015–2016	Union Berlin	31	(17)
2016–	Hamburger SV	69	(7)
2018–2019	→ Hannover 96 (loan)	20	(3)
National team^‡
2010–2011	United States U20	6	(4)
2011	United States U23	1	(0)
2013–2018	United States	45	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 19, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 10, 2020

Youth and early career

Wood was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a mother with partial Japanese ancestry and a father with African American ancestry.[2] He began his youth career in 1999 with Powder Edge SC, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. He moved to California in 2005 to play with the Irvine Strikers.

Club career

Wood relocated to Germany in July 2007 to join the academy of 1860 Munich.

1860 Munich

On January 29, 2011, Wood made his professional debut coming on in the 82nd minute as a substitute during a 2. Bundesliga match against MSV Duisburg.[3]

Wood made his first career start for 1860 Munich in October 2011 against F.C. Hansa Rostock.[4] On November 30, 2012, against VfR Aalen, Wood scored his first professional goal to secure a 1–1 draw for 1860 Munich.[5]

In December 2012, Wood signed his first professional contract, extending his stay with 1860 through the 2016 season.[6]

Loan to Erzgebirge Aue

In February 2015, Wood moved to fellow 2. Bundesliga side Erzgebirge Aue, signing a contract until 2017.[7] For Aue, Wood made nine league appearances and scored three goals before seeing the club relegated to 3. Liga for the first time in six years.

Union Berlin

In July 2015, Wood signed a three-year contract with 1. FC Union Berlin for an undisclosed fee.[8] In his Union Berlin debut season, Wood broke the record for goals scored by an American in a single season in Germany's top two flights.[9]

Hamburger SV

On May 15, 2016, Wood signed a four-year deal with Hamburger SV.[10] On August 27, Wood made his Bundesliga debut with Hamburg against FC Ingolstadt. In the 1–1 draw, Wood scored the opening goal with a fantastic strike from the edge of the box, beating out Ingolstadt defender Marvin Matip after receiving a long pass from keeper René Adler. After his debut, manager Bruno Labbadia commented that Wood "has lots of pace and uses his body skillfully".[11] His goal was later voted as the Goal of the Week in the Bundesliga.[12] Wood scored the first goal on September 10 at Bayer Leverkusen after Bayer keeper Bernd Leno came well off his line, but a late hat trick from Joel Pohjanpalo made the result 3–1 in favor of Bayer.

Following the match against Leverkusen, however, the entire Hamburg team entered a dry spell in scoring lasting over a month, resulting in the sacking of Labbadia on September 25.[13] Wood made his first start under new manager Markus Gisdol on October 25 in their second round DFB-Pokal match against Hallescher FC, scoring twice in the 4–0 victory.[14] However, their problems in the league persisted, culminating in Wood being sent off in his first Bundesliga start under Gisdol, coming five days later at FC Köln.[15] After the match, Gisdol told reporters that Wood's red card, given when he elbowed Köln defender Dominique Heintz in the stomach, was "inexcusable",[16] and Wood was handed a three-match ban by the DFB.[17]

After the Cologne-match, Hamburg won three of their six remaining matches with Wood scoring one goal in the 2–1 win against FC Schalke 04 on matchday 16. Hamburg finished the year ranked 16th. In the following year, Hamburg started with two defeats against VfL Wolfsburg (0–1) and FC Ingolstadt both away (1–3), before the Northern Germans won six of the following ten matches and climbed to 13th. Wood scored a goal during this time against Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 2–1 victory. The following four matches ended with three defeats and one draw, placing Hamburg in 16th after matchday 32. In the penultimate matchday, Hamburg drew 1–1 against FC Schalke 04 away, after the goal of Pierre-Michel Lasogga in injury time. Before the goal of Lasogga, Bobby Wood had an opportunity to equalize. Through the draw, Hamburg saved themselves from relegation. The last matchday one week later, Hamburg won 2–1 against VfL Wolfsburg and saves with the 14th rank before the relegation.

In the 2017–18 season, Hamburg lost in the first round of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) against the third-tier side VfL Osnabrück 1–3. Hamburg won their first two matches with Bobby Wood scoring a goal in the 3–1 win away against Cologne. In the remaining matches of the first half of the season, Hamburg won only two matches and ranked 17th. In the second season-half, manager Markus Gisdol was sacked after a 0–2 defeat against Cologne at home. His successor Bernd Hollerbach was sacked after seven matches without a victory. The new president of the club, Bernd Hoffmann, sacked CEO Heribert Bruchhagen and the director of sport, Jens Todt, and the successor of Hollerbach became Christian Titz, former head coach of the reserve team. Hamburg won four of their eight remaining matches with Bobby Wood scoring a penalty in a 3–1 win away against VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 32. Hamburg relegated despite a 2–1 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the last matchday for the first time in their history as VfL Wolfsburg won against Cologne. In the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wood would see a red card.

Loan to Hannover 96

On July 9, 2018, it was announced that Wood would be joining Hannover 96 on loan until the end of 2018/19 season with an option to buy.[18]

International career

In May 2013, Wood was named to a preliminary United States' 35-man roster for the 2013 Gold Cup.[19] Wood made his senior international debut in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2013.[20][21]

Wood scored his first senior international goal in June 2015, a game-winner in a 4–3 victory against the Netherlands. Five days later, Wood scored the game-winning goal in a 2–1 friendly victory against top-ranked Germany in Cologne.[22] In the 2015 CONCACAF Cup against Mexico to decide which team would qualify for the 2017 Confederations Cup, coach Jürgen Klinsmann substituted Wood on in the 98th minute, after Mexico scored the go-ahead goal in extra time. Wood scored the tying goal in the 108th minute on a through ball from DeAndre Yedlin, but the United States ended up losing the match on an additional extra time goal from Mexico. On September 5, 2017 Wood scored the tying goal in the 85th minute against Honduras to keep the US hopes alive in the CONCACAF qualifications for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, securing a 1–1 draw. On October 6, he scored a goal to give a 4–0 lead for United States against Panama with one more match in the group to spare.

Career statistics

Wood training with TSV 1860 Munich in 2011

Club

As of March 3, 2019

Club	Season	League			Cup^1		Total		Ref.
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1860 Munich II	2009–10	Regionalliga Süd	1	0	—		1	0	[23]
	2010–11		8	2			8	2	[24]
	2011–12		10	2			10	2	[24]
	2012–13	Regionalliga Bayern	26	8			26	8	[24]
	2013–14		1	0			1	0	[24]
	Totals		46	12	—		46	12	—
1860 Munich	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	5	0	[24]
	2011–12		3	0	1	0	4	0	[24]
	2012–13		15	3	1	0	16	3	[24]
	2013–14		21	0	1	0	22	0	[24]
	2014–15		6	0	1	0	7	0	[24]
	Totals		50	3	4	0	54	3	—
Erzgebirge Aue (loan)	2014–15	2. Bundesliga	9	3	0	0	9	3	[24]
Union Berlin	2015–16		31	17	1	0	32	17	[25]
Hamburg	2016–17	Bundesliga	28	5	4	4	32	9
	2017–18	22	2	1	1	23	3
	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	6	0
	Totals		56	7	5	5	61	12
Hannover 96 (loan)	2018–19	Bundesliga	20	3	2	0	22	3
Career totals			212	45	12	5	224	50	—

• 1.^ Includes German Cup.

International statistics

As of November 15, 2018[26]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States
	2013	1	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	9	4
	2016	15	4
	2017	7	2
	2018	8	3
Total		44	13

International goals

Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first.[27]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	June 5, 2015	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	4–3	4–3	Friendly
2	June 10, 2015	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Germany	2–1	2–1
3	October 10, 2015	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	Mexico	2–2	2–3	2015 CONCACAF Cup
4	November 13, 2015	Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–1	6–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	May 22, 2016	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	2–0	3–1	Friendly
6	June 7, 2016	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Costa Rica	3–0	4–0	Copa América Centenario
7	September 2, 2016	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	November 11, 2016	MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus, United States	Mexico	1–1	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	September 5, 2017	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1–1	1–1
10	October 6, 2017	Orlando City Stadium, Orlando, United States	Panama	4–0	4–0
11	March 27, 2018	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States	Paraguay	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12	June 2, 2018	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–2
13	October 11, 2018	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States	Colombia	2–1	2–4

References

1. "Bobby Wood wechselt zum HSV" (in German). hsv.de. May 15, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
2. Sciaretta, Brian (December 18, 2012). "Yanks Abroad: Working for 1860 Munich". New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
3. Smith, David (January 29, 2011). "Duisburg Fights Back To Draw 1860". Yanks-Abroad.com. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
4. "Hansa jubelt! Larteys Standards entscheiden den Ausscheidungskampf" (in German). kicker.de. October 14, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
5. "Woods erster Torjubel beschert das Remis" (in German). kicker.de. November 30, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
6. "American Exports: Wood inks first pro deal with 1860". mlssoccer.com. December 17, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
7. "FC Erzgebirge künftig mit Golobart und Wood" [FC Erzgebirge now with Golobart and Wood] (in German). fc-erzgebirge.de. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
8. "1. FC Union Berlin".
9. "Bobby Wood scores brace to break U.S. Soccer record in Germany". Fox Sports. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
10. "U.S. striker Bobby Wood signs for Hamburg on four-year contract". ESPNFC.com.
11. "Tor zur Premiere: Bobby macht es wie Bruno". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). August 28, 2016.
12. "Matchday 1 Goal of the Week winner: USMNT star Bobby Wood". Bundesliga. September 1, 2016.
13. "Bruno Labbadia: Hamburg sacked manager after poor start to the season". BBC Sport. September 25, 2016.
14. Uersfeld, Stephan (October 26, 2016). "Bobby Wood ends Hamburg goal drought with brace in DFB Pokal". ESPN FC.
15. "Bobby Wood sent off as Cologne rout Hamburg". ESPN FC. October 30, 2016.
16. Uersfeld, Stephan (October 31, 2016). "Bobby Wood red card 'inexcusable' in Hamburg rout – Markus Gisdol". ESPN FC.
17. "DREI SPIELE SPERRE FÜR HAMBURGS WOOD" [Three game ban for Hamburg's Wood]. Deutscher Fussball-Bund (in German). November 1, 2016.
18. "Verstärkung für die Offensive: Bobby Wood kommt zu Hannover 96". Deutscher Fussball-Bund (in German). July 9, 2018. Hannover 96. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
19. "Gold Cup: Landon Donovan, Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra on preliminary 35-man USMNT roster". mlssoccer.com. May 31, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
20. "Altidore Hat Trick Powers U.S. MNT to 4–3 Victory Against Bosnia-Herzegovina". ussoccer.com. August 14, 2013. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
21. "U.S. earns historic come-from-behind win over Bosnia". espnfc.com. August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
22. "USA – B. Wood – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".
23. "Bobby Wood". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
24. "Bobby Wood » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
25. "Bobby Wood". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
26. "USA – B. Wood – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
27. "Wood, Bobby". National Football Teams. Retrieved September 8, 2017.

External links

• US Soccer bio