Bobby Armani Decordova-Reid (

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Reid; born 2 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a

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for club

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. 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. He grew up in the inner-city neighbourhood of Easton. Decordova-Reid is cousin to Anthony McNamee, a fellow footballer whose clubs include Watford and Norwich City. In October 2018 he changed his name to Bobby Decordova-Reid. '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". His older sister is Labour Member of Parliament Marsha de Cordova.

Club career

Bristol City

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

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in September 2014. The loan deal was then extended for a second month, before he was recalled early following injury problems back at Bristol City. After making one appearance for his parent club, he returned on loan to Plymouth later that month. He returned to Plymouth for a third loan spell in January 2015. Bobby Reid played 27 times in the

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the following season, scoring two goals as City finished 18th, avoiding relegation straight back to

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. Reid featured as Bristol City reached the semi finals of the

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with wins over Premier League opponents Watford,

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, Crystal Palace and

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. Reid scored in the semi-final defeat against Premier League leaders

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Cardiff City

On 28 June 2018, Reid signed for Premier League newcomers,

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, on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £10 million. He described the 2017–18 season as 'crazy'. He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2018–19 season during a 2–0 defeat to

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. Reid scored his first goal in a Cardiff shirt in a 4–2 win over

on 20 October. On 2 February 2019, on his 26th birthday and also the first home game since the disappearance of new signing Emiliano Sala, Reid scored both goals of a win over AFC Bournemouth.

Fulham

In August 2019 he moved to

on loan. Reid made his debut in a 2–0 win against Blackburn Rovers in the

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on 10 August 2019. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Derby County on 26 November 2019. The deal became permanent on 24 January 2020, with Reid signing a three-and-a-half year contract. 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. On 14 August 2021, he provided three assists in a 5–1 away win over Huddersfield Town.

International career

In June 2019, Reid received an invite to play for the Jamaica national side for the CONCACAF Gold Cup the following month. That August, he was officially called up for CONCACAF Nations League matches against

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and

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. He made his debut against the former on 6 September and scored in a 6–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Decordova-Reid goal.''

Honours

Fulham *

: 2021–22 *

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Individual * EFL Team of the Season: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18 Championship * CONCACAF Gold Cup Goal of the Tournament:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Decordova-Reid, Bobby 1993 births Living people Footballers from Bristol English footballers Jamaican footballers Association football forwards Bristol City F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Fulham F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players Jamaica international footballers 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players English people of Jamaican descent