Bobby Shou Wood (born November 15, 1992) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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Youth and early career

Wood was born in

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, to a mother with partial Japanese ancestry and a father with African American ancestry. 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

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1860 Munich

On January 29, 2011, Wood made his professional debut coming on in the 82nd minute as a substitute during a

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match against

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. Wood made his first career start for

in October 2011 against

F.C. Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

. On November 30, 2012, against VfR Aalen, Wood scored his first professional goal to secure a 1–1 draw for 1860 Munich. In December 2012, Wood signed his first professional contract, extending his stay with

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through the 2016 season.

Loan to Erzgebirge Aue

In February 2015, Wood moved to fellow

side Erzgebirge Aue, signing a contract until 2017. For Aue, Wood made nine league appearances and scored three goals before seeing the club relegated to

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for the first time in six years.

Union Berlin

In July 2015, Wood signed a three-year contract with

1. FC Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...

for an undisclosed fee. 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.

Hamburger SV

On May 15, 2016, Wood signed a four-year deal with Hamburger SV. On August 27, Wood made his

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debut with Hamburg against

FC Ingolstadt Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingols ...

. In the 1–1 draw, Wood scored the opening goal with a fantastic strike from the edge of the box, beating out Ingolstadt defender

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after receiving a long pass from keeper

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. After his debut, manager

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commented that Wood "has lots of pace and uses his body skillfully". His goal was later voted as the Goal of the Week in the Bundesliga. 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

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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. Wood made his first start under new manager

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on October 25 in their second round DFB-Pokal match against

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, scoring twice in the 4–0 victory. 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

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

. After the match, Gisdol told reporters that Wood's red card, given when he elbowed Köln defender

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in the stomach, was "inexcusable", and Wood was handed a three-match ban by the DFB. After the 1. FC Köln match, Hamburg won three of their six remaining matches with Wood scoring one goal in the 2–1 win against

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on matchday 16. Hamburg finished the year ranked 16th. In the following year, Hamburg started with two defeats against VfL Wolfsburg (1–0) and

both away (3–1), before the Northern Germans won six of the following ten matches and climbed to 13th. Wood scored a goal during this time against

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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

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in injury time. Before the goal of Lasogga, 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 3–1. Hamburg won their first two matches with Wood scoring a goal in the 3–1 win away against 1. FC Köln. 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 Gisdol was sacked after a 2–0 defeat against Cologne at home. His successor

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was sacked after seven matches without a victory. The new president of the club, Bernd Hoffmann, sacked CEO

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and the director of sport,

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, and the successor of Hollerbach became

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, former head coach of the reserve team. Hamburg won four of their eight remaining matches with 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

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on loan until the end of 2018–19 season with an option to buy.

Real Salt Lake

On April 2, 2021,

side

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announced that it had signed Wood to a contract to take effect July 1, 2021 through the 2023 season. On April 13, 2021, Hamburger SV announced that Wood's contract was cancelled prematurely, allowing him to join

immediately and in time for the season start. Following the 2022 season, his contract option was declined by Salt Lake.

Loan to Real Monarchs

On October 7, 2021, Wood was sent on loan to Real Salt Lake's reserve side, Real Monarchs on a loan for the remainder of the

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New England Revolution

Wood was selected

in the

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on November 22, 2022. He was officially signed by New England on December 5, 2022, on a one-year deal for the upcoming 2023 season. The deal additionally contained a club option for the 2024 season. Wood made his debut for his new club in the opening match of the season, entering the match as a 64th-minute substitute for

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in the Revolution's 1–0 victory over Charlotte FC on February 25, 2023. In the Revolution's home opener on March 4, 2023, Wood scored his first goal for the Revolution and added an assist in the Revolution's 3–0 victory over Houston Dynamo FC. On April 9, 2023, Wood scored the Revolution's 3rd goal in their 4–0 victory over CF Montreal. On May 6, Wood scored the game-winner in the Revolution's 2–0 victory over Toronto FC. On May 27, Wood scored New England's second goal of the game in a 3–3 home draw against

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. Four days later he would score again in the Revolution's 3–3 draw against Atlanta United FC. Wood scored his 6th goal of the season on June 10, 2023, in the Revolution's 3–1 victory over

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. On June 24, Wood scored the Revolution's first goal in their 2–1 victory over Toronto FC.

International career

In May 2013, Wood was named to a preliminary United States' 35-man roster for the

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. Wood made his senior international debut in a friendly match against

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in August 2013. 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. In the

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against Mexico to decide which team would qualify for the

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, 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

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qualifications for the

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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

Club

*1.Includes DFB-Pokal,

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and

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*2.Includes

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International

International statistics

:''Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wood goal''.

References

External links

US Soccer bio
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