Matty Fryatt

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Matty Fryatt
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Charles Fryatt
Date of birth	5 March 1986 (1986-03-05) (age 23)
Place of birth	Nuneaton, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	12
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2006 2003–2004 2006–	Walsall → Carlisle United (loan) Leicester City	070 (27) 010 0(1) 127 (38)
National team2
2004–2005	England U19	006 0(4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:24, 3 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:31, 23 December 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Charles "Matty" Fryatt (born 5 March 1986) is an English footballer currently playing as a striker for Leicester City.

Fryatt currently holds the record for fastest ever goal scored by a Leicester player when he scored after 9 seconds in a 2-1 defeat to Preston North End on 15 April 2006.^[1] He also holds the record for the quickest ever Walsall goal, also 9 seconds in a 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth in the 2004–05 season.^[2]

Fryatt broke two further records during his time at Leicester in the 2008-09 season. His first was becoming the first player in 42 years to score 20 goals before Christmas, and another being the first in 83 years to hit hat-tricks in successive matches.^[3]

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Walsall 1.2 Leicester 2 International 3 Career Statistics 4 Honours 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Walsall

Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Fryatt rose through the ranks from youth level at Walsall, making his first team debut in September 2003 as a substitute against Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup before moving to Carlisle United on loan to gain vital first team experience. The move proved successful, and the young striker returned to Walsall to claim a regular first team place as the 2003-04 season came to a close.

Fryatt made a total of 49 league starts for the Saddlers, scoring 27 goals in the process. Fryatt also collected the Goal of the Season and the Player of the Season awards at Walsall at the end of the 2004–05 season.

[edit] Leicester

Fryatt joined Leicester City from Walsall for an undisclosed fee (thought to be around £350,000) in January 2006. He had scored 14 goals for Walsall prior to signing a three-and-a-half year contract with Leicester. Fryatt was handed the number 12 shirt, which he also wore at Walsall. He made his debut in a 2-1 away defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on 14 January, scoring his first goal in a 2-1 home defeat to Cardiff City on 21 January. He scored a total of six league goals, helping Leicester end their last home game of the season with a 1-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on April 22.^[4]

Fryatt was picked by the BBC as Leicester's key player for the 2006–07 season, remarking that he "has the attitude and talent to play in the Premiership".^[5] However, he was plagued with injuries during that season^[6] and despite playing 34 first team games, he scored only four goals, one of them in a 4-3 FA Cup defeat to Fulham.^[7] Fryatt nonetheless attracted the attention of Wolves in July 2007, whose offer was turned down by Leicester.^[8]

His form worsened in the 2007-08 season, scoring only 2 goals in 30 league games and receiving one red card as Leicester were relegated from the Championship.^[9][10][11] One goal he did contribute however, gave Leicester a shock victory over Aston Villa in the League Cup on September 26, 2007.^[12] He was even the transfer loan target of Crewe Alexandra in March 2008, though a deal was never known to have been made.^[13]

Fryatt made a positive start to the 2008-09 season, scoring five goals in four league games, earning him a nomination for League One player of the month for August. He went on to score 20 goals before Christmas, the first Leicester player in 42 years (since Derek Dougan in 1966) to do so.^[3] On November 29, he scored a hat-trick in a 3-2 FA Cup win over Dag & Red,^[14] and another against Southend on December 6.^[15] In doing so he became the first Leicester player in 83 years (since Arthur Chandler in 1925) to hit hat-tricks in successive matches.^[3]

Following tense media speculation linking Fryatt with a move away from Leicester,^[16][17][18] he signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal on 23 December 2008.^[19] He was awarded the League One player of the month for December on 13 January 2009,^[20] and the League One player of the year on 29 March.^[21] Fryatt went on to score his 30th and 31st goals against Southend on April 18 to secure the club's promotion as champions.^[22] At Leicester's end of season awards evening, Fryatt was voted by his team mates as Players' Player of the Season, however he lost out to Steve Howard in the Player of the season award and also to Andy King who won the Young Player of the Year award.^[23] He ended the last game of the season by scoring his 32nd goal against Crewe on May 2.^[24]

[edit] International

Fryatt made his debut for the England U19 team on 9 September 2004 against Republic of Ireland, coming on as a half-time substitute and assisting a goal in a 2–0 win.^[25] He went on to star in the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, scoring four goals in five games, including a hat trick against Serbia and Montenegro.^[26]

[edit] Career Statistics

Correct as of 18 April 2009

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		League Cup		Other[27]		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2003-04	Walsall	Division One	11	1	0	0	1	0	–		12	1
2004-05		League One	36	15	1	0	0	0	?	?	37	15
2005-06			23	11	2	2	0	0	?	?	25	13
2003-06	Total		70	27	3	2	1	0	4[28]	1	78	30
2003-04	Carlisle United	Division Three	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
2005-06	Leicester City	Championship	19	6	0	0	0	0	–		19	6
2006-07			32	3	2	1	0	0	–		34	4
2007-08			30	2	1	0	4	1	–		35	3
2008-09		League One	44	26	2	4	1	0	3	1	50	31
2009–10		Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006-	Total		125	37	5	5	5	1	3	1	138	44
2003-	Career Total		205	72	8	7	6	1	7	2	226	75

• NOTE: teams in Italics indicate loan period

[edit] Honours

Leicester City

• League One: 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Matty Fryatt career stats at Soccerbase
• Matty Fryatt Official Website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paul Ritchie	Walsall Player of the Season 2005	Succeeded by Anthony Gerrard
Preceded by Jorge Leitão	Walsall Top Goalscorer 2004-05, 2005-06	Succeeded by Dean Keates
Preceded by Jermaine Beckford	League One Player of the Year 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Iain Hume	Leicester City Top Goalscorer 2008-09	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Richard Stearman	Leicester City Players' Player of the Season 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent

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