Profile Bobby Zamora

Personal information :

Full name : Robert Lester Zamora
Date of birth : 16 January 1981
Place of birth : Barking, London, England
Height : 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position : Forward
Current club : Fulham
Number : 25
Youth career :
West Ham United
Senior career :
1999–2000 Bristol Rovers
2000 → Bath City (loan)
2000 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
2000–2003 Brighton & Hove Albion
2003–2004 Tottenham Hotspur
2004–2008 West Ham United
2008– Fulham
National team :
2002 England U21
2010– England

Club career

Bristol Rovers

Zamora attended Bristol Rovers as a trainee within August 1999, making a gross of six spare impressions for Bristol Rovers within everybody contests, ahead of attending Bath City onto a one-month credit within morning 2000, whereas he scored eleven goals within eight toys, and otherwise Brighton & Hove Albion onto credit within February 2000.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Zamora attended Brighton within February 2000 onto a three-month credit until the end of the 1999–00 season, scoring six goals within six games. In August 2000, he made a permanent move towards Brighton for £100,000. During his possession he hastily established himself as a prolific goalscorer, contravening into the England under-21 team and attracting interest from numerous higher-division clubs. He scored 83 moments for the club within 136 impressions, assisting Brighton victory two successive championships as the team won promotion into what became the Championship. The Brighton fans had a chant they consumed towards sing within his honour, towards the tune of Dean Martin's That's Amore: "When the ball blows the goal it's not Shearer or Cole, it's Zamora." Zamora deserted Brighton and Hove Albion as the club's sixth highest-ever goalscorer and remains towards this day one of the most revered Brighton musicians of everybody time.

Tottenham Hotspur

Having been monitored for much of the previous two seasons via the otherwise executive Glenn Hoddle, Zamora transported towards Tottenham Hotspur for £1.5 million within July 2003. However, he fought towards benefit a reliable first-team site at White Hart Lane, making alone 18 cup and league impressions, eleven as substitute,and scoring a single goal, knocking West Ham out of the Carling Cup within October 2003.

West Ham United

In January 2004, Zamora attended West Ham within a import which observed Jermain Defoe go the else distance towards Tottenham. He hastily made his mark, scoring onto his debut as West Ham arrived from rear towards hammered Bradford City and also onto his house debut, when he scored the successful goal against Cardiff City In the 2004–05 season, Zamora scored 13 goals, incorporating one within the former leg[18] and two within the second foot of the Championship play-off semi-final against Ipswich Town and the alone goal within West Ham's 1–0 victory again Preston North End within the Championship play-off final sending West Ham into the Premiership. In the 2005–06 season, he made 42 league and cup impressions and scored ten goals as West Ham ceased within the top halves of the Premier League and reached the FA Cup final, for which he obtained an FA Cup runners-up medal, lacking a disadvantage within the shootout against Liverpool. He was awarded for his contribution towards the team with a novel four year contract within January 2006, and extended it towards 2011 within October 2006, remarking, "I'm joyous towards possess extended my contract and I'm already expecting spending my long-term future at Boleyn Ground. I've been here for almost three years already, and there is genuinely none else site I would rather be. This is my club and wearing a claret and blue shirt is everybody I possess ever needed towards do." He activated the 2006–07 season well, scoring five of the Hammers' six goals within the former four toys of the season but, as West Ham beaten a bad patch that observed them struggling within the relegation continent, he did not score again until January 2007. However, he ended the season with eleven goals, incorporating a controversial goal against Blackburn Rovers within March 2007 and being the former musician towards score a successful goal against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium within April 2007, as West Ham heaved off an abrupt evade from relegation.He made alone 14 impressions for West Ham within the 2007–08 season as soon as lacking five months of the season with tendinitis suffered within August 2007 but scored against Derby within the Hammers' 2–1 win. By the end of the 2007–08 season, Zamora had made 152 impressions within everybody contests for West Ham, scoring 40 goals.

Fulham

In July 2008, Zamora and team mate John Paintsil were signed via Fulham for a joint fee of £6.3 million. In his former season for Fulham, Zamora fought towards encounter the net, scoring just twice within the 2008–09 season, despite loosely performing well and performing a moderately meaningful portion within the team's success within his debut season. On 15 July, Fulham and Hull City conceded a fee, which would see Zamora move towards Hull for £5 million. But he decided towards stay with Fulham within order towards tackle towards prove his critics wrong. Shortly as soon as he snubbed Hull City, he performed within a friendly against Peterbrough United and scored two goals. Then four days afterwards he made his Europa League debut and scored once and predetermined up two goals towards grant Fulham a 3–0 away advantage going into the next leg. He unlatched his 2009–10 Premier League fund onto the gate day of the season when a Clint Dempsey shot beaten him onto the back and hammered David James within the Portsmouth goal. He scored his second goal of the season against Hull City onto 19 October 2009 via heading within a rebound within the 43rd minute. Fulham won the toy 2–0. On 31 October 2009, Zamora scored the former goal of the toy towards put Fulham forth against Liverpool. Fulham won the toy 3–1. Scoring the lone goal against Sunderland, Zamora replicated his output from the previous season with his fourth goal of the campaign. In Fulham's Europa League match against FC Basel Zamora scored twice within their 3–2 victory within St. Jakob Park. On 19 December 2009 Zamora scored once again against Manchester United within their 3–0 victory at Craven Cottage. On 5 January he dislocated his shoulder at the Britannia Stadium within Fulham's 3–2 loss towards Stoke City. Zamora punched the winner within Fulham's Europa League Round of 32 former foot against Shakhtar Donetsk, a match that ceased 2–1. The knock was a mighty knock from outside the container that went within off the underside of the crossbar. Zamora otherwise persisted his scoring form when he scored a last minute free kick against Birmingham City towards victory the toy 2–1. Zamora also scored Fulham's former goal within what was an historical UEFA Europa League comeback against Juventus, Fulham went onto towards victory the toy 4–1. Zamora was broadly praised[citation needed] for the hassle he inflicted Juventus' veteran captain Fabio Cannavaro, a member of Italy's 2006 World Cup successful squad, prior towards Cannavaro's sending off. He persisted towards impress onto the European level for Fulham; scoring within both legs within a 3–1 combine victory against Wolfsburg as Fulham accomplished the Europa League semi-finals. They ultimately reached the final but were beaten 2–1 via Atlético Madrid of Spain.
On ten September 2010, Zamora signed a novel four year contract with Fulham, which shall keep him at the London club until the summer of 2014. The day as soon as, Zamora burst his foot during a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is expected towards be out for at lowest of four months, executive Mark Hughes proved as soon as the game.

International career

Zamora was branded up for the England Under-21 squad for a friendly with Portugal within April 2002. Zamora was named within the England Under-21 squad for the 2002 European Under-21 Championship with David Platt, the otherwise England Under-21 team executive, remarking of him, "My mistake was not going towards possess a glance at him originally than I did. He's been within one squad, did very well within coaching and arrived onto for 25 minutes and did great. If I need a goal and glance at my bench and see a musician whom has scored thirty for the beyond two seasons, there is a likelihood he could arrive on. He justifies his place. Zamora was capped six moments for the England Under-21 team.

Zamora was monitored via the Trinidad and Tobago instructor, Leo Beenhakker, whom also spoke towards Pardew. However, Zamora refused the likelihood of performing within the World Cup finals with Trinidad and Tobago, remarking within August 2005, "Trinidad is my dad's nation and towards play within the finals would be a dream but West Ham are many important. I am alone thinking approximately the club at the moment and do not need towards be distracted from that. On seven August 2009, it was revealed that Zamora and Bolton Wanderers defender Jlloyd Samuel had obtained their Trinidadian passports, and would play for the Soca Warriors within their World Cup Qualifier against El Salvador onto 12 August. However, Zamora did not get his former hat due towards an sting he chosen up whilst training. His form within the 2009–10 season has ruled towards demands Zamora towards be branded up towards the England squad, and there possess been rumours that Fabio Capello has been touring Craven Cottage towards glance at his performances. However, due towards an Achilles sting, he was not covered within Fabio Capello's provisional squad of thirty musicians for the run-up towards the 2010 World Cup, which was informed onto 11 May 2010. On seven August 2010, Zamora was one of five uncapped musicians, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs, Michael Dawson and Gary Cahill being the else four named within the England squad for their friendly onto 11 August against Hungary.On 11 August 2010, Zamora won his former England hat within a friendly, arriving onto as a halves moment spare against Hungary within a 2-1 victory at Wembley.