Sam Vokes

Sam Vokes (2008) in the dress of the Welsh national team

Samuel Michael " Sam" Vokes ( born October 21, 1989 in Lymington ) is an England -born and for the Welsh national team active football players. The 1.86 meter tall center forward is for the 2012/13 season at FC Burnley under contract.

Sports career

Born in the southern English port town of Lymington Sam Vokes joined in nearby Bournemouth youth department of the local " Association Football Club" and came shortly after his 17th birthday on December 5, 2006 in a 2-0 win against Nottingham Forest for the first time in the first team used. The first hit was followed eleven days later in a 1-1 draw away at FC Gillingham and in January 2007, the third division decided to have a professional contract for 3 ½ years to stop the fight strong center forward in the longer term. Although the Scouts of numerous major clubs of Newcastle United over Aston Villa towards Celtic Glasgow also showed interest, the young talent was at first in the unterklassigen Football League One and headed into the 2007/ 08 season twelve league goals at. He was thus together with Jo Kuffour 's top scorer, but could the descent of the " Cherries" in the Viertklassigkeit prevent not.

On May 23, 2008 Vokes signed a four year contract with the second division club Wolverhampton Wanderers and met the same for his debut after Einwechselung to a 2-2 draw at Plymouth Argyle on the opening day of the season 2008 /09. Also in the following years he solidified his early status as a " more accurate Joker from the bank" and shot in the second league match two goals to make it 3-1 away win over Charlton Athletic. After numerous part-time operations - Vokes was in 36 games, only four times in the starting lineup - he made on April 10 after the injury to Chris Iwelumo and Sylvan Ebanks -Blake for the first time at the " Wolves " with Andy Keogh against FC Southampton a storm series from the beginning - and met after only 36 seconds.

National

Because of his grandfather who was born in Wales Sam Vokes is eligible to play despite his English birthplace of the Welsh national team. On 6 February 2007 he made his debut for Welsh U -21 against Northern Ireland and contributed a goal in the 4-0 victory. It developed during qualifying for the U-21 European Championship team regular and was also appointed to the cadre of the senior team. In the 1-0 friendly match victory against Iceland, he celebrated his debut there on 28 May 2008 and scored 6 September 2008 in a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan in a World Cup qualifier his first goal.

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