Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Sylvan Ebanks -Blake Augustus ( born March 29, 1986 in Cambridge ) is an English footballer. The striker was in two consecutive seasons top scorer in the Football League Championship second-rate.

Sports career

The 1.78 m tall center forward played in the Cambridge area for the Cherry Hinton Lions and Fulbourn Falcons. These Ebanks -Blake was already as a student in the junior department of Cambridge United, leaning there, but from a formal training program, after it became clear that highly decorated clubs harbored an interest in him. He eventually joined the Academy of Manchester United, won with the youth team in 2003 the prestigious FA Youth Cup and came on 26 October 2004 in the League Cup game against Crewe Alexandra (3-0 ) to a first brief appearance in the first team. Exactly one year later, he completed his second competitive match for the A- team and the 4-1 win against Barnet FC scored his first goal. After a leg injury, he was loaned to Royal Antwerp in Belgium in January 2006. There, he scored four goals in nine league games of late season 2005/06.

After his return to England Ebanks -Blake joined on 14 July 2006 to Plymouth Argyle. The transfer fee was £ 200,000, plus a performance-related clause by which the transfer volume could grow to over 300,000 pounds. Under the coach Ian Holloway 's shot in the 2006 /07 ten league goals for the second division, most of which end of the season. The good form in 2007, he sat in the " Pilgrims " with eleven hits until the end of 2007 continued and was thus finally a crowd favorite in Plymouth. He attracted the attention of Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he joined after the activation of a contract release clause in January 2008 and a new contract for 4 ½ years signed, which was extended in July 2009 to the end of the 2012/13 season.

With seven goals in the first eight games, he found himself acclimatised very well with the " Wolves " and in March 2008, Ebanks -Blake became the " second division player of the month " is selected. At the end of the season, he won 23 league matches honoring the best scorers in the Football League Championship 2007 /08. The success story continued in the follow- season 2008 /09. Ebanks -Blake scored nine goals in his first thirteen league games, scored on 3 February 2009 against Norwich City for the first time in his career, scored three goals in a game and broke through in the second year in a row, the 20 - goal mark. At the end of the promotion season, he was voted the best player in the second division last season and he won with 25 goals again the title of the best second league goalscorer; also received his goal after a solo run against Charlton Athletic the most votes in the election for " Goal of the Year ".

November 18, 2008 Ebanks -Blake won his first and only match for the English U- 21 team against the Czech Republic - the friendship encounter ended with a 2-0 win in England.

Achievements

FA Youth Cup: 2003
Scorer in the Football League Championship: 2008, 2009

Cambridge United F.C. Manchester United F.C. Plymouth Argyle F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Crewe Alexandra F.C. 2007–08 Football League Championship 2008–09 Football League Championship Charlton Athletic F.C.

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