Theo Walcott was born in London on March 16, 1989. Today he is widely known not only as an excellent midfielder and striker, but also as the fastest soccer player in the world. Anyway, he has a very interesting life, biography and career, so you should talk about all this in detail.
Southampton FC
Theo Walcott joined this team when he was only 15 years old. He was immediately admitted to the youth squad, with whom he achieved considerable success in the 2004/05 season, and to be more precise, reached the finals of the Youth Cup of England. Plus, he became the youngest Soton player in reserve. Then he made his debut at the age of 15 years.
Before the next season began, Theo Walcott was invited to a preseason tour that took place in Scotland. He went there with the main, first team. Moreover, when he was 16 years old, he made his debut at Southampton! Then Theo Walcott became the youngest player in the history of this club, who entered the field as part of the first team. And he held a full-fledged match in the same year, but on October 18. It was a game against Lead United FC. Then Theo Walcott, whose photos are presented below, came out at the base and scored his first goal. And four days later he repeated the success and rolled the ball into the goal of FC “Millwall”. Thanks to this bright start, Theo was awarded an award titled “The BBC Youngest Athletic Person of the Year”. It was a worthy and, importantly, well-deserved occasion to be proud of its achievements.
Arsenal: the beginning
Theo Walcott moved to London Arsenal in 2006, January 20, for a young football player gave 5 million pounds. It was a pre-contract agreement, and the footballer signed the contract on March 16, when he was 17 years old. In the Premier League, his debut did not take place soon - only at the end of August, the 19th. It was the day the new Premier League season began.
In the Champions League, the young player first played in the match against FC Dynamo Zagreb. This was the third qualifying round. There, he also became the youngest Arsenal player. A little later, a record was broken by a football player named Jack Wilshire - his teammate.
He recorded his first goal in a match held in the framework of the League Cup final. Then the rivals of “Arsenal” was FC “Chelsea”. Here the gate of these opponents Theo struck. It is a pity that this did not bring victory: the game ended with a score of 1: 2.
Further success
In the 2007/08 season, Theo scored seven goals in all competitions. And next year I got another number. Instead of the 32nd, now on his shirt was the number 14, which belonged to Thierry Henry, who had left the club. All this season, the young player came out in the starting lineup. And in the spring of 2009, he extended the contract with the club.
However, the following year failed. In 2009/10, Theo Walcott rarely entered the field. Injury, and not one, is what is to blame. Throughout the first half of the season, injuries allegedly haunted the football player. However, the player did not lose heart, was cured, at the end of the first round all ailments were gone, and there were no more injuries.
The 2010/11 season turned out to be especially successful. Then the player scored a hat-trick. Three goals just flew into the goal of FC Blackpool. True, he was injured again, but dropped out for a month - not so long. And on his return he began to actively score again. By the middle of the season, he already had as many as 9 goals. That season, he showed excellent results - he gave 9 assists and scored 13 goals against opponents.
Achievements
You can talk about the successes of this talented football player for a long time. Over the course of his career at Arsenal, which he continues (it is worth recalling that he has been in this team for 10 years), he entered the field 226 times and scored 53 goals for this number of matches.
But the most important achievement that brought him to the Guinness Book of Records happened in 2012. Then Theo Walcott was recognized as the fastest player on the planet. The speed that he managed to develop is amazing - 36.7 kilometers per hour! The result is really stunning, and, of course, the player without hesitation was entered into the Book of Records as the fastest football player on the planet.
Together with the “Arsenal” Theo twice won the FA Cup and once the Super Bowl. And besides, in 2013 he was recognized as the top scorer of the Football League Cup (he had six goals then). It remains now to wish the football player health and achievement of even greater heights!