Michail Antonio

Michail Antonio
Antonio with West Ham United in 2019
Personal information
Full name Michail Gregory Antonio[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Wandsworth, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward[4]
Team information
Current team
West Ham United
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2008 Tooting & Mitcham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Tooting & Mitcham United 4 (4)
2008–2012 Reading 28 (1)
2009Tooting & Mitcham United (loan) 5 (3)
2009Cheltenham Town (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010Southampton (loan) 28 (3)
2011Colchester United (loan) 15 (4)
2012Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 14 (5)
2012–2014 Sheffield Wednesday 64 (12)
2014–2015 Nottingham Forest 50 (16)
2015– West Ham United 266 (68)
International career
2021– Jamaica 21 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:40, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Michail Gregory Antonio (born 28 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club West Ham United and the Jamaica national team.

Antonio began his career at non-League club Tooting & Mitcham United before signing with Reading of the Championship in 2008. The club sent him on subsequent loan spells to Cheltenham Town, back to Tooting & Mitcham, Southampton and Colchester United, as he struggled to find a place in Reading's first team throughout his four-year stay at the Madejski. A final loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday resulted in a permanent move in 2012, where he went on to make 64 appearances and score 12 goals. Nottingham Forest signed him from Wednesday in 2014, where his 16 goals in 50 appearances attracted attention from West Ham United of the Premier League, who signed him in 2015, where he was deployed in a number of positions including right back, right midfielder and as a winger before eventually establishing himself as the club's main striker. On 23 August 2021, he became West Ham United's all-time top scorer in the Premier League.

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ "M.Antonio". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  4. ^ "Winger, striker or full-back? Michail Antonio is West Ham's unorthodox hero". twenty3. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.