![]() Wood with Bradford City in September 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Connor Oliver Wood [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 July 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Harlow, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back, left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tranmere Rovers | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Buckhurst Hill | |||
2015–2016 | Nike Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Chesham United | 31 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Bradford City | 103 | (2) |
2021–2023 | Leyton Orient | 32 | (0) |
2023 | → Colchester United (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2023– | Tranmere Rovers | 52 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:49, 25 February 2025 (UTC) |
Connor Oliver Wood (born 17 July 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back and left winger for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers.
Wood was born in Harlow, [2] playing youth football for Essex-based non-league club Buckhurst Hill. [3]
He then played for Soham Town Rangers, Chesham United, Nike Academy and Leicester City. [4] [5]
Wood signed a three-year contract with Bradford City in June 2018. [6] [7] [8] He stated he joined the club due to their youth policy. [9]
He made his senior debut on 1 September 2018 and scored his first goal on 1 January 2019, [10] in his first first-team game since November 2018. [11] Later that month he spoke about the club's improved form. [12] He began the 2019–20 season in a more attacking role, [13] and in October 2019 he spoke about the change in the club's mentality, [14] including his determination that the club would 'bounce back' following their first defeat after a run of three victories. [15] In November 2019 he was praised by manager Gary Bowyer, [16] and later that month Wood spoke about the club's recent lack of form. [17]
In February 2020, after captain James Vaughan left the club on loan, Wood said he would still speak to Vaughan for advice. [18]
By 18 February 2021 Wood had made 61 successive league starts for Bradford City, including playing every minute in the club's 2020–21 season to date. [19] Later that month he praised the maturity and detail of City's interim managers Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars. [20]
On 12 May 2021 he was one of nine players that Bradford City announced would leave the club on 30 June 2021 when their contracts expire. [21] [22]
On 16 June 2021 it was announced that Wood would sign for Leyton Orient after the expiry of his contract with Bradford City. [23] [24] In August 2021 Wood was dropped from the Leyton Orient first team, ending a run of 83 consecutive league games. [25] He moved on loan to Colchester United in January 2023. [26]
On 8 September 2023, Wood signed for Tranmere Rovers. [27] At the end of the 2023–24 season, he signed a new one-year contract extension. [28]
Primarily a left back, in January 2019 he began to be used further up the field (as a left winger, a position he had some experience of from earlier in his career. [29] He made his first appearance of the 2019–20 season on the left of the front three, [30] and continued in a new attacking role for future games. [13] In December 2019 he spoke out about being encouraged by manager Gary Bowyer to be more vocal on the pitch. [31] In January 2020 he spoke about playing regularly. [32]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Soham Town Rangers | 2013–14 [4] | Isthmian League | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 2 |
Chesham United | 2014–15 [5] | Southern Football League | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
Leicester City | 2016–17 [33] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017–18 [34] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bradford City | 2018–19 [10] | League One | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 26 | 1 |
2019–20 [35] | League Two | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
2020–21 [36] | League Two | 46 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
Total | 103 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 3 | ||
Leyton Orient | 2021–22 [37] | League Two | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 36 | 0 |
2022–23 [38] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
Colchester United (loan) | 2022–23 [38] | League Two | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2023–24 [39] | League Two | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
2024–25 [40] | League Two | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
Total | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
Career total | 276 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 314 | 6 |