Patrick Wood

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Patrick Wood
Personal information
Full name Patrick James Wood [1]
Date of birth (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Sydney FC
Number 13
Youth career
Collaroy Cromer Strikers
2014–2015 Manly United
2015–2020 Sydney FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Sydney FC NPL 21 (21)
2020– Sydney FC 65 (9)
International career
2021– Australia U23 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:16, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2022

Patrick James Wood (born 16 September 2002) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for A-League club Sydney FC.

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Wood played youth soccer with Collaroy Cromer Strikers, Manly United and Sydney FC Youth before starting his professional career with Sydney FC.

Early life

Wood attended St Paul's College, Manly. [2]

Club career

Wood was called up to Sydney FC's senior squad for the 2020 AFC Champions League. [3] He made his unofficial first-team debut ahead of the tournament in a match against the Australian under-23 team in November 2020. [4]

Wood made his A-League debut against Wellington Phoenix on 2 January, coming off the bench at the 82nd minute mark. [5] On 30 January, Wood scored his first A-League goals, the first coming after being on the pitch for 6 minutes, steering his side to a 3–0 victory against Macarthur FC. [6]

International career

Wood was called up to an Australian under-20 national team camp in 2020. [3]

In October 2021, Wood was called up to the Australian under-23 team for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification matches against Indonesia in Tajikistan. [7] He made his debut for the side on 26 October 2021, missing an early penalty kick before later scoring Australia's second goal in a 3–2 win. [8] Wood scored again in the second leg three days later, the only goal in a 1–0 win to secure qualification for the final tournament. [9]

In May 2022, Wood was included in the Australian under-23 squad for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FFA Cup ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sydney FC Youth 2020 NPL NSW 13111311
2021 NPL NSW2323
2022 NPL NSW5757
Total20212021
Sydney FC 2019–20 A-League 00001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2020–21 A-League2140000214
2021–22 A-League Men91414 [lower-alpha 1] 1173
2022–23 A-League Men22300223
2023–24 A-League Men405494
Total56895517014
Career total762995519035
  1. 1 2 Appearances in AFC Champions League

Honours

Sydney FC Youth

Sydney FC

Individual

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