Wood with Bradford City in September 2020
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Connor Oliver Wood[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 27) | ||
| 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 | 27 | ||
| 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 | 29 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:29, 23 March 2024 (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 |
| Career total | 253 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 285 | 6 | ||
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