Garath McCleary

Garath James McCleary (born 15 May 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Wycombe Wanderers and the Jamaica national football team.

Garath McCleary
McCleary playing for Reading in 2013
Personal information
Full name Garath James McCleary[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987[1]
Place of birth Oxford, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Wycombe Wanderers
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2005 Oxford United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Oxford City 22 (3)
2005–2007 Slough Town 33 (7)
2007–2008 Bromley 24 (8)
2008–2012 Nottingham Forest 111 (13)
2012–2020 Reading 242 (23)
2020– Wycombe Wanderers 11 (2)
National team‡
2013– Jamaica 24 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:04, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

McCleary was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire.[1] His football career began with Oxford City, and spent time with Oxford United but never signed a contract with the team despite spending three months with the club.[2]

He joined Slough Town playing in 24 games and scoring on six occasions. He then moved to Bromley in January 2007. In total McCleary made over 40 appearances for Bromley scoring 11 goals. Nottingham Forest manager Colin Calderwood offered him a trial at the City Ground where he did well enough to secure a contract on 31 January 2008.[3]

Nottingham Forest

McCleary made his first team debut as an 87th-minute substitute, in a 1–0 home defeat against Carlisle United, on 3 March 2008.[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 1 April 2008 in injury time, in a 2–0 win at Carlisle. On 5 April he was handed his first start where he was voted Man of the Match as Forest beat Cheltenham Town 3–1 at the City Ground.[5]

In the 2011/12 season McCleary scored nine goals after returning from injury in December 2011; six of which came in March 2012.[6] Four came in a high-scoring game away to Leeds United at Elland Road, where Forest won 7–3.[7] These performances resulted in McCleary being named as the Football League Championship Player of the Month.[8] He was voted Forest's Player of the Season by the Forest supporters, beating Joel Lynch and Chris Gunter into second and third respectively.[9]

Reading

On 16 May 2012 it was announced that McCleary had turned down a new contract at Forest and instead signed a three-year contract at Reading and fulfill his dream of playing in the Premier League.[10][11] His first goal for Reading came in a 3–3 draw with Fulham.[12]

McCleary signed a new contract with Reading on 3 October 2014, keeping at the club until the summer of 2017,[13] before again extending it on 17 January 2017, this time until the summer of 2020.[14]

Wycombe Wanderers

On 4 November 2020, it was announced by Wycombe Wanderers manager during a live webcast that the club had signed McCleary, who had been training with the club as a free transfer until the end of the current season.[15] He scored his first goal for Wycombe in a 2–2 draw against Preston North End on 5 December 2020.[16]

International career

In October 2012 he was earmarked by the Jamaica Football Federation to play for Jamaica during their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. He received his first call up on 24 January 2013 alongside Reading teammates Jobi McAnuff and Adrian Mariappa for the World Cup qualifier against Mexico on 6 February.[17] McCleary started the match and helped Jamaica to a 0–0 draw at the Estadio Azteca.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 July 2020 [19][20][21][22]
McCleary playing for Nottingham Forest in 2010
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oxford City 2004–05 Southern West 22310—6[lower-alpha 1]3 296
Slough Town 2005–06 Isthmian Premier 24700—7[lower-alpha 2]2 319
2006–07 9010—1[lower-alpha 3]0 110
Total 33710—82 429
Bromley 2006–07 Isthmian Premier 6200—91 153
2007–08 Conference South 18642—50 278
Total 24842—141 4211
Nottingham Forest 2007–08[23] League One 81000000 81
2008–09[24] Championship 3912020— 431
2009–10[25] 240201000 270
2010–11[26] 18220101[lower-alpha 4]0 222
2011–12[27] 2291000— 239
Total 11113704010 12313
Reading 2012–13[28] Premier League 3133130— 374
2013–14[29] Championship 4251000— 435
2014–15[30] 2614200— 303
2015–16[31] 3442021— 385
2016–17[32] 41910102[lower-alpha 4]0 459
2017–18[33] 1802010— 210
2018–19[34] 3101000— 320
2019–20[35] 1915000— 241
Total 242231937120 27027
Career total 43254325111316 50666
  1. Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in the Southern League Cup and three appearances in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup
  2. Five appearances and two goals in the Isthmian League Cup, two appearances in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  3. Appearance in the Isthmian League Cup
  4. Appearances in the Championship play-offs

International
As of match played 2 September 2016.[36]
International statistics
National teamYearAppsGoals
Jamaica 201370
201411
2015112
201650
Total243

International goals
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[36]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 March 2014Beauséjour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia Saint Lucia3–05–0Friendly
2.8 July 2015StubHub Center, Carson, United States Costa Rica1–02–22015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.14 July 2015BMO Field, Toronto, Canada El Salvador1–01–02015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours
Nottingham Forest

References
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  11. "Royals sign Garath McCleary". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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