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About Theo Walcott
Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989 in Stanmore London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Arsenal FC, having signed there from Southampton on 20 January 2006.
(including a mini tournament) in his one and only season for Newbury, before leaving there for Swindon TownWalcott grew up in the small village of Compton near Newbury, where he played for AFC Newbury. Walcott scored more than 100 goals and later for Southampton. Nike agreed to a sponsorship deal with Walcott when he was fourteen years old.
In the 2004-05 season, he starred in the Southampton youth side that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup against Ipswich Town. In addition, he became the youngest person to play in the Southampton reserve team at 15 years and 175 days, when he came off the bench against Watford in September 2004.However, he did not play in the Premier League, as Southampton were relegated to the Championship at the end of the 2004-05 season.
Before the start of the 2005-06 season, Walcott linked up with the first team’s tour of Scotland, just two weeks after leaving school. The striker then went on to become the youngest-ever player to play for the Southampton first team at 16 years and 143 days, after coming on as a substitute in Southampton’s 0-0 draw at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Football League Championship.
Walcott made his full first team début away to Leeds United on 18 October 2005, scoring his first senior goal in the same game. He scored again away at Millwall four days later, and yet again in his full home debut against Stoke City the following Saturday. His rapid rise to fame also led him to be named amongst the top three finalists for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality award on 11 December 2005.
Before breaking into the Southampton first team, Theo’s massive potential was showcased in the 2005 MATCH Annual, where he was named ‘The Next Big Thing’.
He currently lives with his parents, Don and Lynn, and brother Ashley at a five-bedroom villa he has just bought near Arsenal’s training ground in Hertfordshire leaving his old house at Compton, near Newbury, which will be occupied by his sister Hollie, his nephew Sebastian and niece Aurora. His family made a cameo appearance in the 2007 film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Theo himself was due to appear as well, but his commitments to Arsenal forced him to draw out.
Walcott and his father are both Liverpool FC fans. Walcott has never hidden the fact that he’s a massive Liverpool supporter and even when Chelsea laid out the red carpet for him as a youngster, he used the opportunity to meet his real idols: “I was playing in a tournament for Swindon when Southampton and Chelsea showed an interest,” recalls Walcott. “Chelsea invited me to be a ball-boy for a game against Liverpool and it was fantastic to meet my heroes Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler.” “I was a Liverpool fan simply because my dad followed them. Unfortunately I wasn’t born when the team had their golden era, but I enjoyed watching the likes of Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman when I was growing up. When Liverpool won the Champions League last year, I went mad. I was shouting so loud I think I woke up the entire village where I live!”
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